ONLINE NEWSLETTER (No. 8/2005 - May 2005)
Editor: Fran Bock
Dr. Leonid Smilovitsky's article on Rabbi Arye-Leyb ben Meyshe ber Shifman from Pukhovichi provides graphic insight into the forms which anti-Semitism took in the Soviet Union of the 1930s, as well as the courage and perseverance of the Jewish community there. This article was originally published in the Journal of Federation of East European Family History Societies, Vol. 12, 2004, p. 26-29, Salt Lake City, UT.
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Rabbi Arye-Leyb ben Meyshe ber Shifman from Pukhovichi
by Dr. Leonid Smilovitsky
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