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Translation of
Goworowo; sefer zikaron
Edited by Aviezer Burstin, Dov Kossovsky
Published by The Govorover Societies in Israel, the USA and Canada, Tel Aviv, 1966
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| This translation of the Goworowo Yizkor book has been donated by Lester Blum and Elaine Ann Blum in honor of their father, Abraham Isaac Blum in recognition of his dedication to preserving the memory of the victims of the Holocaust. |
This is a translation from Goworowo; sefer zikaron [Yiddish: Govorovo Yizkor-bukh] (Govorowo memorial book)
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| Title | Author | Page |
| Forward – Hebrew | The Editors | 12 |
| Forward – Yiddish | The Editors | 14 |
| The Shtetl | ||
| A chapter of history | 16 | |
| Goworowo half a century ago | Abraham Schwartzberg | 24 |
| Once There Was… | Meyshe Granat | 28 |
| A Walk Through the Shtetl | 37 | |
| Rabbis | ||
| R. Solomon Zalmen Klepfish z.ts”l | Moses Zinowitz | 55 |
| R. Jacob Judah Kahana-Bucian z.ts”l | Moses Zinowitz | 57 |
| A Few Memories of the Old Rov | Rov N. Talmud | 59 |
| The Last Rov | A. Avinoam | 61 |
| Rabbi Alter Moses Mordechai Burshtin | Rabbi Samuel Aaron HaLevi Pardes | 65 |
| The Religious Life | ||
| Jewishness in the Town | Yosef Gurka | 66 |
| Among Hasidim | Avrom Levin | 68 |
| Der Beys-medresh (The Study-house) | Yosef Gavati | 76 |
| The Aleksander “shtibl” | Yosef Zilbertson | 79 |
| The Ger “shtibl” | Yosef Gur | 82 |
| The Vurke “Shtibl” | Avrom Holtsman | 86 |
| The “Progressive” Minyen | G. Yosef | 88 |
| Kheydarim un Melamdim (Religious Schools and Teachers) | Yosef Gurka | 90 |
| The “Kosher” Kheydarim | Yosef Gurka | 99 |
| Yeshive People | Yosef Gurka | 100 |
| Two brothers | Bat Yaakov Dov | 109 |
| The Beys-Yankev Schools | Rov Yitskhak Shafran | 110 |
| The “Shomrey Shabes” Group | A. Inbri | 114 |
| Khevre Kadishe The Burial Society | Bar Bey-Rav | 116 |
| Community Bureaus and Institutions | ||
| The Local Council | Bar-Even | 118 |
| The Jewish Community | A. Bar-Even | 121 |
| Schooling and Education | A. Boki | 124 |
| The Merchants' Association | D. Ben-Yitskhak | 131 |
| The Artisans' Association | Meyshe Granat | 135 |
| The Free Loan Society | B. Alef | 139 |
| Hospitality | B. Avi-Eyzer | 140 |
| Housing Poor Travelers and Visiting the Sick | A. Avi-Uriel | 142 |
| Parties and Organizations | ||
| The Zionist Organization | K. Ber | 144 |
| My Activity in “Tsukunft” and the “Bund” | Rokhl Brestel-Grudke | 151 |
| The Rise and Development of the “Poaley-tsion” Zionist Socialists | Meyshe Granat | 156 |
| The Revisionist Movement | B. Kosovski | 165 |
| “Mizrakhi”, “He'khaluts-Ha'mizrakhi”, and “Ha'shomer-ha'dati” | Y. Avi-Sore | 173 |
| “Tseirey Agudas Yisroel” | Rabbi Yitskhak Shafran | 176 |
| “Basya” and “Banos Agudas Yisroel” | Rabonit Rivke Rozental-Shtshetshina | 179 |
| “Ha'shomer ha'tsair” | Elieyzer Levin | 182 |
| The Left “Poaley-tsion” | Neyekh Karvat | 186 |
| The Brener Library | Avrom Holtsman | 187 |
| The Agricultural Training Camp “Pulkha” in Tshirnye | Aron Shron | 190 |
| The Preparatory Training Point in Pasheki | Leyvi Varshaviak | 195 |
| The Drama Circles | Avrom Holtsman | 198 |
| The Work of the National Funds | A. Sh. Menakhem | 204 |
| Scholars, Leaders, Types and Personalities | ||
| Naske Goworower | I. I. Trunk | 206 |
| Reb Meyshe Yehoshe Ginzburg of Blessed Memory | Meyshe Granat | 209 |
| Reb Avrom Mordkhe Fridman of Blessed Memory | A. Bashan | 211 |
| My Father the Cantor & Ritual Slaughterer | Eliahu Yankev Brukhansky | 212 |
| My father R. Jonathan Zilbertsan | Yosef Zilbertson | 216 |
| R. Matisyohu Rosen z”l | B. Itshes | 218 |
| My parents | B. Kosovsky | 221 |
| R. Moses Tenenbaum hi”d | A. Bashan | 226 |
| R. Menashe Holtzman z”l | Abraham Holtzman | 229 |
| R. Abraham Shafran hi”d | Sh. Yitskhoki | 231 |
| Five generations | Khave bas Yakov Dov | 233 |
| R. Meir Zeev HaKohen Tehillim hi”d | Isaac Shafran | 237 |
| Memorial light for my family | Menuha Zeltser-Grudka | 239 |
| R. Baruch Mintz z”l | A. Bashan | 240 |
| R. Meir Romaner z”l | A. Egber | 241 |
| R. Jacob Hersh Vengrov | A. Bashan | 243 |
| R. Fayvl Brik hi”d | A. Bashan | 244 |
| Yoyelke the baker | A. Bar-Even | 245 |
| In memory of my father R. Moses Skornik z”l | Khayim Skornik | 248 |
| Rabbi Khayim Mordechai Bronrot z.ts”l | Sh. D. Yerushalmi | 249 |
| Rabbi Abraham Mendl Galant | Moses Khayim Galant | 251 |
| Hasidic figures | Yosef Zilbertson | 252 |
| R. Avrumke Tsalke, may God avenge his blood | A. Bashan | 256 |
| History of one family in Goworowo | Isaac Vardi-Rosenblum | 258 |
| My uncle R. Ephraim Leyb Boynem | Jacob Gurke | 263 |
| R. Velvl and Feyge Nekhome Blumstein hi”d | A. Bashan | 265 |
| R. Mordechai Leyb Gurka z”l | Y. Ben-Hasid | 266 |
| R. Hershl Glogover z”l | M. Rimon | 269 |
| R. Elhanan Friedman hi”d | M. Rimon | 270 |
| R. Israel Isaac Shran hi”d | A. Enbar | 271 |
| R. Khayim David Shran hi”d | A. Enbar | 272 |
| R. Khayim Leyb Maryansky, the cantor-shoykhet | Y. Avi-Sarah | 273 |
| R. Tsvi Aleyarzh, the Zamoshtsher Rebbe z.ts”l | A. Ben-Even | 274 |
| R. Jacob Shtshetshina z”l | A. Bashan | 276 |
| R. Isaiah Hertzberg hi”d | Yosef Gurka | 277 |
| R. Yudl Shaynyak z”l | B. Avi | 278 |
| My mother (Monument to a living soul) | Khave Bernstein-Burshtin | 279 |
| Hannah Papiertshik | B. P. Miriam | 280 |
| Two figures – Rokhl Shmilkes and Khane Rivke | Khave bas Yakov Dov | 281 |
| R. Baruch Kupperman z”l | A. Bayis | 282 |
| R. Asher Kutner hi”d | R. Abraham Alter Kutner / A. Ben | 283 |
| R. Solomon Leyb and R. Khayim Baruch Shachter z”l | Tsipora Zaltsberg-Shakhter | 284 |
| R. Gedalya Grinberg z”l | G. Even | 286 |
| My grandfather, R. Jacob Shabbetai Trukhnovsky z”l | Rebecca Rosenberg-Shafran | 287 |
| R. Joshua Rosen z”l | A. Bashan | 292 |
| R. Jacob Rosenberg hi”d | I. Ben-Mordechai | 294 |
| My home | Rebecca Vinderboym Praska | 296 |
| Peshke Goldman | H. Sh. Kazhdan | 297 |
| R. Mordechai Shmelts z”l | Khaye Shmelts | 298 |
| Benjamin Ginzberg hi”d | Rebecca Rosenberg-Shafran | 300 |
| Leybl Kersh hi”d | I. Sh. Hertz | 302 |
| The leader of the Bund | Feyge Sheiniak | 304 |
| Memorial light for our distinguished brother | Moses Granat / Isaac Granat | 305 |
| Elhanan Kosovsky | D. Avi-Dani | 308 |
| Memories and episodes | ||
| I remember you!... | I Zerubabel | 309 |
| A Jewish shtetl for the people | A. Reis | 313 |
| Goworowo | Israel Ritov | 316 |
| The Betar in Goworowo | Yosef Khrust | 319 |
| Rabbi Jacob Dovidl Amshinover in Goworowo | Nisen Mozes Shu”b | 323 |
| The ban | Isaac David Tehillim | 324 |
| The eruv affair | Sh. L. Tsitron | 325 |
| One Saturday night | A. Bar-Even | 327 |
| A Sabbath dawn in winter | Yosef Zilbertson | 330 |
| Sabbath at home | Feyge Sheiniak | 331 |
| Memories of youth | Sara Tsimerman-Romaner | 332 |
| Four years in Goworowo | R. Menahem Belfer | 334 |
| Two neighboring towns | Jacob Katz | 336 |
| Martyrdom | R. Tsvi A. Slushts | 339 |
| My family | Isaac Romaner | 340 |
| My road to Erets-Yisrael | Sara Blumstein-Skurnik | 341 |
| With the Rabbi's approval | Isaac Blumstein | 344 |
| A Jew goes to Erets-Yisrael . . . | Aaron Shran | 346 |
| Goworowo in my eyes | Cantor Nathan Stolnitz | 351 |
| Khomets at Passover time | A. B. Shoshani | 352 |
| Footnotes to an essay | H. Yustus | 355 |
| A story of “nadlitshbovi” | B. Dines | 359 |
| Town pranksters | A. Govorover | 361 |
| Teaching the in-law a lesson | A. Govorover | 365 |
| Two episodes | Jacob Gurka | 368 |
| As luck would unfortunately have it | Moses Sarne | 371 |
| Town curiosities | Hannah Vaysbord / Sh. Ts. | 373 |
| Solomon Akiba the village fool | A. B. Shoshani | 376 |
| Town folklore | M. Rimon | 379 |
| Goworowo in “HaTsefira”, 1887 | 380 | |
| Holocaust | ||
| In Polish fields | Binem Heller | 381 |
| “Although we are condemned to death we have not lost the divine image” | Dr. Arye Leon Kububi | 382 |
| “I seek my brother” | R. Isaac Jedidiah Frenkel | 384 |
| This is how it began | Isaac Romaner | 387 |
| Diary of a mobilized soldier | Jacob Gurka | 390 |
| Holocaust | Moses Molavani | 394 |
| A month with the German beasts | Moses Dranitsa | 401 |
| Looking back | Pesah Czerwin | 405 |
| The last Kol Nidre night | Eve Bernstein-Burstin | 410 |
| So that you may remember. . . | R. Isaac Shafran | 414 |
| Elegy | A. Ben-Ir | 416 |
| A page of Talmud saved me | B. Aviezer | 417 |
| In the crematoria | Yosef Perlstein | 420 |
| Hear O Israel. . . | Rachel Auerbach | 423 |
| Martyrdom in exile | K. Noah | 425 |
| Goworowo without Jews | Mordecai Govartshik | 427 |
| Kaddish | R. Moses Bernstein | 429 |
| Psalm of David | A. Y. Brukhensky | 432 |
| These I remember | ||
| Prayer for the dead | 434 | |
| List of the slain | 435 | |
| Obituary notices | 447 | |
| Landsmanshaft organizations | ||
| The Yotse Govorovo organization in Israel | Aaron Shran | 481 |
| The Free Loan Society of the Yotse Govorovo organization in Israel | Abraham Levine | 486 |
| Goworowo societies in America | Isaac Safran | 488 |
| The Goworowo landsmanshaft in Canada | A. Ben-Meir | 492 |
| Goworowo people in other countries | 494 | |
| An expression of thanks | Vaad Irgun Yotse Govorova BeYisrael | 405 |
| English summary of the book | ||
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