Yavoriv, Ukraine

Monument to the Community of Jaworow
and the Surrounding Region
(Yavoriv, Ukraine)

49°56' / 23°23'

Translation of
Matsevet zikaron le-kehilat Jaworow ve-ha-seviva

Editor: Michael Bar-Lev

Published in Haifa 1979

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This is a translation of: Matsevet zikaron le-kehilat Jaworow ve-ha-seviva
(Monument to the community of Jaworow and the surrounding region),
Editor: Michael Bar-Lev, Jaworow Societies in Israel and the United States, Published: Haifa 1979 (H,Y 252 pages)

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Yavoriv (1979)

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Translated by Yocheved Klausner

Preface
Introduction	N. Bar-Lev	1
Foreword [E]	M. Bar-Lev	2
Introduction	S. Eichbaum	3
Introduction [Y]	S. Eichbaum	4
Foreword [E]	S. Eichbaum	5
To S. Eichbaum, to his 80th birthday		6
The activity of the Committee		8
The Yavoriv Committee [Y]		12

History		16
From the Middle-Ages to the Holocaust		17
Galicia		30
Map of Galicia		31
The Jews in Galicia		40

Yavoriv		44
The town Yavoriv	From “Judenstadt Yavoriv”	54
The Jews of Yavoriv - the rabbis and The Council of the Four Lands		55

The First World War		60
Memories	S. Eichbaum	61
Memories	B. Maurer, S. Saboni (Seifer) z”l	64
Memories	S. Eichbaum	65
Memories	M. Flamm	68
A collecion of memories	I. Drucker	69
Between the two World Wars		69

The Holocaust		71
Poland, Galicia, Yavoriv		72
The Yanovska Camp	A. Goldberg	72
The Holocaust of the Galicia Jews	Based on the Silberstein Book	73
The ruin of the Polish Jewry	S. Anski	74
The situation of the Galicia Jews at the beginning of the Russian occupation	“Haaretz” newspaper	76
Report of the United Committee for the aid of the Polish Jews		78
The solution of the “Jewish Problem” in Galicia	The plan of the Galician Police Cief Katzman	80
Testimonies from the Holocaust	Mrs. M. Ringel & Mr. Borodor, A. Winter, M. Zatokovski, Mrs. R. Brumer, A. Zimmerman (translation: A. Hovner-Altschuler)	84
A Diary from the Holocaust	Based on “Judenstadt Yavoriv” by S. Druck - USA (Translation: M. Bar-Lev	93
Memories from the Holocaust	Y. Meltzer	99
Yavoriv Jews in the USA	Dr. N. Birn (Translation M. Bar-Lev)	100
Yavoriv Jews in the USA [Y]	Dr. N. Birn	104
Yavoriv Jews in the United States [E]	Dr. N. Birn	110

Krakowitz		117
A Memorial Plaque at The Chamber of the Holocaust [Martef Hashoah]		117
Sources for the history of the Shtetl		118
Krakowitz - memorial candles	Kampel	119
Krakowitz	Eliezer Ben Yakov	120

Wilkatch		121
A Memorial Plaque at The Chamber of the Holocaust [Martef Hashoah]		121

Rabbis		122
The Altschuler family, authors of the “Metzudot” commentaries		123
Rav A. Ettinga		124
Rav Tz. Hirsch (Charif)		125
Rav Y. son of R'Moshe Pinchas		126
The Darshan [preacher] Berechia Birch son of A. Getzl		127
The BABAD dynasty		130
Photograph of the book Tehila LeDavid by M. M. Babad
The Margaliyot family - a family tree		131
The Rav Elimelech Teomim-Frenkel, the last rabbi of Yavoriv ztz”l		132
Rav R'Feivish of the Belz dynasty, the last Yavoriv rebbe	Klapholz	139
R'Feivish Sternberg	Ratik	144
Rav Elimelech Hurwitz z”l	From “Judenstadt Yavoriv” by S. Druck (translation: M. Bar-Lev	145
R'Elimelech from Yavoriv	Klapholz	146
The Melamed R'Gedalia Chameides	S. Eichbaum	147
The visit of the Belzer Rebbe in Yavoriv		150
The Belzer Hasidism		151
The synagogue attendant [shamash] Y. Arie	Dr. S. Matok-Suess	152
Righteous figures in Yavoriv - officeholders in religious institutions		153

The Great Synagogue [Bet Hakneset Hagadol]	Drawing by S. Eichbaum	156
The Synagogue	Att. S. Matok-Suess, Ch. Goldman	157
The wooden synagogue	Based on Davidowitz	158
The Great Synagogue	S. Eichbaum	159

Jewish Life in Yavoriv before the Holocaust		161
Jewish life in town	S. Eichbaum	162
Religious life	S. Eichbaum	167
Memories [Yiddish]	S. Eichbaum	170
A Jewish wedding in town	B. Maurer	176

Way of Life		178
Life in general		179
Educational institutions: “Tarbut” Schools		180
The “Tarbut” school	A. Hochner-Altschuler	181
Founding the Tarbut School and the affiliated kindegarten	Ch. Ackereisen-Ratz	183

Zionism		185
Zionism in Yavoriv after WWI	M. Flamm	186
The pioneers from Yavoriv	S. Eichbaum	187
Tha Hashomer branch in Fischler's house	Ch. Ackereisen-Ratz	188
The Zionist Movements	A. Hanner	189
Agudat Israel	A. Strich	193
Photographs		194

Life in Yavoriv - in the Press		196
Thanks to Hebrew and Yiddish

Figures		203
Yafa (Sheindel) Eichbaum z”l	Her children	204
R'Eliezer Eichbaum ztz”l		205
Yuta Eichbaum, may God avenge her blood	A. Hochner-Altschuler, D. Ginsburg-Bernstein	206
Z. Klarfeld, may God avenge his blood	S. Eichbaum, A. Altschuler	207
A. Herschenfeld and his wife z”l	S. Fein	209
Letters	Z. Klarfeld, S. Strich (the brother)
M. Ohringer z”l		210
Letters from M. Ohringer z”l
The Kanigel family		211
M. Koenig z”l [E]	J. Koenig	212
Elka Wurzel	A. Altschuler	216
Dovidl - the water-carrier	S. Eichbaum, A. Altschuler	216
Assorted stories	S. Eichbaum	216

Memories		220
The Altschuler family	A. Hochner-Altschuler	221
M. Adler		222
D. Hocks		223
My Yavoriv	Dr. S. Matok-Suess	223
My family	N. Nudel	224
Memories from my home	Ch. Ackereisen-Ratz	225
My shtetl Yavoriv	S. Eichbaum	226
Shreds of memories	Ch. Goldman	228
Brothers I. and I. Bleiberg		229
I. Serber		230
My Yavoriv	M. Breitkopf's grandson	231
Memories	I. Schpetz, Hame'iri (Ratik)	232
Sternberg	Ratik	232
M. Flamm		233
I. Druker		233
A. Winter		233
C. Frenkel - a printer		234
I. L. Kanigel z”l		234
The family of M. M. Ratik	I. Schpatz z”l	235
Childhood days in Yavoriv	D. Ginsberg-Bernstein	236
B. Maurer		239
Z. Strudler-Strich		240
Yavoriv: Members of the organization who died in Israel		241
These are the names… List of the martyrs of the Community		242

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