Indura, Belarus

Amdur, my hometown
(Indura, Belarus)
53°27' / 23°53'

Translation of
Amdur, mayn geboyrn-shtetl

Published in Buenos Aires, 1973

Acknowledgments
Project Coordinator

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Our sincere appreciation to Gabriela Efron for permission
to put this material on the JewishGen web site.
To Michael Bohnen – for his much needed editorial assistance
and for the translation of the religious content in several chapters.
All contributors of funds for the translation.

Don Yedidya Efron – for recognizing the need
to preserve the heart and soul of this Jewish town

This is a translation from: Amdur, mayn geboyrn-shtetl, (Amdur, my hometown)
Buenos Aires, 1973.

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The Life and Work of Yedidya Efron, by Professor Lazaro Schallman^[1] 9

Our Shtetl Which Is No More, by Avraham Zek 37

Yedidya Efron–Chronicle of his Home Town, by Yitzchak Kaplan 42

Amdur – my Birth–Town 45

Geographical Location of Amdur 45

Amdur, an Important Locality in the Past 46

The Number of the Amdur Jewish Population 47

Amdur Streets 48

The Goyishe Gass 49

The Great Synagogue and the Batei Midrash 51

Amdur Rabbis, Scholars, and Balabatim, by Yedidya Efron 54

Learned Balabatim [Men of Influence] of Amdur 64

My Parents, May They Rest in Peace, by Yedidya Efron 93

Amdurer Clergy and other Typical Figures 111

Amdur Khazonim and Shokhetim 111

Amdurer Shamosim 118

Amdurer Soferim 123

Amdurer Yeshiva 127

Amdur Melamdim and Teachers 137

Amdur Russian Teachers 147

Amdur Kohanim 151

Hebrew Family Names 152

Amdur Doctors 154

Amdur Apothecary 157

Amdurer Wine House Keepers 162

Amdur Craftsmen 169

Simple People of Amdur 186

Jewish Soldiers of Czar Nicholas 192

Crazy People in Amdur 195

Drunkards of Amdur 199

The Amdur Post Office 200

Yishuvniks of Amdur 202

Amdur Gentiles 207

Gentile Drunkards 212

Amdur Government Authorities 215

Great Rabbis of Grodno, by Yedidya Efron 220

The History of Amdur, by Dr. Yitzchak Rivkind 245

Introduction - Life and Work(s) of Iedidio Efrón by Prof. Lázaro Schallman^[2] 5

Coordinator's footnotes:

Yiddish version – a Spanish Version appears at the end of book. Return

Spanish version – starts at end of book and proceeds towards the front. A Yiddish version appears at the beginning of the book.

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