“Build yourselves houses of meeting and houses of study” Megile 29

Bow Your Heads in Reverent Honor! The “cold” wooden shul was a beautiful architectural construction. It was built horizontally like a fortress. It was burned during the Great Fire in May 1929.

TOC translated by Yocheved Klausner

From the Editor	Moshe Kaganowitz	15
Foreword by the Editor [Y]	Moshe Kaganowitz	18
A Little Town of Wooden Houses and Shingle Roofs [Y]		23
Old Ivye
The history of the Jewish settlement in Ivye	Moshe Kaganowitz	35
The history of the Jewish settlement in Ivye [Y]	Moshe Kaganowitz	43
Ivye in various encyclopedias		53
In the Jewish Press		56
Rabbi Moishe'le Ivyer (Ashkenazi)	Rabbi Moshe David Baksht	71
The history of Rabbi Moshe son of R'Yakov Ashkenazi z”l	Avraham Hakohen Eliav (Elyowitz)	75
The relation of the family of the late President Yitzhak Ben Zvi z”l to Rabbi Moishe'le Ivyer (Ashkenazi)	Avraham Hakohen Eliav (Elyowitz)	81
R'Mende'le Ivyer (Baksht)	Rav R'Moshe–David Baksht	84
Ivye before World War One	Rav Dr. Eliyahu–Avraham	86
There once was a shtetl Ivye [Y]	Yehuda Leib Bloch	92
The Yiddish Broadway and Other Songs [Y]	Arye Leyb Baran	116
Memories	Tzipora Bernstein z”l	118
Memories of One-time Ivye [Y]	Sonye Viktor	125
Memories that cannot be forgotten! [Y]	Sadie Peshkov	131
Tales of the millner's daughter	Yocheved Shmukler (Bukhs)	134
Memories from my childhood and adolescent years in Ivye	Yakov Levin	140
The stories of my grandfather R'Eliezer Kashetzer	Avraham Eliav	150
Public, Charity and Cultural institutions in our town	Avigail Lazarovski	152
A Purim Play in Ivye		157
The Ivye Bathhouse [Y]	Yokheved Buks (Shmukler)	160
Ivye in the Years 1904 to 1907 [Y]	Sonye Ayerof	162
Ivye as It Remains in My Memory 1890–1908 [Y]	Dovid Shmukler	166
A. The Rabbis of the Ivye Community
The first rabbis in Ivye	Moshe Tzinowitz	176
a. The “miraculous” Torah scholar R'Nisan ben Moshe ABD Ivye		176
b. R'Aharon, ABD Ivye		177
c. Rabbi Meir Shalom Hakohen Karlitz		177
The great scholar Rabbi Moshe Arie Leib Grodzenski z”l	Avraham Eliav (Eliowitz)	180
The great scholar Rabbi David Shlomo Grodzenski z”l	Avraham Eliav (Eliowitz)	182
The great scholar Rabbi Yitzhak Kosovski	Avraham Eliav (Eliowitz)	184
The great scholar Rabbi Moshe Shatzkes z”l	Avraham Eliav (Eliowitz)	188
Kolel Avrechim [a study community] in Kfar Hassidim in the name of our Rabbi Moshe Shatzkes z”l	Avraham Eliav (Eliowitz)	192
The great scholar R'Zev Perlman z”l, last rabbi in Ivye		194
Rabbi R'Moshe Meirowitz, the Dayan z”l		197
Rabbi Avraham–Yitzhak Minkin, “the ascetic” z”l		198
Rabbi Yosef– Chaim Klatzki z”l		199
Rabbi Shlomo Yehuda Karpel, the Dayan z”l and his son Rabbi Moshe		200
Rabbi Eliyahu Shmukler, the Dayan z”l		201
Rabbi Avraham–David Bloch, the Mashgiah z”l		202
Rabbi Yitzhak Baksht Josephson z”l		203
B. Ivye Natives as Spiritual Leaders in Jewish Communities
Ivye natives as rabbis in other towns in the 19th century	Moshe Tzinowitz	204
a. R'Nachum Shimon ben Nathan Neta		204
b. R'Eliyahu Hakohen ben R'Shmuel Levin		205
c. Rabbi Bezalel Epstein		205
The great scholar Rabbi Chaim Oizer Grodzenski	Avraham Eliav (Eliowitz) Hakohen	206
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Chasman z”l	Avraham Eliav (Eliowitz) Hakohen	213
The great scholar Rabbi Aharon Yosef Baksht z”l	Avraham Eliav (Eliowitz) Hakohen	216
Rabbi Mordechai HaKohen Eliowitz z”l	Avraham Eliav (Eliowitz) Hakohen	218
“Through those near to Me I show Myself Holy” (Lev.10:3)	Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Meltzer	221
Rabbi Yakov–Moshe Shmukler	Avraham Eliav	222
Rabbi Mordechai Shmukler z”l		223
Rabbi Naftali Rafalowitz		223
The great scholar Rabbi Chaim Paltiel z”l		224
Rabbi Yechiel Mechl Kosovski z”l		225
The Bet Yosef Yeshiva in Ivye	Meir Goldschmid (Eynav)	226
Sayings and lectures of the Ivye rabbis		230
Ritual slaughterers and cantors in Ivye		233
Between Two World Wars
Memories and Notes
Correspondence [Y]	A. Z. Bender	237
The Meeting about the Homeless Fund [Y]		240
Ivye – a town of Torah and Charity	Rabbi Avraham–Aharon Schatzkes	243
The Batei Midrash [houses of learning, synagogues]	Rabbi Arie–Leib Schatzkes	246
The Orphanage in Ivye		250
My visit in Ivye in 1922 [Y]	Chaia Gita Palevski (Baksht)	253
Childhood in the home of my grandfather	Baruch Moran (Bernstein)	256
The dynasty of the Maskil Le'eitan (Bender) Family	Mendel Bender	262
The well [Y]	Chaim Grade	267
Houses in town [Y]	Chaia Levitin (Volanski)	270
Events and people	Moshe Nevat (Novoprotzki)	276
Happy and sad days in the shtetl [Y]	Chasia Karpilevski	280
The town in the thirties	Yitzhak (Itze) Gordon	287
Memories of a “baradinstchik”	Moshe Kaganowitz	296
There is no more Ivye [Y]	Sonia Victor	311
Ivye stands in front of my eyes [Y]	Yakov Levin	312
A wedding in Ivye [Y]	Asne Kotcher	313
Purim in Ivye [Y]		314
Events and sensations in the shtetl [Y]	Arie Shmukler	315
The economic life [Y]	M. Kaganowitz	322
Way–of–life and folklore [Y]
Ivye types and folklore	Chaim Byelavski	326
Hirshel the Bereziner	Avraham–Zvi Mekel	333
Ivye Review–Folklore	Moshe Novoprotzki (Nevat)	335
Nicknames (poem)		335
Ivye Jews – good money (poem)		337
A shtete'le of good luck (poem)		338
“Bakshtiada” (poem)		339
Ivye – a shtetl of nicknames	A. Alef	340
Ivye nicknames		341
Ivye sayings, anecdotes and idioms	M. Kaganowitz	343
The Great Fire [Y]
The great fire, which changed the face of the town	M.	351
The destruction of Ivye (“Zeit”)	Moshe Kaganowitz	353
Once there was a town	Dan	354
The destruction of Ivye (“Zeit”)	Moshe Kaganowitz	357
The destruction of Ivye (“Vilner Tog”)	Moshe Kaganowitz	359
To the Polish Jewry!		363
A letter from Ivye (“Zeit”)	Moshe Kaganowitz	364
Education and Cultural Institutions
The history of the Hebrew School in Ivye (“Hatzefira”)	Ben Ya'akov	365
The history of the Hebrew School in Ivye (“Hatzefira”)	M. Etzbe'oni (Finger)	366
Lag Ba'omer festivities in the Hebrew School in Ivye	M. Etzbe'oni (Finger)	366
The Hebrew School in Ivye	Peretz Alufi (Kliko)	368
The Jewish School for Girls [Y]	Sara Gershuni, Chaia Levitin, Tzipora Gilinski	371
The “Hebrew Speakers' Circle” in the Bialik School	Baruch Kopold	374
The last year of the Hebrew School	Liber Losh	377
The school in Ivye during the Soviet rule	Shmuel Geller	381
The Jewish Public Library	Chaia Volanski (Levitin)	385
Theater in Ivye		388
Parties, Associations and Credit Institutions
Sprouts of the Zionist Movement after WWI	M. Bender (Margolin)	393
Hechalutz and Hechalutz Hatza'ir organizations	Yocheved Shmukler (Buchs)	394
Tze'irei Mizrahi association and Hechalutz Hamizrahi organization	Avraham Eliav	399
Hashomer Hatza'ir branch	Zalman Volanski	404
The Jewish socialistic workers' party Po'alei Zion	M. Kaganowitz	411
Beitar and Hatzohar	Chaim Belavski, Arie Shmukler, Chaim Shofar	416
Party Wars in Ivye	Peretz Alufi	419
The Professional Association and the Communist Party	Gershon Deliatitzki, Asne Koshtzer (Brand)	421
The Halutz [pioneer] training group in Ivye	Moshe Ozitzer	425
The economic associations		427
The Credit Companies		429
Personalities and Public Figures [Y]
Yechiel Goldsmit z”l		432
Jewish actors talk about Yechiel Goldsmit	In “Forverts”	433
Lea Robins z”l		437
The tragic life and tragic death of Lea Robins	Yakov Reich	438
Yitzhak Arko z”l		441
Shechna Epstein	Moshe Katz	442
Israel–David Gutlevski z”l	B. M.	445
Malka Gutlevski z”l	Baruch Moran (Bernstein)	446
Eliahu–Baruch Rabinowitz z”l, David Bender z”l, Aharon–Zelig Bender z”l, Arie Novoprotzki z”l, Akiva Baksht z”l, Yitzhak–Yosef Bercowitz z”l, Moshe Stutzki z”l, Yeshayahu (Shaye) Baksht z”l, Rabbi Dr. Eliyahu–Avraham Baksht z”l, Eliyahu Golinkin z”l, Yehoshua Bloch z”l, Lapidot Katz z”l, Dr. Aizik Melamed z”l, Emma Melamed z”l, Devora Nathanson (Ginsburg) z”l, Dr. Wite Sinyok (Abramowitz) z”l		449
Social Activists, House Owners [Baalei Batim] and Scholars
A memorial candle for the souls of martyrs: R'Israel–Kalman and Yeora Elyowitz z”l, Yakov Moshe Bloch z”l, Bezalel Lazarovski z”l, Ahron–Leib Gutlevski z”l, David malchovsk z”l, Meshulam (Polye) Baksht z”l, Eliezer Angel z”l, Baruch Stutzki z”l, Eliyahu Rogoff z”l, Meirim Volenski z”l, Leib Kalmanowitz z”l, Aharon Boyarski z”l, Chaim–Aharon Kaganowitz z”l, brothers Yosef–Chaim and Mordechai Kabak z”l, Meir Dvoretzki z”l, Israel Ginsburg z”l, the Avraham Bodner Family z”l, Yitzhak Feder z”l, Daniel Goldsmid z”l, Shmuel Yankelewitz z”l, brothers Chaim and Yekutiel Nuchimovski z”l, Yehuda Leib Patish (Molot) z”l, Rabbi Zelig Marlinski z”l, Zelig Kessler z”l, Meir Goskind, Yeshayahu Berezowitz z”l, David Gilinski z”l, Yitzhak Goldsmid z”l, Alter Gershowitz z”l, David Goldberg z”k, Israel Gutlevski z”l.	A. Eliav (Elyowitz)	470
Destruction and Heroism [Y]
Memorial Days		491
Deep graves, red clay	Shmuel Halkin	492
Let there be no testimony!!	Batia Baksht	493
How it was ruined…	Moshe Kaganowitz	498
The extermination of the Jews in Ivye	Shifra Margolin z”l	503
The slaughter in Ivye 12 May 1942	Dr. A. Kaplinski	519
We covered the graves of the martyrs	Elimelech Melamed	525
From the great slaughter to the liquidation of the ghetto	Moshe Kaganowitz	529
The fate of the Ivye Partisan Group in the Marin Forest	Moshe Kaganowitz	535
The white laugh [H]	Yakov Pilovski	540
The extermination of the last 1200 Jews in Borisov	Shevach Chaimowitz	542
The fate of the Ivye Jews in the Lida ghetto and camp	Tzipora Zhoravski	549
The first explosion [H]	Elimelech (Mishe) Melamed	552
My road in the ghettoes and forests in the years of the Nazi occupation [H]	Eng. Yitzhak Gordon	554
With the partisans from “Iscra”	Mordechai Ginsburg	571
On the path of battle and vengeance	Elimelech (Mishe) Melamed	580
Eighteen months of eternal night	Shmuel Geller	598
How I Escaped from Hitler's Clutches	Miriam Angel-Federman	604
This was how we struggled for our lives	Nechama Katz	611
We survived the war in Germany	Elimelech Yankelewitz	618
The joint destiny of the Trab and Ivye Jews	Chanan Levkowitz	626
Ivye after liberation	Shmuel Geller	628
A punisment from Heaven for the Shaliapke Family	Dobe Shmeilowitz	631
The activity to renew the trial against the murderer Zhokovski	M.	634
From the Courtroom		635
Ivye Natives Who Fell in the Battles Against the Germans
Eliyahu Baksht and Zev Shmukler z”l, Yosef Kabak and Pesach Bilavski z”l, Shepsl Sheftel and Sender Bilavski z”l, Eliyahu Katz z”l, Gershon Katz z”l, Alberstein Eli–Zalman z”l, Efraim Melamed z”l, Tanfel Fruma z:l, Yoel Sovitzki and Leizer Tzirolnik z”l, brothers Kagan Mordechai, Eli and Yakov z”l, Bezalel Ginsburg z”l, Dvoretzki Chaim–Leib z”l, Moshe–Zalman Kinkolkin z”l, Yosef Bloch z”l.		638
The Activity of the Ivye Landsmanshaften
To the Reader	A. Eliav	655
A word to the reader [Y]	A. Eliav	656
The Ivye Relief Committee during WWI [Y]	Leibl Berezowitz	657
The activity of Ivye Relief in America [Y]	Chaia Gita Baksht (Palevski)	664
Zelig Rogoff, the untiring communal worker [Y]	Ch. G. Baksht (Palevski)	674
List of addresses of Ivye Landsleit in America		676
“The Organization of Former Ivye Residents” in Israel	Avraham Eliav (Eliowitz)	683
List of addresses of former Ivye residents in Israel		693
Ivye Jews who died in Israel		701
Yizkor for the Holocaust victims		703
List of Ivye martyrs who perished in the Holocaust		704
List of Lipnishok martyrs who perished in the Holocaust		730
List of Trab martyrs who perished in the Holocaust		736
English Page		746
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