TOC translated by Sara Mages

Introduction
Map of the city of Smorgon		2
Preface to the Book		3
Words in Memory of Abba Gordin	Chanoch Lewin	4
Words in Memory of Abba Gordin	Eliezer Steinman	5
Words in Memory of Abba Gordin	Chaim Dan	5
Members of the Editorial Board		6-7
Yisgadal VeYiskadash	Chanoch Levin	8
Historical Introduction	Abba Gordin	9-30
A Conversation from Ancient Times	Chanoch Lewin	31-43
Smorgon– The Story of it's Town and Destruction [Y]	A.Y. Goldschmidt	44-52
Persons of Merit (Rabbis, authors, artists and personalities)
Rabbi Menashe from Ilya (1767- 1831)	Abba Gordin	54-70
Our Master Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook	Ephraim Tzoref	71-72
Two Lions	Abba Gordin	73-77
Rabbis of the Community of Smorgon	Moshe Tzinovitz	78-104
A. Rabbi Chaim HaCohen, the First Rabbi		78-79
B. The second rabbi, Rabbi Eliahu		80
C. In Smorgon between Kings		81
D. Rabbi Michel the son of Rabbi Feibish		82
E. Rabbi Eliahu		82
F. The Gaon Rabbi Menashe the son of Yosef Mailia		83-86
G. The Rabbi and Gaon Rabbi Aryeh Leib Shapira		87-89
H. Rabbi Yitzchak Menachem Zundel		89-90
I. Rabbi Levi Shapira was famous as a Gaon		90
J. Rabbi Chaim Avraham Shapira		90-91
K. The Gaon Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Litwin		91-95
L. Torah Kibbutz in Smorgon during the years 5656–5669 (1896–1900)		95-97
M. The Rabbi and Gaon Yehuda Leib Gordin		97-102
N. Rabbi Menashe Yosef Ginzberg		103-104
O. Rabbi Shmuel Aharon HaCohen Plotkin		104
Natives of Smorgon Serving as Rabbis in Other Communities		105-112
Abridged Autobiography	Tzvi Shimshi	113-119
Professor Nahum Slouschz	David Tidhar	120-122
Abraham Kabak	T. Z. Weinberg	123-125
Lines to the image of Aharon Avraham Kabak (1880-1944)	David Tidhar	125-128
Drawings to the image of A. A. Kabak	Lea A'mitan	129-131
Moyshe Kulback (1896-1937) [Y]	Meir Alef	132-134
Characters from Karke [Y]	Moyshe Kulback	135-137
Avraham Sutzkever [Y]	From a conversation with Yacov Pat	138-141
Abraham Sutzkever [Y]	Aharon Rubin	142-143
With Grandfather in Smorgon [Y]	Avraham Sutzkewer	144-145
The Sculptor Itkind [Y]	Daniel Charni	146-149
My Destroyed City - Holy Smorgon [Y]	Eliahu Galob	150-159
Eliahu Golub [Y]		160
Gershon Broide [Y]		161
G–D and Samael (The Devil) [Y]	Gershon Broide	162-163
Nissan Meckler	David Yosefun	164-166
My Brother Avraham Forsite [Y]	Benjamin Forsite	167-170
Yitzchak Bar'Eli (Izik Brudny)		171-173
David Raziel		174-181
The Town and its Residents A. Till the First World War
Segments of Memories	Abba Gordin	185-208
Our Works that were Published in Smorgon	&nsbp;	209-220
“Ivria”	Hanoch Levin	221-228
The Smorgon “Kibbutz” [Y]	M. Ivenski	229-233
Whenever I speak about her….(a chapter of memories)	Regina Helman	234-236
The Worker's Movement [Y]	A. Farsayt	237-249
The Kibbutz and A. Veiter [Y]	A.Y. Goldshmid	250-252
October 1905 [Y]	Nechama's Isaac	253-255
The Last Days of Smorgon [Y]	A. Forsite	256-260
A testimony	Pesach Taburiski	261-262
Memoirs [Y]	Harry L. Hofman	263-267
Smorgon Exploding [Y]	A. Raple's	268-270
The Kibbutz and Mordecai Raziel [Y]	Esther's Meir	271-272
The Town and its Residents B. Between the Wars
My town	Baruch Sutskover	275-277
My hometown Smorgon	Rafael Weinstein	278-285
My Home in Smorgon	Golda Shalem	286-293
My home in “Kreke”	Leah Rotbart	294-297
The rebirth of Smorgon [Y]	Perl Ginsburg-Teisner	298-302
The Tarbut School, From its Beginning to its End	Henoch Levin	303-313
Lag Ba'Omer in Tarbut school [Y]	Mariashe Yentes	314-315
The Pioneering Movement in Smorgon	Beni Marshak	316-320
The Beginning of the “Halutz” Movement in Smorgon	Tzvi Horovitz	321-324
Zalman Alperowicz – a Monument to the Soul of a Pioneer	Y. Bankover	325-327
Political Parties and Youth Movements in the City	Mordechai Taburiski	328-332
Our Fields and Forests (Poems) [Y]	A. Ish–Ahuvi	333-336
On my “Stage” Smorgon	Chanoch Levin	337-348
Few out of Many Images from the town
R' Dov Bindman	Benjamin Bindman	351-355
Betzalel Magidey – lines in his memory	Refael Weinstein	356
Shloymale [Shalom] Magid - a Pleasant Musician [Y]	Beile Magid-Bear	357-358
The Fiddle Song [Y]	Hirshele-Zvi Levin	359-360
R' Ze'ev Wolf the Shamash	Shoshana Pelavski	361-364
The Tehilim Jews of Smorgon [Y]	Yakov Danishevsky	365-366
Chatzkel, the Backsmith [Y]		369
R' Meir Sofer Setam	Moshe Mekler	370-372
Berta Shein z"l	Baruch Sutzkover	373-374
The Holocaust and the Destruction Chapters of Testimony
“The City of Slaughter”[1] (a segment)	H.N. Bialik	377
Two Songs (Poems) [Y]	Liba Elgin	378
The Destruction of Smorgon [Y]	Mariasha Yentes	379-399
In the Ghetto and in the Camps [Y]	Rivka Markus (Yamnik)	400-418
In Hospital in Smorgon [Y]	Mariasha Yentes	419-421
Ponar - (a poem)	Sherke Kaczerginski	422
What I survived [Y]	Elka Baranovsky	423-432
In the War	Shalom Sneidman	433-435
A Page from the Holocaust… [Y]	Ida Levin	436-437
The experiences of a Partisan [Y]	Eliezer Karpel	438-439
Smorgon was destroyed twice [Y]	Margola Hurwitch	440-442
Emotional Experiences of Survival during World War II [Y]	Leah Bubis	443-448
Words of Testament	Tova Donski	449-452
Testimony	Sh. Greis	453-454
To our Children
A Yizkor Prayer		457
First to be annihilated (lamentation)	Yitzhak Katzenelson[2]	458-460
One Childhood	Chanoch Al-Domi	461-498
Memorial Pages (necrology)		499-542
The Activities of the Committee of the Organization of Smorgon Natives	Rafael Weinstein	543-544
The Smorgon Help Committee [Y]	A. Tchipkin	545-546
The Society of Smorgon Natives in America [Y]	Y. Miller	547-548
Stories through Photos		549-610
The Activities of the Board	Baruch Sutzkower	611-614
In Memory of our dear ones
On Your Heights You have Fallen…	Baruch Sutzker
Ninth Memorial Gathering in Hadera, August 1954
Errata
Addendum
The story of the tombstone
The Nazis Next Door
Mollie Feldman's Family
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