News Archive

Research Projects. Updated:
33. Family Search (LDS) catalogue microfilms on Bessarabia Jewish records

Research Projects. New additions:
36. Kishinev Doyna Cemetery.
37. Tiraspol Jewish Cemetery Indexing and Photographing.
38. Kishinev Main Jewish Cemetery (Skulyany).

Holocaust in Bessarabia. New additions:
History and Voices of the Tragedy in Romania and Transnistria. The Nizkor Project. Thanks to Dr. Felicia (Steigman) Carmelly.

Family Memoirs. New additions:
Finding Fera Citron, Part I

Additional reading. Updated:
Steven Zipperstein, 'Rethinking Kishinev: How a Riot Changed 20th-Century Jewish History', now with copy of lecture in audio (thanks to Patricia K. and Steven Z.)

General History, Government, Maps. New additions:
Military-Topographical Maps of Russian Empire created in 1846-1863

Jewish Cemeteries. Updated:
35. Indexing and Photographing the gravestones at the Chimishliya Cemetery: finished.

Additional reading. New additions:
Steven Zipperstein: Rethinking Kishinev: How a Riot Changed 20th-Century Jewish History
Alexandr Roitman: The process of conversion of the Jewish Population of Bessarabia, into Christian from Mozaic religion, in the XIX century.
Alexandr Roitman:, Bessarabian Jews, who are they?

Photo Gallery. New additions:
Kishinev 150 years ago!

Jewish Cemeteries. Updated:
Kishinev, 1979-1988. Thanks to Terry Lasky, who translated 3227 records.

Music, Theatre, Literature. New additions:
Cantor Nissan Spivak
Cantor Moishe Oysher

Jewish Cemeteries, Photograph Collections. New additions:
Photos from Cemeteries in Teleneshty, Calarash and Vadul Rashkov. Courtesy of Olga Sivac, Kishinev, Librarian at I. Manger Jewish Public Library (website).

Research Projects. Updated:
32. Tiraspol Zionists, part 2. Translated by Janet Furba.

Additional Reading. New additions:
The Lost Jews of McIntosh. Thanks to Pat Fuller for finding this article.

KehilaLinks websites. New section added with
15 towns, and 3 towns in progress.

Travel to Bessarabia. New additions:
My visit to Cruileni, Moldova (July 3rd, 2013) written by Gloria Green.

Research Projects. Updates:
16. Translate sections of Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Romania All 35 sections (books) are translated. Thanks to Ala Gamulka for her great work.
30. Two more books were resesarched and excerpts made and put into table of Jews in Bessarabia who held public office. Thanks to Yuriy Daylis.

Research Projects. New:
33. Family Search (LDS) catalogue microfilms on Bessarabia Jewish records. Project Leader: Yoni Kupchik.
34. The National Archive of Moldova. Combined project of archival and genealogical researcher Alla Chastina, Kishinev and Bessarabia SIG.
35. Chimishlia Cemetery project.

Archives, Libraries, Museums:
The National Archive of Moldova: Combined project of archival and genealogical researcher Alla Chastina, Kishinev and Bessarabia SIG.
The National Archive of Moldova: Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Rumyantsev is an author of the project 'Voices from the Past', some translated excepts by Yefim Kogan.

Family Memoirs, Stories:
Zakhar Benderskiy, resident of Chernovtsy, family from Kishinev (from www.centropa.org).

Music, Theatre, Literature:
Cantor Shabtai Ackerman born in Kishinev. Listen to Shema Yisroel!
Cantor Chaim Millman born in Brichany. Listen to Av Harachamim!

Jewish Cemeteries:
Indexing and Photographing the gravestones at the Chimishlia Cemetery.