Ungheni, Moldova

My Shtetl Unghen
(Ungheni, Moldova)

47°12' / 27°49'

Translation of
Mayn shtetl Ungen: poeme

Editor: Chaim Barkan

Published in Philadelphia 1959

Acknowledgments
Project Coordinator

Karen M. Albert

Translator

Theodore Steinberg

This is a translation of: Mayn shtetl Ungen: poeme (My Shtetl Unghen)
Editor: Chaim Barkan, Published: Philadelphia 1959 (Y 180 pages)

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Part One

A Tract of Earth 9

In the Prince's Courtyard 12

The Assembly 15

Jews Build 18

The Market 24

Jews Talk about a Prayer House 29

The Shtetl Grows 34

Income 40

Inheritance 45

Teachers 51

A Bathhouse 55

Tzedakah 60

A Dayan in the Shtetl 66

Part Two

A New Time 73

Youth 78

Summer 83

Two Generations 88

Jews 95

A Rabbi 122

The River 130

New Teachers 136

The Hebrew School 146

Three Shuls 149

Joyful Occasions 156

Jewish Heroism 164

Revolution 170

Destruction (Epilogue) 175

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Part One
A Tract of Earth	9
In the Prince's Courtyard	12
The Assembly	15
Jews Build	18
The Market	24
Jews Talk about a Prayer House	29
The Shtetl Grows	34
Income	40
Inheritance	45
Teachers	51
A Bathhouse	55
Tzedakah	60
A Dayan in the Shtetl	66

Part Two
A New Time	73
Youth	78
Summer	83
Two Generations	88
Jews	95
A Rabbi	122
The River	130
New Teachers	136
The Hebrew School	146
Three Shuls	149
Joyful Occasions	156
Jewish Heroism	164
Revolution	170
Destruction (Epilogue)	175