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Dawid Zommer

(See Dawid Antner)

Sh. Zommer

He was a traditional Jew with modern tendencies. He was the son in law of Abcze Margolies and had a stationary n Reuven Rubles' house along May 3rd Street.

Nathan Ziegfried

He was from the hamlet of Kolaczyce and settled in Jaslo following WWI. He was always jovial and took great pleasure in fulfilling the commandments. He wanted to provide his sons with a very religious education and brought to Kolaczyce a Hebrew teacher called “Pariser” to instruct his sons. The instruction lasted for several years and the expenses were paid by Nathan Ziegfried He prayed regularly at the study center  where he had the privilege of requesting and getting the honor of lifting the torah after the reading of the section of Genesis on Shabbath.

He traded in cattle and was well to do. His sons were also in the business. Two of his sons left for Palestine following a long stay in Russia during WWII. They settled in Haifa four years ago and are did rather well but lately left for the USA where they brothers lived.

Awraham Zidrowic

He was a religious and quiet person. He was a tailor and barely made a living. He lived all his life in Bransdadter's house in the market square. He took ill at a young age and and subsequently passed away leaving a wife and several young children. (While writing these lines I received information that some members of the family survived and reached the USA.)

Naphtali Zilber

He was the son in law of Shalom Topoliner and came from a respected and distinguished family. He was raised in a traditional religious manner and his free time was spent studying the Talmud and references. The family used to live behind the municipality and then moved to Nowa Strreet. They were merchants and had three sons who received a very religious education. The oldest son Yehoshua devoted himself to studying and was considered an upcoming young scholar. He also read many books on Hebrew grammar and books in general. He settled in Zmigrod following his marriage. His father in law H. Ginzburg resided in Zmigrod where Naphtali Zilber opened a shoe store.

The second son Mendel was a student of the study center. He was one of the founder of the young Mizrahi movement branch in the city and was a very active member. He was a scholarly type and dreamt of moving to Palestine to help build the country in the spirit of labor and the torah. He therefore decided to learn a trade. Meanwhile he was accepted as a teacher at the Mizrahi Hebrew school in Sandz. He later moved to Krakow and started a billfold workshop. He never realized his dream of settling in the Holy Land for WWII started and dashed his hopes.

The third son Tzwi Dawid started out as a student at the study center but later left for Warsaw to continue his studies as a teacher at the teacher institute named Poznanski. Upon completing his studies he remained in Warsaw and received a teaching position that he held until 1939. He managed to leave Warsaw and returned to Jaslo when the Germans occupied the Polish capital to see his parents and family. He then left the city and headed for the Russian controlled part of Poland. He later joined the Polish Army that was created in Russia as an officer. He fought with the Polish Army until the defeat of Germany and received several medals for distinguished service.

Following WWII. He left Poland and headed for Palestine on an illegal ship that was intercepted by the British navy and sent to a detention camp in Cyprus. He finally received a certificate and entered Palestine . He is presently a teacher at the general school of Nachlat Itzhak.

One daughter also left Jaslo for Palestine in the thirties and lives in Nathanyia.

Chaim Zilber

He was a known timber merchant. He was fair and honest in business and very observant. He prayed at the synagogue and lived all his life on Kosciuszko Street.

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He also devoted time to the community in spite of the fact that he managed a big glass factory. He was very active in the community and assisted various charitable institutions. He was elected to the community council prior to WWII on the Zionist ticket. The council selected him to be the head of the community a position he held until the Germans entered the city.

He managed to leave the city at the last moment with his wife Julia, (Hamershlag from home in Nowy Targ) and daughters. They reached the city of Lemberg where all died as a result of infectious diseases in 1942 .

Shmuel Zilfan

He was the son in law of Leibish Kinstler and was born in Siniawa. He lived on Sokol Street and was a merchant and a representative of a beer company. He established a cold storage warehouse near his house but struggled for a living. He had no sons.

Dawid Seinwel

His father Simcha Seinwil came from England and settled in Gorlice where they found oil deposits ( Emanuel Shinwell who was Minister of Defense in Britain was his nephew).

He married Gitcha Miller who was the daughter of the ritual slaughterer. He was an educated person and had a fine background. He led the services and also read the torah at the study center and later at the synagogue.

He joined the early winds of Zionism as a lover of Zion. He was a very religious man and the son in law of Zelig Miller the schochet, still he decided to send his son in 1917 to the municipal High School. This was then considered a breach in the religious community and arose the enmity of many religious Jews against him. A delegation of rabbis was sent to his house to try to alter his position but it failed to budge him. The delegation consisted of Reb Hirshale, Reb Elimelech, the judicial rabbi of Jaslo, Aaron Rubin, and was headed by Rabbi Mandil.

We have to add that he was the only student that did not write on Saturday in order to keep the promise he made to his grand father Zelig who did not like the idea of the high school. The son Shmuel graduated high school and became a lawyer. He has an office in Tel Aviv.

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He also devioted time to thew community in spite of the fact that he managed a big glass factory. He was very active in the community and assisted various charitable institutions. He was elected to the community council prior to WWII on the Zionist ticket. The council selected him to be the head of the community a position he held until the Germans enetered the city.

He managed to leave the city in the last moment with his wife Julia, ( Hamershlag from home in Nowy Targ) and daughters. They reached the city of Lemberg where they all died as a result of infectious diseases in 1942.

Shmuel Zilfan

He was the son in law of Leibish Kinstler. He was born in Siniawa. He loived on Sokol Street. He was a merchant and a representative of a beer company. He established a cold storage warehouse near the his house. He was not very successful. He had no sons.

Dawid Zinwel

His father Simcha Zeinwil came from England and settled in Gorlice where they found oil deposits ( Emanuel Shiwell who was minster of Defense in Britain was his nephew).

He married Gitcha Miller and was an educated person as well as a fine background. He led the services and also read the torah at the study center and later at the synagogue.

He joined the early winds of zionisam as a lover of zion. He was a very religious man and the son in law of Zelig Miller the schochet, still he decided to send his son in 1917 to the municipal High School. This was then considered a breach in the religious community and arose the enemity of many religious Jews against hi,m. A delegation of rabies was sent to his house to try to influence him to alter his position. The delegation consisted of Reb Hirshale, Reb Elimelech, the juduicial rabbi of Jaslo, Aaron Rubin, and headed by Rabbi Mandil. The delegation did mnot change the situation.

We have to add that he was the only student that did not write on Saturday in order to keep the promise he made to his grand father Zelig who did not like the idea of the high school.

The son Shmuel graduated high school and became a lwayer. He has an office in Tel Aviv.

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He had a big house on Iglena Street and a store in the market. In the thirties he sold his business and gave his store to Yossef Pearlberger.

Dawid Zinwel and his wife

He had five sons and three daughters and was lucky that four of his sons and one daughter managed to leave for Palestine. The daughter was the first women pioneer in Jaslo. Two sons live in Haifa, one in Raanna and the fourth one, is a lawyer, in Tel Aviv. The daughter is a member of kibbutz Mizra .

One of the daughters lived in Karakow and an other one married Menashe Weissberg of Tarnow. He was a pleasant person and a well educated young man who opened a wholesale haberdashery store on Walowa Street. Suddenly, he took ill and passed away in 1938 in the prime of his life.

Shmuel Seinwel

He was the oldest son of Dawid Seinwel and the son in law of Eliezer Raab. He was modern in his outlook but observed tradition. He was very active in the Zionist movement and later became an influential Zionist leader in the city. He was also the secretary and later president of the local Keren Kayemet and Keren Hayesiod chapters

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in the city.

He remained in Jaslo with his family and perished in the shoa.

Mrs. Zifman

She was a member of the Wolf Bransdadter family and was a partner of the big house in the corner between the market square and Florianska Street near the municipality.

Michael Zakal

He was one of the old timers of the city. He was a quiet person and had great deal of patience in dealing with people. He stressed Hassidut and was a regular member of the mishnayot group under the leadership of Shlomo Schmidt and participated in these lessons till his dying days.

He came from Drohobicz as a specialist of mineral, seltzer and soda waters to the factory of Moldauer. As manager of the place he made a salary that modestly provided for his family. When the factory closed, he and his wife began to sell geese and their feathers.

He had seven happy go lucky sons that received their education in the Talmud torah as was then the custom. His oldest son presently in Tel Aviv, worked for a short period prior to WWI as a printer in the Schochet printing place.

During WWI. another son died of small pox in 1915.

On reaching old age in 1927, he became ill and was taken to the hospital in Krakow but the medical efforts failed and he was buried in the city.

His oldest son Arieh- Leon- lived for some time in Bydgoscz where he was a substantial and respected merchant. He represented the large chocolate factory “Zet” and was also the assistant manager of the local Jewish bank.

Yerachmiel- Milik-Emil, the second son was also a very successful merchant in the coastal area of Poland.

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With the outbreak of the war, the brothers managed to reach Russia and then Leon reached Palestine and settled in Ramat Gan. He opened in Tel Aviv a furniture store called “Eilat”. Emil lives in Vienna where he has a factory. He is known to support charity. He visited Israel several times. Two of his sons are still known to be in Russia.

   

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Baruch Chayot

He was a teacher of small children for years in Jaslo. He suffered for years from his stomach and was forced to travel each year to Karlsbad for medical treatments. In spite of these medical problems, he was devoted to his job and hundreds of young students learned through him the Hebrew alphabet and elementary Hebrew reading.

He had several sons and daughters but luck avoided him. One of his young daughters drowned at Koczerow. His oldest son was injured and died from the wounds. One daughter left for the USA. Only Tziporah, the oldest daughter was very ambitious and managed to open a haberdashery stand in the market and following her marriage to a yeshiva student named Sheffel opened a chocolate, fruit and seltzer store in the market in the house of Stillman. She was very successful and their economic situation improved . One son an apprentice at Unger's glass workshop and remained there as a worker.

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Yerachmiel Tevel

He was the son in law of Shmuel Wolf Ehrlich and lived on Florianska Street. He had a grocery store on the same street and made a nice living.

He was very religious and worshipped at the study center

Elimelech Thaler

He was born in Zmigrod and was one of the old timers in the city of Jaslo. He was one of the first to own their homes in Jaslo. He was one of the people that established Jewish life in the city and shaped it. He was a honest and straight. He was also known to be a scholar and student of the first rabbi of Jaslo, the late Yona Tzanger.

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Elimelech Thaler

He was a very active person and under his guidance the community bought land. He was the initiator of the building of the study center and the public bathhouse and was one of the first to sign the so called consensus paper or invitation to the first official rabbi of Jaslo, Rabbi Awraham Yehoshua Heshil Rubin.

He built his home in the Targowica near the home of Rabbi Mandil. Those that visited Jaslo in the thirties saw a patriarchal figure with a very long beard who promenaded along the sidewalk next to his one story house . This was the elderly reb Elimelech Thaler.

Most of his life he dealt with grains andwell off. His sons received a religious and traditional education. His first son in law was Feiwil Klinman.

Awraham Thaler

The oldest son of Elimelech Thaler was an original student at the study center when it just started to function. He devoted himself to his studies. Already as a youngster he was attracted to the Zionist movement in the city and was one of the five original members of the Yeshuron club.

He left Jaslo with the outbreak of WWI. and settled in Holland. He used to visit annually his family in Jaslo. He was in hiding during WWII, survived the war and then left for Belgium but soon returned to Holland. He visited Israel in 1951 with his wife and participated at the meeting of the Jaslo association in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Shmuel Thaler

A brother of Awraham Thaler. He was a student at the study center and was very well educated. He left Jaslo and lives today in London

Mordechai Dawid Thaler

One of the first Hassidic Jews in Jaslo. In the prime of his life he took ill and passed away. He left a wife, four daughters and a son. The oldest daughter married Moshale Eder ( see later).

The daughters received from Shmuel Hankower the right to distribute the milk from his farm in the city. The lease provided jobs to the girls for many years.

One of the girls named Hendel Weber left Jaslo in the twenties and settled in the USA with her children. Another daughter was married to Tzwi Teitelbaum of Frysztak.

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Ber Thaler

The son of Mordechai Dawid Thaler was a non talker and hardly uttered a word. He was a merchant and also worked with egg exporters. He placed the eggs in a chalk solution during the summer when there was an abundance of eggs and then took them out in the winter and crated them for export. He lived all his life in the house that belonged to Bransdadter-Zifman in the market square. He had two sons.

Naphtali Thaler

He was very familiar with books, kept his Jewish tradition and observed the religious traditions. He dealt with grains and imported sugar and flour for retailers. He had a small house near Zelig Korrzenik on a side street of Nowa Street. ( The house was demolished during WWI by the Russians). His wife Miriam Shifra managed a modest home. They had five sons and two daughters. One daughter was named Zelda and the other one Henia.

Naphtali and Naala Rechfeld (children of Zelde Thaler)

Brili Thaler was the third son in the family and he suddenly died at the age of two. The sister Henia also died at a very young age.

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When the fourth son was born, a large circumcision party was held. Indeed many guests were invited and it was a lavish affair. The circumcision finished, he was given the name of Dawid. The baby was handed to his mother who began to feed him. The guests sat down to partake in the meal when suddenly they heard a piercing scream from the mother of the baby. The latter fell asleep in the hands of the mother and did not awake. The shock was beyond description. Minutes ago, the blessing was made over the circumcision of a Jewish child and minutes later everybody was uttering condolences.

The daughter Zelde, an intelligent girl, left Jaslo for the USA and later returned to marry Yehezkel Rechfeld. They had a son Naphtali and a daughter Naala. When the war started, Yehezkel Rechfeld and the children disappeared. Zelde returned alone to the USA.

Leibish Thaler, the younger son of Naphtali Thaler was the owner of haberdashery store for many years. He was a member of the Zionist movement and left for Palestine as a pioneer in the thirties. He settled in Tel Aviv.

Yaakow Thaler

He was a brother of Naphtali Thaler and an old grocery merchant that also dealt in sugar and flour on a retail and wholesale basis. He was extremely religious and lived on Kazimeirz Street. He had five sons that received a very religious education. Three of the sons are in the USA. One of the sons named Awraham was wounded on the Austrian-Russian front and his legs had to be amputated.

Due to the serious injury, Awraham received from the Polish government an exclusive license to sell tobacco in Jaroslaw where he settled and married the daughter of the religious slaughterer.

Yossil Thaler

He was the only one amongst the brothers to learn a trade namely hat making. He was a quiet person but had a great deal of drive and sold all kinds of hats besides taking orders for custom made hats.

Like his brother, he too was religious. He lived in one of the Amar-Kornfeld houses on Kazimierz Street. He had four sons and three daughters. The oldest son left for Germany in the twenties. The second one left for the USA. The third son Tzwi was very active in the Zionist youth movement and for a while was the official secretary. He then left Jaslo for Palestine in the thirties and lives presently in Kfar Ata.

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Yaakow Thaler

The oldest son of Naphtali Thaler studied at the study center in his youth. He was busy selling haberdashery items in his stand at the market. He had no sons.

Betzalel Thaler

He was the second son of Naphtali Thaler. He also studied in his youth but later had a haberdashery business and made a nice living. He had three daughters; Leah, Rachel and Haya Beila and one son named Hershale who died as a child. The family lived all their life on Nowa Street.

Btzalel Thaler's daughters

Awraham Yaakow Thaler

He was a native of Frysztak and the son in law D. Mandel who was nicknamed the redheaded teacher. He had a bakery on Iglena Street and was a devoted Hassidic follower who often traveled to visit his rabbi. He gave lots of charity.

His only son managed to survive the war and reached Palestine where he settled in Haifa.

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Moshe Tudor

He was one of the old time merchants of ready made clothing on Kosciuszko Street. He was a very respected individual and spoke with great authority. His house was open to all needy, and he supported the poor people and the needy institutions n the city.

He lived in the Amar-Kornfedl house since 1914. He had a spacious apartment that he placed at the disposal of various groups where they could meet and discuss their situation. Amongst his visitors was the saintly Rabbi Shlomo Libli of Tyczin. He himself was a follower of the Rabbi of Rymanow.

He headed the Association of ” Yad Charutzim” for many years. He tended to the maintenance of the building that contained the synagogue, especially the outside appearance. He also prayed daily, at the synagogue morning and evening.

He had six sons and three daughters. All received a religious education as well as a general education. Two of his sons and a daughter died during his life time.

His oldest son Dawid and the second son Shimshon- a son in law of Yoel Margulies and the third son Reuven lived in Tarnow and sold ready made clothing and sweaters. The fourth son Israel studied engineering and worked at Bilitz.

He escaped to Eastern Galicia with the outbreak of WWII and from there reached Russia where he died. Two years ago, his widow reached Israel with three sons. Dawid settled in Haifa, Reuven in Petach Tikvah, and Israel resided in one of the reception centers but he later left the country. Lately, Shimshon and his daughter left Paris, France, and came to Israel.

P. Turbowsky

He was the main cantor in the great synagogue until WWI. He was from Russia and descendant of the Zeidel Rubner family. He was a a talented musical baritone. He conducted the services at the great synagogue with an excellent choir.

When the Russians retreated from Jaslo during WWI. in 1915 he also left the city. Nothing was heard of him again. ( See chapter 18)

L.Tigerman

He was a highly educated person and the son in law of Goldshlag. He was one of the managers of the oil refinery in Niglowic. He escaped to Stanislaw with the outbreak of WWII but there he was killed by the Germans. His wife survived the war and lives in Australia.

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Asher Yeshayahu Teitelbaum

He had a small grocery store behind the municipal building and was a very religious and G-d fearing individual. He worshipped regularly at the study center of Rabbi Mandil.

He was sick for a number of years until he passed away. He left a wife and some small children. His oldest son followed in the father's Hassidic footsteps and was named after the Rabbi of Bobowa where he studied at the Yeshiva

Moshe Teitelbaum

He was the brother in law of Shmuel Knobloch and resided in Rymanow. In the twenties he moved to Jaslo and opened a store that dealt with animal skins on Florianska Street.

He was of small statue with a full grown beard. He had excellent manners and was a capable conversationalist. He prayed regularly at the study center and daily studied the Talmud.

Awraham Teitelbaum

He was the son of Moshe Teitelbaum and a yeshiva student. He followed the Hassidim of Bobow. He loved books and enjoyed reading them. He had a shoe store on Florianska Street.

Benyamin Teitelbaum

He was the younger son of Moshe Teitelbaum. He was already influenced by modern ideas and was very alert and sharp. He resided for some time in Belgium. On his return to Jaslo, he married the daughter of Ephraim Teumim.

Following his marriage, he opened a shoe store. The couple managed to flee to Russia where both died in Russia during WWII.

Betzlel Teichler

He was a good natured individual and an old follower of the Rabbi of Gorlice. He dedicated himself to the prayers and held conversations with the creator. He was basically a happy person in spite of the fact that he had no sons. He accepted the good and the bad. He took care of a sick wife for many years and always tried to comfort her.

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He was always patient and explained to people the situation. He was always willing to help. With the reconstruction of the great synagogue, he was one of the ten worshippers who started the services. He prayed next to the holy ark.

He was a representative of a beer company and thus earned his living. He lived on Esnika Street.

Yehezkel Tepper

He was originally from Frysztak and moved in the twenties to Jaslo where he lived opposite the synagogue. He was a Hassidic follower that strictly observed all religious rules without deviation.

Each day he displayed his merchandise on the shelves of his stand in the market. He was pleased with life.

Yaakow Trencher

He was born in Krosno and worked for many years in Jaslo as a tailor. He was one of the original members of the “Poali Agudath Israel” in Jalso. He was a Hassidic Jew and loved to browse through books.

Following his marriage to Charna, the daughter of Ezriel Rosenwasser, he settled permanently in Jaslo and opened a tailor workshop on Widok Street.

Yehoshua Tschup

He was originally from Dukla and was the son in law of Yekil Hirshfeld. He dealt in money matters and was well known in the city. With the passing of his father in law he assumed his position as the beadle of the worship place.

He was always good humored and always had a joke or wisecrack for the people that he dealt with. He also continued with the job at the synagogue. He left Jaslo for Russia with the outbreak of WWII.

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