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Translation of
Pinkas Teleneshty

Edited by: Aryeh Horshi, Alter Hertzovski

Published by the Organization of Teleneshty Emigres of Israel in Tel Aviv 5742 - 1982

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Translated by Jerrold Landau

Map of Teleneshty   (Map Legend)	2-3
Editorial Committee   (Photo Captions)	4
Words of Thanks	5-6
Donations from Teleneshty natives in the Diaspora	7-10
Foreword (Yiddish text, "The Unfortunate Martyrs!")	11-12
Teleneshty -- its beginnings, etc.	13
The founding of the town	14-15
Bessarabia under Turkish-Moldavian rule (until 1812)	16
The presence of Jews in the area of Bessarabia	17-18
The business of the Jewish settlers	19
A map of Bessarabia and its Jewish settlement in 1817	20
Bessarabia under Czarist rule (19th century)	21
The beginnings of the Jewish settlement	22-23
A map of Bessarabia produced by the Joint (1922)	24
A general map of Bessarabia	25
The first residents	26-28
The first census	29-31
Teleneshty (from the Bessarabia Encyclopedia,1908-1913)	31
A map of the Jewish population from 1858-1897	34
The occupations of the Jewish residents after 1812	35-36
Ploughing in an agricultural settlement	37
Crisis and Immigration (1812-1900)	37-39
The end of Czarist Rule (1917) and annexation to Romania	40-43
The economy after the annexation to Romania (1918-1940)
1) Wine business, The Coopers	44-46
2) Grain business	47
3) Raising of Sheep	48-49
4) Light industry	50-52
5) Small scale business	53-55
6) Artisans	56-59
"The loan and saving fund" of the town	60-62
Bibliography	63
Teleneshty in the 17-18 centuries A. Ben Moshe	64-66
My Shtetl as it was Rudolf Youkilis	67-70
The city in its blossoming and its destruction Hertzl H.	71-74
My town Teleneshty Avraham Feldman	75-76
My town -- I'll never forget you.. Aryeh Kuperov	77-79
Antisemitism in the shtetl Alie Soroker	80-81
Mi Shtetl (a song) Avraham Feldman	82-83
Picture: water carries in the town	84
I remember you (a song) Hersh Shinder	85
The Jewish Bank in Telenesht Aryeh Kuperov	86-89
A profile of Nachum Roitman Aryeh Kuperov	90-91
My town Teleneshty Aryeh Kuperov	92-93
Bessarabia under Romanian rule Aryeh Kuperov	94-95
The lives of Jews in the villages Aryeh Kuperov	96
ZIONISM, YOUTH, ALIYA H. Alter	97
The first Zionists in the town H. Alter	98
The beginnings of the Zionist youth movements H. Alter	99-100
"Young Zion" H. Alter	101-102
"Gordonia" "Boslia" "Hatechia" H. Alter	103
Photos of youth and pioneers H. Alter	104-105
"Poale Zion - Dror" H. Alter	106-107
Photos of "Poale Zion - Dror" H. Alter	108
"Hechalutz" H. Alter	109-110
Photos	111-114
"Gordonia" - "Hechalutz" Sh. Youkilis C. Hochman	115-116
Tzipora Etzioni (Pekel) Mordechai Rishfi	117-118
Friends who we cannot forget A. H.	119-121
NATIONAL FUNDRAISING INSTITUTIONS A. H.	122-127
"Keren Hayesod" / "Keren Kayemet"
Zionism in Teleneshty Simcha Sheiber	128-129
This is how I made Aliya to Israel
Fruma Hertzovski	130-132
My Shtetl Telenesht Yankel Rabin	133-134
How I made Aliya to the Land Shmuel Kleiman	135-136
"The Left" of the town A. H.	137-138
The three Teleneshty natives who crossed the Dneister Y. Peles	139-141
(Shmuel Wallach, Chana Finkelman, Buka Rabin)
The young "Upstarts" Avraham Feldman	142-144
EDUCATION CULTURE AND MEN OF SPIRIT
Alter Hertzovski	145-148
Photos	149-152
Writers and poets (biographies) H. Alter	153-159
S. Ben Zion, Eliezer David Rosental, Zalman
Rosental, Mordechai Finkelman, Moshe Pinchevski,
Nachum Gutman
S. Ben Zion (autobiography) S. Ben Zion	160-163
Our men of stature A. H.	164-166
Dr. Buma Fisher, Dr. Chaim Warana, the lawyer
Mota Eidelstein, the lawyer D. Rafaelovitch,
the lawyer D. Kleine, the lawyer Y. Trulevitz,
dentist A. Kleiderman, Dr. M. Krishkotzki,
engineer Y. Bender, engineer S. Feldman,
educator Israel Gleizer
"Hadorech" S. Ben Zion	167-175
A photo of the "Jewish" manuscript of S. Ben Zion	176
The last Troubador (a profile of Z. Rosental of blessed memory)	177-179
The great windfall (Homarska) Zalman Rosental	180-182
The broken roof (A song) Zalman Rosental	183-184
There is a frost, what a mechaye Zalman Rosental	185-186
In a Shtetl there is a Shtibel (a song) Zalman Rosental	187-188
The lamenting song of Telenesht Moshe Pinchevski	189-190
Porniale (a folk song in Bessarabia) Moshe Pinchevski	191-192
Florinda (a song) Moshe Pinchevski	193-195
Thus was I (a song) Moshe Pinchevski	196
PERSONALITIES AND HAPPENINGS	197
Figures, Personalities and Events A. H.	198-209
Dr. David Dorfman / Reb Leib Petrushka /
Levy Petrushka / David Wechselman / Dr. Avraham
Kleiderman / David Karimski / Reb Avraham Napadanski
Moshe Berlin and his family / Reb Israel Hochman
The Berger family A. Kuperov	210-211
Photographs of people from the town	212
A profile of Moshe Soroker Olga Soroker	213
Avraham Shinder of blessed memory
(a yahrzeit article) Ethel Shinder	214
Aaron Plosk of blessed memory Y. Peles	215-216
The family of Tzvi and Milka Rabin of blessed
memory Yosef Rabin	217
Profiles of: the Rabinovitch family, Shamai the
son of David Fisher, V. Gorodenker, Chaim-
Mendel Beider, Malka and Yosef Lioberski
printed by A. Feldman	218-221
Photos of personalities of the shtetl	222-223
PROFILES H. Alter	224-228
Pini Fuchs, Moshe Fuchs, Chana Weinstock,
Paul Weinstock, two wives
Zalmine Tevels El. G.	229-231
Yona, the people are going El. G.	232-234
Yankel the red cow El. G.	235-236
Katigienikes: El. G.	237-240
Chaim Bitshak B. Alger	241
Chaya-Etis "Marazsheni" B. Alger	242
SPIRITUAL LIFE H. Alter	243
The Besht and the wine from Teleneshty H. Alter	244-246
Profiles of Torah teachers in the town H. Alter	247-248
Reb Shlomole Dayan	249
Reb Yisrael David Velvels	250
Rabbi Baruch Zukerman	251-252
Reb Yekutiel Sofer, Reb Mordechai Simcha	253
Reb Moishele Melamed, Reb Baruch Diament	254
Reb Hershele Pliman from the book of Teleneshty	255
And these are the names of the teachers ---	256-257
Synagogues---	258-260
Cantors in Teleneshty Alter Hertzovski	261-263
Reb Levi Presman, Reb Avramel Chazan (Presman)	264
Pesach in the Shtetl, Lag Baomer Aryeh Kuperov	265-268
Shavuot
Wedding preparations in the Shtetl Aryeh Kuperov	269-270
Water carriers, How does one bake bread? Yaakov Plosk	271-274
Cooking, Tisha Beov, The world of animals,
The cow and the mirror, A wedding in the town,
Teleneshty gastronomes	275-276
THE HOLOCAUST	277
Yizkor	278
Here I am, poor in worthy deeds David Kisilov	279
A picture (memories from Ukraine) R. A. Adler	280
Chapters on the Holocaust Alter Hertzovski	281-285
Yizkor pages	286-292
The names of those who are no longer alive ---	293-301
In the Holocaust Y. Peles	301-302
Witnesses of the Survivors	304-307
The witness of Mrs. Zukerman	308
From eyewitnesses	309
Moshe Hochman relates	310
Bracha Prakafitch writes from Telenesht	311-313
The tragic day in the shtetl Yankel Kleiman	314-315
The Martyr's march Avraham Gelberg	316-320
Goodhearted people Alie Soroker	321-322
The mother Rachel Y. Prakafitch	323-324
The fate of a family Y. Landman	325
A year of Yiddish in Telenesht A. Kuperov	326-327
The happenings of a family A. Kuperov	328-329
Photos	330-338
Monuments of the martyrs of the town	339-342
A list of Teleneshty emigres who donated to this book	344-346
Table of contents	347-352
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