Bielsk-Podlaski, Poland

Bielsk-Podliask;
Book in the Holy Memory of the Bielsk-Podliask Jews
(Bielsk-Podlaski, Poland)

52°46' / 23°12'

Translation of Bielsk-Podlaski; Sefer Zikaron

Edited by: H. Rabin, Bielsk Societies in Israel and the US.

Published in Tel Aviv, 1975

Acknowledgments

Project Coordinator

Andrew Blumberg

Our sincere appreciation to Avraham Gvirz,
the last chairman of the former Bielsk Society in Israel,
for permission to publish this material.

Our sincere appreciation to Yad Vashem for the submission
of the necrology for placement on the JewishGen web site.

This is a translation from: Bielsk-Podlaski; Sefer Zikaron;
( Bielsk-Podliask; Book in the Holy Memory of the Bielsk-Podliask Jews)
ed. H. Rabin, Tel Aviv, Bielsk Societies in Israel and the U.S., 1975 (H,Y,E)

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Bielsk Podlaski

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English Section

Section Title Author

Cover Page

Bielsk Podliasks in the Sources and the Book of Bielsk: An Historical Survey H. Rabin

    I.     Antiquity of the Jewish Settlement of Bielsk

    II.    Business, Economy and Society in old Bielsk

    III.   The Continuity of Jewish Settlement in Bielsk

    IV.    A Case of Blood Libel in Bielsk

    V.     Bielsk in the Book of Bielsk

    VI.    Image of a Society

    VII.   Kehila and Rabbinate

    VIII. Opinions Views and Ideological Movements

Encyclopedia Povshekhna (vol. III) Angelbrand (1860)

Slovnik Geographichny P. Solimerski, B. Halivoski,
W. Wolovski (Warsaw, 1880)

Bolshaia Encyclopedia (III, IV) (1901)

Jevreyskaia Encyclopedia Dr. Katzenelson. Dr Harkavi

Historia Yivreiska Naroda (Vol. I 1914) - The Blood Libel In Bielsk

Encyclopedia Judaica (German) Vol IV W. Schneider sed. (Berlin, 1929)

History of the Jewish economy Dr. Y. Shiper (1929)

Vielka Encyclopedia Povshekhna (Warsaw, 1965)

In the Bielsk ghetto & the camps Meir Peker

Shabbot in a small town in Russia - Before the First World War I. Semiat

Yiddish Section
Translated by Mindle Crystel Gross

Page Section Title Author

331 My Bielsk on Shabes Itskhak Semiat

339 My Dear Bielsk Yerukhim Kleszczelski

344 Community Life in Bielsk Zvi Kadlabovski

363 Victims of the Communist Ideas Khava Kestin

371 Once There Was... (poem) Itskhak Crystel

373 A Little Bielsk Legend Z. Kadlabovski

374 Bielsk 50 Years Ago B. Shtern (Stern?)

380 My Town (poem) D. Crystel

381 List of Bielsk Revolutionaries

Death and Horror

385 Glimpses of the Catastrophe Leyzer Davidovitch

409 I Was Once One of Them Fayvl Shpiro (Spiro?)

416 From Bielsk Ghetto to Auchwitz Mikhal Davidovitch

433 A City Destroyed (poem) A. Lev

434 Bielsk Under Soviet Rule Rivka Littman-Pelner

438 Write a Book/Remember Motl Levkovski

443 To Mr. Sukenik (letter) Frantsishka Katashevska

445 We Will Not Forget the Bielsk That Was Destroyed Khona Tikotski

448 In Bielsk After the Destruction Kh. Tikotski

449 The Last Jews in Bielsk Sh. L. Shnayderman

Institutions in Bielsk

455 Aid Institutions Z. Kadlabovski

458 Loan Organizations Sh. Y. Stupnitski

462 Synagogues, Sextons and Trustees Moyshe Alpert

466 Banks, Commerce and Democracy Z. Kadlabovski

469 The Jewish School in Bielsk Libe Utzyski

473 The Jewish School – A Second Home R. Littman-Pelner

479 Disputes with Rabbis B. Shtern (Stern?)

484 Like Children to Their Mother L. Utzyski

488 A Call for Help from the Bielsk Yeshiva (article)

Personalities

491 N.M. Sirkin Aaron Shtaynberg

493 Sh. Y. Stupnitski Aaron Shtaynberg

497 Yosl Katz from Lerer Yizkor Book

500 Moyshe Jaungerman Libe Utzyski

504 Three Heroes of Bielsk Wolf Yunin

509 Yosef Levortovski Sh. Zakhariash

517 My Six Girlfriends Rivka Littman

Bielsker Relief in America

523 Response from America After the Holocaust A. Samuels

526 A Letter to Y. Kleszczelski Eliyahu Samuels

528 Report

533 ??

535 These are the holy names of Bielsk Podlaski

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	Section Title	Author
	Cover Page
	Bielsk Podliasks in the Sources and the Book of Bielsk: An Historical Survey	H. Rabin
	I. Antiquity of the Jewish Settlement of Bielsk
	II. Business, Economy and Society in old Bielsk
	III. The Continuity of Jewish Settlement in Bielsk
	IV. A Case of Blood Libel in Bielsk
	V. Bielsk in the Book of Bielsk
	VI. Image of a Society
	VII. Kehila and Rabbinate
	VIII. Opinions Views and Ideological Movements
	Encyclopedia Povshekhna (vol. III)	Angelbrand (1860)
	Slovnik Geographichny	P. Solimerski, B. Halivoski, W. Wolovski (Warsaw, 1880)
	Bolshaia Encyclopedia (III, IV)	(1901)
	Jevreyskaia Encyclopedia	Dr. Katzenelson. Dr Harkavi
	Historia Yivreiska Naroda (Vol. I 1914) - The Blood Libel In Bielsk
	Encyclopedia Judaica (German) Vol IV	W. Schneider sed. (Berlin, 1929)
	History of the Jewish economy	Dr. Y. Shiper (1929)
	Vielka Encyclopedia Povshekhna	(Warsaw, 1965)
	In the Bielsk ghetto & the camps	Meir Peker
	Shabbot in a small town in Russia - Before the First World War	I. Semiat

Yiddish Section Translated by Mindle Crystel Gross
Page	Section Title	Author

331	My Bielsk on Shabes	Itskhak Semiat
339	My Dear Bielsk	Yerukhim Kleszczelski
344	Community Life in Bielsk	Zvi Kadlabovski
363	Victims of the Communist Ideas	Khava Kestin
371	Once There Was... (poem)	Itskhak Crystel
373	A Little Bielsk Legend	Z. Kadlabovski
374	Bielsk 50 Years Ago	B. Shtern (Stern?)
380	My Town (poem)	D. Crystel
381	List of Bielsk Revolutionaries

Death and Horror

385	Glimpses of the Catastrophe	Leyzer Davidovitch
409	I Was Once One of Them	Fayvl Shpiro (Spiro?)
416	From Bielsk Ghetto to Auchwitz	Mikhal Davidovitch
433	A City Destroyed (poem)	A. Lev
434	Bielsk Under Soviet Rule	Rivka Littman-Pelner
438	Write a Book/Remember	Motl Levkovski
443	To Mr. Sukenik (letter)	Frantsishka Katashevska
445	We Will Not Forget the Bielsk That Was Destroyed	Khona Tikotski
448	In Bielsk After the Destruction	Kh. Tikotski
449	The Last Jews in Bielsk	Sh. L. Shnayderman

Institutions in Bielsk

455	Aid Institutions	Z. Kadlabovski
458	Loan Organizations	Sh. Y. Stupnitski
462	Synagogues, Sextons and Trustees	Moyshe Alpert
466	Banks, Commerce and Democracy	Z. Kadlabovski
469	The Jewish School in Bielsk	Libe Utzyski
473	The Jewish School – A Second Home	R. Littman-Pelner
479	Disputes with Rabbis	B. Shtern (Stern?)
484	Like Children to Their Mother	L. Utzyski
488	A Call for Help from the Bielsk Yeshiva (article)

Personalities

491	N.M. Sirkin	Aaron Shtaynberg
493	Sh. Y. Stupnitski	Aaron Shtaynberg
497	Yosl Katz	from Lerer Yizkor Book
500	Moyshe Jaungerman	Libe Utzyski
504	Three Heroes of Bielsk	Wolf Yunin
509	Yosef Levortovski	Sh. Zakhariash
517	My Six Girlfriends	Rivka Littman

Bielsker Relief in America

523	Response from America After the Holocaust	A. Samuels
526	A Letter to Y. Kleszczelski	Eliyahu Samuels
528	Report
533	??
535	These are the holy names of Bielsk Podlaski