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Translation of
Sefer Gorlice; ha-kehila be-vinyana u-ve-hurbana
Editors: M. Y. Bar-On, Israel, Association of Former Residents of Gorlice and Vicinity in Israel
Published in Israel, 1962
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| 3 | Title Page | ||
| 6 | Behold - This Memorial | ||
| Chapter 1 | Name Memorial for Generations of Gorlitzers | ||
| 9 | Outline of History | Chaim Chan | |
| 16 | Selections of sources for the History of Gorlice Jews | Yehudi Gorlitza | |
| Chapter 2 | Licenses, Institutions, Properties | ||
| 23 | The community and support | Mordechai Zitronenbaum | |
| 26 | Jews and the development of the economy of the city | Yechzekiel Vild | |
| 33 | Jewish bank | Joseph Dorman | |
| 36 | hand workers association in Gorlice | Pinchas Aronberg | |
| Chapter 3 | Heavenly (spritual) Gorlice | ||
| 43 | Faith and tradition in city life | Abraham Israel Aronberg | |
| 45 | Prayer house and minyans | Joseph Dorman | |
| 47 | The way of Torah in public and privately | Abraham Israel Aronberg | |
| 48 | "Prayer" association and "eternal light" association | Yechzekiel Vild | |
| 50 | Because we were children in the rabbis house. | Chaim Chan, Abraham Israel Aronberg | |
| 53 | From the house of creation to the soul of the people | Abrham Kornfeld | |
| 54 | From strength to strength in the way of the torah | Joel Rappaport | |
| 56 | "Jewish school" in the city in the third year. | Israel Ayser bar Eliezer Moshe Hertz | |
| 58 | Jewish and general education in our city | Chaim Chan | |
| 62 | The Government Gymnasia (High School) in our city. | Pepka Bergman | |
| 65 | Charity and Care institutions | ||
| 67 | Social and Medical help | Joseph Dorman | |
| Chapter 4 | Reminiscence and Atmosphere | ||
| 71 | Our city in the mirror of our childhood | Yankel Lande | |
| 75 | Zavdizia Rachmati | Joel Rappaport | |
| 76 | Reminiscence for the days of our youth | Simon Bergman | |
| 77 | Our Jews in prayer (dovening) | Joseph Dorman | |
| 80 | Prayer leaders that are remembered | ||
| 80 | From sight and from hearsay | Luba Bern neé Finsterblau | |
| 82 | From sight from events in the days of the First World War. | Chaim Chan | |
| 86 | Culture war in a small scale in our city | Dr. Joseph Reiner | |
| 87 | Boy house in our city | Pepka Bergman | |
| 89 | From far we came to Gorlice | Mayer Chabyon | |
| 91 | In Gorlice we remember Zion | Rivka Rapelovitz-Kopito | |
| 92 | Paulus an agent for a sinful deed (a talmudic term) | Yankel Lande | |
| 93 | Village Jews in the region of Gorlice | Joseph Dorman | |
| 94 | piece of a memories | Mordechai Weinfeld | |
| 96 | laborers and craftsmen | ||
| 102 | Childless family | Dr. A. Bergman | |
| 103 | Meetings | Moshe Ayshon | |
| 107 | Jews in the oil branch in the gorlice region | Simon Gref | |
| Chapter 5 | Political Parties and Organizations | ||
| 113 | The Zionist battle in our city | Chaim Chan | |
| 120 | Public works in the Zionist movement | Dr. Jacob Belech | |
| 122 | "Agudas Israel" and her institutions | ||
| 124 | The religious working youth "Pa ye" | Abrham Kornfeld | |
| 126 | Mizrachi and Mizrachi Youth | Yechzekiel Vild | |
| 131 | Mizrachi daughters organization "Broria" | Miriam Krisher | |
| 132 | The Zionist Organization and their daughters | Dov Aronreich | |
| 136 | View of the youth in our city | Esther Viren-Brendsdofer | |
| 140 | Zionist Youth | Pepka Bergman | |
| 144 | Zionist Youth "Akivah" | Joseph Tena (Tekech ~) | |
| 144 | The cell, "HaShomer haTzair" in Gorlice and its creation | Yehuda Ben David (Winger) | |
| 146 | National women's library in Gorlice | Pepka Bergman | |
| 147 | I was a Youth in the "Betar" movement | Yehuda Ben David (Winger) | |
| 149 | Brothers in one family | Sarah Sholdenfry | |
| Chapter 6 | People and Images | ||
| 153 | Rabbi Rav Alisha Halberstam | Abraham Israel Aronberg | |
| 154 | The Gaon, Rav Shmuel Firer (The brilliant Masnikova) from Snikova | Hadasah Bester Storch,
HaRav Ben Zion Firer |
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| 156 | The Rabbi in the house of Halberstam-Tietelbaum | Chaim Chan | |
| 159 | The Rav. Mesholem Kleigar | Ben Zion Rov | |
| 160 | The Rav. Eliezer Landow | Ben Zion Rov | |
| 161 | The Rav. Shama Yitzchak Bar Yakov Freidman | Ben Zion Rov | |
| 161 | The Rav. Yehoshua Heshel Frankel | Ben Zion Rov | |
| 161 | The Rav. Aharon Anglorl And his house in Gorlice | Joseph Dorman | |
| 164 | Rav. Eliezer Bodner | Ch. Ben Chana | |
| 164 | Yecheal Hollander | Ben Zion Auman | |
| 164 | Rav. Yosef Einhorn | Yankel Lande | |
| 165 | Tzvi Hoyberger | Yechzekiel Vild | |
| 166 | Jewish Sabbath and holidays | Chaim Gertner | |
| 168 | Rav. from Labova | Abraham Kornfeld | |
| 168 | The Family of Moishele Binder | Dov Binder | |
| 169 | Baruch Tvi Stourch | Joel Rappaport | |
| 170 | Ha Rav Moshe Miller | Joseph Dorman | |
| 173 | Yunga talented proprietor | Abraham Kornfeld | |
| 174 | The Family of Joseph Shalom Kahanah | Yechzekiel Mehar | |
| 175 | A family tree | Joseph Dorman | |
| 176 | Balach House | Yechzekiel Vild | |
| 177 | Shevoshenar House | Chaim Chan | |
| 179 | Bet Lichtenberg | Joseph Lichtenberg | |
| 179 | Max Gobel | ||
| 180 | Tova (Gitel) Kestor the family Schwimmer | Ben Zion Rov | |
| 180 | Honya Veld the house of Atzgoni (Kalfholtz) | Chaim Chan | |
| 181 | Leader of the Community | Ben Zion Rov, Pinchas Wigshel | |
| 183 | The Wandering Adventure Author Asher Yeshehu Halevy | Abraham Yahri | |
| 184 | A part of the biography of the teacher, writer, thinker Moshe Shofitz | Prof. Dov Seden | |
| 187 | A part of the biography about Nathan Ginsber says "The Spirit lives" | Shloma Yehalumi (Diamand) | |
| 189 | Dynasty of Beth Bobov | Rafael Feltner | |
| 190 | The world of song of Bobov | ||
| 191 | The non-Jews in Bobov wish the Rabbi well | M. Ben Shlomah (formerly Herb Moshe Weiss) | |
| 193 | From Bobov to Bat Yom | Dr. Menachem Hachen Mitzner | |
| Chapter 7 | Immigrants, Builders, Warriors | ||
| 197 | The First Aliyah | Chaim Chan | |
| 198 | From the granchild's house to the workers cooperative | Elimelch Krem (Kremer) | |
| 201 | We were dreamers | Esther Bern Shversner | |
| 205 | Ben Tzion Omnaski presents the hebrew language to the Gorlizers | Pepka Bergman | |
| 206 | I emigrate to Israel in daring ships | Yehuda Ben David (Winger) | |
| 208 | From Gorlice to the shore of Ceaseria in Aliyah Bet | Yechzekiel Rinhold | |
| 209 | Illegal immigrants from Gorlice - casualties of the ship Patria | Yechzekiel Vild | |
| 210 | Story of rescued children from Gorlice | Brachah Chebes | |
| 211 | Simcha (Miche) Aronriech | Dov Aronreich | |
| 211 | Eye witness account of a soldier of the Jewish Brigade in Gorlice after the destruction | Joseph Takech | |
| 212 | Partisipation of Mendel Feldmeser in blowing up the radar station from discovering the daring ships | Yoram Teherlev | |
| 215 | Hauchberger Nathan - from within the memorial book | ||
| 216 | On his guard | Atkah Adler (Klozner) | |
| 218 | Preserved letters from the undeground | Yehuda Ben David (Winger) | |
| Chapter 8 | Destruction and Holocaust | ||
| 227 | How we go into captivity before the enemy | Joel Rappaport | |
| 228 | Years we see evil | Pepkah Bergman-Kojnik | |
| 237 | The first sacrifice among the Gorlice Jews | Salah Suf neé Swartz | |
| 239 | Thus we lived in the Gorlice Ghetto | Luba Bern neé Finsterblau | |
| 240 | I returned alone | Rivka Rapelovitz-Kopito | |
| 241 | Testimony of Akivah Ben Meir and Rachael Mitlas | ||
| 243 | Testimony of Yechazekial Kahanah | ||
| 244 | Testimony of Rav Betzalel Moshe Balzam | ||
| 244 | Testimony of Aaron Ruven | ||
| 245 | Testimony of Moshe Ben Yehoshuah Tzvi Bergman | ||
| 246 | Testimony of Yahoshua Mendel Tronzar | ||
| 247 | According to Monk Shtark | ||
| 247 | Jewish partisans penetrate the Gorlice Ghetto | ||
| 247 | Father and their son stand up to the test and don't reveal (information) | ||
| 249 | Testimony of Betzalel Fafeil | ||
| 249 | Testimony of Mayer Shwemer | ||
| 251 | Testimony of David Boxboim | ||
| 251 | Testimony of Moshe Shafner | ||
| 252 | Woe to the eyes that have seen this | Rivka Zaltanreich-Halberstam | |
| 253 | |||
| Chapter 9 | The Gorlice Community - mourns its martyrs | ||
| 261 | Register of slain persons in the Holocaust | ||
| 273 | Memorial Candles shine and remember | ||
| 312 | Memorial to those who died in the post-war years | ||
| Chapter 10 | Gorlitzers in Israel and the Diaspora | ||
| 320 | Our organization from the beginning of its creation | Yechzekiel Shregah | |
| 324 | From the exile from Gorlice to a creative collective | Freida Angel-Nuch | |
| 326 | The Gorlitzer "relief" in America | ||
| 327 | Rav Elimelech Eliezar Arenberg Shlit"a * | Abraham D. Har-Marum | |
| 328 | Postscript | ||
| 329 | Key to names | ||
| *Sheyichyeh l'orech yammim tovim, amen
[May he live many good days, amen] frequently appended after the name of a living chasidic rabbi |
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