Novohrad-Volyns'kyy, Ukraine

Zvhil Novograd-Volynskiy
(Novohrad-Volyns'kyy, Ukraine)
50°36' / 27°37'

Translation of Zvhil-Novogradvolinsk

Edited by: A. Ori, M. Bone

Published by the Association of former residents of Zvhil and surroundings, 1962 (H,Y,E)

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Editors: A. Ori, M. Bone, Association of former residents of Zvhil and surroundings, 1962 (H,Y,E)

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Title Page The association of former residents of Zvhil and the surroundings

Greetings to S. Z. Zetzer

A letter M. Ribolov

A Prayer S. Z. Zetzer 9

A. Introduction to the city

Zvhil - Novohrad-Volyns'kyy Azriel Uri (Meliar) 13

Zvhil and the towns and villages around it Dr. Yakov Levi 33

The “Telner” [home owners] Synagogue Yonatan Schlain 49

Synagogues; Banks Dov Berenstein 58

Memories Bella Beretz-Kingman 61

My city Zhvil B. Adiri 65

B. Scholars, Hassidim and Men of Action

Torah, Hassidut and “Haskalah” Mordechai Buna (Bieber) 69

Zhvil - the Hassidut city M.S. Geshuri 71

(R’ Moshe; R’ Yehiel Michel; R’ Mordchai’le)

Images from the past S. Z. Zetzer 74

(R’ Pesach Kutman; R’ Zushia Redzwiller; Cowardliness)

Personalities and Experiences Azriel Ori 78

(R’ Mordchai’le, R’ Shlomke’le, R’ Yoel Sharyn, R’ David Bezalel, David Robinfin, A. Ludwipol, S. A. Pen, S. Z. Zetzer, A. Teshskis, Y.Y. Wahl, E. Brachman, Dr. Torgowitz, Dr. Kingsberg, Dr. Ostrowski, A. Arbetman, Leib Rotenberg, and more)

Rabbi Simcha Kupchtik Rabbi Tzvi Nahor- Kupchtik 91

My grandfather R’ Moshe Shmuel Eliyahu Sade-Lavan 93

R’ Alter the judge Y. Schlain 94

Rabbi Isaiah Ben-Zion Baru Abraham Baru 96

R’ Yeshaya-Fishel the judge M. Bone 98

HaRav R’ Gershon-Yoel Sade-Lavan M. Bone 99

HaRav R’ Y.Y. Korff M. Bone 100

My father R’ Bunem-Zev, ritual slaughterer M. Bone 101

R’ Pinya Leibushos; R’ Avraham Shapira M. Bone 103

R’ Moshe Avraham’ks; R’ Pinya Avraham’ks M. Bone 104

R’ Tuvia Scharbrout M. Bone 105

My father Moshe Dalugatch B. Dalugatch 106

R’ Ben-Zion Hoffman Ajzik H. 107

My father R’ Moshe Berenstein Dov Berenstein 108

C. Mordechai Zev Feierberg and his friends

Feierberg (poem) Yakov Fichman 111

M. Z. Feierberg S. Z. Zetzer 113

Feierberg in Slavuta’d summer camp Yisrael Berman 122

Feierberg as a thinker and a visionary M. B. 125

S. Z. Zetzer – the recluse Dr. A. Mokdoni 128

Y.Y. Wahl Prof. S. Helkin 130

Yitzchak Bieber M. Bone 132

Someting about Yitzchak Bieber G. Kressel 134

D. Authors and Poets

Yehiel Ravrabi S. Z. Shazar 139

Yehiel Ravrabi Dov Krivitsky 145

Menachem Ribolov Yohanan Tversky 147

The uncrowned ambassador M. Bone 149

In the returned light (poem) Yitzchak Lamdan 151

Yitzchak Lamdan Yohanan Tversky 152

Yitzchak Lamdan (meetings) E. Uri 157

Dr. Yakov Levi M. Bone 160

In memory of Shmuel Schlain M. Bone 164

Shmuel Miller Yakov Glatstein 167

Shmuel Miller (the story of his life) E. Uri 168

S. Miller – pages from the book “Dor Ha'midbar” M. Bone 169

Sound (poem) Y. Y. Sigal 172

E. A Person and his Home

My father’s home E. Uri 175

My family’s culture Nachum Bieber 178

A Zionist home M. Bone 181

The Zionist corner M. Bone 184

A socialist home M. Bone 185

A city in the fog; Family (poems) Natan Levana 187

Father Chana Schlain-Slonim 189

The great rabbi R’ Yoel Scharin–the genius R’ Yerachmiel Kumin 193

R’ Zev the ritual slaughterer R’ Yerachmiel Kumin 194

Ajzik Arbetman Y. Schlain 195

Zalman Brul Y. Schlain 200

Yakov Ben-Meir M. Adir- Rudnitsky 202

Rachel Brunfenshom-Meliar Chana Schlain-Slonim 203

Binyamin Goldman M. B. 205

Yitzchak Schlain-Stern Chana Schlain-Slonim 206

R’ Dov Anzelowitz M. Bone 208

Dr. A.M. Goffman (Man) Y. S. 210

Ben-Zion Argov Sara Argov 211

Asher Brzenbaum N. L. 214

From Zvhil to Jerusalem A. Z. Ben-Yishai 215

Yisrael Szipensky Y. Z. 219

My brother Shmuel B. Adiri 220

Sara the Rabbi’s oldest daughter M. B. 221

Eliyahu Rotenberg E. Uri 222

Bebatzia Ullman Chana Schlain-Slonim 224

Shlomo Goz Y. S. 225

R’ Baruch Trombowolski M. Bone 227

The brothers Pinya and Leibush Weisberg M. B. 228

F. Zvhil - The towns around it

My birthplace Baronovka Moshe Shmueli 231

Baronovka Aharon Blubstein 242

My town - Baronovka Yafa Perelmuter 244

Rohachiv Hirsh Rosenfeld 245

Polona - A Town Near Zvhil Eliayahu Kreinerman 253

Pulin Yakov Ben-Dov 256

My ruined town Moshe Nobelman 257

Horodnytsya B. V. 258

G. The slaughter in 5679 [1919]

The pogroms in Zvhil in 5679 M. Bone 263

The pogroms in Zvhil in 1919 Dov Anchilowitz 267

The escape from Zvhil in 1919 Miriam Kleinfeld-Zukin 269

How we survived the pogroms; The nurse Sonia Batya Dalugatch 271

Kamennyy Brod A. Y. V. 272

Memories B. Haklait 273

Novohrad-Volyns'kyy (Zvhil) P. Mermer 274

Hana – the porter and Kaschok Bella Stavit 276

Mordechai Shmuelik from the “The underworld” E. A. 279

H. The Holocaust and after it

Zvhil in its decline M. Bone 283

Zvhil in the years 1920-1945 M. Gildenman 286

The partisan detachment of Diadia Misha M. Kahanovich 292

The destruction of Zvhil E. Uri 295

The annihilation of Baronovka’s Jews Arye Blubstein 295

The attack on the German garrison Moshe Gildenman 299

Zvhil Mendel Man 302

Told by partisan Simcha Gildenman E. Uri 304

I. The Heroes of the Independence War

Menachem Ritzman Yakov Ritzman 309

Menachem Ritzman Yisrael Horowitz 311

From Menachem’s diary 311

In memory of Eliezer Lipa Casspi-Zilberman David Casspi 314

Yosef Duchna - collection from “Yizkor” 315

Yehusua Wiseman Zev Wiseman 316

J. At the conclusion of the book M. Bone 321

K. Supplements

Zvhil 100 years ago 341

Zvhil’s rabbi and president of the court 200 years ago Mendel Bieber 342

Zionists in prison and in trial in Tsarist Russia M. Bone 343

With the publication of the book Shmuel Kaplan 345

At the opening of the book

1. Welcome!

2. The experiences of S. Z. Zetzer during his first steps in Israel

3. S. Z. Zetzer Y.Y. Wahl

4. Map of the district

5. City’s map prepared by Yonatan Schlain

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Title Page	The association of former residents of Zvhil and the surroundings
Greetings to S. Z. Zetzer
A letter	M. Ribolov
A Prayer	S. Z. Zetzer	9

A. Introduction to the city
Zvhil - Novohrad-Volyns'kyy	Azriel Uri (Meliar)	13
Zvhil and the towns and villages around it	Dr. Yakov Levi	33
The “Telner” [home owners] Synagogue	Yonatan Schlain	49
Synagogues; Banks	Dov Berenstein	58
Memories	Bella Beretz-Kingman	61
My city Zhvil	B. Adiri	65

B. Scholars, Hassidim and Men of Action
Torah, Hassidut and “Haskalah”	Mordechai Buna (Bieber)	69
Zhvil - the Hassidut city	M.S. Geshuri	71
(R’ Moshe; R’ Yehiel Michel; R’ Mordchai’le)
Images from the past	S. Z. Zetzer	74
(R’ Pesach Kutman; R’ Zushia Redzwiller; Cowardliness)
Personalities and Experiences	Azriel Ori	78
(R’ Mordchai’le, R’ Shlomke’le, R’ Yoel Sharyn, R’ David Bezalel, David Robinfin, A. Ludwipol, S. A. Pen, S. Z. Zetzer, A. Teshskis, Y.Y. Wahl, E. Brachman, Dr. Torgowitz, Dr. Kingsberg, Dr. Ostrowski, A. Arbetman, Leib Rotenberg, and more)
Rabbi Simcha Kupchtik	Rabbi Tzvi Nahor- Kupchtik	91
My grandfather R’ Moshe Shmuel	Eliyahu Sade-Lavan	93
R’ Alter the judge	Y. Schlain	94
Rabbi Isaiah Ben-Zion Baru	Abraham Baru	96
R’ Yeshaya-Fishel the judge	M. Bone	98
HaRav R’ Gershon-Yoel Sade-Lavan	M. Bone	99
HaRav R’ Y.Y. Korff	M. Bone	100
My father R’ Bunem-Zev, ritual slaughterer	M. Bone	101
R’ Pinya Leibushos; R’ Avraham Shapira	M. Bone	103
R’ Moshe Avraham’ks; R’ Pinya Avraham’ks	M. Bone	104
R’ Tuvia Scharbrout	M. Bone	105
My father Moshe Dalugatch	B. Dalugatch	106
R’ Ben-Zion Hoffman	Ajzik H.	107
My father R’ Moshe Berenstein	Dov Berenstein	108

C. Mordechai Zev Feierberg and his friends
Feierberg (poem)	Yakov Fichman	111
M. Z. Feierberg	S. Z. Zetzer	113
Feierberg in Slavuta’d summer camp	Yisrael Berman	122
Feierberg as a thinker and a visionary	M. B.	125
S. Z. Zetzer – the recluse	Dr. A. Mokdoni	128
Y.Y. Wahl	Prof. S. Helkin	130
Yitzchak Bieber	M. Bone	132
Someting about Yitzchak Bieber	G. Kressel	134

D. Authors and Poets
Yehiel Ravrabi	S. Z. Shazar	139
Yehiel Ravrabi	Dov Krivitsky	145
Menachem Ribolov	Yohanan Tversky	147
The uncrowned ambassador	M. Bone	149
In the returned light (poem)	Yitzchak Lamdan	151
Yitzchak Lamdan	Yohanan Tversky	152
Yitzchak Lamdan (meetings)	E. Uri	157
Dr. Yakov Levi	M. Bone	160
In memory of Shmuel Schlain	M. Bone	164
Shmuel Miller	Yakov Glatstein	167
Shmuel Miller (the story of his life)	E. Uri	168
S. Miller – pages from the book “Dor Ha'midbar”	M. Bone	169
Sound (poem)	Y. Y. Sigal	172

E. A Person and his Home
My father’s home	E. Uri	175
My family’s culture	Nachum Bieber	178
A Zionist home	M. Bone	181
The Zionist corner	M. Bone	184
A socialist home	M. Bone	185
A city in the fog; Family (poems)	Natan Levana	187
Father	Chana Schlain-Slonim	189
The great rabbi R’ Yoel Scharin–the genius	R’ Yerachmiel Kumin	193
R’ Zev the ritual slaughterer	R’ Yerachmiel Kumin	194
Ajzik Arbetman	Y. Schlain	195
Zalman Brul	Y. Schlain	200
Yakov Ben-Meir	M. Adir- Rudnitsky	202
Rachel Brunfenshom-Meliar	Chana Schlain-Slonim	203
Binyamin Goldman	M. B.	205
Yitzchak Schlain-Stern	Chana Schlain-Slonim	206
R’ Dov Anzelowitz	M. Bone	208
Dr. A.M. Goffman (Man)	Y. S.	210
Ben-Zion Argov	Sara Argov	211
Asher Brzenbaum	N. L.	214
From Zvhil to Jerusalem	A. Z. Ben-Yishai	215
Yisrael Szipensky	Y. Z.	219
My brother Shmuel	B. Adiri	220
Sara the Rabbi’s oldest daughter	M. B.	221
Eliyahu Rotenberg	E. Uri	222
Bebatzia Ullman	Chana Schlain-Slonim	224
Shlomo Goz	Y. S.	225
R’ Baruch Trombowolski	M. Bone	227
The brothers Pinya and Leibush Weisberg	M. B.	228

F. Zvhil - The towns around it
My birthplace Baronovka	Moshe Shmueli	231
Baronovka	Aharon Blubstein	242
My town - Baronovka	Yafa Perelmuter	244
Rohachiv	Hirsh Rosenfeld	245
Polona - A Town Near Zvhil	Eliayahu Kreinerman	253
Pulin	Yakov Ben-Dov	256
My ruined town	Moshe Nobelman	257
Horodnytsya	B. V.	258

G. The slaughter in 5679 [1919]
The pogroms in Zvhil in 5679	M. Bone	263
The pogroms in Zvhil in 1919	Dov Anchilowitz	267
The escape from Zvhil in 1919	Miriam Kleinfeld-Zukin	269
How we survived the pogroms; The nurse Sonia	Batya Dalugatch	271
Kamennyy Brod	A. Y. V.	272
Memories	B. Haklait	273
Novohrad-Volyns'kyy (Zvhil)	P. Mermer	274
Hana – the porter and Kaschok	Bella Stavit	276
Mordechai Shmuelik from the “The underworld”	E. A.	279

H. The Holocaust and after it
Zvhil in its decline	M. Bone	283
Zvhil in the years 1920-1945	M. Gildenman	286
The partisan detachment of Diadia Misha	M. Kahanovich	292
The destruction of Zvhil	E. Uri	295
The annihilation of Baronovka’s Jews	Arye Blubstein	295
The attack on the German garrison	Moshe Gildenman	299
Zvhil	Mendel Man	302
Told by partisan Simcha Gildenman	E. Uri	304

I. The Heroes of the Independence War
Menachem Ritzman	Yakov Ritzman	309
Menachem Ritzman	Yisrael Horowitz	311
From Menachem’s diary		311
In memory of Eliezer Lipa Casspi-Zilberman	David Casspi	314
Yosef Duchna - collection from “Yizkor”		315
Yehusua Wiseman	Zev Wiseman	316

J. At the conclusion of the book	M. Bone	321

K. Supplements
Zvhil 100 years ago		341
Zvhil’s rabbi and president of the court 200 years ago	Mendel Bieber	342
Zionists in prison and in trial in Tsarist Russia	M. Bone	343
With the publication of the book	Shmuel Kaplan	345

At the opening of the book
1. Welcome!
2. The experiences of S. Z. Zetzer during his first steps in Israel
3. S. Z. Zetzer	Y.Y. Wahl
4. Map of the district
5. City’s map prepared by Yonatan Schlain