Goberman, David. Carved Memories: Heritage in Stone from the Russian Jewish Pale. NY: Rizzoli, 2000 lists information for the following Moldova towns:
4716 2819 Calarashi/Kalarash/Calarasi Targ/Kelarasz/Kelerash Tyrg/ in Kalarash Raion
4722 2851 Orhei/Orgeyev in Orgeyev Raion
Alternate name: Beltsy. 4746 2756 Beltsy/Balti/Baltsy/Belci/Beltsi/Byelcy/Bielce/Belzy in Beltsy Raion. Source: Goberman, David. Carved Memories: Heritage in Stone from the Russian Jewish Pale. NY: Rizzoli, 2000 http://www.routestoroots.com/html/beltsy.html has photo of cemetery.
CAMENCA: see KAMINKA
CHISINAU:
Alternate name: Kishinev. 4700 2850 Chisinau/Kishinev/Kiscinev/Kischinew in Kishinev Raion. Source: Goberman, David. Carved Memories: Heritage in Stone from the Russian Jewish Pale. NY: Rizzoli, 2000 http://www.routestoroots.com/html/kishinev.html has photo of cemetery. http://www.fjc.ru/kishenev.htm has Jewish community information. [October 2000]
KAMINKA:
Alternate name: Camenca. "...During my recent trip, I was shown by a local gentile women what clearly was the remnant of an "ohel" (a small building customarily built over the grave of a Chasidic Rebbe) in the Jewish cemetery in this Kaminka. She assured me that this was where the "Tzadik" was buried. I have had independent confirmation of this as well. ... The sole remaining Jew in the town had no information for me." Source: Abraham Heschel: aheschel@safeaccess.com [28 Oct 2000 on JewishGen Digest]
SOROKI:
http://www.routestoroots.com/html/soroki.html has photo of cemetery.
First Soroker Bessarabian Mutual Aid Society (New York, N.Y.) Records, 1910-[ca. 1959] Description: 1.1 linear ft. Notes: Landsmanshaft founded in 1897 by Jewish immigrants from Soroki, Moldavian S.S.R. (Bessarabia). YIVO collections are in Yiddish, Russian, Polish, English, Hebrew, and other European and non-European languages. Location: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York, NY.
ü Soroker Young Friends Benevolent and Educational League (New York, N.Y.) Records, 1921-1975. Description: 1.7 linear ft. Notes: Landsmanshaft founded in 1910 by Jewish immigrants from Soroki, Moldavia (Bessarabia). It briefly joined with the Uriver Branch of the Workmen's Circle, but left before World War I. ... YIVO collections are in Yiddish, Russian, Polish, English, Hebrew, and other European and non-European languages. Location: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York, NY. Control No.: NXYH89-A712
TELENESHT:
Alternate names: Teleneshty/Telenesht/ Tyrg/Telenesti/Telenesti Targ/Tseleneshti Tyrg. Located at 47º30' 28º22', Teleneshty County, Bessarabia region. The Jewish cemetery is in horrible condition. Luckily, none of the stones are overturned or vandalized. One of the outcomes of our 1999 visit was to hire a local man to care for the cemetery. He is not Jewish. Our arrangement is that we will continue to pay for three months of work in advance. Source: Irv Schoenberg, reporting to Rom-SIG News (See ROMSIG)
TERESPOL: US Commission No. POCE000387
Alternate names: Terespoli vel Terespolia (Yiddish), Terespol, and Teraspol. Town is located in Biala-Podlaska at 52º05 23º37, 120km SSE of Prialegostok. 1991 population is 6,000 with no Jews.
Town:p. Wrobel Wydzial Gospodarki Komunalnej i Ochrony, Srodowiska, Urzad Miasta i Gminy, ul. Wojska Polskiego 130, Tel. 2130.
Regional: PSOZ-WKZ, ul. Brzeska 41, 21-500 Biala Podlaska.
Local: Urzad Ochrony I Konserwacji Zespolow Padacowo-Ogrodowych, ul. Szwolezerow 9, 00-464 Warszawa, Telex 817481.
The earliest known Jewish community existed in Terespol before 1705. The Jewish population as of the last census before World War II was 1200. The last known Orthodox Jewish burial was 1943. The The urban flat land, separate but near other cemeteries, is reached by turning directly off a public road. Access is open to all via a continuous fence and non-locking gate. There are no visible gravestones or structures. Vegetation overgrowth is a seasonal problem that prevents access. The municipality owns property used for Jewish cemetery only. Properties adjacent are commercial or industrial, agricultural, and residential. Rarely, private visitors stop. The cemetery was vandalized during World War II, but since 1989, the local authorities established a fence. They also occasionally clean or clear the cemetery. Michal Witwicki, ul. Dembowskiego 12/53, 02-784 Warszawa, Tel: 6418345 completed survey on 28/08/1991. He and E. Bergman visited the site on the 2 August 1991. Jewish Tombstones in Ukraine and Moldova, 551, bibl. 1153, 7/14/1993, GOBERMAN D., Image Publishing House, 1993. English/Russian. This book is among the collection at the Jewish Museum of Belgium. Source: Daniel Dratwa; d.dratwa@mjb-jmb.org
Jewish Tombstones in Ukraine and Moldova, 551, bibl. 1153, 7/14/1993, GOBERMAN D., title: Image Publishing House, 1993, English/Russian. Source: Daniel Dratwa; d.dratwa@mjb-jmb.org. This book is among the collection at the Jewish Museum of Belgium.
TERESPOLI VEL TERESPOLIA: see Terespol
TIRASHPOL: see Tiraspol TIRASPOL: see Terespol TIRASPOL:
Located in TIRASPOL at 4650 2937, 38.7 miles ESE of Chisinau in Tiraspol county, Bessarabia region. Alternate name: Tirashpol. Formerly in Moldova and now part of the Transnistra region between Ukraine and Moldova.
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