Glinyany, Ukraine

In the Diaspora and in the Homeland
(Glinyany, Ukraine)

49°49' / 24°31'

Translation of
Ba-golah uva-moledet

Written by: Asher Korech (Buchbinder)

Published in Jerusalem: Hotsa'at Gazit, 1941

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1 My family 9

2 Dad and Mom 13

3 Child in the “Cheder” 17

4 Bar Mitzva 22

5 Windows were opened in the “house of study” 25

6 R' Yehoshua Baseches and R' Hillel Finelish 28

7 The big fire 34

8 R' Mordecai ben Yehezkiel Halperin 36

9 The beginning of the Enlightenment in our town: R' Moshe Leib Lanos, R' Leib Wolf, R' Moshe Stam, R' Yankele Chaya Ester's, R' Yosef Hurwitz, R' Aharon Rubintzhal 44

10 Memorial stones: 1. The river Wislanka, 2. T' Baruch “the Tall”, R' Manis Lieberman, For the sake of Mitzva we turn to the Land of Israel, The Land of Israel in Galina before Zionism 55

11 My Dear Fellow Efraim… the beginning of the evolution of Zionism in our town, Dr. Avraham Korkis, the Day of the Hebrews 81

12 R' Shlomo Unger 90

13 In the age of military duty and marriage 96

14 On the field of the Zionist labor: “a new spirit – the skies are higher”…, Aaron's sacrifice, You shall not preach, National home on foreign soil, Remember this to Jacob, Our Hebrew school 105

15 Rabbi Meir Shapira z”l: His appointment as our town's chief rabbi, His educational and communal activities 119

16 In the field of books and writers: Trade and publishers, Y.H. Brenner, Prof. Dr. L. Kellner, R' Eliezer Meir Lifshitz 129

17 Chaos comes to the world: The start of the world war, The Russian military invasion 134

18 Under Russian occupation: Mom and Dad z”l pass away, The Russian military runs away 140

19 Following the Austrian “redemption”: The arrival of the Austrian military, Public work, The plague 147

20 Orphanage work: Founding the orphanage, the military draft and the passing of my brother Tzvi z”l 150

21 Public works during the war: Internal improvements in the orphanage “Huftman von Kepnik” in Galina, Help for the refugees, Jewish soldiers and the poor, The orphanage moves to Bilitz, Seder for the soldiers 155

22 In the Italian frontier: I was drafted to military service, to the Italian front 171

23 I leave the military: I was released from military service 175

24 Under Ukrainian burden: End of the world war, The Ukrainian government, The Polish-Ukrainian war 182

25 The Polish redemption and its troubles: The pleasures of commerce, The persecutions of the Zionists 187

26 My path to the Land of Israel has opened: Dr. Yaakov Ton in Lvov, The committee for land sales in the Land of Israel, I was invited to come to Eretz Israel 194

27 To the Land of the Patriarchs: Preparations for the trip, From Lvov to Glatz, on the ship, I am up on the soil of Eretz Israel 197

28 I will settle here…: In the quarantine, In Tel-Aviv, Arranging a store for the laboratory in Jerusalem 202

29 In Jerusalem: I work, an old friend, I buy an old house, I renovate the old house 206

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1	My family	9
2	Dad and Mom	13
3	Child in the “Cheder”	17
4	Bar Mitzva	22
5	Windows were opened in the “house of study”	25
6	R' Yehoshua Baseches and R' Hillel Finelish	28
7	The big fire	34
8	R' Mordecai ben Yehezkiel Halperin	36
9	The beginning of the Enlightenment in our town: R' Moshe Leib Lanos, R' Leib Wolf, R' Moshe Stam, R' Yankele Chaya Ester's, R' Yosef Hurwitz, R' Aharon Rubintzhal	44
10	Memorial stones: 1. The river Wislanka, 2. T' Baruch “the Tall”, R' Manis Lieberman, For the sake of Mitzva we turn to the Land of Israel, The Land of Israel in Galina before Zionism	55
11	My Dear Fellow Efraim… the beginning of the evolution of Zionism in our town, Dr. Avraham Korkis, the Day of the Hebrews	81
12	R' Shlomo Unger	90
13	In the age of military duty and marriage	96
14	On the field of the Zionist labor: “a new spirit – the skies are higher”…, Aaron's sacrifice, You shall not preach, National home on foreign soil, Remember this to Jacob, Our Hebrew school	105
15	Rabbi Meir Shapira z”l: His appointment as our town's chief rabbi, His educational and communal activities	119
16	In the field of books and writers: Trade and publishers, Y.H. Brenner, Prof. Dr. L. Kellner, R' Eliezer Meir Lifshitz	129
17	Chaos comes to the world: The start of the world war, The Russian military invasion	134
18	Under Russian occupation: Mom and Dad z”l pass away, The Russian military runs away	140
19	Following the Austrian “redemption”: The arrival of the Austrian military, Public work, The plague	147
20	Orphanage work: Founding the orphanage, the military draft and the passing of my brother Tzvi z”l	150
21	Public works during the war: Internal improvements in the orphanage “Huftman von Kepnik” in Galina, Help for the refugees, Jewish soldiers and the poor, The orphanage moves to Bilitz, Seder for the soldiers	155
22	In the Italian frontier: I was drafted to military service, to the Italian front	171
23	I leave the military: I was released from military service	175
24	Under Ukrainian burden: End of the world war, The Ukrainian government, The Polish-Ukrainian war	182
25	The Polish redemption and its troubles: The pleasures of commerce, The persecutions of the Zionists	187
26	My path to the Land of Israel has opened: Dr. Yaakov Ton in Lvov, The committee for land sales in the Land of Israel, I was invited to come to Eretz Israel	194
27	To the Land of the Patriarchs: Preparations for the trip, From Lvov to Glatz, on the ship, I am up on the soil of Eretz Israel	197
28	I will settle here…: In the quarantine, In Tel-Aviv, Arranging a store for the laboratory in Jerusalem	202
29	In Jerusalem: I work, an old friend, I buy an old house, I renovate the old house	206

The photographs in the book