Memorial Book of Rokiskis
(Lithuania)

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Translation from Yisker-bukh fun Rakishok un umgegnt
(Yizkor book of Rakishok and environs)

Edited by: M. Bakalczuk-Felin

Published in Johannesburg, 1952 (Yiddish, 626 pages)


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This is a translation from: Yisker-bukh fun Rakishok un umgegnt (Yizkor book of Rakishok and environs),
Editors: M. Bakalczuk-Felin, Johannesburg, The Rakisher Landsmanshaft of Johannesburg, 1952 (Yiddish, 626 pages).


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PrefaceM. Bakalczuk-Felin3
Rakishok Before and After WW IA. Orelowitz7
Notes on the Economic Position of the Jews in RakishokR. Aarons-Arsh19
My ShtetlA. Nach-Nochumovitz29
Peculiarity of Rakishok in the Jewish LithuaniaL. Shalit43
"Chabad"Chief Rabbi Professor L. I. Rabinowitz50
Rakishok and its ChassidimB. Stein53
Jewish National Automony in LithuaniaJ. Batnitzky62
The Lithuanian ShtetlJ. Lestschinsky66
 
Reminiscences
 
Rokishok: A ReflectionChief Rabbi Professor I. Abrahams85
Childhood JoysR. Feldman88
My Fathers NigunS. Rubin92
Why?Z. Feldman99
My RemembrancesZorach Gafanowitz103
A Yeminite in ShtetlB. Sarver106
Reminiscences of a Socialist in RakishokB. I. Kriel115
Fragments of My PastR. Arsh131
We Will Always Remember YouAhuva Schneiderman-Ruch142
 
Personalities and Types
 
A Few Words in Place of a TombstoneN. Meyerowitz-Stein145
In Everlasting MemoryB. Lavi-Arsh149
My Father Berchik the ShochetA. Koseff152
Jews of RakishokA. Orelowitz158
Zalman the Soda-Water MakerB. I. Kreel172
Personalities in the Old HomeA. Nach-Nochumowitz174
Chaye-Sore-Ite BacherS. Klass190
Gite Rubin-FermanH. Penn-Lubowitz192
My Father of Blessed MemoryMeyer Ruch194
Types of the Old HomeA. Koseff198
 
Social Cultural Life and Education Institutions
 
The Reformed ChederM. Katz205
The Russian Government SchoolA. Chait207
The Lithuanian GymnasiumE. Aarons209
From My School YearsT. Orlin-Kiel212
The Beth-Sefer and Pro-gymnasium A. Josselowitz220
The Activity of the Kultur-LigeS. Spevak222
Concerning the Kultur-Liege and its ActivitiesM. and S. Feldman225
The Jewish Part in the Left Movement O. Nochumowitz229
The Kultur-Lige in Rakishok and in UtianM. Krain234
Maccabi in RakishokR. Arsh236
Rakishker MaccabiH. Josselowitz243
The First Hachshara Kibbutz in RakishokBen Samuel245
Three Years in RakishokAvigdor Ariol-Golumbotzky246
About the Scout MovementS. Nanas249
Leib Jaffe's VisitA. J.251
OrphanageA. Nochumowitz252
The Society for Visiting the Sick in RakishokR. Blacher-Itzikman257
Jewish TheatreS. Rubin260
The People's BankM. B.264
 
Environs
 
AbelI. Michel-Michalewitz271
My Home Town KamayB. M. Hurwitz292
A Tear in Memory of KamayP. Z. Hurwitz297
Reminescences of KamayTirza Franklyn-Jaffe299
A Fair in KamayB. Sachs302
 
Novo-Alexandrovsk-Exerenay-Zarasay
 
Reminiscences of the Old HomeN. Sacks, M. Sharp-Saltuper, P. Albert306
My BirthplaceJehuda Zwi Ichilcik314
From My Home TownI. Dumas317
My Shtetl BoguslavishokR. Mechel-Berzak324
SubatRev. M. B. Fisher327
Ponedel R. H. Berchowitz-Peisachovitz, T. Katz, Jokl Evans331
From Our Shtetl DusiatCh. M. Kruss-Glussak, N. Blacher336
AntaleptA. Eidelman, I. Gullis346
Yuzint; NatzunishokN. Brinkman350
My Father Michoel Welve the FarmerIsrael Michalewitz354
SvisdoshzCh. Aires, N. Blacher356
SevenishokD. Katz, R. Shon362
AnushishokR. Kramer-Penn366
SkopishokM. Gordon370
Ponemunok L. Karabelnik374
My Shtetl PonemunokBenzion Joffe377
 
Decline and Destruction
 
My EvidenceM. Rotholz-Kur383
What I Experienced (My Experiences)Gisa Levin391
In Those DaysHerzl Ben-Yehuda401
The Destruction of Rakishok in LettersM. Bakalczuk-Felin405
 
The Landsmannschaft of Rakishok
 
Greetings 433
Monograph of Jewish Communities and Towns in Jewish HistoriogrophyDr. P. Friedman438
The Landsmanschaft of Rakishok: Activities of the Society: the Rakishker Benevolent SocietyM. Bakalczuk-Felin452
Notes of the Landsmanschaft of RakishokA. Eidelman525
The Family Manne-ManelewitzS. Rubin528
The Thorny Path of the Jewish Immigrant in South AfricaJ. M. Sherman530
Yizkors 540
Contents in Yiddish 622
Preface (English)M. Bakalczuk-FelinIII
Contents in English V
 
Additional Pages
 
Those Who Were Not Victims of the Holocaust, Remembered by Their Families 
Photograph Captions 


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