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Rozhinoy; sefer zikaron le-kehilat Rozhinoy ve-ha-seviva
Edited by: M. Sokolowsky
Published in Tel Aviv, 1957
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*Ruzhinoy = Rozana (Polish pronunciation), now Ruzhany in Belarus.
My copy has a handwritten dedication to my father: "Abraham Vegotsky, fellow citizen of Ruzhnoy, as a sign of respect and thanks from the committee of Ruzhnoyan landsmen. Tel Aviv, May 7, 1958."
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TITLE PAGE
RUZHINOY
Commemoration Book to the Ruzhinoy Community and Environs
A Memorial to the Jewish Community
Collected and Edited by Mayer Sokolowsky
Published on the 15th year to the Shoah
5717
Published by the organization of Ruzhinoy Landsleit
in Israel on the 300th year of the Blood Libel
| Subject | Page |
| Introduction by the Editor | 5 |
| Ruzhinoy Map | 6 |
| History: | |
| History of the Town of Ruzhinoy | 7 |
| Ruzhinoy according to the registry of the Committee of Communities | 8 |
| Ruzhinoy according to General Encyclopedia* | 8 |
| Ruzhinoy according to the Jewish encyclopedia | 8 |
| Martyrs: | |
| Ruzhinoy’s martyrs according to Daat (early book) | 10 |
| Slichot over early martyrs | 12 |
| Martyrs tomb | 17 |
| Martyrs’ descendents | 17 |
| Ruzhinoy’s martyrs according to Souls of Israel | 18 |
| Torah: | |
| Cheders | 21 |
| Melameds Association | 22 |
| A Cheder for Girls | 23 |
| Splendor of Youth (Tiferet Bachurim, vocational education) | 23 |
| Yeshiva of Ruzhinoy | 24 |
| Various study groups | 26 |
| Rabbis | 29-41 |
| Story written by Chernikovsky, "Sha’at Nez" | 41-46 |
| Labor (Economy of the town): | |
| Lives of weavers in Ruzhinoy in 19th century | 48 |
| Workers family in the shtetl | 49 |
| Labor movement in Ruzhinoy in 19th century | 50 |
| Founding of Pavlova in Constantinova | 51 |
| G’milut Chassadim (Benevolent Societies): | |
| Idealists of the people | 52 |
| Hadassah | 54 |
| Leib Vash and other members of Pines family | 56 |
| Yona the Shoemaker | 59 |
| Nimele the Butcher | 59 |
| Shapis of Pavlova | 59 |
| Our Shetl Ruzhinoy: | |
| Synagogues of Ruzhinoy | 62 |
| Public life in Ruzhinoy | 64 |
| The tax (on meat) | 65 |
| My childhood in Ruzhinoy | 66 |
| The Fires: | |
| Plague of fires | 68 |
| Leib "the only one" | 71 |
| How the fire brigade was set up | 72 |
| Fire brigade in Ruzhinoy | 72 |
| Fire brigade parades | 73 |
| Fear of pogroms in the shetl in 1904 | 75 |
| The beginnings of Zionism: | |
| "Hurry up Brethren," written by Yechiel Michal | 77 |
| Pines (song still sung in Israel) | |
| Beginnings of Zionism in Ruzhinoy | 78 |
| Yechiel Michael Pines | 78 |
| More about Y. M. Pines | 80 |
| Passages from "The Children of My Spirit" by Y. M. Pines | 81 |
| Itta Yellin | 82 |
| Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf Shachor (black) | 82 |
| The founding of Akron (agricultural settlement south of Tel Aviv) | 83 |
| Yearning of redemption | 85 |
| The years of agitation: | |
| The year 1905--the political parties | 87 |
| The struggle for 12-hour work day | 87 |
| The big strike of 1910 | 88 |
| Public figures and personalities: | |
| Lullaby | 90 |
|
Aron Lieboshitsky, Mayer Krinsky, Zelig Sher, Melech Epshtein, Dov Lobsovsky, Avigdor Michal, Goldberg, Dr. Mayer Pines, Moshe Limon |
91-95 |
| First World War: | |
| World War I | 97 |
| Rule of the German Occupation | 98 |
| About the German Occupation | 99 |
| The Forest People | 100 |
| The Big Fire | 101 |
| The Kinder Heim (Children’s Home) | 102 |
| The Choir | 103 |
| Hazamir "and Hertzliah" (gymnasium) | 104 |
| Consume verein (consumers’ organization) | 107 |
| In between powers--the German occupation and the Russian revolution | 108 |
| Pogroms in Ruzhinoy | 108 |
| Way of Life in the Shetl: | |
| The libraries of Ruzhinoy | 110 |
| The library in Pavlova | 110 |
| Memories of childhood | 111 |
| Longing for the land of Israel | 114 |
| Ma’ot Chitim (food fund for needy) | 115 |
| Passover eve in our shetl | 115 |
| Economic Situation: | |
| After World War I | 119 |
| In Ruzhinoy | 119 |
| The bank in Ruzhinoy | 120 |
| Zionist Movements: | |
| Hechalutz Movement in Ruzhinoy | 122 |
| Actions in behalf of the Jewish National Fund | 126 |
| The Zionist Organization | 129 |
| Hashomer Hatza’ir | 131 |
| Hashomer Hatzi’r renews its activities | 132 |
| Betar (Jabotinsky’s youth movement) | 136 |
| My birth place | 137 |
| Educational Institutions: | |
| Educational institutions in the stetl | 138 |
| The Tarbut School | 139 |
| The Talmud Torah Institution | 143 |
| Dovid Miller | 144 |
| Charitable Institutions: | |
| In the 19th century | 145 |
| In the 20th century | 146 |
| Second World War and the Holocaust: | |
| 19 days of German-Polish war & Russian jurisdiction | 150 |
| Echoes of the times in writings | 151 |
| Under the Nazis in Ruzhinoy | 153 |
| Passing through Ruzhinoy | 162 |
| Echoes | 167 |
| Poem: "Everything Precious to Me" | 170 |
| In German Captivity | 170 |
| On what had passed on my return | 171 |
| Jacov Mayer Maruchnik | 172 |
| In Memory of Ruzhinoy’s Martyrs | 174 |
| Beloved | 175 |
| In Memory of Those Who Made Aliyah: | |
| A.Y. Haboynik and Wife | 177 |
| Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf | 178 |
| Leibl Ziskind | 178 |
| Nachum Alperstein Committee ofLandsmen’s Organizations | 181 |
| Our Families: | |
| A listing & photos of some of the families | 184 |
| The Fallen in the War of Independence: (Israel) | |
| Listing of many names & photos | 190 |
| Poem: The Jewish Body | 192 |
| More names listed | 193 |
| Another poem: Liberty | 197 |
| "Amal is Geven a Stetl"- Ruzhinoy as I Remember: | |
| Survey in Yiddish | 199 |
| In Memory of our Martyrs | 212 |
| Ruzhinoy and Environs | 213 |
| Lists of Ruzhinoyer in Israel | 229 |
| Lists of Liskovers in Israel | 232 |
| Once There Was A Shtetl - Supplementary chapter | |
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