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History of Jews in Bessarabia

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GeneralGeo-historical and cultural overview of Jewish life in Bessarabia/Moldavia region up to the beginning of 19 century (Moldavia Principality until 1812)History of Jews in BessarabiaYefim Kogan
 From course study at Hebrew College, Yefim Kogan, 2006.
GeneralComparative Symbolic Violence: The Chisinau and Tiraspol National Historical MuseumsHistory of Jews in BessarabiaAdi Schnytzer and Alina Zubkovych 
 Adi Schnytzer, Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University, Israel and Alina Zubkovych, School of Advanced Social Studies, Nova Gorica, Slovenia, March, 2013.
GeneralThe Jews of Bessarabia from the Earliest Settlement. Translated by Ala Gamulka. (added March 2014)History of Jews in BessarabiaAla Gamulka
 This article is from from the Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities in Romania (Volume 1). This is the LAST article from Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Romania about towns, villages in Bessarabia / Moldova. There are 35 articles on towns, villages and several general articles as this last one. Almost all of them were translated by Ala Gamulka!
GeneralJewish Contribution to Architecture in Kishinev (added Nov 2014)History of Jews in BessarabiaAnastasia Moscaliuc, MSc architect, Israel 
 
GeneralFrom Kishineff to Bialystok. A table of pogroms from 1903 to 1906History of Jews in Bessarabia   
GeneralJews in Bessarabia in 18 centuryHistory of Jews in BessarabiaDemetrius Kantemir
GeneralHistory of Jews in Bessarabia in the 15th to 19th Centuries: Geography, History, Social Status (2008)History of Jews in BessarabiaYefim Kogan
GeneralThe Jews of MoldovaHistory of Jews in BessarabiaClara Jignea
GeneralJewish cemeteries, synagogues, and mass grave sites in Ukraine (2005)History of Jews in BessarabiaUSC for the Preservation America's Heritage Abroad  
GeneralJewish heritage sites and monuments in Moldova (2010)History of Jews in BessarabiaUSC for the Preservation America's Heritage Abroad  
GeneralWe Will Survive, Jewish History of Moldova in images, maps and pictures (2015)History of Jews in BessarabiaIrina Shikhova
Kishinev (Town)Seven Songs about 100 Years (Film)History of Jews in BessarabiaArnold Brodichansky
Kishinev (Town)Trees of Lebanon (1922)History of Jews in BessarabiaYehuda Leib Tsirelson
Novyye Kaushany (Town)Jewish Life in Bessarabia Through the Lens of the Shtetl KaushanyHistory of Jews in BessarabiaYefim Kogan
 Yefim Kogan, final paper of Masters of Jewish Liberal Studies degree at Hebrew College, Boston, June, 2012.
Lipkany (Town)The Lipkani That Was (video)History of Jews in BessarabiaBat Ami Strul

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External Links

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Tiraspol (Town)Tiraspol, the city on the DniesterHistory and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 It includes many interesting stories and old photos.
GeneralThe History of Jewish Surnames (Truth & Myths)History and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 This is the story about how the Jewish names were developed throughout the History, from the Shem Hakodesh (Hebrew sacred names) up to the kinnuim (secular names in every country). It
Generalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_MoldovaHistory and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 
GeneralBessarabia. The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern EuropeHistory and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 
GeneralHistory of Jews in Bessarabia. WikipediaHistory and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 
GeneralBessarabia (JewishEncyclopedia.com)History and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 Proposed Colony of 1840; Jewish Agriculturists; Foreign Jews (Jewishencyclopedia.com).
GeneralIntroduction and History of Jews in Moldova - jewishmemory.mdHistory and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 
GeneralParallel Ruptures: Jews of Bessarabia and Transnistria between Romanian Nationalism and Soviet Communism, 1918-1940History and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 Tartakovsky, Dmitry. Parallel Ruptures: Jews of Bessarabia and Transnistria between Romanian Nationalism and Soviet Communism, 1918-1940, Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009.
Kishinev (Town)The Voice of America on KishineffHistory and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 Edited by Cyrus Adler, Philadelphia, 1904, Internet Archive
GeneralJewish Heritage Sites and Monuments in Moldova (2010)History and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 United States Commission for the Preservation of America
GeneralThe Virtual Jewish History Tour, MoldovaHistory and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 by Ariel Scheib, Jewish Virtual Library, 2011
Kishinev (Town)Steven Zipperstein: Rethinking Kishinev: How a Riot Changed 20th-Century Jewish HistoryHistory and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 (added December, 2013), Kishinev
GeneralAlexandr Roitman: The process of conversion of the Jewish Population of Bessarabia, into Christian from Mozaic religion, in the XIX centuryHistory and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 (added December, 2013), (You will find some information on Jews who converted to Christianity and also other who joined Judaism.. Alexandr Roitman – Graduate Student at State University of Moldova. )
GeneralAlexandr Roitman: Bessarabian Jews, who are they?History and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 added December, 2013
GeneralThe Lost Jews of McIntoshHistory and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 added November, 2013 Article written by Vossler, Ron at German from Russia heritage Collection (GRHC). (thank you to Pat Fuller for pointing to this article)
GeneralVladimir F. Wertsman 'Salute to the Romanian Jews in America and Canada, 1850-2010, Xlibris, 2010History and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 The author was born in Secureni, Khotin uezd, Besarabia. He is a Holocaust survivor deported with parents and sister to Transnistria (1941-1944). His great anthology of Jewish biographies include many for people born in Bessarabia, in towns Kishinev, Ungheni, Kalarash, Khotin, Dondushani, Leova, Soroki, and others.
GeneralMemoirs of a Russian Governor. Prince Serge Dmitriyevich UrussovHistory and Life of Jews in Bessarabia
 London and New York, 1908

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