Czestochowa, Poland [new supplement to the book "Czenstochover Yidn"]

Czenstochov;
A new Supplement to the Book
“Czenstochover Yidn”
(Częstochowa, Poland)

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Translation of
Tshenstokhov; naye tsugob-material tsum bukh
“Tshenstokhover Yidn”

Edited by: S. D. Singer

Published in New York, 1958

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This is a translation from: Tshenstokhov; naye tsugob-material tsum bukh ”Tshenstokhover Yidn”;
Czenstochov; a new supplement to the book “Czenstochover Yidn”,
edited by S. D. Singer, New York, 1958 (Y, 336 pages)

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Czestochowa (1958)

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Translated by Mark Froimowitz

	Forward from the Editor	IV

Buildup and Destruction

Buildup
L. Brenner	The Rise of the Jewish Settlement in Czestochowa (1700 –1939)	5
Dr. Tzvi Cohen	A. The Jewish Community in Czestochov (Its Composition and Activities)	11
	B. The Zionist Movement in Czestochov (General Zionists, Mizrachi, Revisionists)	21
Ch. Kiel	The “Hashomer Hatzeir” (A Page of Remembrances)	25
Dr. V. Gliksman	Czestochowa Streets (The Avenue)	27
Mottel Berkovitch	A Jewish House in Czestochowa	32

Destruction
Dr. B. Orenstein	Czestochowa Jews in the Nazi Era (1939–1945)	39
Tzvi Rozenvayn	A. The Hunger Strike in Czestochowa Ghetto	47
	B. Concerning the Workers’ Council	49
Shlomo Vaga	The Blood of the Dead Cries from the Earth (Pages of Remembrances)	52
Y. Suski	The Mobilization	56
A. L. Bombe	My Escape from Treblinka	57
	Protocol of the First Land-Conference of the Czestochowa Jews in Poland	60
Dr. B. Orenstein	A. Czestochowa Landsleit in the D.P. Camps in Germany	62
	B. Czestochowa Folklore in the Nazi Times	66
Dr. Philip Friedman	Death and Resistance of the Jews in the Time of the Nazi Occupation (A Bibliographical Overview)	68

After The Destruction
Liber Brenner	The Jewish Settlement in Czestochowa After the Second World War (1945–1956)	81
Moshe Lederman	A Letter from Present Day Czestochowa (1945–1958)	86
Raphael Federman	The “Bund” in Czestochowa in the Years After the Second World War	86
S.L. Shneiderman	This is How Czestochowa Looks Now (Impressions from a Visit in the Fall of the Year 1957)	97

Figures, Remembrances and Pictures

Figures
Dr. Tzvi Cohen	A. Jacob Frank in Czenstochow (A Chapter of Stories)	110
	B. Harav Hagaon Rabbi Nachum Ash z’l	112
	C. The Rebbe Rabbi Avigdor z”l (A Portrait of a “Good Jew” who was Different from Everyone Else)	115
	D. The Great Song Artist Abraham Ber Birenbaum (First Cantor of the New Synagogue Over a Period of 20 Years)	119
	E. Abraham Veviorka (Pages of Remembrance)	125
Yefim Yeshuri	A Biography of Abraham Veviorka	124
Moshe Dluzshnavoski	Vulf Veviorka (Pages of Remembrance)	125
Chaim-Leib Fuchs	They were Three Brothers (The Dead Brothers Vildshinki: Yechezkal, Anshel, and Yechial)	129
Lotti Melack	Isaac Yurista	133
Z. Turkov	Peretz Villenberg (A Chapter of the Book “Theater Remembrances”)	136
Dr. B. Orenstein	Dr. Jacob Shotski’s Contribution to the History of the Jews in Czestochowa	137
Raphael Federman	A. Dr. Aaron Singalovski (Aaron Czestochower)	139
	B. Joseph Aronovich	141
	C. Zalman Tenenberg	144
	D. Hershel Freyman (Hershel Blacharsh)	144
	E. Aaron Peretz	145
	F. Isaac Samsonovich	146
	G. Samuel Frank and his family	147
Y. S. Hertz	A. Rayzeleh and Moshe Berkenstat	152
	B. Eli Alebarde	153

Remembrances
A. Chrobolovsky	A. People and Times (Czestochowa Memoirs)	154
	B. The Legend Lives (The Memory of Y. L. Peretz School, the Home for Children, the Teachers and the School Leaders	163
Abraham Litman	A. H. D. Lumberg	168
	B. The Great Mystery	170
	C. A Chassidic Demonstration	172
Raphael Federman	Sholom Ash, a”h in Our Former Czestochowa (A Page of Remembrances)	173
Yossel Berliner	I am a Pioneer in California	175
Harry Dzshubass	America Lifted Me Up (Notes of a New Arrival)	176
David Neimark	My Impressions of the City of Czestochowa	178
Hershel Epstein	From Novoradomsk to Los Angeles (Pages of Intimate Remembrances)	179

Pictures
A. Chrobolovsky	Rabbi Devora Mash (from the Former Czestochowa Types)	182
Chonon Kiel	A. “Tzimmes”	183
	B. Riveleh	184

Literature and Critique

Chonon Kiel	To the Varta (Poem)	189
A. Viltsh (Yechezkel Vilshinski)	The Old Shul I Seek	190
	In the Work Camp	191
A. Veviorke	Yom Kippur	193
Chaim Leib Schwartz	My Wish	193
Berish Weinstein	A Pass to the West (A Chapter of a Poem)	194
S. D. Singer	“By the River Varta and the East River” of Raphael Federman	197
A. Chrobolovsky	“Czestochowa Becomes a City” of Chaim Leib Schwartz	200
Shoshanna Tsheanztchska	Tomorrow	203
	In the Storm	203
Dr. V. Glicksman	Notes and Reviews	204

Our Anniversaries

A. Chrobolovsky	Dr. Yosef Kruk 70 Years	212
Y. N. Steinberg	To Elknanh Krubalovski's 70 Year Jubilee	222
Dovid Tanski	Yaakov Ber Silver, Seventy Five Years Old	225
Ben-Mordechai	50 Year Society Activities of Raphael Federman	226
Zvi Rosenvein	Raphael Federman (Traits)	228

Czestochowers in America and in Other Countries

Czestochowers in America
Dr. V. Glicksman	The Activities of the United Czestochower Relief Committee in New York and Its Vicinity (1950-1958)	232
Morris Stern	Czestochower-Lodzer Branch 324 Worker Ring in New York	240
Yosef Kaufman	The Czestochower Young Men	241
S. Goldberg	The East Bronx Czestochower Society in New York	241
Reuvain Luks	Regional Union in Detroit	242
H. Groiman	The Activities of Czestochower Aid Society in Los Angeles	243

Czestochowers in Other Countries
Dr. B. Orenstein	The Activities of the Czestochowa Landsmanshaft in Montreal, Canada	243
Avraham Gottlieb	Czestochowa Landsleit in Israel	247
Emzeh Berne	The Activities of the Czestochowa Landsleit in Argentina	250
Dovid Vorazlovski	The Society “Czestochowa and Its Vicinity” in Paris, France	253
Dr. Leib Kurland	The Activities of the Society “Jews from Czestochowa and ItsVicinity” in Paris, France	255

In Memory of the Czestochowa Landsleit and Leaders in America

Leah Schwartz	By the Open Window (Chaim Leib Schwartz)	257
Dr. V. Glickman	Abba Kaufman a”h (Several Features of his Personality)	258
A. Chrobolovsky	The Memory of Yeshayeh-Yaakov Menkoff a”h	261
	Leibel (Loyis) Simkavich, a”h	262
	Regina (Rivkah) Kuperman-Rosenfeld, a”h	263
	Iteh Lendshner	264
	Fanny Firestein	265

In Memory of Those Czestochowa Jews Killed, Martyrs, and Heroes

Avraham Gottlieb	To Make Eternal Memory Czestochowa Jewry	268
	Yizkor – To an Eternal Memorial	269
Raphael Federman	In Memory of the Bundists Killed	290
	To the Memory of Our Dear Ones, our Unforgettable Parents, Brothers, Sisters, and Relatives	298
	Czestochowa	304

Indexes

	Index of Names that are Mentioned in the Book “Czestochower Jews”	306
	Index of Names that are Mentioned in the Book “Czestochowa”	327
	Notes of the Editors	335
	Album of Personalities	I

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