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Translation of
Goworowo; sefer zikaron
Edited by Aviezer Burstin, Dov Kossovsky
Published by The Govorover Societies in Israel, the USA and Canada, Tel Aviv, 1966
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This is a translation from Goworowo; sefer zikaron [Yiddish: Govorovo Yizkor-bukh] (Govorowo memorial book)
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| Title | Author | Page |
| Forward – Hebrew | The Editors | 12 |
| Forward – Yiddish | The Editors | 14 |
| The Town | ||
| A chapter of history | 16 | |
| Goworowo half a century ago | Abraham Schwartzberg | 24 |
| Once there was . . . | Moses Granat | 28 |
| A walk through the town | 37 | |
| Rabbis | ||
| R. Solomon Zalmen Klepfish z.ts”l | Moses Zinowitz | 55 |
| R. Jacob Judah Kahana-Bucian z.ts”l | Moses Zinowitz | 57 |
| Some memories of the Alter Rov (The Old Rabbi) | Rabbi N. Talmud | 59 |
| The last rabbi | A. Avinoam | 61 |
| Rabbi Alter Moses Mordechai Burshtin | Rabbi Samuel Aaron HaLevi Pardes | 65 |
| The Religious Life | ||
| Jewish life in the town | Joseph Gurka | 66 |
| Among Hasidim | Abraham Levine | 68 |
| The prayer house (beys medrash) | Joseph Gavati | 76 |
| The Alexander synagogue (“shtibl”) | Joseph Zilbertson | 79 |
| The Ger synagogue (“shtibl”) | Joseph Gur | 82 |
| The Vurk synagogue (“shtibl”) | Abraham Holtzman | 86 |
| The “progressive” prayer group (minyan) | G. Joseph | 88 |
| Khareydim and teachers | Joseph Gurka | 90 |
| “Kosher” khareydim | Jacob Gurka | 99 |
| Yeshiva people | Joseph Gurka | 100 |
| Two brothers | Bat Yaakov Dov | 109 |
| The Beys-Yakov school | Rabbi Isaac Shafran | 110 |
| “Sabbath Observer's” Society | A. Inbari | 114 |
| Burial Society | Bar Bey-Rav | 115 |
| Community Officials and Institutions | ||
| The community council (“Gmina”) | A. Bar-Even | 118 |
| The Jewish community | A. Bar-Even | 121 |
| Schooling and Education | A. Boki | 124 |
| The merchants' association | D. Ben-Isaac | 131 |
| The craftsmen's association | Moses Granat | 135 |
| Free Loan Society | B. Alef | 139 |
| Hospitality | B. Avi-Ezer | 140 |
| Society for lodging poor travelers and Society for visiting the sick | A. Avi-Uriel | 142 |
| Parties and Organizations | ||
| The Zionist Organization | K. Ber | 144 |
| My activity in Tsukunft and in the Bund | Rachel Brestel-Gurka | 151 |
| The origin and development of Poaley Tsion | Moses Granat | 156 |
| The revisionist movement | B. Kosovsky | 165 |
| Mizrahi, HeHaluts-HaMizrahi, and HaSHomer HaDati | I. Avi-Sarah | 173 |
| Tseirey agudas yisroel | Rabbi Isaac Shafran | 176 |
| Basya and Bnos Agudas Yisroel | Rebitsin Rebecca Rosenthal-Shtshetshina | 179 |
| HaSHomer-HaTSair | Eliezer Levine | 182 |
| Poaley-Tsion – left | Noah Korvat | 186 |
| The Brenner library | Abraham Holtzman | 187 |
| The agricultural training camp in Tshirnye | Aaron Shran | 190 |
| The training center in Peshaki | Levi Varshaviak | 195 |
| The drama circles | Abraham Holtzman | 198 |
| Working for the national funds | A. S. Menahem | 204 |
| Scholars, leaders, personalities | ||
| Naske Govorover | I. I. Trunk | 206 |
| Rabbi Moses Joshua Ginzberg z”l | Moses Granat | 209 |
| R. Abraham Mordechai Friedman z”l | A. Bashan | 211 |
| My father the cantor and shokhet | Elijah Jacob Brukhansky | 212 |
| My father R. Jonathan Zilbertsan | Joseph Zilbertson | 216 |
| R. Matisyohu Rosen z”l | B. Itshes | 218 |
| My parents | B. Kosovsky | 221 |
| R. Moses Tenenbaum hi”d | A. Bashan | 226 |
| R. Menashe Holtzman z”l | Abraham Holtzman | 229 |
| R. Abraham Shafran hi”d | Sh. Yitskhoki | 231 |
| Five generations | Khave bas Yakov Dov | 233 |
| R. Meir Zeev HaKohen Tehillim hi”d | Isaac Shafran | 237 |
| Memorial light for my family | Menuha Zeltser-Grudka | 239 |
| R. Baruch Mintz z”l | A. Bashan | 240 |
| R. Meir Romaner z”l | A. Egber | 241 |
| R. Jacob Hersh Vengrov | A. Bashan | 243 |
| R. Fayvl Brik hi”d | A. Bashan | 244 |
| Yoyelke the baker | A. Bar-Even | 245 |
| In memory of my father R. Moses Skornik z”l | Khayim Skornik | 248 |
| Rabbi Khayim Mordechai Bronrot z.ts”l | Sh. D. Yerushalmi | 249 |
| Rabbi Abraham Mendl Galant | Moses Khayim Galant | 251 |
| Hasidic figures | Joseph Zilbertson | 252 |
| R. Avrumke Tsalke hi”d | A. Bashan | 256 |
| History of one family in Goworowo | Isaac Vardi-Rosenblum | 258 |
| My uncle R. Ephraim Leyb Boynem | Jacob Gurke | 263 |
| R. Velvl and Feyge Nekhome Blumstein hi”d | A. Bashan | 265 |
| R. Mordechai Leyb Gurka z”l | Y. Ben-Hasid | 266 |
| R. Hershl Glogover z”l | M. Rimon | 269 |
| R. Elhanan Friedman hi”d | M. Rimon | 270 |
| R. Israel Isaac Shran hi”d | A. Enbar | 271 |
| R. Khayim David Shran hi”d | A. Enbar | 272 |
| R. Khayim Leyb Maryansky, the cantor-shoykhet | Y. Avi-Sarah | 273 |
| R. Tsvi Aleyarzh, the Zamoshtsher Rebbe z.ts”l | A. Ben-Even | 274 |
| R. Jacob Shtshetshina z”l | A. Bashan | 276 |
| R. Isaiah Hertzberg hi”d | Joseph Gurka | 277 |
| R. Yudl Shaynyak z”l | B. Avi | 278 |
| My mother (Monument to a living soul) | Khave Bernstein-Burshtin | 279 |
| Hannah Papiertshik | B. P. Miriam | 280 |
| Two figures – Rokhl Shmilkes and Khane Rivke | Khave bas Yakov Dov | 281 |
| R. Baruch Kupperman z”l | A. Bayis | 282 |
| R. Asher Kutner hi”d | R. Abraham Alter Kutner / A. Ben | 283 |
| R. Solomon Leyb and R. Khayim Baruch Shachter z”l | Tsipora Zaltsberg-Shakhter | 284 |
| R. Gedalya Grinberg z”l | G. Even | 286 |
| My grandfather, R. Jacob Shabbetai Trukhnovsky z”l | Rebecca Rosenberg-Shafran | 287 |
| R. Joshua Rosen z”l | A. Bashan | 292 |
| R. Jacob Rosenberg hi”d | I. Ben-Mordechai | 294 |
| My home | Rebecca Vinderboym Praska | 296 |
| Peshke Goldman | H. Sh. Kazhdan | 297 |
| R. Mordechai Shmelts z”l | Khaye Shmelts | 298 |
| Benjamin Ginzberg hi”d | Rebecca Rosenberg-Shafran | 300 |
| Leybl Kersh hi”d | I. Sh. Hertz | 302 |
| The leader of the Bund | Feyge Sheiniak | 304 |
| Memorial light for our distinguished brother | Moses Granat / Isaac Granat | 305 |
| Elhanan Kosovsky | D. Avi-Dani | 308 |
| Memories and episodes | ||
| I remember you!... | I Zerubabel | 309 |
| A Jewish shtetl for the people | A. Reis | 313 |
| Goworowo | Israel Ritov | 316 |
| The Betar in Goworowo | Joseph Khrust | 319 |
| Rabbi Jacob Dovidl Amshinover in Goworowo | Nisen Mozes Shu”b | 323 |
| The ban | Isaac David Tehillim | 324 |
| The eruv affair | Sh. L. Tsitron | 325 |
| One Saturday night | A. Bar-Even | 327 |
| A Sabbath dawn in winter | Joseph Zilbertson | 330 |
| Sabbath at home | Feyge Sheiniak | 331 |
| Memories of youth | Sara Tsimerman-Romaner | 332 |
| Four years in Goworowo | R. Menahem Belfer | 334 |
| Two neighboring towns | Jacob Katz | 336 |
| Martyrdom | R. Tsvi A. Slushts | 339 |
| My family | Isaac Romaner | 340 |
| My road to Erets-Yisrael | Sara Blumstein-Skurnik | 341 |
| With the Rabbi's approval | Isaac Blumstein | 344 |
| A Jew goes to Erets-Yisrael . . . | Aaron Shran | 346 |
| Goworowo in my eyes | Cantor Nathan Stolnitz | 351 |
| Khomets at Passover time | A. B. Shoshani | 352 |
| Footnotes to an essay | H. Yustus | 355 |
| A story of “nadlitshbovi” | B. Dines | 359 |
| Town pranksters | A. Govorover | 361 |
| Teaching the in-law a lesson | A. Govorover | 365 |
| Two episodes | Jacob Gurka | 368 |
| As luck would unfortunately have it | Moses Sarne | 371 |
| Town curiosities | Hannah Vaysbord / Sh. Ts. | 373 |
| Solomon Akiba the village fool | A. B. Shoshani | 376 |
| Town folklore | M. Rimon | 379 |
| Goworowo in “HaTsefira”, 1887 | 380 | |
| Holocaust | ||
| In Polish fields | Binem Heller | 381 |
| “Although we are condemned to death we have not lost the divine image” | Dr. Arye Leon Kububi | 382 |
| “I seek my brother” | R. Isaac Jedidiah Frenkel | 384 |
| This is how it began | Isaac Romaner | 387 |
| Diary of a mobilized soldier | Jacob Gurka | 390 |
| Holocaust | Moses Molavani | 394 |
| A month with the German beasts | Moses Dranitsa | 401 |
| Looking back | Pesah Czerwin | 405 |
| The last Kol Nidre night | Eve Bernstein-Burstin | 410 |
| So that you may remember. . . | R. Isaac Shafran | 414 |
| Elegy | A. Ben-Ir | 416 |
| A page of Talmud saved me | B. Aviezer | 417 |
| In the crematoria | Joseph Perlstein | 420 |
| Hear O Israel. . . | Rachel Auerbach | 423 |
| Martyrdom in exile | K. Noah | 425 |
| Goworowo without Jews | Mordecai Govartshik | 427 |
| Kaddish | R. Moses Bernstein | 429 |
| Psalm of David | A. Y. Brukhensky | 432 |
| These I remember | ||
| Prayer for the dead | 434 | |
| List of the slain | 435 | |
| Obituary notices | 447 | |
| Landsmanshaft organizations | ||
| The Yotse Govorovo organization in Israel | Aaron Shran | 481 |
| The Free Loan Society of the Yotse Govorovo organization in Israel | Abraham Levine | 486 |
| Goworowo societies in America | Isaac Safran | 488 |
| The Goworowo landsmanshaft in Canada | A. Ben-Meir | 492 |
| Goworowo people in other countries | 494 | |
| An expression of thanks | Vaad Irgun Yotse Govorova BeYisrael | 405 – 6 |
| English summary of the book | ||
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