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Translation of
Bessarabia he-yehudit be-ma'aroteha;
ben shtei milhamot ha-olam 1914-1940
Edited by: David Vinitzky
Published in Jerusalem-Tel Aviv 1973
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| Volume A | ||
| First pages | ||
| Acknowledgements | 13 | |
| Foreword | 14 | |
| In the Beginning | 17–57 | |
| During the First World War – 1914–1917 | ||
| The Expulsion of the Jewish farmers from Khotin County (Russian Bucovina) | ||
| The Dazzling days of the February 1917 Revolution | ||
| The Seventh Congress of the Russian Zionists (Petersburg, 1917) | ||
| The Elections to the All – Russian Constituent Assembly | ||
| The Preparations for the All–Russian Jewish Congress | ||
| “Between the hammer and the anvil” – The Separation from Russia and the Annexation to Romania | ||
| The Independence of the Zionist Federation | ||
| The First Zionist Congress in Bessarabia, 1920 | ||
| Step by step – forward | ||
| Aid and support – The Central American Distribution Committee, “the Joint” | ||
| The Relief Committee for the Ukrainian refugees | ||
| The Consolidation of the Jewish Cooperatives | ||
| National Press | 53–70 | |
| The Building of Eretz Israel | 71–136 | |
| The Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayement Le–Israel) | ||
| Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO) | ||
| The Keren Hayesod Fund | ||
| Bank Hapoalim | ||
| The National Library in Jerusalem campaign | ||
| The Zionist Centre in Kishinev | 137–174 | |
| The Zionist Centre House | ||
| The Hapoel Motorcyclists visit in Kishinev | ||
| Dr. Jacob Bernstein–Cohen | ||
| Engineer Mordechai (Mark) Yilich Gottlieb | ||
| Shlomo Meir Berliand | ||
| Nachum M. Roitman | ||
| The Chief Rabbi Yehudah Leib Tzirelson and Zionism | ||
| A United Countrywide Zionist Organization | ||
| Participation at the Zionist Congresses | ||
| Personalities and leaders visits | ||
| The Hechalutz organization | 175–189 | |
| First Steps | ||
| The Beginnings | ||
| Delays and Breakthroughs in Immigration | ||
| The Deterioration of the Legal Situation of the Ukraine Halutzim | ||
| The Romanian (Regat) Zionists Come to Help | ||
| First Congresses and Councils | 190–202 | |
| The First Congress | ||
| The First Congress“He–Halutz Week” and “Friends of He–Halutz” | ||
| The Second Congress | ||
| IV He–Halutz Ideology | ||
| V Physical training | ||
| VII Immigration | ||
| VIII Organization of He–Halutz | ||
| The Second Council | ||
| The Third Congress | ||
| Reorganizing the System | 203–211 | |
| The Biliceni Farm | ||
| Brit Ha–Noar–The Youth Alliance | ||
| Bnei Israel Organization | ||
| The Development of the Bilicheni Farm | ||
| The Jassy Farm | ||
| The Fourth Congress and the following Councils | 212–219 | |
| The Third Council | ||
| The Fourth Council | ||
| The Fifth Council | ||
| Kibbutz Joseph Bussel | ||
| The Sixth Council | ||
| Visits by Eliezer Kaplan and Dr. Chaim Weitzmann at the Jassy Farm | 220 | |
| The Fifth Congress | 222 | |
| A Difference in Opinion between the World He–Halutz and the Local Branches | 225 | |
| The fight for survival | 227–231 | |
| Massada – an alternative to Billicheni | ||
| The Seventh Council | ||
| Group 33 breaks the immigration blockade | 232 | |
| Councils and Congresses | 233–244 | |
| The Eighth Council | ||
| A Pioneer Seminar | ||
| The establishment of the Sochnut (The Jewish Agency) and the August 1929 riots | ||
| Tarbut comes to the aid of He–Halutz | ||
| The Ninth Council | ||
| The Labor Congress in Berlin | ||
| The Sixth Congress | ||
| The Tenth Council | ||
| The Establishment of “Beitar He–Halutz” | 245 | |
| The He–Halutz Week fundraiser proceeds on Pessah 5690 (1930) by localities | 246–260 | |
| Financial difficulties of the training farms | ||
| The Eleventh Council | ||
| Absorption of the Immigrants | ||
| Intensification of the Aliyah | ||
| The Immigration certificates (permits) and Beitar | ||
| The Seventh Congress | ||
| Ha–Oved (The Labourer) | ||
| Absorption of the Aliyah and the decline in training | ||
| New Training Farms | 262–267 | |
| The Floreasca Farm | ||
| The Hertza Farm | ||
| The Beitar Zeev Jabotinsky Farm at Zastawna | ||
| The Galatz Farm | ||
| The Orphanage farm in Kishinev | ||
| The Twelfth Council | 268–275 | |
| The Twelfth Council | ||
| The Eighth Congress | ||
| The 1938 Discrimination Laws | 276–281 | |
| The Order to dismantle He–Halutz | ||
| Training underground | ||
| “Immigrant Training” replaces He–Halutz | ||
| The Annexation of Bessarabia and Bucovina to the USSR; was this the end? | 282 | |
| The income of He–Halutz Week and special fundraisers of Friends of He–Halutz during 5682–5696 (1922–1936) | 284 | |
| The Legal and Illegal immigration (Aliyah and Ha–Apalah) | 287–318 | |
| Farmers' hope | ||
| The Barshad Cooperative | ||
| The Vinograd Cooperative | ||
| First Ha–Apalah (Illegal immigration) attempt | ||
| Feelings of unfairness in the allotment of Certificates (Permits) | ||
| Students Aliyah | ||
| Youth Aliyah | ||
| The Illegal Aliyah | ||
| Beginning of WWII | ||
| Veteran Zionists'Aliyah | ||
| Summary of the Aliyah | ||
| The Eretz Israel Bureau (Palestine Bureau) | ||
| Appendices | 319–364 | |
| Certificates and documents | ||
| Memorandum A of the Hechalutz management, I Adar 5681 [1921] | ||
| The Hechalutz by – laws | ||
| Hechalutz activity dates | ||
| List of Hechalutz activists | ||
| On the Dniester Crossings – Nachman Tradyon | 365 | |
| With Chaim Schorer on the Dniester Crossing – Akiva Govrin | 370 | |
| Table of Documents | 373–374 | |
| Volume B | ||
| Photographs | 381–386 | |
| The Jewish Population in Numbers | 387–410 | |
| The Struggle for the Rights of the National Minority | 411 | |
| The Organization of the Communities | 411–441 | |
| The beginning | ||
| The struggle with the Orthodox Jews | ||
| The first elections in Kishinev in 1929 | ||
| The Minister of Religion interferes against the unity of the Community | ||
| The struggle of the Association of Communities against Anti – Semitism | ||
| The elections in Kishinev in 1934 | ||
| The elections in Beltz (Bălţi), Bondar and other communities | ||
| In the Town Councils | 442–450 | |
| The elections to the City “Duma” in 1917 in Kishinev and provincial towns | ||
| The Romanian government dissolves the Councils | ||
| The establishment of the wall – to – wall “Jewish Bloc” | ||
| The victory of “The United Democracy” (Jews and non – Jews) in Kishinev in 1926 | ||
| Dissolving the Council in 1929 | ||
| The elections in 1930 and the success of the Independent Jewish – National list | ||
| The elections in Akerman, Beltz, Bondar, Lyova, Soroca, Calaraşi and Kilia | ||
| Dismantling the political parties and annullment of the national representation | ||
| Representation in Parliament | 451–494 | |
| The first elections in 1920 and the success of the Jewish list | ||
| The 1922 elections and internal disputes | ||
| The 1926 elections; the election of Dr. Meir Ebner and Rabbi Tzirelsohn | ||
| The murder of the student David Falik and the query in the Senate | ||
| As a protest, Rabbi Tzirelsohn resigns from the Senate | ||
| The bloc of the Zionist Organization and the “National Farmers” partry in the 1928 elections | ||
| The election of 4 Jewish representatives | ||
| The Jewish parliamentary party in action | ||
| The query to the foreign minister concerning the discrimination against Jewish Aliya and the ways of realizing the conditions of the British Mandate | ||
| The riots of the students | ||
| The Jewish Party in independent campaigns in 1931 and 1932 | ||
| The queries in Parliament: the hostile attitude toward the national school, the murder in Soroca, the torture of Shimshon Bronstein from Yadenetz | ||
| The harassment of the Jewish Party in the 1933 & 1937 elections | ||
| The rise of the Anti – Semitic government of Cuza and Goga | ||
| National Education | 495–500 | |
| Before the revolution of 1917 and right after it | ||
| The establishment of an educational Jewish committee in the Education Directorate | ||
| The first joint Yiddishists – Hebraists Teachers Congress | ||
| Nationalization of the Jewish schools and the take – over by the Yiddishists | ||
| The annexation of Bessarabia to Romania and the recognition of the right of the Jewish minority to education in his national language | ||
| The second Teachers Congress in 1918 and the “Language Dispute” | ||
| The Establishment of the Hebrew School | 501–551 | |
| The decline of the Yiddish school and the rise of the Hebrew schools | ||
| Teacher training | ||
| The Institute for Female Teachers and Educators Training in Kishinev | ||
| The growth and development of the Hebrew School | ||
| The legal basis to the existence of the National School | ||
| The first Tarbut congress | ||
| Cultural events | ||
| The forceful Romanization and urgent meetings | ||
| The second Tarbut congress | ||
| The “Private Education Bill” in Parliament | ||
| Differences of viewpoint among the Jews concerning the teaching – language | ||
| The daring struggle in the Parliament and the speeches of the Jewish representatives against the Anghelescu scheming | ||
| Victory in theory; in fact – the persecution continues | ||
| Hopes and Disappointments | 552–574 | |
| The hope for changes in the law by the “National Farmers Party” and the disappointment | ||
| Lights and shadows | ||
| The Third Tarbut Congress | ||
| The query of M. Landau to the new minister Constachescu | ||
| Bill – proposals by parliamentary initiative | ||
| A Proposal to the Zionist Congress to Create a “World Cultural Fund” | 575–580 | |
| The “Joint” and its Attitude toward the Hebrew School | 581–582 | |
| The Activities of the Tarbut Center | ||
| Publication of school books | ||
| Inspection and training | ||
| The “Food Project” for school children | ||
| Summer camps for teachers | ||
| The Literature Project for pupils and adults | ||
| Cultural Projects by Individuals | 591–593 | |
| Aid from Abroad: Brit Ivrit Olamit (World Hebrew Alliance), Yitzhak Grinboim | 593–594 | |
| N. Sokolov Visit at the “Magen David” High – School | 594–596 | |
| The History of the Hebrew High School in Beltz (Bălţi) | 596–597 | |
| The Tarbut – School libel in Soroca | 597–599 | |
| Teachers Congresses in 1932 and 1935 | 599–603 | |
| A Festive Commemoration of the First Decade of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem | 603 | |
| A Threefold Council and the Creation of New School – Curricula | 604–608 | |
| Fluctuations in the Jewish Educational System in the 22 Years of its Existence | 609–612 | |
| Appendices | ||
| On the organization of the communities – speeches in the Senate and Parliament by Dr. Meir Ebner and Michael Landau | 613–624 | |
| Representation in Parliament – the speeches of Rabbi Tzirelsohn, Dr. Meir Ebner, Dr. Theodore Fischer and Dr. Sami Singer | 625–635 | |
| On the National Education – a Memorandum from the Tarbut – Center to the Government, the speeches of Rabbi Tzirelsohn, Nathan Lerner, Dr. Adolf Stern, Dr. Yakov Pistiner and Att. Meir Landau | 636–659 | |
| The Proclamation of the Zionist Organizations Calling to Rescue the Hebrew School fron its financial distress | 660–661 | |
| Certificates and other Documents | 662–674 | |
| Milestones in the History of the Tarbut Movement | 675–682 | |
| Table of Certificates and Documents | 683 | |
| List of Names and Topics | 685–713 | |
| Bibliography | 715–719 | |
| Errata | 720 | |
| Table of Contents (English) | 722–728 | |
| Separate page – numbering of photographs on chromo paper – 80 pages | ||
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