Hebrew Translated by Sara Mages
Title page and drawing of the synagogue on the book cover	Nehemiah Stenzel
The editor and members of the editorial board	Photo
Title page	The editorial board
Introduction [Y]	The editors
El Male Rachamim and photo from the Forest of the Martyrs
Yizkor and segment from “On the Slaughter”	Bialik
Shema Yisrael – drawing	M. Bernstein
The City and its History
City map – drawing	Binyamin Stenzel
Once there was a city	Haim Gutfeld
In the pathway of generations	Prof. Yakov Talmon	37–46
History of the Jews of Rypin	Dr. N. M. Gelber	47–62
The economic and social image of the Jewish community of Rypin	Yosef Ronen	63–74
The community committee and its work	Tuvia Kabiri	75–82
The community in the years 1932–1939	Aharon Dzaldowski	83–90
A hive of public activity	Fishel Blum	91–98
About Rabbis and Hasidim
The years of my tenure in Rypin	HaRav Yitzchak–Yedidya Frenkel	105–116
A Rypin man – student of “HaNoda Biyhudah”	HaRav Yitzchak–Yedidya Frenkel	117–122
A rabbi of many deeds	Shlomo Shamir	123–126
My father's way of life	Moshe Nutkowich	127–140
HaRav Nachum Menashe Gutentag the freedom fighter	Yisrael Kabiri	141–148
The image of HaRav Asher Gershon Luria	Meir Bar–On	149–150
One of the rabbis	D. A.	151–154
The Hassidut Movement	Tuvia Kabiri	155–162
From my Father's Sayings	Tuvia Kabiri	163–164
Images of Hasidic personalities	Fishel Blum	165–170
True Hasidim	Nachum Grossman	171–174
Two Hasidic Houses of Ger	Yisrael Kabiri	175–180
Houses of Worship and Hasidic Shtiblekh	Yosef Frenkel	181–184
Jewish Education
Frank's “Heder Metukan”	Shmuel Cohen	189–190
The special “Heder” of the teacher Rosia Hene	Shmuel Cohen	191–192
From the rabbi's stories	Shmuel Cohen	193–194
In the “Heder” atmosphere	Tuvia Kabiri	195–198
The youth and its education	Meir Bar–On	199–210
The Hebrew Movement and “Tarbut”	Shmuel Meiri	211–218
Teachers and instructors of Hebrew culture	Naftali Bloch	219–228
“Tarbut” school	Letters	229–230
The Zionist Movement
Of the faithful to religion and Zionism	Yitzchak Greenbaum	239–240
From the initial members of the Zionist Movement	Shmuel Cohen	241–246
A loyal warrior	Selig Brown	247–248
A legendary character	Aharon Dzaldowski	249–252
He lived up to his principles	Yitzchak Eisenberg	253–254
The buds of Zionism	Nachum Meir Grossman	255–256
The first Zionist branch	Nachum Meir Grossman	257–258
Promoting Rypin	Shmuel Cohen	259–260
The birth of “HeHalutz”	Tuvia Kabiri	261–268
The first initiators for the training of halutzim	Shmuel Cohen	269–276
Pioneering atmosphere	Yona Yisraelit	277–278
With the foundation of “HeHalutz”	Yitzchak Itkin	279–282
Pioneering way of life	Avraham Mandjeck	283–286
The halutz in training and immigration	Aharon Lent	287–288
The Betar Movement	Moshe Prelig	289–292
An exemplary Maccabi branch	Alexander Alexandroni	293–296
The branch of Hashomer Hatzair	Efraim Sharansky	297–304
In those days	Bruria Dubno–Gutman	305–308
Tit–bits from the branch of Hashomer Hatzair	Bilha Galili– Dubno–	309–312
Excerpts from the press	Ha–Tsfira	313–316
Rypin Halutzim in the Building of the Country
Benzion Burenstein	The deliberations and achievements of Kvutzat Barzilai	319–338
And the kibbutz became Kfar Barzilai	David Kalay z”l	339–342
Documents tell	Correspondence	343–348
The history of Kvutzat Barzilai	Shmuel Cohen	349–358
Laying the foundations for Kvutzat Barzilai	Avraham Mandjeck	359–362
Our first days in Israel	Haim Gutfeld	363–364
The Kvutza hut – a spiritual center	A. Yerusahlmi	365–368
The members of the kvutza	Shimon Saburi	369–370
Those who fell on their guard for the sake of the people and the country
The first to fall – Nathan Neigork	Shmuel Cohen	373–378
Reuven Meiri	From a Memorial Book	379
Mendel Lichtenstein	Yakov Katzir	380
Yisrael Buchman	K. P.	381
Yeshaya Hirsh Bern	S. K.	382
Avraham Dubno	From Haaretz	383
Berman Rehavia	From a Memorial Book	384–385
Nathan Pentifil	From a Memorial Book	386
Characters
Haim Leib Pokatch	Marc Jarblum
To the image of H. L. Pokatch	Nir Refleks	395–396
Shimon Hasid	Shmuel Cohen	397–400
Nachman Shabtai–Zonabend	Shmuel Cohen	401–404
Asher Dobrzynski	Pinchas Kaholi	405–406
The warriors and the dreamers	Selig Brown	407–408
People of faith and honesty	Selig Brown	409–412
Yehiel Plutzer	HaRav Yona Baruch Katz	413–414
The Jewish landowner	Baruch Tal	415–418
The Jewish estate owner	Tuvia Kabiri	419–422
The city and its personalities	Yakov Even David	423–424
Three characters in three generations	Yisrael Kabiri	425–430
The Davidovich family	Mina Gibton	431–436
Shmuel shamash (Lichtenstein)	Moshe Lichtenstein	437–438
Avraham Kalman	Moshe Lichtenstein	439
Bezalel Stenzel	Selig Brown	440
R' Yakov Stenzel	Nehemiah Stenzel	441
My grandfather R' Oved	Yakov Yishai	442–444
Chapters of the Way of Life
The hub of the universe	Yosef Ronen	449–450
My town	Benzion Burenstein	451–456
My visit in Rypin in 1935	Benzion Burenstein	457–464
The city in its serenity and struggle	Tuvia Kabiri	465–470
Sabbath Kodesh– Rypin style	Yisrael Kabiri	471–476
Told by my grandfather	Pinchas Kaholi	477–492
In the common sukkah	Yona Yisraelit	493–494
In 1818 – on the verge of childhood	Rachel Inontage	495–496
Lifestyle and dreams	Bilha Dubno–Galili	497–500
In the sunset light	Chaim Gutfeld	501–506
He knew how to convince the opponent	Selig Brown	507
Doctor and writer	From Ha–Tsfira	508
My first visit in Rypin	Malka Globes	509–510
In the face of storms	Yosef Ben–Haim	511–514
And my heart will ache, will ache	Leah Globes	515–516
Destruction
Title page drawing	Nehemiah Stenzel
On the ruins I will walk	D. B. Boim
Hell on earth	Yosef Ben–Haim	521–532
The beginning of the Holocaust	Yakov Even David	533–536
Meetings on the roads	Yakov Even David	537–538
The destruction of the synagogue and Beit HaMidrash	Shmuel Cohen	539–544
A pile of letters from home	Bilha Dubno	545–554
On the paths of terror and destruction	Chana Sapir	555–560
In the way of torture	Mordechai Foreman	561–564
I am one of the survivors	Mordechai Foreman	565–566
In the underground group in Auschwitz	Yisrael Gutman	567–570
We founded the first underground cell	Mordechai Haleli	570–574
From Rypin to Warsaw Ghetto	Moshe Gutentag	575–580
Yiddish Translated by Gloria Berkenstat Freund
History, Memories, Personalities
un azoy zolstu reydn tsum yosim [And thus should you speak to an orphan] (Song)	Avraham Sutzkever	583–584
Remember What Amalek Did to You	The Editorial Board	585–588
Introduction	Shimeon Kanc	589–590
“The History of the Jews in Rypin”	Dr. Gelbar	597–602
Hasidim, Men of Action, Simple and Hearty Jews	The Rabbi Yitzhak Yedidye Frankel	603–630
The Vaad haKehilus [Council of Organized Religious Communities]	Tuvya Chabiri	631–634
Our Children in Israel	Naytan Warsze	635–636
The Competition for the Election to the City Council	Shmuel Kohn	637–642
The Representation of All Jews in Rypin	Shmuel Kohn	643–644
Avoiding a Pogrom	Ahron Dzialdowski	645–648
The Role of the Jews in the Life of the City	Tzwi Bar–Un	649–656
People, Streets and Highways	Ruwin Tzwi Brajtsztan	657–662
My Cultural–Communal Activities	Yehiel (Charles) Kohn	663–666
Youth and Education	Meir Ben–Un	667–674
The Wings of the Pioneers	Ben Sura	675–680
The Hahultz, Barzili Group	Shmuel Kohn	681–686
C. L. Pukacz as I Remember Him	Yakov Zrubavel	687–690
Chaim–Leib Pukacz – the Dynamic Force	Chaim Nisencwajg	691–694
The Young and their Leader	Meir Lipke	695–698
A Scout Group at HaShomer HaTzair	Yehuda Lajter	699–700
Yiddish Theater in Rypin	Janas Turkow	701–712
My Appearance in Rypin	Yakov Wajslic	713–714
The Jewish Landowner	Tuvya Chabiri	715–718
Shtetl Types	Tuvya Chabiri	719–720
Reb Yehezkiel Shoykhet, the Shomer Shabbos, the Dreamer	Shmuel Kohn	721–724
Once There Was	Gershon Skurka	725–728
Quiet Street, Quiet Jews/Peaceful Street, Peaceful Jews	Ber Dratwa	729–734
From Rypin to the Island of Mauritius	Mordekhai Rypinski	735–738
Doctor and Writer	Yosef Milner	739–740
The Last Shabbos Chanukah	Eliezer Dombrowner	741–752
Our Teachers	Tovya Chabiri	753–760
The Mischievous Child	Shmuel Kohn	761–762
Shabbos and Holidays	Hena Gutentag	763–764
The Tragic Friday	Hena Gutentag	765–766
The Enthusiasm of Simple Jews for Eretz–Yisroel	Hena Gutentag	767–768
Times of Longing and Great Deeds	Leib Kulski	769–772
The First Rypin Halutz from the Middle Class	Ben–Tzion Bornsztyn	773–774
Nakhum Yisroel Warsawski	Zelig Braun	775–776
Holocaust
“Holocaust” – Sketches	Nekhemia Sztencel	777–778
In the City of Slaughter – a poem	C.N. Bialik	779–780
In the Days of Destruction	Yehuda and Shmuel Lajter	781–788
The Arrival of the Nazis	Ber Dratwa	789–792
The Expulsion	Ruwin Tzwi Brajtsztan	793–798
In the Ghetto and Camps	Mordekahi Furman	799–808
Josef Kalaszinski of the Righteous Gentiles	Mordekahi Furman	809–810
The Destruction of the Synagogues, Houses of Prayer and Cemeteries	The Rabbi Shimeon Huberband	811–812
Years of Suffering and Savage Death	Yitzhak Linder	813–826
In the Death Camps	A. Tszarka	827–828
About a Young Girl and a Doll (poem)	Meir Lipke	829–830
The Rypin Rabbi in the Warsaw Ghetto	Emanuel Ringelblum	831–832
The Holy Ashes: We Will Never Forget	Miriam Bas Tzvi Chtoszewski	833–834
The Court Sentence	A. Tszarka	835–838
The Activity of the Union	Ben–Tzion Bornsztyn	839–848
The Committee for Eulogies in Haifa	Ben–Tzion Bornsztyn	849–850
English
In the Pathway of Generations	Prof. Y. Talmon	3
History of the Jews of Rypin	Dr. M.N. Gelber	13
Remembering Rypin	Szymon Laks	30
Rypin in Bygone Days	Fred E. Goldstein	40
In Memoriam to Ch. & Sh. Posner	Malka Sperling-Posner	42
Nathan Warsaw, in Appreciation	Zelig Brown	44
Isidore Feld, In Appreciation	Yosef Ronen	47
Charles Cohn: The Man & His Activities	Shmuel Cohen	49
Rypiner Relief Activities		51

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