Sharhorod, Ukraine

. The Jews of My Longing:
Memories of My Hometown Shargorod
(Sharhorod, Ukraine)
48°45' / 28°05'

Translation of
Di Yidn fun mayn benḳshafṭ zikhroynes̀
fun mayn heymshṭoṭ Shargorod

Edited by: Mordecai Kuper

Published in Buenos Aires, 1968

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This is a translation from: Di Yidn fun mayn benḳshafṭ zikhroynes̀ fun mayn heymshṭoṭ Shargorod
(The Jews of My Longing: Memories of My Hometown Shargorod),
Editors: Mordecai Kuper, “KIUM” Buenos Aires, 1968 (Y, 503 pages).

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Moshe Shtarkman 13

Part One – Shargorod Former 'Mother City' in Israel

Slabode the corridor of Shargorod 19

In and around the city 24

The world of the kheyder boys 28

The “Tsar” 32

A Good day – snacks 36

What's in a name? 39

A story of a mamzer (bastard) 41

Moshe the white one 43

Rivals 46

I loved the Lord 53

“My orphan” – “Akhnaliyes” Yozi'e 55

The “ensemble” 58

You must be able to speak 63

One lies under the earth and bakes bagels 64

I learn Russian 66

The Garden of Eden 71

From one tree lots of fruit 73

The Tehilim (psalm saying) Jew and his daughters 76

Fanya and Sonya 78

Class struggle 80

The fligen war 82

Short stories but sad 85

Khazones (cantors) in Shargorod 86

The Reformed Kheyder – Sholem Penzer 100

Honour thy father 105

Up the mountain and down the mountain 108

A terrible story with a moral 112

Back from Siberia 118

Types and talents 120

Part Two – Years and Events

The first strike 131

Reb Aharon Zusye Leibs 140

Reb Shiye – a little apple! 144

The first library 148

Hebrew teachers and kheyders 155

A rich ensemble plays for a poor bride 178

Hebrew teachers, calligraphy and blows 180

The Shargorod shul 186

The Bet Midrash (House of Study) 198

Little shuls 203

The Klarfelds 211

A poor king and a cure for a coat 216

An absolute thief – trust me 220

And Moses struck the rock 221

The new arrivals (country bumpkins) 226

Various Jews, only love 233

Two Khones (this is the name of a man) 238

“Voluntary” rope makers 246

A “klezmer” (musician) on all instruments 251

Part Three – Shargoroder forerunners

The cantonist 258

Interesting talk, undertakings, and a story about a quiet person 280

A Change of place, a change of luck 287

It seems 288

Yosel Kozlovski 298

An excursion in cultural outgrowth 307

Theatre 310

Yiddish theatre in Shargorod 312

Two Dudiyes folk artists 328

A mystery 332

It should not have happened as it did 337

Part Four – A World With Little Worlds

The Tanner road 347

Baruch the beadle – a young boy with fantasies 375

Catch a thief 383

Washing the hands 385

Hard to be a Jew 387

Rakhmana Litslen (not sure) 392

One only dies from death 395

“Triangle” fire 399

The last houses of the county 400

Esther Balitzer 403

Also them one may not wrong 405

Libe the meshugene (crazy) 414

Part Five – Personalities and Fates

Sam Zmure came to America as a young boy 419

Hershel Meniyes 430

Chaim Minkovetzki 436

Shimon Dovid Blovshteyn of blessed memory 442

Vremya Dengi – “time is money” 452

One writes and one erases 455

The fire 461

The meeting 466

The First World War 471

Revolution 474

Bunem Grinshpan and his connections 478

The court case 483

Because the amount of love is great 489

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Moshe Shtarkman	13

Part One – Shargorod Former 'Mother City' in Israel
Slabode the corridor of Shargorod	19
In and around the city	24
The world of the kheyder boys	28
The “Tsar”	32
A Good day – snacks	36
What's in a name?	39
A story of a mamzer (bastard)	41
Moshe the white one	43
Rivals	46
I loved the Lord	53
“My orphan” – “Akhnaliyes” Yozi'e	55
The “ensemble”	58
You must be able to speak	63
One lies under the earth and bakes bagels	64
I learn Russian	66
The Garden of Eden	71
From one tree lots of fruit	73
The Tehilim (psalm saying) Jew and his daughters	76
Fanya and Sonya	78
Class struggle	80
The fligen war	82
Short stories but sad	85
Khazones (cantors) in Shargorod	86
The Reformed Kheyder – Sholem Penzer	100
Honour thy father	105
Up the mountain and down the mountain	108
A terrible story with a moral	112
Back from Siberia	118
Types and talents	120

Part Two – Years and Events
The first strike	131
Reb Aharon Zusye Leibs	140
Reb Shiye – a little apple!	144
The first library	148
Hebrew teachers and kheyders	155
A rich ensemble plays for a poor bride	178
Hebrew teachers, calligraphy and blows	180
The Shargorod shul	186
The Bet Midrash (House of Study)	198
Little shuls	203
The Klarfelds	211
A poor king and a cure for a coat	216
An absolute thief – trust me	220
And Moses struck the rock	221
The new arrivals (country bumpkins)	226
Various Jews, only love	233
Two Khones (this is the name of a man)	238
“Voluntary” rope makers	246
A “klezmer” (musician) on all instruments	251

Part Three – Shargoroder forerunners
The cantonist	258
Interesting talk, undertakings, and a story about a quiet person	280
A Change of place, a change of luck	287
It seems	288
Yosel Kozlovski	298
An excursion in cultural outgrowth	307
Theatre	310
Yiddish theatre in Shargorod	312
Two Dudiyes folk artists	328
A mystery	332
It should not have happened as it did	337

Part Four – A World With Little Worlds
The Tanner road	347
Baruch the beadle – a young boy with fantasies	375
Catch a thief	383
Washing the hands	385
Hard to be a Jew	387
Rakhmana Litslen (not sure)	392
One only dies from death	395
“Triangle” fire	399
The last houses of the county	400
Esther Balitzer	403
Also them one may not wrong	405
Libe the meshugene (crazy)	414

Part Five – Personalities and Fates
Sam Zmure came to America as a young boy	419
Hershel Meniyes	430
Chaim Minkovetzki	436
Shimon Dovid Blovshteyn of blessed memory	442
Vremya Dengi – “time is money”	452
One writes and one erases	455
The fire	461
The meeting	466
The First World War	471
Revolution	474
Bunem Grinshpan and his connections	478
The court case	483
Because the amount of love is great	489