Uhniv, Ukraine

Hivniv (Uhnow);
Memorial Book to a Community
(Uhniv, Ukraine)

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Translation of
Hivniv (Uhnow); sefer zikaron le-kehila

Editor: Rabbi Natan Ortner

Published in Tel Aviv 1981

Our sincere appreciation to Helen Rosenstein Wolf
for typing up the English text to facilitate its addition to this project.

This is a translation of: Hivniv (Uhnow); sefer zikaron le-kehila (Hivniv (Uhnow); memorial book to a community)
Editor: Rabbi Natan Ortner, Uhnow Society; Published: Tel Aviv 1981 (H, E 381 pages)

Note: The original book can be seen online at the NY Public Library site: Uhniv

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Translated by Yocheved Klausner

History of the Jews in Uhnow
Foreword		5
Memories from the past	Moshe Adler	8
Uhnow (historical review)		12
Memories from Uhnow	R'Dov Berish Ortner	16
The Uhnow trial		24
The First World War		34
Between the two World Wars		36
Uhnow during the Holocaust	Yakov Zak, Sonia Zhetchinski, Shmuel Katz	45
Our town	David Zaritzki	55
The Institutions of the Jewish Community		59
Synagogues and Minyanim		60

Rabbis and Scholars of Torah and Chasidism
Uhnow rabbis		66
The Holy Rabbi R'Feivish of Uhnow z”l		87
Rabbi Yakov Moshe z”l		94
Rav Shmelke Rokach	Zev Zohar	96
The Rav Dr. Meir Munk	Zev Zohar	100
R'Israel Hibenwer		103

People of Charity
The charitable people		108
R'Levy and Israel Miller		113
The Bikur Cholim [Visiting the Sick] Society		116

Writers and Poets
Yakov Schodrich		118
Avigdor Schpritzer		120
Yitzhak Arie Berger		123
Mordechai Gottfried		127

*Personalities, Melamdim* and Cantors**
Figures in our town	Dov Ramon	130
Memories from Uhnow Jews	Leibish Ber	142
Cantors in our town	Shlomo Ost	147
More about cantors in our town	Asher Kleinspiez	162
Benzion Spritzer	Mordechai Hersh Ost	164
Various people in town		166
R'Aharon Zukerman	Rav Doberish Zukerman	173

Our Homes
My home	Yakov Zak	181
The history of one family	Arie Siegel	182
The history of my family	Reizl Tischler	185
The history of my family and its home	Esther Reisner	188
In memory of relatives and friends	Chaia Stahl (Tene)	190
The Ravhoon Family	Chaia Schreiber	194

Way of Life
Unforgettable memories	Asher Kleinspiez	197
The vain and the ignorant		199
Wedding joy in Uhnow		201
Public movements in Uhnow		203
From the local folklore	Asher Kleinspiez	212

The Stories of Some who Survived the Fire
Our deportation from Uhnow and the miracles of my survival	Sender Halperin	232
How I was saved	Sonia Zhetchinski	242
My experiences during the war	Leibish Ber	249
Several times I was saved from certain death	Yehoshua Ortner	252
From Uhnow to Eretz Israel	Arie Schaechter	262
My experiences in Siberia	Sheindl Ehrlich	273

List of Martyrs [Necrology]		284
List of those who died after the Holocaust		296

English
Introduction		3
Memories of the Past	Moshe Adler	6
Uhnow (Oonov) Historical Survey		9
Memories from Uhnow	Dov Berish Ortner	12
Our Town	David Saritsky	27
Memories of the Uhnow Jews	Leibisch Be'er	37
Rabbi Levi and Israel Miller (Banai) – Managers of “Linat Zedek”		43
Bikur Holim		44
Writers and Poets		46
Unforgettable Memories	Asher Kleinshpiz	51
My Town Uhnow	Mordechai Gotfried	55
Synagogue Readers in Our Town	Asher Kleinshpiz	60
My Family History	Esther Reisner	61
In Memory of Friends and Relatives	Hava Shtahl (Tenne)	64
How I Survived	Sonia (Yudenberg) Rzeczinski	67
A Few Times I was saved from Death	Yehoshua Ortner	73

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