TOC translated by Yocheved Klausner

History of Khotyn	11 - 20
Historical and geographical chapters Khotyn in the beginning of the twentieth century The Jews of Bessarabia Khotyn as it really was The Expulsion of the Jews Khotyn as reflected in philately
The Community	21 - 34
Chane Reiss The Khotyn community in the years 1927-1933 Mutual aid On the financial side Matzoth for Pesach Fires in town Measures against terrorist act Community committee Medical and health services The Jewish Hospital Budget Bathhouse The Jewish community in Khotyn Chevra Kadisha Inscriptions and marks on the gravestones Charity Hospitality Visiting the sick Linat Tzedek Hachnasat kallah Overview of the Khotyn community The economic situation Culture Political movements Kultur-Ligue (Culture League) Relationship with the non-Jewish population People of the community Self-defense in Khotyn at the beginning of the twentieth century Diplomacy and self-defense Self-defense in 1917
Education and Culture	39 - 51
Learning The “Kruzhok” School The “Tarbut” School Melamdim [=Instructors] and “Cheders” Teachers and Educators R' Yechiel Kretchmer Yoel Prokuror Yisrael Goichberg - Teacher and Poet Moshe and Shoshana Shtern The principal, Zalman Malamud The Orchestra Theatre in Khotyn Schneiderman Hall The Chane Reiss Library
Religious Life in the City	53 - 62
Synagogues in Khotyn Sadigura Hasidim Boyan Hasidim Chortkov Hasidim Mezshvoysher Kloiz The House of Kosov The ADMOR, R' Mote'le Four Generations of the Khotyn Rabbis A Dispute surrounding the Office of the Rabbinate - and its Tragic End The Portrait of Itzik Shochet The Ritual Slaughterers Tashlich in Khotyn The Land of Israel and its Holiness
The Zionist Movement	63 - 74
Yosef Appelboim The Hashomer Hatza'ir movement The youth in the Po'alei Zion movement Tze'irei Zion movement Beitar and Hatzhar Dror and Arie Fichman WIZO and JNF [Jewish National Fund=Keren Kayemet LeIsrael] Oneg Shabat The Rothstein house Berl Weissolder Yosef Seltzer Israel Geller Dr. Yakov Lerner Dr. Shmuel Schoenberg Att. Israel Bordeinik
Economy	77 - 81
The “Loan & Saving Bank” Marcus Gellstein Matza for Passover Cart drivers & cart owners Blacksmiths Communication & transport Butchers Porters The market Dudl Ferber
The Holocaust	83 - 96
Remember! The Russian Entry in Khotyn Destruction of Jewish Culture Under Soviet Regime The Russian Retreat Memories of the Year 1941 The Germans Entered Khotyn Being Chased Jews of Khotyn in the Holocaust Memories – Transnistria Tulchyn – a Place of Torture and Death The Romanian Police, the Khotyn Gentile From the Kolkhoz and the Ukrainian Militia Man Excerpts of Material That Was Given to Yad Vashem Deportation of the Jews From Khotyn Rabbi Hershel, Ritual Slaughterer and Rabbi of Zhorin First Epilogue 1950 Second Epilogue 1952 People of Khotyn in Siberian Exile In Memory of a Friend from Youth Thoughts of the Past Survivors
Life in Town	97 - 104
Mindel, the wife of the ritual slaughter, travels to the Admor Tailors' Street The charitable persons in Khotyn Nachum Roitman Noach Weinstein Avraham Leib Nerman, compassionate paramedic The silent separation accord Tenth to the minyan (quorum) Names and nicknames Thieves Sound of joy and sound of happiness, sound of groom and sound of bride Here comes Haman – Kuza, the antisemitic visitor of Khotyn The story of the disappearing candlesticks Irony of fate Memories The General revealed himself. As Yossef with his brothers. Foyme the porter Yankel Zhorzh
Khotyn Former Residents in the War of Independence	105 - 109
Ester Appelboim Yitzhak Tepper Rachel Seltzer-Reiss Remember me Mordechau Guterman Prof. Tcharne Reiss
Khotyn Former Residents in Israel	111 - 114
The activities of the Organization of former Khotyn Residents The Free-of-Interest-Loan Fund of the Organization Aharon Weissberg
Yiddish Section
Khotyn – A Town in Bessarabia	117 - 130
Outline of Khotyn's History Geographical Details Jews in Khotyn Khotyn Between the World Wars Khotyn In The Early 20th Century This Was Khotyn The Onset of War: Jews are Driven Out of Their Homes Khotyn As Reflected In Postage Stamps Self-Defense in Khotyn in the Early 1920s Self-Defense in 1917 Diplomacy and Self-Defense
The Khotyn Jewish Community	131 - 145
Khone Rayss Excerpts from the pinkes of the Khotyn Jewish community, 1927-1933 Social Assistance Sources of the Mutual Aid Fund Financial Affairs Matza for Passover Fires in the Town Measures against Terror Activities Medical Assistance The Jewish Hospital The Bath-houses The Burial Society Gravestone Inscriptions The Khotyn Jewish Community Administration Charity Travellers' Hostel Bikur-cholim Linas-tzedek The Poor Brides Society Description of the Khotyn community Economic Conditions Cultural Affairs Political Activities The “Kultur-Lige” Reb Zushye Bronshteyn Leybish Ludmir Leyb Roizman Meir Landviger Yisroel Bordeinik
Culture and Education	147 - 166
New currents Krozhjak The Tarbut School Shalom Schreier David-Leib Kuperman Heder teachers [melamdim] Teachers and educators R'Yechiel Kretchmer Yoel Prokuror Israel Goichberg Leib David Stolyar Khotyn writers The Orchestra Theater in Khotyn The Schneiderman Hall The Library Yehuda Chone Axelrod Zalman Malamud Chaim Wasserman Gedaliahu Lipiner Mendale Nerman Eliahu Lipiner Azriel Yanover Efraim Roitman Helen Gitelman Imanuel Reiss
Synagogues and Religious Officials	167 - 175
Synagogues and Houses of Prayer and Study in Khotyn The Khotyn Rabbi, Reb Mottele Four Generations of Rabbis in Khotyn Khotyn Ritual Slaughterers Tashlich in Khotyn
The Zionist Movement	177 - 189
Hashomer Ha'Tza'ir The Ha'shomer Ha'tza'ir Movement in Khotyn The Youth of Po'alei-Tzion Bet”ar and the Revisionist Party Zionist-Youth Ha'techiyah and and Gordonia “Dror” and Aryeh Fichman Wizo and Keren Kayemet L'yisrael Yosef Appelboim Rotshtein Family Berel Vise'odler - a True Leader Berel Vise'odler's Home Yosef Zeltzer Yisroel Geller Dr Yakov (Yasha) Lerner Dr Sheinberg Oneg-Shabbat
Jewish Livelihoods	191 - 198
Matza for Passover Geography and the economic policy Commerce The first buses The market Foime the porter Water carriers Tilling the land Trade and Industry Hotels Butchers Porters Blacksmiths Cart owners The Loan and Savings fund
Khotyn Jews During the Years of Destruction	199 - 217
Remember! The Russians are coming The liquidation of the Jewish culture The Soviets liquidate the Jewish community Under the Soviet Power Sad memories The Soviets leave Khotyn Bloody days They chase us from place to place The Khotyn Jews in the Holocaust Memories Tulchin, a place of pain and death On the road of exile The destruction period Pages from a diary in Transnistria Khotyn Jews in Siberia In memory of a childhood friend My own Yizkor prayer We were only a few who survived List of those who perished in the Dzhorin Camp
Jewish Life in Khotyn	219 - 229
The Street of the Tailors How I was Sequestered by the Khotyn Police The General Reveals Himself… Like Joseph to His Brothers Khotyn Donors to Charity The Fate of an Anti-Semite A Quiet Treaty Mindl, the Ritual Slaughterer's Wife, Goes to the Rebbe Yankl Zhorzh Memories of Khotyn Avrom-Leyb Nerman A Tenth for the Minyan “And Haman Came” – The Anti-Semite Kuza Visits Khotyn “The Voice of Joy and the Voice of Gladness, the Voice of the Bridegroom and the Voice of the Bride” Thieves Names and Nicknames A Witness for the Next World The Story of a Pair of Candlesticks Matchmakers
Khotyner in the War of Independence	233 - 237
Mordechai Guterman Ester Appelboim Yitzhak Teper My first work in Eretz Israel Rachel Seltzer Prof' Tcharne Reiss
Khotyn Jews in America	239 - 265
In Memoriam Independent Khotyn Bessarabia Benevolent Association A word at the end of the campaign Notes on historical events A page about the story of the aid from the American Jews Our Hometown, Khotyn In Memoriam: Charles Cherkess Images
The Organization of the Khotyn Jews in Israel	267 - 271
Khotyn Jews in Israel The Free-of-Interest Loan Fund The committee of the Khotyner organization The committee of the publishers of this Yizkor book
Khotyn Today	272
Names of Khotyn Jews who are not with us any more	273 - 288
Memorials and Tombstones	289 - 332
List of Photos and Documents	333 - 334
List of Authors and Literature	337 - 339

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