Translator's caveat         Page Introduction The Book Committee of the Sokolka Organization in Israel Ester Miszkinski and David Yardeni 9 Foreword   11 On Your Destruction Sokółka David Yardeni 13 Words from Haifa (for the Remembrance Day Abraham Donski 15 List of Contents   17   FACE OF THE SHTETL Chronicles of the Jews of Sokółka M.S. Geshuri 21    Chapter I:     In the Dim Light of History        Chapter II:    Sokółka, offspring of Grodno        Chapter III:   The Chronicles and Evolution of Sokółka        Chapter IV:   Sokółka and the County under the Russian Government        Chapter V:    Rabbis and the Rabbinate in Sokółka        Chapter VI:   The Population of Sokółka, the Town and the Surroundings        Chapter VII:  Peace Reigns between the Hassidim and the Mitnagdim in Sokółka        Chapter VIII: Sokółka in the eyes of visitors        Chapter IX:   The Zionist Movement in Sokółka        Chapter X:    The Odelsk Community     A) The Rabbis of Sokolka M. Cinowicz 55    Rabbi Ephraim Fischel        Rabbi Avraham Ha-Cohen        Rabbi Joseph (Yossele)        Rabbi Ze'ev Wolf Weizćcker        Rabbi Ya'acov Moshe Margolin        Rabbi Shraga Feivel Sarna        Rabbi Tsvi Hirsch Direktor        Rabbi Shmuel Goldin and his son Rabbi Haim        Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Rabinowitz        Rabbi Yitzhak Ha-Levy Schuster     B) The Distinguished Persons of Sokolka M. Cinowicz 73    Rabbi Meyer Marcus        Rabbi Shimshon Katzenellenbogen        Rabbi Shmuel and his son Avraham     Sokółka Mirrored in the Hebrew Press   79   MEMOIRS The Holy Community of Sokola Dawid Yardeni 97    The Kuryły River        Market Day        Medical Assistance        The Modest Folk        Educational Institutions and the “Tarbut” School        Synagogues        Shabbat in Sokółka        The Days of Awe        Erev Pessach        The Bakers - Little Pasca and Ud'keh the Baker        Weddings        The Fire Brigade     The First World War David Yardeni 123    1. The Separation        2. The Retreat of the Russian Army        3. The Capture of Sokółka by the German Army        4. The Community Council Elections        5. German Schools        6. The Drama Society        7. The End of German Domination        8. The Polish Capture of Sokółka        9. The Polish Army Advances into Russian Territory        10. The Capture of Sokółka in 1919 by the Russian Communist Army        11. The Russian Army Retreats        12. The Balfour Declaration        13. A Profile of Yisrael Lipczer     My Town Meyer Kaplan 151 Memories Avraham Shuali 152 Sokółka in the year 1933 David Yardeni 165 Ulitzki (The Street) Yitzhak Kunsht –Amnoti 167 The Journey to Palestine Gedaliah Weismann 168 The Final Examinations of the Pedagogical Course in Grodno M. Tzinowitz 169 “On me and on my neck” Benjamin Even 171 Lag B'Omer in the Forest of Buchwałów Tova Putzkover (Gittel Kunsht) 175 Snippets of Memories Yitzhak Benjamin Even 175 Musings and Memories Ya'acov Wohlgill 177 To My Family Chaya Shaked 179 A Page of Memories from My Childhood During World War One Bezalel Dunski 184 In the Twilight Hours Menachem Zaharoni 186 Memory of Kolonia Izaaka Menuchah Shmilovitz (née Eckstein) 191 Where are you my Shtetl? Reuwen Mendelberg 195 Moshe Mishkinski   195   THE CULTURE AND WAY OF LIFE OF THE TOWN Mulling over Memories of Sokółka Benjamin Dombrowski 209 The Shteibl of the Kotzk Hassidim Yekutiel Chinski 211 The “Suburb” The “Suburb” 219 In those far-off days… Eda Levine-Gershoni 219 Motel'eh the Water-carrier Gedaliyahu Weismann 220 The Gentile Houses' Fires Gedaliyahu Weismann 221 Two Who Were an Excellent Example for Us All Gedaliyahu Weismann 221 What is the “Tarbut” School? Avraham Chinski 222 The “Tarbut” School Shalom Zamir 229    The teacher Nathaniel Kaplan        The teacher Benjamin Lazdan        Summer Camp in the Forests of Buchbolowa and Szyszki        Sleds        Organ Grinders        Military Maneuvers        Drunkenness        Nahum the Crazy        Demonstrations and Marches        Contempt        “The Siege and the Battle”        Theft in the Name of Heaven     Our Shtetl Moshe Menaszewicz 255 Sokółka in Ordinary Days and Holidays (Recorded by Tsvi Nafkha) Haya Leah Kaplan 257   PEOPLE AND IMAGES Moshe Ze'ev Even (Rabbi Moshe Walwel Stein) Benjamin Even (Stein) 269 My Mother, Rachel (Z”L) Benjamin Even (Stein) 269 Haim Leib Reiskind   271 Our Siblings Schachna and Sarah Krannt Rivka Krannt-ben Haim and Golda Krannt-Gilbowski 273 Dr. Ben-Zion Gilbowski Yehuda Gilboa (Gilbowski) 275 Altear the Gabbai (the Treasurer of the Synagogue) Gedaliah Weismann 275 The Korekt Family Hanna Korekt-Margalit 276 An Unlikely Couple Yitzhak Even 277 Kalman ben Yehezkiel Tarlowitz Haya Tarlowitz 279 Meyer Tarlowitz Ben Zion Pomerantz 279 Nahum Dov Kundst Benny Kundst (Amanuti) 280 The Teachers of Sokółka Gedaliahu Weisman 281    “Der Deretchiner Melamud”        The teacher Yosef Haim        Der Shtabiner Melamud     The Kantor Family   283    Avraham Kantor        Pnina Kantor (née Wilanski)     On Rabbi Shimshon Katzenellenbogen Mordecai Bonim z”l 287 Rabbi Haim Meyer Schmul T. Yardeni 289 Talmudists and Men of the Torah M. T. Tsinnowitz 289    Rabbi Eliyahu and his son-in-law Rabbi Hillel Moshe Gelbstein        The First Cooperative Factory Processing Leather     Rabbi Haim Berl Stein Esther Mishkinski (great-granddaughter) 292 Haya Efrati Esther Reiskind 292 In Memory of Leah Perlstein z”l Itca 295 In Memory of Leah Perlstein z”l Pnina Saperstein 298 Nathaniel Kaplan z”l Meyer Kaplan 299 My Sister Hai'inta Zippora Schmidt-Weisbol 299 Mascha Chinski   300   PARTIES AND INSTITUTIONS The “Freiheit” Movement Avraham Fuchs-Shuali 305 The Fire Brigade Yitzhak Even 306 “Leinat Tsedek” Baruch Hayot (Lavendik) 309 “Young Zionists”, “Kadima”, “He-halutz” Avraham Chinski (Yitzhak Even) 311 Libraries in town Avraham Chinski and Baruch Hayut 319 “Leinat Ha-Tsedek” Hinda Galkin (Trasches) 321 Zionist Youth Movements Shalom Zamir 321 The First Hebrew School in Sokółka Nahum Kundst 323 Memories of the “Heder M'tukan” Avraham Chinski 324 Sokółka as a Center of Learning   326   DESTRUCTION AND HOLOCAUST Musings, (10th of Tevet) Moshe Monaschwitz 337 Yizkor Moshe Monaschwitz 338 Poem of Grief about the Destroyed Sokółka Nachum Dow Kunst-Amanuti 341 The German Invasion of Sokółka Sonia Miller (Wohlgil) 342 Sokółka Under the Nazi Yoke Aleksander Kantorowski 343    The First Occupation        The Second German Occupation 1941     The Last Days of Jewish Sokółka (Testimony of Tsvi Nafkha-Kowalski August 21st 1946) Chaja Lea Kaplan 346 In the Ghetto (Testimony taken in February 10th 1960) Benjamin Kotler 354 Sokółka – Without Jews (Visit in Sokółka at 1944) Nissan Tichoczynski, attorney 355   BLESSED BE THEIR MEMORY A memorial candle for my parents (z”l) Tzifra Heiman 369 To the Memory of my Entire Family Yehudit Pazniak-Parzina 373 Rabbi Baruch Tsvi ben Shalom Halevi (z”l) “Sat”m” Y. Zamir 374 Avraham Yardeni (z”l)   376   SOKOLKA OUR SHTETL (Yiddish) Yizkor Abraham Zak (Buenos Aires) 381 To Remember the Martyrs of Sokolka Mosze Monaszewicz 385   THE PAST OF SOKOLKA (Yiddish) The Dates of Sokolka   393 The History of Sokolka M. Sh. Geshori 397 Sokolka by the End of the 17th Century Z. Hanik 407 Sokolka in the First World War Y. Szlajmkowicz 413 Sokolka in the Light of the Newspapers Y. Cinowicz 425    R' Yehoshua Cwi SARNA 1881, 1889        Szmuel ZONENSZAJN 1882        Yecheskel SIDRANSKI 1883        Lajb PODOLSKI 1884        Rober FRIDBERG        Michael LIPSZYC 1884, 1888        Ger Toshav 1887     Sokolka of My Youth M. Hakohen Sinai 433 The Gaon and Zadik R' Yosele ztz”l M. Sh. Geshori 437   MEMOIRS (Yiddish) My Memories about Sokolka Mosze Miszkinski 449 My Sokolka Ben-Zion Hassid 457 A Poem Mosze Monaszewicz (Moshele Malach) 465 Episodes Ester Miszkinski 473 Sokolka in the Expulsion Moshele Kremer (Brazil) 477 Memories about Sokolka Abraham Fridberg 481 Memoirs Rachel Dunski (Kaya Halpern) 487 The Past of Sokolka Abraham Stanislawski 489   IMAGES (Yiddish) Becalel TERKEL   497 The Feldcher (aid-man) Chaim SZMUKLER Israel Szmukler 499 My Brother Iczel Riwl Szapira-Melcberg 501   THE HOLOCAUST (Yiddish) Extermination Rachel Malski-Tykocinski 513 The Kelbasin Lager Symcha Lazar 523 Testimony Bracha Friedman-Barawik 525 Testimony Icchak Kotler 531 Memorial Candle Ester Holcman 533 Survival during the War Times Abraham – Aleksander Kantorowski 537 Diary of Suffering and Pain (1943) From German: M. Turek 543 Icchak GOLDSTEIN - Fighter in the Warsaw Ghetto Revolt Meilech Neustadt 547   MISCELLANEOUS (Yiddish & Hebrew) Sokolkers in America   553 Sokolkers in Israel Ben-Zion Hassid 565 Messiah in Dream and in Life (a Ballad of the Old Home) Father! I searched for it in the map of world, your hometown Sokolka, but I have not found it… Mosze Monaszewicz 569 “Di Kolonye Izaaka” Sarah Chinski 577 To the Memory of the Odelsk Martyrs Itka Broida 583 The People of Sokolka in Israel – The Founding of Kfar Malal Gedaliyahu Weismann 587   PINKAS SOKOLKA Protocols of the Community Committee of Sokolka in 8 January – 22 October 1919 (Hebrew Yiddish)   593   MANIFESTOS “Elections Campaign” to the Community Committee (“Vaad Hakahal”)   697   List of People From Sokolka in Israel Today (As of 1968)   721 List of People From Sokolka in the Diaspora   739 People From Sokolka Who Died in Israel   745 List of the Martyrs - Necrology   751 R' Moshe Lajb and His Wife   769 Tombstone in Shoah Cellar Mount Zion Jerusalem   771 Seven Trees in the Forest of the Martyrs Jerusalem   773 Errors List   775 Introduction in English   778

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