Category Archives: Yizkor Book

Keidan Memorial Book — Contents

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Andrew

 “Sefer Zichron” / Yizkor Book Published by the Keidan Association in Israel, with the participation of the Committees in SouthAfrica and in the United States of America. Tel Aviv 1977 (Original in Hebrew unless otherwise noted; links to translated material) … Continue reading →

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Keidan Memorial Book: Preface

Posted on July 13, 2025 by ACassel

The preface to the 1977 Keidan “sefer zikaron” or Yizkor (Memorial) Book.  At first glance this book is like all the other hundreds of books published since the end of World War II in memory of the Jewish shtetl in … Continue reading →

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The History of Keidan

Posted on July 26, 2020 by ACassel

By B. Cassel Originally published in 1930 by the Keidaner Association of New York. Original footnotes appear in roman type; translators’ and editors’ notes in italic. –––––––––––––– Foreword Framed within this brief account of Lithuania’s general history, the reader will … Continue reading →

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Worlds Gone By

Posted on June 26, 2020 by ACassel

Keidan at the end of the 19th century By Dr. Hyman J. Epstein Originally published in 1930 by the Keidaner Assn. of New York.  Keidan was not just another Lithuanian shtetl; it was a city, with an important lineage. Proud … Continue reading →

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Memories of My Teachers

Posted on May 26, 2020 by ACassel

By Meyer Yitzhak Edelman Originally published by the Keidaner Assn of New York, 1930.  1. My first rebbe was Noach Reubens, who taught the youngest children. He lived on the northwest corner of the marketplace by German Street. The cheder … Continue reading →

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Reb Zvi the Cooper

Posted on April 27, 2020 by ACassel

(Memories of M.L. Lilienblum’s father) By Dr. Aharon Leib Pick (Šiauliai) Published (in Hebrew) by the Keidaner Assn. of NY, 1930. Translated by Nathaniel Stampfer. The area around the Lithuanian city of Keidan has been famous for its beauty since … Continue reading →

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Hirshel Bloshtein, Yiddish Poet

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Andrew

By Monty Starr (Birmingham, UK) Hirshel Bloshtein 1895-1978 My mother’s uncle was the well-published Yiddish author Hirshel Bloshtein. Hirshel lived in Czernowitz from 1932 until his death in 1978. Hirshel was born in Kėdainiai, Lithuania to Dovid Bloshtein, a poor … Continue reading →

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My Brother

Posted on March 11, 2020 by ACassel

By Hirsh Bloshtein First published in the anthology “Horizons” in Moscow in 1965. (“Composed after the author’s visit to the mass grave in Keidan.”) Reprinted in the 1977 Keidan Yizkor Book.  “In memory of my brother, Mane-Yosl, the wonderful storyteller.“  … Continue reading →

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Mama

Posted on March 11, 2020 by ACassel

By David Wolpe From the 1977 Keidan Yizkor Book.  Nineteen forty-one. May In Lithuania the sun is molten with red lead   Father says, with sadness in his face, that Mother, unfortunately, is lying in hospital   I waited not … Continue reading →

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My Youth in Keidan

Posted on March 11, 2020 by ACassel

By Hirsh Bloshtein From the 1977 Keidan Yizkor Book.  My youth in Keidan, come back to me, I just want to hear your voice once more It’s not yet time to say the final “stop” and cut the string for … Continue reading →

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