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Tag Archives: 1930 Zaml Bukh
Preface
Preface to the 1930 “zaml bukh” of the Keidaner Assn. of New York From the issuers When one generation passes, a multitude of memories from several preceding generations are lost as well, if they are not written down for those … Continue reading
Posted in History, Landsmanshaft, USA
Tagged 1930 Zaml Bukh, History, Keidaner Association, landsmanshaft, preface, USA
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The History of Keidan
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
Posted in History, Literature, Pre-WWI
Tagged 1930 Zaml Bukh, BCassel, History, Keidaner Association
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Worlds Gone By
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
Posted in Memoir, Personalities, Pre-WWI, Russia
Tagged 1930 Zaml Bukh, cheder, Education, Holidays, Memoir, Military, pre-WWI, Synagogues
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Memories of My Teachers
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
Posted in Memoir, Personalities, Pre-WWI, Yizkor Book
Tagged 1930 Zaml Bukh, cheder, Education, pre-WWI, rabbis
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Reb Zvi the Cooper
(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
Posted in History, Memoir, Personalities, Pre-WWI, Religious, Zionism
Tagged 1930 Zaml Bukh, AharonPick, Lilienblum, Personalities, pre-WWI, Religious, Zionism
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Founding the Keidaner Association
From the 1930 “zamel bukh” of the Keidaner Assn. of New York. By William Einhorn In the 1890’s, the gathering place for Keidaners was at the corner of Bayard and Forsythe Streets [in New York]. Later they gathered on Market … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrants, Landsmanshaft, Memoir, Pre-WWI, USA
Tagged 1930 Zaml Bukh, Diaspora, Keidaner Association, landsmanshaft, Memoir, New York, USA
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Little Portraits
By Dr. Chaim Epstein and B. Cassel Originally published by the Keidaner Assn. of New York, 1930. Only the devil could stand it Reb Noach Reubens often suffered from toothaches. In those days there were no dentists in Keidan, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930 Zaml Bukh, Personalities, pre-WWI
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