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Tag Archives: Synagogues
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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A Visit to a Lithuanian Town
This was published in “The Keidaner” bulletin in three parts, from October to December, 1938. It was exerpted from the Warsaw Yiddish newspaper “Haynt” (“Today”), which carried the author’s account of travel through Lithuania. By Chaim Vital “When you are … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Interwar, Memoir
Tagged Agriculture, Czapski, Economy, Folksbank, Gaon, History, Synagogues, Totleben
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From ‘The Annihilation of Lithuanian Jewry’
Keidan by Efraim Oshry The following is an entry from Oshry, Efraim, “The Annhilation of Lithuanian Jewry” (New York, 1995) Originally published in Yiddish as “Khurbn Lita”. New York, 1951. LITHUANIAN NAME: Kėdainiai RUSSIAN NAME: Keidany LOCATION: A district capital … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holocaust, Religious
Tagged History, Holocaust, massacre, rabbis, Ronder, Synagogues
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Echoes of a Vanished World
By B. Cassel Originally published Nov. 17, 1940, in the 40th anniversary edition of The Keidaner, the bulletin of the Keidaner Assn. of New York. Keidan’s Great Synagogue was packed. From all the small prayer-houses and minyans, people had come … Continue reading
Posted in History, Memoir, Music, Personalities, Pre-WWI, Religious
Tagged Anniversary, Cassel, landsmanshaft, Memoir, Personalities, pre-WWI, Simchat Torah, Synagogues
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Synagogues in Keidan
By Yehezkel Rochin (Ramat Rachel, Israel) Published in the Sefer Zikaron (Keidan Memorial Book) 1977. Translated by Chaim Charutz There were seven synagogues in Keidan. Four of them were in the shulhoyf,; two more were in Smilga Street, and one … Continue reading
Posted in History, Interwar, Personalities, Religious
Tagged Holidays, rabbis, Religious, Synagogues
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