New Jewish Books
Strzyzow (also known as Strizev in Yiddish and Strezow in German) is today a major town in southern Poland (it was in Galicia, an Imperial Province of Austria Hungary, from 1776 to 1919). The...
Cover Art: Nina Schwartz We know Bilgoraj’s river and forest from the stories of I.B. Singer, who spent his early adulthood here. Jews lived here since the late 14th century, and before the First...
Cover Art: Nina Schwartz Jaroslaw’s development was founded on its great 16th and 17th century fairs, in which Jewish merchants played a prominent part. During its triennial fall fair, the town often hosted meetings...
Cover Art: Rachel Kolokoff Hopper Chelm, at the outbreak of World War II had a Jewish population of around 18 thousand. Only a remnant of a few hundred Chelmer Jews remain, escaping the Nazi...
Ustilug, Ukraine The Jewish residents of Ustilug lived in peace for many generations, raising their children to continue their forefathers’ traditions. Igor Stravinsky, the famed composer of “The Firebird” and “The Rite of Spring”,...
Editor: Abraham Samuel SteinCover Art: Rachel Kolokoff-Hoper The Jewish community of Kremenets was completely annihilated by the Nazi enemy along with the rest of the Jewish communities of Poland and Ukraine. Between 1 and...
