Translating a memorial book opens window on Jewish history
by Elaine Durbach New Jersey Jewish News, January 9, 2003 For 62 years, the memorial tribute book created by survivors
Read More »
All posts by Adam Zeng
Making their Memory a Blessing
by Rabbi Danny Nevins A 16-year-old boy named Yitzhak crouches on his snowy rooftop at dawn, looking at the town below. The year is 1919, and the place is … Continue reading Making their Memory a Blessing →
Read More »
Donors to the Felshtin Memorial
Thank you! The Felshtin Society is grateful for the following individuals who have donated to the Felshtin Memorial: Lawrence Bassin Errol Berman Stephen Hoffman Renee Jones Alan Rosofsky … Continue reading Donors to the Felshtin Memorial →
Read More »
The Shtetl as Covenantal Landscape
By Professor David G. Roskies The following is an excerpt from The Jewish Search for a Usable Past by Professsor Roskies,
Read More »
Forging the Link: The Iconography of the Felshtin Yizkor Book
y David G. Roskies Yizkor, or memorial, is, of course, the central fact of the yizkor book, which pays tribute to the shtetl
Read More »
Felshtin Pogrom Commemoration Draws More Than 100
“On the morning of February 18, 1919, about 600 of our ancestors were brutally killed. Today, 80 years later, we join together to make some sense of our … Continue reading Felshtin Pogrom Commemoration Draws More Than 100 →
Read More »
Letter from Felshteener Organization, March 7, 1963
The following letter, dated March 7, 1963, was sent from the Financial Secretary of the Felshteener Organization, Usher Reisis, to Rae Biser, a former Felshtiner who emigrated to … Continue reading Letter from Felshteener Organization, March 7, 1963 →
Read More »
40th Anniversary Victory Banquet, March 1946
The link below is to a pdf of the program from a victory banquet organized on March 30, 1946 by the First Felshteener Progressive Benevolent Association. It lists … Continue reading 40th Anniversary Victory Banquet, March 1946 →
Read More »
Felshtin Yizkor Book Reviewed (1938)
The following review appeared in di yidishe landsmanshaftn fun nyu york (“The Jewish Hometown Societies of New York”), prepared by the Yiddish Writers’ Group of the Federal Writers’ … Continue reading Felshtin Yizkor Book Reviewed (1938) →
Read More »
Impressions of a Visit to Felshtin
by Mina Huberman I would like to take this opportunity to share with you, my fellow countrymen, the impression that our town Felshtin made on me when I visited … Continue reading Impressions of a Visit to Felshtin →
Read More »