November 19, 2015, Oral History Project, Alan Bernstein
The Felshtin Society began its Oral History Project in October, 2015 in order to better understand how the the events surrounding the pogrom of 1919 may have impacted successive generations. Each video is a first generation’s recollection of the development of their family and how they faced the challenges of acculturation in a new place. The Society’s plan is to study the histories and present significant findings at our centennial memorial to be held in New York, April, 2019.
By Steven J. Shaer, steve@shaer.com Featuring photos by Steven Shaer and Robert Oksman Finding Felshtin or Hvardiyske was much easier than getting there. In May 2006 my cousin, Robert … Continue reading In Search of Felshtin →
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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 →
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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 →
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“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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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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) →
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by Sora Ludmir “I was right there with them. I lived the very words of the book. I felt what they felt. I understand their language. I am … Continue reading Discovering Felshtin →
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The pdf link below is a scan of the incorporation documents of the First Felshteener Podolier Benevolent Society. The society was incorporated January 10, 1906. Signatories and first officers … Continue reading Incorporation Documents of the First Felshteener Podolier Benevolent Society →
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