It is surprising how many people can trace their descent to Dokshitsy, a small town now in Belarus. Rob Benjamin    Dokshitsy: holocaust site and Jewish cemetery are across the street from each other. left: "Everyone has name given by G-d, by the sea, and by death. Zelda. On
this site more than 3000 members of the Dokshitsy Jewish community were
killed. They are numbered among those who performed Kiddush
Hashem." Cemetery (top right):
"They should know that there was once a shtetl named Dokshitz, where Jewish life flourished." Shechina Kantorovitch
all black monuments erected by The Friends of Jewish Dokshitsy with your help.
cemetery photo by Frank Swartz left and bottom by Kristian Väisänen
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The Friends of Jewish Dokshitsy, Inc.(FOJD), a Massachusetts non-profit
organization was created "to preserve the memory of the Jewish residents
of Dokshitsy (Dogshitz in Yiddish), Parafianov, and nearby villages." The organization was founded in 2006 in response to a message from the Dokshitsy District. The District sought help to restore the Jewish cemetery
forty years after it's destruction. Most of Dokshitsy's Jews were killed during the Holocaust. Before then, thousands had left, many going to America. The result is a worldwide Dokshitsy Diaspora.
Join our Facebook group. Make a donation. Rob Benjamin sums up the Dokshitsy Diaspora Reunion. Eva Fogelman's speech "Why Remember Dokshitsy?" is a must read.
If someone says, "My grandfather was from Dokshitz, and I don't know anything about the place," how would you respond? Here's one possibility.
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