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The Jewish Cemetery in Dokshitsy by Kristian Väisänen

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    • Ellen Share in memory of Ernest M. Levin

    • Elchanan Peres in memory of In memory of Elchanan Markman and his family

    • Sherry Lynn Diamond

    • Fern Blood in honor of Aaron Ginsburg

    • Sharlene Kamens Finkel in memory of Michael Kaminkovitz

    • Carol Kurson Goldman, a refua shlaima to Donald Goldman

    • Itai Leviathan in memory of my dad, Arie Leviathan

    • Yaakov Henkin in memory of Aharon Henkin

    • Joan Gelfand in memory of Rabbi Nachum Shapiro, the Dokshitzer Ilui

    • Izi Rozow in memory of Gershon Rozow

    • David Mink in memory of Reubin Mink (Kaminkovitz)

    • Menachem Etkin in memory of the Etkin and Kaminsky families from Dokshitz and Glubokie respectively, who were murdered during the Holocaust

    • Amir Gadot

    • Ruthi Yariv in memory of my father Reuvin Gedenson

    • Barry Soloman in memory of Shimon and Leah Kopelevich

    • Menachem Markman

    • Michael Sonim in memory of all Dokshitzers

    • Rachel and Elisha Gal

  • Rabbi Marc Mandel in honor of Aaron Ginsburg and all he does for Touro Synagogue.

  • Richard Fein in memory of Celia Ginsburg Fein, Maurice Ginsburg and Sadie Ginsburg Green

  • Bonnie Ginzburg in memory of her father, Ralph Ginzburg

  • Elaine and Melvin Kapell in memory of his sister, Maurine Kapell Nichols

  • Roselene Tannenbaum Secrest in honor of my grandmother Rose Askatsky Tannenbaum born in Bobrusk, Belarus ca. 1891.

  • Ken Applebaum in memory of Rav Nochum Shapiro of blessed memory. "I am interested in perpetuating the name of one of the great Rabbis of Dokshitsy -- Rav Nochum Shapiro of blessed memory."

  • Bernie and Marta Friedman in memory/honor of all the Friedman family descendants from Dokshitsy

  • Sofia Kapelyan in memory of the Druts family

  • Eric Kabakoff in memory of Meyer, Lillian, Dora, Ida, Harry, and Sam Kabakoff

  • Perrie and Tom Lyon, in memory of Ben Sweedler and his family

  • Anonymous in honor of the Kabakoff Family

  • Marc Lavietes in memory of the of the Swidler (Sweedler) family, my ancestors who arrived from Dokshitz in New York on May 25, 1907

  • Michael Fricklas and Donna Astion in memory of Michael's grandfather, William Alper, and his great-aunt, Bella Alper Bloom

  • Bella Zelkin in memory of the Drutz family

  • Richard Pierce in memory of Robert (Perevoskin) Pierce

  • Gelya Frank in memory of Hershel Gordon and Gelya Boxer Gordon

  • Marvin Kabakoff in memory of my father, Harry Kabakoff

  • Michael Sweedler in memory of John J. Sweedler

  • Susan Sweedler Ach in memory of Paul Sweedler

  • Aaron Ginsburg in honor of the Dokshitsy community

  • Janet Wolfe In memory of Anna Kapelovich Marks

  • Caryl Minkovitz Paller in memory of Hyman and Goldie Minkovitz

  • David Minkovitz in memory of my parents and grandparents

  • The Gejdenson Family

  • In memory of the Jews of Dokshitsy who perished in the Holocaust by anonymous

  • Carrie Lipps

  • In memory of Benjamin Raskind by Peggy Blumenthal and Ron Gould

  • Boris Gitlin in honor of my Grandmother Khaya Kamenkovich and all Kamenkovichs and Gitlins perished during the WW2.

  • In memory of Ida Raskind Wattenberg by Peggy Blumenthal and Ron Gould

  • William Albert

  • In honor of Philip Kaplan and the Judah Leab Society by Janet Kaplan

  • In memory of Josh Freeman by Tom and Karin Freedman

  • In memory of Elihu Grossmann by Mark and Lisa Grossman

  • In memory of Elihu Grossmann by Doris Grossman and Michele Forman

  • in memory of my dear father - Michael (Mishka) Etkin z"l by Menachem Etkin

  • In memory of Elka Rozenberg by Nathan and Zelda Lichman Kohn

  • In memory of of Dov Katzovicz by his descendants Sam and Rita Katzovicz, Providence RI (Son), Karen and David Nathan, (granddaughter), Roy and Stephanie Katzovicz- (grandson), Mina and Moshe Rasis - (daughter) grandchildren: Daniel Katzovicz, Doron and Revital Rasis.

  • Linda Lazar in memory of Sylvia Shultz Shapiro

  • Ezra Group at Congregation B'nai Israel Rumson, NJ

  • Elaine and Irving Skopp in memory of John and Hilda Kapell

  • Aaron Bravman

  • Tom and Karin Freedman and the entire Freedman Family in memory of The Freedman Brothers

  • Anonymous in honor of Joe Polliack and in memory of his family

  • Eric and Sheila Samson

  • Carole Bernstein

  • Irving and Ralph Kusinitz

  • Patricia Cristil in memory of her grandmother Molly Kabakoff Cristil

  • Judy Rosenblatt

  • Sheree and Evan Lipkis in memory of Sara Kabakoff Udelsohn

  • Sofia Kapelyan (on behalf of the Retskin, Zelkin, & Kapelyan families) in memory of our family who perished in the Holocaust

  • Jane and John Fisher

  • Mark Falstein in memory of Kay Hodosh Falstein

  • Michael Fricklas and Donna Astion in memory of Michael's grandfather, William Alper, and his great-aunt, Bella Alper Bloom

  • Brian and Rosalie Burg in memory of Hershel Kabakoff

  • Steve Klitzman

  • Dee Lanier

  • Nikki Goldstein in memory of Sarah Friedman Young

  • Noah, Jessica, and Jonathan Horowitz with thanks to Aaron and Joe and all who helped

  • Mark Izeman and Tanya Khotin

  • Miki Gittelson in memory of her parents Shimon and Ada

  • Gary Pokrassa in memory of Meyer and Clara Pokrassa

  • Adrian and Kristin Polliack in memory of our perished Dokshitsy family

  • Larry Jaye

  • Shirley and Ben Rabinowitz

  • Shmuel Keren in memory of all the unmarked graves

  • Alice Chico

  • Richard and Bonnie Lechtner in memory of Morris and Fannie Raskind

  • Janet Wolfe in memory of Anna Kapelovich Marks (1887-1958)

  • O.L. Gilbert in memory of his wife Phyllis Emanuel Gilbert

  • Adrian Polliack in memory of our Dokshitsy family

  • Benny and Rica Schlosberg in memory of their parents Chaim and Rifka Schlosberg and Jacques and Zaffira Notrica

  • Joe and Dinah Polliack and children Adrian and Kristin Polliack , Lindie Polliack , Farrell and Wendy Atlas , and Debbie Polliack in memory of our parents and grandparents , Mairim and Ida Polliack

  • William Brusslan

  • Aaron Polliack and children Meira Polliack Genizi, Vered Polliack Levy, and Ronen Polliack in memory of beloved parents and grandparents , Mairim and Ida Polliack

  • Ann Simon Koppelman, Psy. D

  • Peggy Raskind Blumenthal

  • Abe, Barney, and Leonard Sank and their families in memory of all the Jews of Dokshitsy, who died in the holocaust

  • Shimon Greenhouse dedicated to the Kapelovich family from Dokshitsy and to the Greenhouse family from Belarus. and in memory of my son Gil.

  • Dr. Leo and Sybilla Friedler in memory of the Friedler Kessler family

  • Annette Stolberg in memory of her grandmother Leah Mushin Fagelmanֲ

  • Aaron Ginsburg in memory of my parents Maurice and Dorothy Ginsburg

  • Sherm Palan

  • Joan Spiegel in memory of her father David Spiegel

  • Carol Fromson and Maureen Koplow in memory of our sister Susan Fried who helped organize the Kusinitz family reunion in Cleveland in 2005

  • Zelda Kusinitz Feldman

  • Anonymousֲ

  • Irv Alloy

  • Charles Friedman

  • Joe, Aaron, and the late Max Polliack in memory of our parents Mairim and Ida

  • Ann Swidler and Claude Fischer in memory of her father Joseph C. Swidler

  • Marvin Kabakoff in memoryֲ of his fatherֲ ֲ Harry Kabakoff

  • Karen Alpert Entous in memory of her parents Birdie and John Alpert

  • Leonard Katz in memory of his father Abraham Katzֲ

  • Barbara and Malcolm Myersֲ

  • Logan Lockabe in memory of Dora Slavin

  • Myron Kusnitz

  • Howard Feuerstein

  • Richard Fein in memory of his mother Celia Ginsburg Fein

  • Jessica and Chuck Myers

    • Our donors are from across the globe, including Israel, Canada, England, and South Africa. In the United States donations have been received from the states of Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia,Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.