People
Shown below are photos entitled "Blacksmith" and "Spinner" taken in Shepetovka by S. An'Sky during his Ethnographic Expedition of the region. An'Sky (Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport) was born in 1863 in Belarus. He became famous for his works of literature in Russian and Yiddish, most notably his play The Dybbuk. From 1912 to 1914, the famous author and playwright An'Sky and photographer Solomon Iudovin led an ethnographic expedition to Russia's Pale of Settlement, including the area around Shepetovka. They collected thousands of photographs of synagogues, historical buildings, and scenes of everyday life, and also collected ritual objects and costumes, and recorded folktales and songs. An'Sky's work documents a way of life that was later devastated by the holocaust and by changes in culture and custom. The photographs and documents collected by the team are being released after years of isolation in Soviet archives. The State Ethnographic Museum at St. Petersburg holds a good deal of it.
Blacksmith, Shepetovka, 1912 by S. An'Sky
Spinner, Shepetovka, 1912 by S. An'Sky
Famous Chasidim were mentioned in the history tab of this web page. Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz is buried in Shepetovka. For more information on the burial site of this learned man, visit this blog.
The photo above from 1920, held in Israeli archives, shows a group of Zionist pioneers from Shepetovka who stopped off in Lvov on their way to Palestine. The photo was donated by Kirill Gayvoronsky, and was obtained from the archives. It was reportedly copied from a book by Ari Tsantsiper. If you know any of the men or women in this photo, or the book author, please contact this web page manager. The man identified as #19 is Isaac Novoseletsky (Yitshak Nevo), who helped found the moshav Kfar Yehoshua in Israel. The woman identified as #8 is Chana Katchka, and #12 is her husband, Itzhak Muchnik. The couple were from Shepetovka and were also early founders of Kfar Yehoshua.
The names identified in this photograph are as follows.
1 - Yoel Volba
2- Arie Semiatytski
3 - Chava Semiatytski-Milrod
4 - Lea Brandes-Druker
5 - Mordechai Rotenberg
6 - Yosef Kantor
7 - Levi Kantor
8 - Chana Kachka-Muchnik
9 - Moshe Druker
10 - Eliezer Milrod
11 - Yakov Lekakh
12 - Isaac Muchnik
13 - Shlomo Berger
14 - Bezalel Mesyondzhik
15 - Israel Katz
16 - ...
17 - Israel Lerner
18 - Isaac Gibes
19 - Isaac Novoseletsky
20 - Yakov Toyb
The unnamed person, #16, is quite likely Yehuda Shapira, who arrived with several of the others in Palestine in August 1920.
A newspaper article published in Israel on August 13, 1920 described the arrival of a group of people from Shepetovka.
Source: Kirill Gayvoronsky
The article states that the group met up in Israel with Dov Lerner and Eliyahu Barlaz. There is also a mention of friends Yakov Lekakh, Yehuda Shapira, Arie Semitytsky, Bezalel Mesyondzhik and Israel Katz, who remained in Lvov to purchase books. It is believed that these people arrived to Israel later in August 1920.
The names mentioned in the article are primarily those in the photo above, with a few exceptions. The names are:
Shlomo Berger Eliezer Milrod
Leah Brandeis Yitshak Muchnik
Yitzhak Gibes Isaac Novoseletsky
Manya Grinfeld Chava Semiatytski
Moshe Druker Yosef Kantor
Yoel Volba Levi Kantor
Yakov Taub/Toyb Chana Katchka
Yisrael Lerner Mordechai Rotenberg
If you can provide a more complete translation of this article, please contact this website manager.
The photo below depicts a group of Shepetovka men (presumably members of the burial society) at the entrance to the new cemetery, circa 1928 (Source: the Miriam Weiner Archives). The gates was built with the assistance of Shepetovka landsleit in the US. If you can identify any of the men in the photo, please contact this web page designer. Identification of some of the men is provided below.
The men in the photo above have been identified by four different sources, which in some cases conflict so should not be considered authoritative. Source: The Miriam Weiner Archives.
Source 1:
Lieb Berger
Zchario
Peisi Moshe Volfs Kamenezky
Shimoin Short
Israel Zirishner
Moshe Abun
Rav Samuel Shapiro, Shepetivker Rebbe
Kantor Alter
Berl Meir Gedalias Telejenesky
Israel Yosum
Izchok Blis
Kutcher
Yosef Shtienberg
Abraham
Lezer Bar Shteiner
Moshe
Volf Shamshen Fiegeles
Moshe Kantor
Nochum Der Blecher
Abraham Kislin
Liezer Grinberg
Lison der Shames
Ezro Lieb der Shieder
Altor Dovid Ellis
Perez Zatlier
Chaim Kantor
Altor Shtienberg
Yosky Beni Shechets
Abraham Simchos
Moshe Ring
Chaim der Shames
Source 2:
Leibe Berger
Scharye (grocer)
Shimon Etade Baker
Schneider (tailor)
Sulick Moishe Yaakov (tailor)
(related to Rabbi Shapiro)
(related to Rabbi Shapiro)
Bill Mayer Gidalis
Kuchar (taxi stand)
Joseph/Yossel Alter Chainch (sheriff, son of #33)
Lazer the Shtemoches (mother was deaf and dumb)
Joseph Kuchar (had taxi; son of Itzi and cousin of #13)
Avrom Kisslin
Ezra Leib (tailor)
Itzick
Chaim the Schochet
Alter Steinberg (father of #14; father - Yoskie ben Shacat)
Yossel (buy wheat)
Avrom Simchas (shoemaker)
(not from Shepetovka)
Pesse Mishe Wolf (miller)
Source 3:
Source #3 identifies Man #34 as Baruch Greenwald.
Source 4:
Source #4 states that the Shepetovka Rabbi, Shmuel Shapira, is seated in the center between two men wearing caps.
This photo, dated 1900,is a photo of the firefighters of Shepetovka. Please contact me if you recognize any of the faces or have any additional information. Source: The Miriam Weiner Archives.
Chaim Dov-Baer Novoseletsky and his wife Devorah Gellman ran a wind-powered flour mill in Shepetovka in the pre-war years. Chaim died in 1935. The couple had ten children, nine of whom lived to adulthood. Five emigrated to Palestine in the 1920s, two emigrated to the United States, the the two youngest stayed behind in Shepetovka with their parents. Devorah, Tanya, and Esther survived the war in Uzbekistan. Shown in this photo are Chaim Dov Novoseletsky and Devorah Gellman (center), and daughters Toyba (left) and Esther (right) in the late 1920s. Photo courtesy of Sylvia Shyken Kirshner.
Pesach (Peter) Novoseletsky from Shepetovka, shown in military uniform. Photo courtesy of Polina Gluskin.
David Kirzhner in a photo sent from Shepetovka to relatives in 1909. Photo provided by Lesley Kisner Cafarelli from the collection of Barbara Greenberg.
Members of the Kisner/Kirzhner family, including Avram (back row left, behind his wife) and Liza, back row center, and possibly Ethel Kirzhner (middle row, left of center), who was a dentist in Shepetovka. Photo provided by Lesley Kisner Cafarelli from the collection of Marilyn and Martin Franklin.
Three brothers - Nathan, Louis, and Joseph Kisner (left to right) - in 1914. Photo provided by Lesley Kisner Cafarelli from the collection of Marilyn and Martin Franklin.
Yankel Oks, photo taken in a Shepetovka studio in 1899. Photo courtesy of Yoni Kupchick.
Back of Yankel Oks photo, courtesy of Yoni Kupchick.
Photos below were provided by Miriam Weiner.
Pincus Vinokur/Weiner & Sara-Rifka Madonik with three of their sons
L-R: Back row, Solomon (aka Sol) and brother, Kalman (aka Carl)
Center: Selig (aka Samuel Josef)
Front, Pincus and wife, Sara-Rifka Vinokur
Pincus was the son of Shmuel-Ber Vinokur & Vitttel Sadonik. Sara-Rifka was the daughter of Shmuel-Zelig Madonik and Ita Cohen.
Photo taken in Shepetovka, c. 1906
Sons of Pincus & Sara-Rifka Vinokur/Weiner
L-R, Seated: Chaim Dov/Barnet, Michael, and Abraham/Abe Vinokur/Weiner
L-R, Standing, Eisiel/Harry and Yankel (Jack) Vinokur/Weiner
Photo taken in Shepetovka, c. 1908
Malka/Molly Oks Weiner, 1940
At her home: 914 South Alvarado Street, Los Angeles CA
Grandmother of Miriam Weiner
Moische Vinokur/Morris Weiner (grandfather of Miriam Weiner)
St. Louis, MO, c. 1935
L-R: Moische Vinokur/Morris Weiner & Malka/Molly Oks Weiner
(grandparents of Miriam Weiner).
Photo taken in Albia, Iowa, 1925
L-R: Molly Oks Weiner & granddaughter, Miriam Weiner.
Photo by Edward Weiner (son of Molly and father of Miriam) in Los Angeles, CA, 1945
Left to Right: Joe Weiner, Ethel Weiner, Edith Weiner & Yetta Weiner, all children of Moische Vinokur/Weiner & Malka Oks Weiner (uncles and aunts of Miriam Weiner).
Photo taken in St. Louis, MO.
Minnie Wienberg (Weinokor?) (above left) was born in Shepetovka in 1882. She immigrated to the United States in 1910. In 1912, she married Morris Reimer (Raymond), also from Shepetovka (above center). The couple settled first in Chelsea, Massachusetts, then the West End of Boston, and then Dorchester Massachusetts. Morris was a tailor specializing in women's coats. Minnie and Morris had two daughters, Lillian Raymond Indorf and Bessie Raymond Hershman. Morris died in 1952 and Minnie in 1982. They are buried in the Shepetovka section of the Baker Street cemetery in West Roxbury Massachusetts. Photos and text by Maureen Hershman Shaw.
Benjamin Titman of Shepetovka.
Photo and text provided by Irene Soskin.
Benjamin Titman was born in Shepetovka in 1887 to Moshe Titman and Chave Maidenek. His grandfather, Zalman Titman, was a weaver and invented an improved loom. It is likely that he weaved prayer shawls which his wife Fradel sold to Jewish communities in the region.
Moshe was the first of the Titman family to leave Shepetovka, and then Ben joined him, sailing to Quebec at age 16. The father and son settled in Boston, joining other landsmen. Ben started out peddling eggs, and then set up a street stand. Then he took a job in a plant that produced frozen eggs. Later, in business for himself, he perfected a system of candling eggs that preserved the frozen product longer than his competitors. The frozen egg product was sold to large bakeries and to the army.
When Ben and Moshe had saved enough money, he sent for his mother and two sisters. One sister stayed behind, while the mother and a sister boarded the Norge, headed from Copenhagen to New York. Tragically, the Norge smashed into a huge rock and sank. Ben’s mother went down with the ship. The sister Ida survived (see her photo below).
In 1906, Ben married Sonia Gross, also from Shepetovka. They had three daughters.
Ben set up his first plant in lower Manhattan and the family moved to Brooklyn. As his business flourished, he built more egg processing plants. He brought family and neighbors from Shepetovka to work in his plants.
Ben was Vice President of Borden’s, served as an advisor to the federal government on eggs, and in 1945 was honored in his industry for his success selling war and victory bonds.
Bernard (originally Boris) Kaplan was born in Sudilkov. He arrived in Galveston Texas, in 1909, and eventually made his way to Chicago. He soon sent for his fiancée, Lillian Muchnick, also from Sudilkov, whose father had a grocery in Shepetowka. Lillian arrived at Ellis Island in 1911, and used money she’d sewn into her skirt to reach Chicago. She and Bernard married that year. Family lore has it that she had no passport, so she used a friend’s who’d decided to stay in Russia.
Lillian was a seamstress who took a job in a clothing factory. Bernard first delivered milk “behind a horse who did all the work.” He later sold insurance, and along with other local immigrants, organized the Sudilkov-Shepetowka Relief Society to send money, food, and clothing to people in great need back home and in the States. The organization was also a place where they could socialize and reminisce.
Pictured to the left (above and below) are Bernard and Lillian Kaplan. Lillian is also shown above right. In the center above is Beryl Muchnick, Lillian's father. Photos and text courtesy of Jean Kaplan Teichroew.
The photo on the left shows Yona Bella, born in Koretz in 1885, son of Meir Biela and Reisel Saltzman; and Sheindel Jussim (or Yussim), born in Shepetovka in 1892, daughter of Aryeh Leib Yussim and Feige Chaya Handler; and Abraham Maidanik (sitting), the brother-in-law of Yona Bella, husband of his sister Lisa. In the photo on the right, the child is Monia (Meir) Bella, born in Shepetovka in 1910, with two of his grandparents (probably Aryeh Leib Yussim and Feige Chaya Handler). Photos courtesy of Michal Troudart.
Pictured on the left are Nathan and Ida Gray. Nathan's original surname was Grushco, and Ida's maiden name was Titman. Nathan was born in Odessa, and Ida in Shepetovka. Ida survived the shipwreck of the U.S.S. Norge in 1904. This photograph was provided by Linda Strauss and is printed with her permission.
Rabbi Solomon (Shlomo) Shapiro was the rabbi of Shepetovka until 1935. His family left Shepetovka for Moscow at that time while waiting for permission to emigrate to Israel. Reminiscences of Rabbi Shapiro's days living in Russia in the post-war period are posted on the Stories page of this website. Source: the Miriam Weiner Archives.
Above left: Rabbi Solomon Shapiro of Shepetovka. Above, Rabbi Shapiro with his son. Both photos were likely taken in Brooklyn, New York. Source: the Miriam Weiner Archives.
"Bubbe," "Zayde", Ida, Harry, and Alice Green (Grunblatt). Photo courtesy of Marilyn Lustig
This photograph depicts the Grunblatt (later Green) family of Sudilkov, Shepetovka's nearest neighbor. Mr. Grunblatt was a tailor. He served in the Russian army during the Russo-Japanese war (1904-05). After being wounded, he was sent home to recover, but opted instead to leave for the United States. His wife and two children arrived later, after he had saved enough money to pay for their passage. Two more children were born in the United States.
Anna Kondratyuk (Conrad) was born in Shepetovka in 1882. Her teacher's certificate (see the Artifacts page) states that she was a petty bourgeois Orthodox Christian. She married Freidrich Maile from Kutno/Kulevo (?), possibly in Poland. They had a daughter and son (Rose and Boris) who may have been born in Shepetovka. Anna, Freidrich, and the two children immigrated to the US in about 1906, when Rose was 2 1/2 and Boris three months old. Two more daughters were born in the US. Photos and family history courtesy of Renee Hatt.
Anna Kondratyuk and her daughters
Anna Kondratyuk in New York
Anna Kondratyuk with her dog
Anna Kondratyuk and Freidrich Maile
Samuel Pugach (above left) was born in 1902 in Shepetovka and died there in 1984. He taught Hebrew as a young man. He is credited with preserving and maintaining the Jewish cemetery in Shepetovka. He was married to Tsilya Gibes (1903-1970) (above center) from nearby Sudilkov. She is also buried in the Shepetovka cemetery. Samuel had a twin brother Ioyna who emigrated to Palestine and was killed in battle there. By Samuel Pugach's gravestone (above right) are his daughter Zinaida Sandler and granddaughter Alla Bery. Source: the Miriam Weiner Archives.
Above left is Abraham (Abba) Weissman in 1925. Above left (in 1936), are: back row, left to right, David Weissman, Anna Weissman, Dora Weissman, Joseph Weissman. Sitting is Rebecca Navasaletsky Weissman with Harry Weissman in her lap, and Sarah Weissman lower right. The family was from Shepetovka. Photos courtesy of Barry Porter.
Pictured here are Victor Zuber (above left) and Pearl Gruber (above right) of Shepetovka, along with their daughter Rose, age 18. Victor Zuber was a cousin of Rebecca (Rivka) Navaseletsky, who is shown in the family portrait in the section above. Victor and Pearl migrated to Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and had eight children. The photo of Pearl and Rose was taken in 1916. On the left is depicted Dave Gruber, Pearl's brother, wearing a Russian military uniform. Photos and family history courtesy of Michael Bernstein.
The photos above, left and center, depict members of the Kislin and Perlmutter families. Genesia Kislin was born and raised in Shepetovka, while her husband Aharon Perlmutter was from adjacent Pollonye. The upper left photo presumably depicts one of Genesia's brothers and his wife. The Kislin siblings were accomplished professionals - 3 doctors and a pharmacist - in Shepetovka in the early 1920’s. There were eight or nine siblings. All but one were killed by either the Nazis or the Stalin regime. Genesia, along with her husband and her first cousin Gershon, emigrated to Palestine in 1920, then settled in New Jersey and the Bronx in the early 1920s. The three women in the photo, upper middle, are presumed to be the sisters of Genesia who were medical doctors in Ukraine. On the back of a postcard written (in Russian) by a friend to Genesia and Aharon is "For the memory of our friendship and not to forget each other, I give my photo to Mendel Kirzhner; signed by Hersh Gornshtein, March 20, 1921." The photo in the upper right is presumed to be that family friend, Hersh Gornstein. The man depicted on the right is assumed to be another friend of Genesia and Aharon named Yakov Karlin. Written (in Hebrew) on the back of the photo is "For my worthy friends, Aharon and Nessi Perlmutter, with great esteem, Yakov Karlin." Photos and text provided by Richard Narva.
On the left are shown Isaac Kislin (Gershon Kislin's brother and Genesia Kislin Perlmutter’s first cousin), and Rebecca Verona Kislin, with their three oldest (of five) children. Isaac and Rebecca left Shepetovka around 1920-1923 and settled in Brooklyn. The photo dates from
1924 - 1925 in New York City. The sons, shown left to right, are: Joseph, Benjamin and Solomon. Joseph was born in Shepetovka in 1920, and his two younger brothers in Brooklyn in 1923 and 1924. Two daughters, Edith and Hilda, were born in 1928 and 1933.
Photo and text by Richard Narva and Wendy Abramowitz.
Pictured here is Shimon Zak, a cattle rancher in Shepetovka. He had eight children, including his daughter Bluma who immigrated to the United States in 1921 at the age of 20. She was the only family member known to have emigrated. Her siblings were named Ruchel, Abraham, Herschel, Akiva, Reuven, and Shlomo, plus one other sibling whose name is unknown. Shlomo served in the Russian Army and survived the war. Shlomo's wife is also believed to have survived. Photo and text courtesy of Donna Gershman.
Depicted in the center photo are Louis Croll (Karel/Krel), along with two of his siblings, Lewis and Ada. His story is included in the Stories page of this website. The siblings were from Shepetovka. On the right are Louis Croll and Fannie Fleischer, along with their oldest daughter Ruth, who was in utero on the couple's passage to the US. Source: Ariana Klein.
Alter and Feiga Repinsky, depicted on the left, emigrated from Shepetovka to New York in 1921. This photo dates from about 1940. Alter was a tailor. Their youngest daughter Riva immigrated with them. Their two sons Harry and Nathan had already settled in New York a decade earlier. Daughters Ruchel (Rose) and Malka joined the family later. Daughter Chaika settled with her husband near Boston Massachusetts. Married daughter Breina never emigrated and is believed murdered in the holocaust. The photo on the right, taken in Shepetovka about 1912, shows Alter and Feiga Repisnky (seated, front row center) with their daughter Riya (Riva) (seated, front row right), born in 1906; oldest daughter Malka (standing, back row center), a seamstress; daughter Ruchel (Rose) (standing, back row left); daughter Breina (standing, back row right); and Malka's daughter Riva (seated, front row left). Source: Lauren John and Mitchel Lidowsky.
The Bockser family of Shepetovka included Rabbi Nuchum Bockser (above left, circa 1900); Esther Bockser (on the left in the center photo above, pictured with a friend, circa 1908); Esther Bockser and her husband ___ Chromich (with son Nuchum above right, circa 1920, and also below, circa 1915); and three generations of Bocksers - grandmother Chaya (possibly Shapiro), her daughter Gitel Bockser, and grandchildren Sonia (Sarah) and Ben (Max) (left, circa 1902). Source: Shirley Ginzburg.
This photo depicts the Berger family of Shepetovka, taken a few years after their immigration to Lawrence Massachusetts. Pictured are (left to right): Samuel/Shmuel Zalman Berger (possibly on the occasion of his bar mitzvah), Gershon, Louis/Leyb, baby Janice/Jenny, Sally/Sarah, Sadie Kublock Berger, and Frances/Feige. All of the children except the youngest were born in Shepetovka. Gershon's father was probably named Yakov. Gershon and Sadie may have been born in Zin'kiv, but settled in Shepetovka before emigrating. Source: Scott Berger.
Elias Kosakofsky (1884-1953) immigrated from Shepetovka to the United States in 1913, where he took the name Alex Kaplan. His wife Dweira (Dora) (1888-1929) immigrated in 1921, along with two of their their three children - Josef (Joseph Kaplan) (1908 - 1964), and Basje (Bessie Kaplan) (1914-1996). The older son Froja (Frank Kaplan) (1907-1984) immigrated a few months later. The family settled in Chelsea Massachusetts. Two more children were born in the US - David (1921-1982) and Sylvia (1923-2003).
Frank said that there was a bombing in his neighborhood in Shepetovka, and that he was injured. Their home was burned down and people were shot, stoned, drowned and left for dead. He stayed in Shepetovka for several months to recover before following the rest of his family to the US. He had permanent scars and some loss of hearing.
Dweira Kosakofsky's brother Alter stayed behind in Shepetovka, and is pictured to the left. He is holding his nephew Froja/Frank. The photo was taken in Shepetovka in about 1908. Source: Jennifer Lichman.
Members of the Steinberg family are pictured here. The numbered men are 1. Alter Steinberg 2. Simcha Steinberg 3. Frank Steinberg, three generations of the family. The photo was taken in Shepetovka in 1929. Source: The Miriam Weiner Archives.
The photo on the left was taken at the Sudilkov-Shepetovka Society 50th anniversary testimonial dinner in honor of Israel B. Luck, held on May 13, 1934 at the Zweig Banquet Hall in Chicago, Illinois. The ninth person from the left in the group of people standing against the back wall is Julius Weiner. If you can identify anyone else, please contact me. For a scalable pdf, click below.
Sudilkov-Shepetovka Society, 50th anniversary testimonial dinner in honor of Israel B. Luck, Zweig's Banquet Hall, 13 May 1934 - Copy.PdfThe image on the right was taken at the Sudilkov-Shepetovka Society anniversary celebration for Ivan Sol, held on October 22, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. Please contact me if you can identify any of the attendees. For a scalable pdf, click below.
Sudilkov-Shepetovka Society Anniversary Celebration in Chicago for Ivan Sol, 22 Oct 1939.Pdf
Source for the above images: the Miriam Weiner Archives.
Members of the Kaplan family have been identified in this Chicago Society dinner by Jean Kaplan Teichroew.
Shown above left are M____ Kushner, Mordechai Kaufman, and Leah Kaufman in a photo mailed from Shepetovka to relatives in the United States in 1920. The photo above right was taken between 1948 and 1952, most likely in New York. Shown from left to right are Ruth Kushner, Max Kushner, Sam Gallis, Sarah Gallis, sonia Sterzer, Sam Sterzer, Sam Liberman, Ethel Kaufman, William Kaufman, and unknown. Source: the Miriam Weiner Archives.
Shifra and Shaul Applebaum in New York, 1947, from the Sudilkov-Shepetowka Relief Society
(Source: the Miriam Weiner Archives).
Julius Weiner, President of the Sudilkov-Shepetowka Relief Society in Chicago, 1947
(Source: the Miriam Weiner Archives).
Julius Weiner in 1984. See an excerpt from his interview on the Stories page. Source: the Miriam Weiner Archives.
This photo is taken from the United Shepetovker Organization for Israel Banquet program from December 24, 1950 in New York (Source: the Miriam Weiner Archives). The surnames appear to be Kislin, Gallis, Applebaum, Yakerson, Fellman, Gibbs, Sterzer, and Krasner. The source photo labels the women in Yiddish, with no left or right description. If you can translate from the Yiddish for front row and back row, please contact me.
This photo is taken from the United Shepetovker Organization for Israel Banquet program from December 24, 1950 in New York (Source: the Miriam Weiner archives). The surnames appear to be Shachman, Applebaum, Fishbein, Greenberg, Kuper, Feldman, Yakerson, Hoffman, Gibbs, Shapira, Stoorzer, Gallis, Frief, Gellman, Auertiner.
Members of the United Shepetovker Organization of America for Israel in New York, 1957
Source: the Miriam Weiner Archives.
Members of the United Shepetovker Organization of America for Israel in New York, 1957 (Source: the Miriam Weiner Archives).
Message from Shaul Applebaum to the United Shepetovker Organization of America for Israel, 1950 in New York. If you can translate this message, please contact me.
Message from Shaul Applebaum to the Shepetovker Young Men's Association, 1957 in New York. If you can translate this message, please contact me.
Jacob and Rose Gray, 1950, New York. Jacob Gray's original surname was Grushco.
Shifra Tiara (?), 1957, New York
On the left, in memory of Jacob and Rose Gray from Mr. and Mrs. B. Tilson.
On the right, Ms. Shifra Tiara/Tyra (?) from 1957. Both photos are from Shepetovka Association Yearbooks (Source: the Miriam Weiner Archives).
The Berg and the Silversteins from the 1968 Chicago Yearbook of the Sudilkov-Shepetowka Relief Society (Source: the Miriam Weiner Archives).
Active Members of the Chicago Sudilkov-Shepetokwa Relief Society included:
Top row, left to right: Bernard Kaplan, Charles Arbit, Charles Shore, Harry Kaizer.
Middle row, left to right: Ida Berman, Samuel Fleishman, Harry Matlin, Jack Novar, Larry Shore, Louis Isman.
Bottom row, left to right: Ralph Grossman, Anna and Emanuel Becker, and Edith Kachman. Source: Jean Kaplan Teichroew and the Miriam Weiner Archives.
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