People
The following photo from 1920, held in Israeli archives, shows a group of Zionist pioneers from Shepetovka who stopped off in Lvov on their way to Palestine. Some people may have been from Sudilkov. If you recognize any of the men in this photo, please contact this web page manager. The man identified as #19 is believe to be Isaac Novoseletsky (Yitshak Nevo), who helped found the moshav Kfar Yehoshua in Israel. The woman identified as #8 is believed to be Chana Katchka, and #12 is her husband, Itzhak Muchnik. The couple were from Shepetovka and were also early founders of Kfar Yehoshua.
Shepetovkans in Lvov en route to Palestine circa 1920
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.
"Bubbe," "Zayde", Ida, Harry, and Alice Green (Grunblatt). Photo courtesy of Marilyn Lustig
This photograph depicts the Grunblatt (later Green) family of Sudilkov. 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.
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 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.
The photos below were taken from societies that formed in the US to assist countrymen back in Sudilkov. Some of the people pictured may be from Shepetovka; there was a lot of crossover between the two communities.
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).
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).
Compiled by Miriam Kirshner
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