Will all the resources identified recently be published in table form. I am overwhelmed. Ervin
On Mon, Nov 9, 2026 at 2:17 PM Jim Wald <[email protected]> wrote: > Czernowitzers! > > I join the others in sending condolences on the passing of Berti Glaubach. > > As the original and irreplaceable Czernowitzers depart, the rest of us > will have ever more need of precious research resources. Here is a new one, > which includes material in multiple languages, some from fairly obscure > sources. I have only begun to explore it, but I looked at Czernowitz and > Sadagura as well as some tiny locales. Among other things, you can find > Gold's history of the Jews of Bukovina in the original German to read > online or download. Speaking of languages, Google translate can handle > images, so that may be all you need when dealing with a short passage not > in English. And note that, at the bottom of this page, there are some links > to resources for crowdsourced help with identification of photographs or > translations of short amounts of genealogical information. > > Jim > > > https://www.zikaron.tourolib.org/about > > Project Zikaron, a project of *Touro University Libraries (New York)* > <https://www.tourolib.org/>, aims to expand the body of world knowledge > by making thousands of books, articles, manuscripts, and documents > accessible, many of which are rare and unique, in addition to serving as an > information portal for the study of the local history of thousands of > Jewish communities worldwide, with a particular focus on those destroyed in > Europe under Nazi aggression. Project Zikaron (*zikaron* means “memory” > in Hebrew) is making these materials easily accessible for the first time, > with the goal of reviving the memory of these communities and the people > who inhabited them. Most of the material is in Hebrew, Yiddish, English, > German, French, and Russian, with the collection spanning more than 30 > languages in total. Project Zikaron opened to the public in November 2026. > > Our historical resources are categorized by the current name of each town. > Use the Town Search <https://www.zikaron.tourolib.org/items/search> > feature to search for the current, former, or Yiddish name of a city, town, > or village to access the full-text content. For the first time, thousands > of books, articles, and documents have been indexed by town name to > facilitate easy access, thereby eliminating the need to search full-text > for alternative town names or to compensate for OCR errors. > > Project Zikaron lists the current name first, followed by former or > Yiddish names in parentheses, followed by the current country in which it > is located. To identify the most authentic Yiddish names, we have consulted > Yiddishland <https://yivo.org/Yiddishland>, Berel Kagan’s *Sefer > ha-Prenumerantn* <https://www.hebrewbooks.org/46561>, and other sources. > Town names highlighted in yellow indicate that it is not certain that the > correct locality was identified, as illustrated here > <https://www.zikaron.tourolib.org/paneth1886>. When a town cannot be > identified, which is sometimes due to there being more than one town by > that name in the region, it does not have its own webpage, as is the case > with Tshipilivits here <https://www.zikaron.tourolib.org/kitover1871>. In > general, cities, towns, and villages are listed, although many countries > and some regions are also included, particularly when a Yizkor book is > dedicated to that area. The number appearing to the left of each current > town name represents the number of resources available for that town, > excluding external links. > > Our interactive *map* > <https://www.zikaron.tourolib.org/geolocation/map/browse>*,* which links > directly to full-text content, is also the first of its kind. Using this > map, users can enhance their research by easily navigating to materials > relating to nearby localities. For a *listing of entries that are not > cities, towns, or villages*, click here > <https://www.zikaron.tourolib.org/entries>. > > We are proud to include a growing number of unpublished memoirs > transcribed from the original manuscripts: the third volume of Avraham > Shlomoh Melamed’s <https://www.zikaron.tourolib.org/melamed_v1-3> Hebrew > memoirs of life in the Crimea from 1914 until 1920; the second volume of Rabbi > Shimen Eisenberg’s <https://www.zikaron.tourolib.org/eisenberg_v2> > Yiddish memoirs of the horrors of Jewish life in Belarus after World War I > (see our English-language introduction); the autobiography of Yitskhok > Tzvi Frank <https://www.zikaron.tourolib.org/frank1964>, a Gerer Hasid > who immigrated to America in 1904; a hand-drawn map and description > <https://www.zikaron.tourolib.org/aberson1988> of Veisiejai, Lithuania in > 1920, as recollected by Ruth Aberson; and Raya Kagan > <https://www.zikaron.tourolib.org/kaganmezherich>’s reminiscences of her > childhood in a Jewish agricultural colony in Ukraine in the early 1900s. > *CATEGORIES*: > > The historical materials in Project Zikaron are divided into the following > categories: > > *Pinkasim*: Project Zikaron is the first website to provide digital > images, summaries, and transcriptions of *pinkasim* (Jewish communal > registers). Once maintained by every Jewish community, the relatively few > surviving *pinkasim* (*pinkas* in the singular) are among the few > surviving internal Jewish documents to describe daily Jewish life. > Digitized images of dozens of *pinkasim *from the 18th and 19th centuries > were obtained through a cooperative agreement between the Russian National > Library and Touro College & University System’s Project Zikaron. (Published > *pinkasim* are listed under Communal Histories.) > > *Autobiographies*: Project Zikaron has digitized and indexed thousands of > Jewish autobiographies and memoirs—a largely overlooked source of some of > the richest information about Jewish communities—some of which consist of > hundreds of pages. These accounts are often the only extensive descriptions > of these communities, such as Kalman Marmor’s memoirs > <https://www.zikaron.tourolib.org/marmor/151>, in which he briefly > describes most of the 100 Jewish families of his native *shtetl* of > Meyshegole (now Maišiagala), Lithuania. We have indexed the primary > localities discussed, with particular emphasis on smaller communities. > Included is a listing of autobiographies arranged alphabetically by the > authors’ surnames. Only Jewish autobiographies that discuss Jewish life > have been included. > > *Yizkor Books*: Yizkor books memorialize Jewish communities destroyed > during the Holocaust. Project Zikaron has digitized and made fully > searchable over 1,250 Yizkor books, including over 150 Yizkor journals, and > has indexed over 4,000 localities mentioned in them. Yizkor journals > primarily cover Bialystok > <https://www.zikaron.tourolib.org/archival-records/bialystok>, Krements > <https://www.zikaron.tourolib.org/archival-records/kremenets>, and > Zhelekhov <https://www.zikaron.tourolib.org/archival-records/zelechow>. > Included are approximately 20 Yizkor books > <https://www.zikaron.tourolib.org/zhitomir> published during the interwar > period, which primarily memorialize Jewish communities devastated during > the Russian Civil War (1917–1921). Also included are publications of > *landsmanshaftn* (hometown societies), primarily published in the United > States, and memorial books published in Germany, often by municipal > archives, that list or provide short biographies of former Jewish residents. > > *Cemeteries*: Includes books and articles about specific Jewish > cemeteries. Many of these resources document tombstone inscriptions, either > throughout the entire cemetery or only for the rabbis and prominent > community members buried there. Many of these cemeteries were documented > before World War II and were later destroyed during the Holocaust. This > category also includes Hevrah Kadishah > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevra_kadisha> (Jewish burial society) > ledgers that have been transcribed and published. > > *Prenumerantn** (Pre-Subscription Lists)*: Jewish authors of the past few > hundred years, especially writers on rabbinic subjects, often traveled to > numerous communities to sell advance copies of their works to raise the > necessary funds for publication. These advance subscribers—*prenumerantn* > in Yiddish—were often acknowledged by having their names printed in the > book, and their names were usually organized by locality. (The “Search > Inside” feature searches only the *prenumerantn* lists, not the entire > book.) > > *Communal Histories*: This category consists of local histories, > travelogues, folklore research, musical scores, and other published works > that include information about Jewish communities, their rabbis, and > prominent citizens. > *OTHER FEATURES:* > > *External Internet Resources*: The bottom of each town page often > contains links to relevant internet resources, arranged by category, e.g., > Jewish History, General History, etc. > > *Recent Updates tab*: Lists materials added within the past 30 days. > *TRANSLATION ASSISTANCE:* > > For assistance in translating short passages relating to genealogy, try > posting your questions on one of the following websites: > > - Tracing the Tribe - Jewish Genealogy > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/20364215746> on Facebook > - JewishGen’s ViewMate <https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/> > - Genealogical Translations > <https://www.facebook.com/groups/GenealogicalTranslations/> on Facebook > > To find a translator for Yiddish or Hebrew material, see: > https://www.yivo.org/Translators-List > *ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS* > > We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Conference on Jewish > Material Claims Against Germany, supported by the German Federal Ministry > of Finance. > > > > > > > -- > > > > *Disclaimer* > > The information contained in this communication from the sender is > confidential. 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