Month: June 2021

Yurii Pavlenko, head of the regional administration in central Ukrainian Zhytomyr, told participants of the annual pilgrimage to the icon of the Mother of God […]

SEDER MOED of TALMUD Interesting rare TALMUD GMARA first part of SEDER MOED with holy RASH”I commentary, MASORET HA’SHA”S, TAKLIN CHADETIN commentary on SHEKALIM tractate […]

IHOR SKLENAR PREPARED THIS TEXT BASED ON MATERIALSOF OLEKSANDR PIVOVARSKYI (JULY-2006) The city of Berdychiv in central Ukraine’s Zhytomyr Region is known for its rich […]

(Courtesy: Jan Lisa Huttner) The Marc Chagall retrospective currently at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art includes some of the artist’s most arresting pieces, […]

(Courtesy:Tomek Wiśniewski) Date: 1915 Date: 1915 Date: 1942Photograph: WH soldier

Title: Berdichev at time of Balzac and Ganskaya Artist: Balzak Largo Size: 16.5″ x 11.8″ in (42 x 30 cm) Material: watercolor on paperboard Year: […]

Name: Fayntukh, SolomonAlso known as: Feintukh, SolomonBorn: 1899 (Berdichev)Died: 1985 (Kharkov) Tracks with this artist: 1)Title: Sher (Evreiskii Narodni Ensemble)Genre: Orchestral/FolkOn album: H-006(g) (USSR Recordings […]

(Courtesy: Panyenko) During the Russian Empire the city used the arms above. In 1867 B.Kene proposed new arms for the town. In the first quarter […]

Biographical Sketches (Courtesy: H. S. L.Harry S. Linenthall) Born in Berditchev, Russia Oct. 12, 1867. At age of 17 imprisoned by Czar as political prisoner, […]

INCORPORATED IN NEW YORK COUNTY 1848-1920 [in the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) collection of New York County incorporations] Prepared / Edited By Ada Greenblatt […]