Title
Mayn lebens-geshikhte: farshidenartige pasirung'n un epizod'n fun a yosem
מיין לעבענס-געשיכטע: פארשידענארטיגע פאסירונג'ן און אפיזאד'ן פון א יתום
Category
Author/Originator
Goldenshteyn, Pinkhes-Dov (1848-1930)
Year of Publication/Creation
1928-1929Place of Publication/Creation
Petaḥ-TikvahLanguage(s)
YiddishGeographic Places
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Tiraspol (Tireshpil, Treshpil), Moldova (image 6, 56)
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Basarabeasca (Romanovka), Moldova (image 20, 43, 114, 127, 236)
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Velyka Mykhaylivka (Velikaya Mikhaylovka, Grosulovo, Groseles), Ukraine (image 54)
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Chechelnyk (Chechelnik, Tshetshelnik), Ukraine (image 61, 149)
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Savran, Ukraine (image 62, 300)
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Taslic (Tashlyk, Tashlik), Moldova (image 87)
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Butor (Buter), Moldova (image 99, 188)
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Causeni (Kaushany, Causenii-Noi, Novyye Kaushany, Kovishon), Moldova (image 103)
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Odesa (Odessa, Ades), Ukraine (image 108)
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Maiac (Mayak), Moldova (image 115)
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Bestemac (Beshtemak), Moldova (image 139)
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Lyubavichi (Lubavitch, Libavitsh), Russia (image 144, 267)
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Shklou (Shklov), Belarus (image 149)
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Bradicesti (Bruditshesht), Romania (image 162)
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Husi (Husvaros, Hussburg, Hish, Ish), Romania (image 164)
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Iasi (Jassy, Yos, Yas), Romania (image 166, 183)
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Stefanesti (Stefanesti-Targ, Shtefenesht), Romania (image 167)
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Calarasi (Kalarash), Moldova (image 169)
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Porcani (Parkany, Perkon), Moldova (image 199)
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Dubasarii Vechi (Olt-Dubesar), Moldova (image 260)
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Lisne (Manzyr, Lesnoye, Grafinya, Grafinye), Ukraine (image 262)
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Petrovca (Petrovka), Moldova (image 273)
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Slobozia (Slobodze), Moldova (image 277)
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Bakhchysaray (Bakhchisaray), Crimea (image 282)
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Talne (Talnoye, Tolne), Ukraine (image 297)
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Buzynove, Ukraine (image 324)
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Bilohirsk (Belogorsk, Karasub, Karasubazar), Crimea (image 356)
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Khashchuvate (Khoshchevatoye, Khashchevato, Khashtshevate, Khashtshevote), Ukraine (image 358, 411)
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Balta (Bolte), Ukraine (image 383)
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Feodosiya (Theodosia, Kaffa, Caffa, Kefe), Crimea (image 433)
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Petah Tikva (Petach Tikva), Israel (image 458, 500)
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Kfar-Saba, Israel (image 483)
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Hadera, Israel (image 496)
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Leova (Leovo, Leove, Lyeve), Moldova (image 181)
In this nineteenth-century memoirs, arguably the first by a Jewish religious functionary, the author Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn (1848-1930), a shochet, describes his life in numerous cities and towns in Ukraine, Crimea, and elsewhere. Touro University Press has published Michoel Rotenfeld’s annotated English translation entitled The Shochet: A Memoir of Jewish Life in Ukraine and Crimea in two volumes. Click here for more information.
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