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History Of The Jews In Iași
The history of the Jews in Iași dates back to the late 16th century, when Sephardi Jews first arrived in the city. Iași has been the center of Jewish life in Moldavia for centuries. Once home to a thriving Yiddish culture, the first Yiddish theater in the world was founded in the city. The city's Jewish community was devastated by the Iași pogrom of 1941; one of the worst massacres of World War II, over 13,000 Jewish people were murdered during the pogrom. Today, the community has dwindled and has between 300 and 600 members and two operating synagogues. Contemporary community The Iași Jewish community maintains two synagogues, including the Great Synagogue. The Great Synagogue is the oldest surviving synagogue in Romania and is listed on the National Register of Historic Monuments in Romania. There is a Jewish hospitality house in Iași that caters to Jewish tourists. Open during the summer, the house helps tourists who are visiting the graves of tzaddikim buried in the reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sephardi Jews In Romania
Sephardic Jews have played an important historical role in Romania, although their numbers in the country have dwindled to a few hundred, with most living in the capital, Bucharest. Antisemitic Pogrom, pogroms and Eastern Bloc economies, economic strife lead to mass emigration out of the country in the 20th century. History Origins Many Sephardic Jews began settling in Wallachia in the 16th century, then under Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule, although there is evidence they began settling in Romania as early as 1496 following the Spanish Inquisition and Alhambra Decree. They arrived through the Ottoman Empire, which was more welcoming towards Jewish immigration than other countries in Europe at the time. Communities In 1730, following advice of Jews Daniel de Fonseca and Celebi Mentz Bali, the then-ruler of Wallachia, Nicolae Mavrocordat, formally allowed Sephardic Jews to organize themselves into communities. Since then, according to historian Iuliu Barasch, many Sephardim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of Israel
''The Times of Israel'' (ToI) is an Israeli multi-language online newspaper that was launched in 2012 and has since become the largest English-language Jewish and Israeli news source by audience size. It was co-founded by Israeli journalist David Horovitz, who is also the founding editor, and American billionaire investor Seth Klarman.Forbes: The World's Billionaires: Seth Klarman . April 2014. Based in , it "documents developments in Israel, the Middle East and around the Jewish world." Along with its original English site, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of The Jews In Bessarabia
The history of the Jews in Bessarabia, a historical region in Eastern Europe, dates back hundreds of years. Early history Jews are mentioned from very early on in the Principality of Moldavia, but they did not represent a significant number. Their main activity in Moldavia was commerce, but they could not compete with Greeks and Armenians, who had knowledge of Levantine commerce and relationships. Several times, when Jewish merchants created monopolies in some places in north Moldavia, Moldavian rulers sent them back to Galicia and Podolia. One such example was during the reign of Petru Șchiopul (1583–1591), who favored the English merchants led by William Harborne.Ion Nistor, ''Istoria Basarabiei'', Cernăuți, 1923, reprinted Chișinău, Cartea Moldovenească, 1991, pp. 201-02 In the 18th century, more Jews started to settle in Moldavia. Some of them were in charge of the Dniester crossings, replacing Moldavians and Greeks, until the captain of Soroca demanded their exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gruber's Journey
''Gruber's Journey'' or ''Călătoria lui Gruber'' is a 2008 Romanian drama film directed by Radu Gabrea. It is set in World War II during the Holocaust in Iași (Iași pogrom) and was shot on location in Bucharest. The film screened at the Third Annual Romanian Film Festival. Plot The film centers on an Italian writer named Curzio Malaparte, who was a member of the Italian Fascist Party. Malaparte is assigned to cover the Russian front for the Italian news service, and travels with Colonel Freitag of the Wehrmacht and the deputy commander of the local Romanian garrison to Romania. He suffers from a serious allergy and is sent to consult world-class allergist, Dr. Josef Gruber in Iași, but Gruber is missing. Suffering terribly from his allergy, Malaparte desperately seeks to find the doctor who has been captured. During his search for the doctor he encounters shocking situations in the Holocaust against the Jews in the city. He later writes a very critical account of the incid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeydl Shmuel-Yehuda Helman
Zeydl Shmuel-Yehuda Helman (, c. 1855 – c. 1938), who often published under the pen name Hazman (), was a Romanian Jewish actor, songwriter, journalist, and educator. In addition to working as an actor in the Yiddish theatre in Romania and in the United States, he wrote and published a large number of Yiddish theatre songs which were widely performed in the late nineteenth century, making him one of the earliest popular songwriters in the genre. Biography Helman was born in Iași, Romania in 1855. His birth name was Shmuel-Yehuda, but he took on the name Zeydl after a childhood illness. His father had been a Hazzan but died when Helman was young. His mother remarried and his stepfather wanted him to become a shoichet (ritual slaughterer), but due to his interest in music he became a Hazzan and music teacher in Jewish schools instead. Around 1890, he became an actor in the Yiddish theatre and began to compose many songs which became popular in Romania. Among his better-known piec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skver (Hasidic Dynasty)
Skver (also Skvir, Skvere, Skwere, or Square; ) is a Hasidic Judaism, Chasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yitzchok Twersky in the city of Skver (known in Yiddish), or Skvyra, in present-day Ukraine during the mid-19th century. Adherents of the Rebbe#Chasidic rebbe, rebbes of Skver are known as ''Skverer Hasidim''. The Skver dynasty is a branch of the Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty), Chernobyl dynasty. Its founder, Rebbe Yitzchok, also known as Reb Itzikl, was one of the eight sons of Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl, Mordechai, the Maggid of Chernobyl. There are currently three rebbes of the Skverer dynasty: * David Twersky (Skverer Rebbe), David Twersky, who leads the largest and most prominent branch, headquartered in New Square, New York. * Yechiel Michl Twersky, son of the late Rebbe David ("Reb Duvid'l") Twersky, who heads the Skver-Boro Park community. * Yitzchok Twersky, son of the late Reb Mottel Twersky, who leads the Skver-Flatbush community. Philosophy and lifestyle Skverer H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Twersky (Skverer Rebbe)
David Twersky, originally spelled Twerski (born 1940 or 1941), is the Grand Rabbi and spiritual leader of the village of New Square, New York, and of Skver (Hasidic dynasty), Skverer Hasidism worldwide. Early life Twersky was born in Iaşi, Romania. In 1945, at the end of World War II, his family moved to Bucharest. In 1947, they emigrated to the United States, where they settled in Borough Park, Brooklyn, and later in nearby Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Williamsburg. Twersky's father, Yakov Yosef Twersky, established the all-Hasidic village of New Square, New York, New Square in Rockland County in 1954. Family At the age of 18, Twersky married the late Chaya Chana Hager, the elder daughter of the Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty), Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Bnei Brak, Israel, Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty)#Moshe Yehoshua Hager, Moshe Yehoshua Hager. The couple had four sons and three daughters. Twersky's wife Chaya Chana died in 2024, and was predeceased by her daughter Tziporah Goldman, who died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
