לחברי קהילת יוצאי קיידאן – שלום רב !

מדי שנה אנו נפגשים לאזכרת משפחתנו שנרצחו בקיידאן ב- 28.08.1941.

גם השנה נפגש ב- יום א' 29.08.2010 בשעה 17:45 באותו המקום – כ- 100 מ' אחרי השער
הראשי
של בית העלמין הישן של חולון, ליד הספסלים, ומשם נצא לכיוון המצבה.
לצערנו, הדור הראשון של הניצולים והמייסדים של העמותה שלנו ברובו כבר איננו, ואין
לנו את הכתובות והטלפונים של הדור השני.
לכן נשמח אם כל אחד/אחת מכם יעביר את התאריך הנ"ל לאנשים שיכולים להיות מעוניינים
להשתתף ומרגישים את עצמם כשייכים לקהילה.

בברכה,
אריה שצ'רבקוב
מזכיר העמותה.
0527-909-743
ashcherbakov@...




Shalom to our Keidaner Friends,
As each year, we are going to commemorate our families, murdered in Keidan on
August 28, 1941.
We'll meet on Sunday, 29.8.2010, at 17:45 at the same place - near the benches,
about 100 meters beyond the main entrance gate to the old cemetery of Holon.
From there we'll walk together to the Memorial dedicated to victims of Keidan.
Unfortunately, the majority of the first generation of survivors and founders of
our association are not with us any more and we have no addresses and/or phone
numbers of the second generation. Therefore we welcome each recipient of this
announcement to pass this information to people who may be interested to join us
and feel a part of the community.

With best regards,
Arie Shcherbakov
Secretary of the association
0527-909-743
ashcherbakov@...

----- Original Message -----

From: Barbera Levin

To: JewishKeidan@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:47 PM

Subject: RE: [JewishKeidan] Memorial ceremony on August 29 2010

 

Shalom Arie

 I am a first generation of a survivor from Keidan, my father who emigrated to South Africa prior to the Shoah. Thank you for letting me know about the memorial. Unfortunately we live in London and won’t be able to attend but will be in Shul on 28 August. My father’s whole family perished so I am so grateful to be told of the service on 29 August.

With gratitude

Kind regards

Barbara Levin

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From: JewishKeidan@yahoogroups.com [mailto:JewishKeidan@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of yakubovskisara
Sent: 17 August 2010 01:36
To: JewishKeidan@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [JewishKeidan] Memorial ceremony on August 29 2010

 

לחברי קהילת יוצאי קיידאן – שלום רב !

מדי שנה אנו נפגשים לאזכרת משפחתנו שנרצחו בקיידאן ב- 28.08.1941.

גם השנה נפגש ב- יום א' 29.08.2010 בשעה 17:45 באותו המקום – כ- 100 מ' אחרי השער הראשי
של בית העלמין הישן של חולון, ליד הספסלים, ומשם נצא לכיוון המצבה.
לצערנו, הדור הראשון של הניצולים והמייסדים של העמותה שלנו ברובו כבר איננו, ואין לנו את הכתובות והטלפונים של הדור השני.
לכן נשמח אם כל אחד/אחת מכם יעביר את התאריך הנ"ל לאנשים שיכולים להיות מעוניינים להשתתף ומרגישים את עצמם כשייכים לקהילה.

בברכה,
אריה שצ'רבקוב
מזכיר העמותה.
0527-909-743
ashcherbakov@...


Shalom to our Keidaner Friends,
As each year, we are going to commemorate our families, murdered in Keidan on August 28, 1941.
We'll meet on Sunday, 29.8.2010, at 17:45 at the same place - near the benches, about 100 meters beyond the main entrance gate to the old cemetery of Holon. From there we'll walk together to the Memorial dedicated to victims of Keidan.
Unfortunately, the majority of the first generation of survivors and founders of our association are not with us any more and we have no addresses and/or phone numbers of the second generation. Therefore we welcome each recipient of this announcement to pass this information to people who may be interested to join us and feel a part of the community.

With best regards,
Arie Shcherbakov
Secretary of the association
0527-909-743
ashcherbakov@...

----- Original Message -----

From: A Cassel

To: JewishKeidan@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 8:02 PM

Subject: [JewishKeidan] Israel Aug 29 commemoration [2 Attachments]

 

I apologize for the delay in posting this. On Aug. 29, a commemoration of the mass murder in Keidan was held near Tel Aviv. The following account was sent by Aryeh Shcherbakov. Photos are uploaded separately: 

 

Dear Andrew,

 

Attached you'll find photographs taken during our last commemoration meeting.

 

The memorial is dedicated to the victims of Keidan and of a few villages in its neighbourhood - Airiogola, Dotnuva, Kroki and Shat.

 

As I've written you, we're already quite a small group of those who generally come in the recent years - though I’ve expected at least 7 more Keidaners this time.

 

The participants this year (counting from the left to right) included:

 

Leon and Jenny Rubin (Jenny is of the Chesler family)
Nissan Krost
David Gladshtein
Avraham Upnitsky
Esther and Moshe Ginzburg
Arie (Lionya) Shcherbakov (of the Kagan family)
Simona Klein (of the Upnitsky family)
Tamar Dothan (of the Israelov family)

 

Warmest regards and Shana Tova to you and all your family,

 

Yours, Arie.

 

 

 

Andrew Cassel

8310 Tulpehocken Ave

Elkins Park, PA 19027

484-883-5448

acassel@...

 

Fellow Keidaners:

As some of you are aware, Aug. 29, 2011 will mark the 70th anniversary of the
mass murder that effectively put an end to the 500-year-old Jewish community of
Keidan.

As some of you also know, this date has been marked almost every year since 1941
by Keidaners and their descendents in Europe and Israel.

I recently met with Martin Kagan, one of our most distinguished landsleit and
himself a native of Keidan, whose family perished after he left in 1939. Now a
resident of Manhattan, Martin has suggested--and I heartily agree--that it would
be very appropriate to hold a similar memorial commemoration sometime next
August in New York City.

We would gather in the city to celebrate Keidan's history and remember the
hundreds who were martyred there. If there is sufficient interest and we can
raise the necessary funds, would also like to commission a stone memorial
marker, to be placed in an appropriate location such as the Keidaner burial plot
in Montefiore Cemetery in western Long Island.

While next August is 10 months away, planning for such a gathering needs to
begin soon. So I would like everyone who would be interested in attending to
raise a virtual hand; send an email to the JewishKeidan list indicating your
interest in attending and/or contributing.

It would likely be held mid-day, last no more than a couple of hours, with
perhaps some light refreshment afterward. I believe it could be a meaningful
occasion for everyone with a connection to the history community of Keidan.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Andy Cassel

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Just to clarify: Our idea is to hold a gathering somewhere convenient for those
traveling into New York, probably in Manhattan. The specific location is yet to
be determined. The first question is whether enough people would make time to
attend. If all who are interested would so indicate in the next couple of weeks,
we can decide whether to proceed with planning.

Please send an email either here or to me directly at acassel@..., and
also pass the word to anyone you know who's not on the list. Many thanks.

Andy



  JewishKeidan@yahoogroups.com, Josh Weinstein <jgw111@...> wrote:
>
> I hope I didn't create any confusion. ֲ There is another Montefiore cemetery
on Long Island but the Keidaner plot is at the 'old' location. Many Keidaners
are not near New York, but I hope it is convenient enough for a decent turnout.
>

Dear Andy and Fellow Keidaners,

I too would be interested in attending the proposed ceremony to memorialize the
destruction of Keidan in 1941. I hope we can get enough interest to make this
happen in 2011. Martin Kagan has come up with similar good ideas in the past.
Let's act on this one!

Olga Zabludoff

--- In JewishKeidan@yahoogroups.com, "awcassel" <acassel@...> wrote:
>
> Fellow Keidaners:
>
> As some of you are aware, Aug. 29, 2011 will mark the 70th anniversary of the
mass murder that effectively put an end to the 500-year-old Jewish community of
Keidan.
>
> As some of you also know, this date has been marked almost every year since
1941 by Keidaners and their descendents in Europe and Israel.
>
> I recently met with Martin Kagan, one of our most distinguished landsleit and
himself a native of Keidan, whose family perished after he left in 1939. Now a
resident of Manhattan, Martin has suggested--and I heartily agree--that it would
be very appropriate to hold a similar memorial commemoration sometime next
August in New York City.
>
> We would gather in the city to celebrate Keidan's history and remember the
hundreds who were martyred there. If there is sufficient interest and we can
raise the necessary funds, would also like to commission a stone memorial
marker, to be placed in an appropriate location such as the Keidaner burial plot
in Montefiore Cemetery in western Long Island.
>
> While next August is 10 months away, planning for such a gathering needs to
begin soon. So I would like everyone who would be interested in attending to
raise a virtual hand; send an email to the JewishKeidan list indicating your
interest in attending and/or contributing.
>
> It would likely be held mid-day, last no more than a couple of hours, with
perhaps some light refreshment afterward. I believe it could be a meaningful
occasion for everyone with a connection to the history community of Keidan.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
>
> Andy Cassel
>

Dear Keidaners,
         Some of you may already be familiar with the genealogical site Geni. I
was web browsing last week and to my complete surprise discovered the family
tree of my grandmother Feige Elle Lebetkin Weinstein at Geni. The tree was
developed a person completely unknown to me, Divon Mordichai Lan. It turns out
that Divon is a member of the Keidan Chessler family which was related to the
Lebetkins. I would definitely recommend this site for those doing family
searches. One value is that the site merges related family trees. In my case,
the Zagoviches, Chesslers and Zisles of Keidan were merged with the Lebetkins
(There were also members of the Veler and Lipshiz families in the tree.
        I do have a few reservations. A fair amount of the information was not
new to me. In addition, some trees were quite incomplete compared to other
information that I had. Nevertheless I would encourage Keidaners to try Geni
out.
                                   Josh Weinstein

Re the discussion on Geni, there's also some pitfalls.  Make sure your
family tree is saved somewhere safe on your computer and backed up.
By the time various people have grafted their family trees onto yours
on Geni, it will start to look unrecognisable and you don't know what
errors have crept in and how rigorous are there standards of evidence.
  It's the old story of people trying to 'force in bits of the jigsaw'
- which has been happening for centuries (as people tried to prove
their 'yichus' or descent from famous people).

Also, although Geni is basically free, if it for example tells you
that it has found a match for someone in your tree in another tree, it
then wants you to upgrade to the fee version in order to see the
match.

Like everything else, pros and cons! But you still might make that
essential connection using this website.

Harvey L Kaplan

Glasgow, Scotland

(Fayn, Kaplan in Keidan in the 1880s/1890s)