Re: [Cz-L] The Lost Synagogues of Czernowitz

As the Jews migrated from east Galicia into Czernowitz, some dropped
their religious affiliation but some remained loyal to the rebbes from
their origins, especially those rebbes who established chasidish
shtiblech in Czernowitz. My maternal grandfather went to the Zhalichike
rebbe's shtibl because this grandfather came from the Zastawna district
and probably had a previous affiliation with Zalischiky. His
brother-in-law went to the Horodenker rebbe's shtibl and my paternal
grandfather was the gabbi of the Moishev Zekeinem shul. Twenty men make
a fairly good shtibl. The rest is arithmetic. Of the three that I
mentioned, only the Moishev Zekeinim is on the map. Is it possible that
in the 1920's there were 60 shuls. It is possible.

Having mentioned my maternal grandfather, let me make another point. I
asked a few weeks ago if there are any vital records for the Zastwna
district because, according to my Mother, the family migrated from Uscie
Biskupie in Galicia some dozen kilometers into Bucovina and settled in
Pohorloutz in the Zastawna district where, I believe, all my mother's
siblings were born including herself. Although they claimed to be from
Czernowitz, I had reason to believe that they moved to Czernowitz just
before WW I. Based on my research, I also concluded that my great
grandmother was a member of the Rosenblatt clan from Uscie Biscupie
whose father was Hersh Rosenblatt (1801-1867) and whose grandfather was
very likely Abraham Rosenblatt (1769-1832). I also noted in my research
that some members of this family had moved to Pohorloutz by 1860. I
postulated, therefore, that my great grandmother took her family to this
village to join other Rosenblatts who preceded her, possibly an older
brother. The reason for this migration into Bucovina was very nicely
summarized by Mimi last week. None of us has found vital records for
Zastawna but Logan Kleinwaks put on the web a searchable version of the
Galicia and Bukovina business directory 1907-1913, probably compiled in
1906.
http://genealogyindexer.org/view/190713Leuchs19b/681 . Choose the town
and go there by putting the corresponding number instead 681. Add 20 to
the page of your town and it will get you there.
For me this was a gold mine because I now find that Pohorloutz actually
existed and my grandfather, Menshe Treiner had a spice/grocery business
(I had no idea!). His cousin or uncle, Eizik Treiner is in the fuel
business and, as I suspected, two Rosenblatts, Hersh and Abraham,
clearly named for the gentlemen above, are an innkeeper with a liquor
license and an associate in the spice business. In the absence of vital
records there are other very useful sources.
Ervin

On 3/21/2013 8:11 AM, Miriam Taylor wrote:
> I stand corrected. this shows what a contentious people we are.
> Like the joke about two Jews stranded on a desert island,
> who built three synagogues; one for one of them, one for the other
> and the third, just incase they wanted to pray together.
>
> Mimi

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