It has been a dream of mine to recreate the Lewistown Jewish community online. To offer those of us who grew up in Lewistown a way to share the stories of our youth and to tell others about our parents and grandparents lives before these stories are lost forever. So many small town Jewish communities have passed from existence in the United States as the children who were born there have migrated to larger towns and cities. This is my effort with the help of my friends to keep the town alive for our children and for their children and grandchildren to come -- so that they can learn about our part in the lives of small towns across this country. I would like my children to know how our grandparents and great grandparents came to America from Eastern Europe and elsewhere and made it their own.
Iris B. Sitkin