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~ Religious Life ~ |
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There are no official documents reflecting the history of Jewish settlements in Dolha, but clues can be obtained from writings on cemetery gravestones, which bear witness to the fact that first Jews who settled in Dolha came from Galicia around 1820. |
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One clue sheds light upon the existence of Moshe KERSCHENBAUM, the son-in-law of Benyumen KERSCHENBAUM, so called Benjumen of Trosnoy, who already lived close to the entrance of the village Sucha-Bronka. Moshe KERSCHENBAUM settled in Dolha as a small-scale farmer. |
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By 1860, there were several Jewish families living in Dolha. |
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When property ownership was in the hands of the SCHONBORNS, a family of "nobility," the Jewish population increased and Jews were required to pay taxes and levies. Until the and of the 19th century, births, marriages, and deaths were recorded and maintained in the County of Khust (Huszt) however, Jewish marriages, performed by Rabbis, were not officially recorded in most cases. This would become a grave problem—in early 1941—when a number of Jewish families without Hungarian citizenship were expelled to Nazi occupied Ukrainian territory, to Kamenets-Podolski, and murdered there. |
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Around 1880, a synagogue was built in Dolha and the first Rabbi who led the community for 60 years, until 1944, was the highly-respected Rabbi Usher Zelig GRUNZWEIG. He was reputed to be a humble man of great spiritual zeal and love for humanity. Rabbi GRUNZWEIG maintained a small Yeshivah of students and kept his house open to all in need. |
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~ Religious Life Discussion ~ by Sidney (Zalman) SCHWIMMER, Israel |
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~ Dovhe Synagogue ~ |
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~ Dovhe Synagogue Location ~ Photo: Alik FRIEDMAN, Israel Left of Post Office today |
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~ Dovhe Rabbis ~ |
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~ Dovhe Cemetery ~ |
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Jewish families that lived in Dovhe, and possibly other nearby villages, used the Dovhe cemetery as the final resting place for their loved ones. |
The cemetery is located behind a house on a side street. It has a wire fence and gate. |
In the documents section of the "Other" tab, you will find a link to a U.S. Commission Report completed in 2005 that attempted to document Jewish Cemeteries (and Synagogues and Mass Grave Sites) in Ukraine. This cemetery is not listed as well as many other village cemeteries of the Zakarpats'ka oblast. |
~ Rabbis ~ |
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Rabbi Chaim Yoel ben Ben-Zion Yitzhak Z"L d. 6 Cheshvan 5732 (25 October 1971) Photo: Copyright ©2012 Marshall Katz, USA Rabbi and teacher |
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~ Dovhe Cemetery Tombstones ~ |
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Following are tombstones found in the cemetery. |
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Created and Compiled by: Marshall J. KATZ, USA with assistance from Leya ARONSON, Canada Alik FRIEDMAN, Israel Debbi KORMAN, USA M. Y. EHRENREICH, USA Amos Israel ZEZMER, France and the following JewishGen members/descendants and contributors of Dovhe Jewish families: Sidney (Zalman) SCHWIMMER, Israel |
Updated: 29 July 2020 |
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(14 January 1960)