I would like to thank the following people for contributing to this KehilaLink, and for giving me moral support:~Sylvia Walowitz~Rex Hemme~Leslie Sklair~Marshall Cohen~Yakov Pasik~ Ilya Fishov~Arnold Chamove~Caitlin Hitt~Seth Nasatir~Marilyn Katler~Edna Hoover~Michael Lubov~Igor Mett~Ilya Fishov~Shaul Sharoni~Linda KanevskyI could not have completed this KehilaLink without you.I also acknowledge the discrepancies in the spellings of various locations, such as Kiev and Kyyiv. This is due to variations in transliteration and in pronunciations of these locations. I have chosen to accept the spelling as it was presented to me.