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Yaruha, Ukraine
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Welcome to the KehilaLink for Yaruha, a small shtetl on the Dniester River that was home at one time to nearly 2,000 Jews. You are viewing the Home page. Please visit the other pages by clicking on the links above. |
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1900s Name: Yaruha Modern: Yaruha,
Ukraine
Other names: Yaruga [Rus], Yara: יערע [Yid], Jaruha [Ukr], Iaruga [Rom], Jaruga
[Pol], Yarugha 14 miles SE of Mohyliv-Podilskyy, 12 miles NW of Yampol, on the border with Moldova. In Transnistria during WWII.
Jewish Population of Yaruha: 1784 = 60; 1847 = 224; 1897 = 1,271 (51% of total population); 1926 = 1,833; 1944 = 40 (approximately).
Yaruha was one of 96 shtetls in the Province of Podolia which had a total of about 400,000 Jews with shtetls whose Jewish populations ranged from 750-16,000. Yaruha, with a Jewish population of 1,271 in 1897 (about 50% of the total population), was among the smallest of the shtetls.
Today, the village of Yaruha has a total population of no more than several hundred residents, with few or no remaining Jews.
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Vineyard in the shtetl of
Yaruga. Podolia region, Ukraine, early 1920s.
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Peaceful Yaruga which did its utmost to weather the storm. Beautiful Yaruga, overlooking the Dniester River in whose shimmering waters she casts her reflections, she stands high on a lofty peak, like a proud mother watching over her loved ones. Her streets were warmed with the sunshine of hospitality . . . with the smile of friendship. Jews were the backbone of its very existence. Its influential citizens, its businessmen, its workingmen, were Jews. They supplied the surrounding villages with food, with clothing, with shelter. Among its many proud possessions were its wine gardens. Its people constantly toiling in them preparing the wines which they drank at their weekly bazaars. Happy-go-lucky Yaruga, besprinkled with gaiety and splendor . . . honored and cherished by all who knew her.
Source: Souvenir Journal 20th Anniversary Banquet, Progressive Society of Yaruga, 1937 (A link to the complete Journal may be found in the Stories section of this website.)
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Dniester River, Yaruga
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YOUTUBE VIDEOS ABOUT YARUHA
Links to the Youtube videos: Yaruha: 6-minute video of Yaruha village filmed in 2013. Moyshele My Friend: Yiddish song by Efim Aleksandrov with Yaruha scenes dedicated to the lost shtetl of Yaruha and the Jews who lived there . Village of Yaruha the Righteous of Peace in the World: Honoring the village residents who helped save the Jews of Yaruha during WWII. Farm Life in Yaruha: Filmmaker s family in scenes in modern day Yaruha, 2020.
Note: The writer extends thanks to Marina Nevyarovskiy, former Yaruha Town Leader, for sourcing these videos.
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CEMETERIES IN YARUHA
Old Cemetery: Established in early 19th century; last burial 1940. Approximately 200 gravestones. Fenced and protected by the ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative.
New Cemetery: Established sometime in the late 19th century. The earliest gravestone found is dated 1925; the latest is dated 2004. Approximately 200 gravestones. Fenced and protected by the ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative.
Source: ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative.
YARUHA TOWN VIEWS
One of many abandoned houses in Yaruha that have been left to stand.
Former Hospital
Old Shop Road along old cemetery
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