In the Shadow of the Shtetl: Small-Town Jewish Life in Soviet Ukraine

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

In the Shadow of the Shtetl k This page intentionally left blank IndIana UnIversIty Press bloomIngton & IndIanaPolIs Small-Town Jewish Life in Soviet Ukraine Jeffrey VeIdlInger In the Shadow of the Shtetl k This book is a publication of Indiana University Press Office of Scholarly Publishing Herman B Wells Library 350 1320 East 10th Street Bloomington, Indiana 47405 Usa iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931© 2013 by Jeffrey Veidlinger All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansI Z39.48–1992. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Veidlinger, Jeffrey, 1971– author. In the shadow of the shtetl : small-town Jewish life in Soviet Ukraine / Jeffrey Veidlinger. pages ; cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-253-01151-0 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-253-01152-7 (ebook) 1. Shtetls—Ukraine—History—20th century. 2. Shtetls—Ukraine—Vinnyts’ka oblast’— History—20th century. 3. Jews—Ukraine—Social life and customs—20th century. 4. Jews—Ukraine—Vinnyts’ka oblast’—Social life and customs—20th century. I. Title. DS135.U4V45 2013 305.892’404778—dc23 2013014359 1 2 3 4 5 18 17 16 15 14 13 k For those who shared their stories with us. ‫ג‬ ‫עדענקשַאפט‬ ‫בענקשַאפט‬ ‫די‬ ,‫ּפנימער‬ ‫פיל‬ ‫הָאט‬ ‫בליקן‬ ‫און‬ ‫ּפנימער‬ ‫פיל‬ ‫י‬ ‫עדעמען‬ ‫קען‬ ‫יעדערער‬ ‫ווָאס‬ ‫דערשטיקן‬ ‫און‬ ‫דערשטוינען‬ ,‫דו‬ ‫נָאר‬ ,‫ּפנימער‬ ‫זַאמלסט‬ ‫דו‬ ,‫ניגון‬ ‫און‬ ‫טָאן‬ ‫זייער‬ ‫היטסט‬ ‫קיינער‬ ‫שוין‬ ‫ס'זָאל‬ ‫ַאז‬ ‫מער‬ ‫מָאל‬ ‫קיין‬ ‫צעקריגן‬ ‫ניט‬ ‫ווידער‬ ‫זיך‬ .‫געדענקשַאפט‬ ‫מיט‬ ‫קַארלָאוו‬ ‫בָאריס‬ Memory Longing Has many faces Many faces and expressions And each and every one of them Surprises and suppresses. But you, You collect faces, Safekeeping their tone and timbre, So that nobody Will ever Quarrel again With memory. borIs Karloff This page intentionally left blank ...