Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Author’s Forward 1
5. 1. Family Memoirs 5
6. 2. My Mother’s Family 7
7. 3. My Father 8
8. 4. Reb Mordecai Peltz 12
9. 5. The Belzer Rabbi 15
10. 6. Ignatz Deutsch 20
11. 7. The Krakow Rabbi 22
12. 8. The Newspaper 25
13. 9. Hospitality 28
14. 10. The Talner Rebbe 30
15. 11. My Father’s Death 31
16. 12. YaHa”Sh 33
17. 13. Jacob Werber, the Master of Haivri 34
18. 14. My Childhood 38
19. 15. Melamdim 39
20. 16. Gemara Melamdim 42
21. 17. My Two Girlfriends 44
22. 18. Haskalah 46
23. 19. Reb Vovtshi’s Kloyz 48
24. 20. In Tarnow 52
25. 21. The Tarnow Kloyz 52
26. 22. Kloyz-boys 54
27. 23. Reb Naftoli Reb Pesakh’s 55
28. 24. Shidukhim 58
29. 25. I Become a Khosn [Groom] 60
30. 26. My Wedding 63
31. 27. After the Wedding 64
32. 28. Village Work 66
33. 29. I Get “Shot” 68
34. 30. I Get “Bound” 70
35. 31. Riding a Horse 72
36. 32. I Become a Merchant 76
37. 33. Yozefov 78
38. 34. Velvele Damask 82
39. 35. Radomishla 85
40. 36. A Fallen “Takef ” 88
41. 37. At the Rebbe’s in Dembitz 92
42. 38. A Strike in the Zgursk Manor 96
43. 39. Jews and Peasants 99
44. 40. Pritsim, Gendarmes, and Priests 103
45. 41. Pritsim, Gendarmes, and Priests (continued) 110
46. 42. The “Wedding” 117
47. 43. Shimshen Asheim 123
48. 44. Theft 126
49. 45. Shtsutsin (Szczuczyn) 133
50. 46. The Sold-off Estate 138
51. 47. Wet and Dry Years 140
52. 48. The Wet Year 141
53. 49. The Dry Year 143
54. 50. Uncle Moshe Lind 145
55. 51. Out of Yozefov 147
56. 52. The Shtsutsin Meadows 148
57. 53. Oshitz 154
58. 54. Uncle Khazkl 156
59. 55. Yitzhok Mordkhe Bernstein 158
60. 56. My Business Ventures in the Shtsutsin Meadows 161
61. 57. My Father-in-law and His Enemies 162
62. 58. Criminal Proceedings 167
63. 59. Pikolovka 169
64. 60. The Takeover of Pikolovka 173
65. 61. Punishment or Coincidence? 177
66. Margoshes Family Genealogy 180
67. Glossary 185
68. Index 189