feldmesterinDec 14, 20232 minSore-Rokhl "the fat" cemetery Jewess of Krinski Since it's the last day of Khanike, when, in some communities, the left over "dead thread" from Yom Kippur would be used to make khanike...
feldmesterinNov 28, 20233 min"Today it is customary to go to the cemetery with an elderly Jewess" I'm getting ready today to teach my final class on this online course with JTS, in which we will be taking a closer look at the...
feldmesterinOct 5, 20236 minInviting the dead to our parties - a post for Hoshanah Rabbah In the summer of 2018, my little sister Viv got married. Our mother died when she was 2 and I was 4, and I was incredibly honoured when ...
feldmesterinJan 27, 20232 minBobtshke Kilikovski Cohen, the zogerke who measured cemeteriesIn the memorial book to the Jewish community of Volovisk (Vawkavysk, Belarus), I found my second description of a real life feldmesterin....