We Remember the Scroll of Kiriat Bialystok!
Kiriat Bialystok (
The scroll is in the Commemoration Room at the "Hall of
Bialystok" in Yehud. Contributed by the
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Kiriat Bialystok ( Placed
with the Cornerstone, This scroll is a
testimony that today, Thursday the 18th of the month
of Tishrei, the second day of Hol Hamoed Succoth 5711, the 28th of September
1950, in the third year of the State of Israel, we former resident of
Bialystok, living in Israel, together with delegates from former residents of
Bialystok living in the United States of America, canada, Australia,
Argentine, France and South Afria, have laid the corner stone for a city on
national soil, in memory of the community of Bialystok, killed, together with
the holy communities annhilated by the wicked Nazis, in the days of slaughter
of the blood - ridden years of the Second World War. Bialystok, our
city, a large city with a large Jewish
Community, a city of Torah and education, love of our fellow Jews, justice
and charity, Jews founded it, built it and perfected it, and spread the reputation
of its products and commerce to the far corners of earth and to distant
isles; it was in the forefront of every ferment and idea of national and
social liberation; it housed the cradle of Hibbath Zion; from this city it
went forth and founded the Hebrew University in Jerusalem; Jewish culture in
its numerous facets flourished in it; it played an important role in the
settlement of our land; and hundreds of its sons and daughters led the way to
Zion as pioneers. When Jacob
suffered difficult times and
Israel was persecuted, her sons rose to a man as a stronghold around her,
heroically defending their honor and their life, and and when finally the
bitter and impetuous day of its annhilation arrived, her sons, arrayed in
heroism and bearing the armor of uprising and vengeance, went out and waged
war on the enemy. By their heroic death they
glorified the reputation of their community and their name of This act which we are witnesing here today
establishes a memorial for our large and splendid community, may the Lord
revenge its blood, to rekindle its spirit among us and replant it on the and redeemed and liberated national soil. Today we have laid the cornerstone for the first hundreds of houses of this
settlement. The sons and daughters of our community who survived its
destruction will live in it, and will enlarge and beautify it, and will
contibue to waive the golden tread of the tradition of Jewish Bialystok. May we be granted that the spirit of the Bialystok will
rest on this settlement, the spirit of loyalty and dedication to the martyrs
of the nation and its creatures, the spirit of work and creation, the joy of
action and endeavour, and may we witness that the verse: - Moreover I shall appoint a place
for my people II
Samuel 7/10 will
come true. May it please the Lord to protect the
residents of this place and may their work be blessed, so that they in turn
will be a blessing within the land, Amen! Signed
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The Hall of Bialystok
17 Tennenbaum St.
Kiriat
Yehud 56210
Telephone: : 00-972-3-5360037
The Organization of Former Jewish Residents of
Jakob Kagan, Chairman, Telephone: 052-5243896 Email: y.kagan1@gmail.com
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