Memorial Book of the Community of Turka on the Stryj and Vicinity Turka, Ukraine - Translation of Sefer Zikaron le-Kehilat Turka al nehar Stryj ve-h Siegelman Yitzhak
Turka is a Ukrainian town situated on the left bank of the river Stryi. Jews first came to Turka in the 1800s. The first synagogue, Jewish cemetery and the Jewish old age home were built in 1730. In…
Specifikacia Memorial Book of the Community of Turka on the Stryj and Vicinity Turka, Ukraine - Translation of Sefer Zikaron le-Kehilat Turka al nehar Stryj ve-h Siegelman Yitzhak
Turka is a Ukrainian town situated on the left bank of the river Stryi. Jews first came to Turka in the 1800s. The first synagogue, Jewish cemetery and the Jewish old age home were built in 1730. In 1903, Turka began to flourish when a railway line connected the city with Lwow and with Budapest, and the Austrian government authorized the founding of an official Jewish community. Business expanded, especially the lumber business. Jews owned the sawmills, had licenses to sell liquor. Others worked at various trades - tailoring, shoemaking, barbering, clock making, and lock smithing. Many of the physicians and lawyers in Turka were Jews. Yiddish theatre came to Turka and interest was sparked in cultural events, sports events, and political events. Some Jews were Zionists, some were Hassids, some were socialists, and some were assimilationists. After the Great War, Galicia reverted to