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Bertha Glaser and Nisan Makogom (Makgorn). 1930.JPG

Bertha Glaser and Nisan Makogom (Makgorn). 1930.JPG

Bertha Glaser and Nisan Makogon (Makgorn), 1930

Bertha Glaser and Nisan Makogon (Makgorn), 1930

Street in Kupel, 2005

Street in Kupel, 2005

Rav Itzhak Meer Glaser. Last Rav of Kupel the Shtetl

Rav Itzhak Meer Glaser.  Last Rav of Kupel the Shtetl

Rav Itzhak Meer Glaser. Born in 1886 in Kupel. Married Gitl Perelman, they had 8 children:

Khaya Dvoira (Bertha), Mekhl, Rochele, Leib, Yenta, Zyama, Iosele and Pearl.

Murdered in Kupel on September 11, 1942.

Tova Perelstein’s testimony

Tova Perelstein’s testimony.

Part 2.

Meyer S Cohen’s story

 

Meyer S Cohen’s story

(translated from Hebrew by Eliav Bar-Hai)

 

 

 

 My father… was born in 1866 in Kupel, a small town in the district of Volyn of Russia… The shtetl was known for its mud and for its poverty. Rav Eliezer Harif, who was the rabbi of Kupel at one time, describes the beginnings of Kupel with the following legend:

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