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he Independent Reiziner Society was founded in 1913 by immigrants hailing from Ruzhin, Ukraine. The society provided both sick and death benefits to its members. Subsidized burial can be found at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. While there is no concrete date for initial Jewish presence in Ruzhin, we do know that the town's Jewish cemetery began its burials near the mid-1770s. Ruzhin maintained itself as a communal and industrial town, establishing factories of different sorts and erecting hospitals, churches, synagogues, and educational institutions. During WWI, Ukraine was the target of pogroms, with Ruzhins' Jewish population subsequently decreasing. The Jewish community of Ruzhin perished following the German invasion of the town in July of 1941. Today, monuments located at the German killing sites continue to be visited, and the lives of Ruzhins' Jewish community are remembered.
~Blog by Olivia Scanlon
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The Independent Reiziner Society was founded in 1913 by immigrants hailing from Ruzhin, Ukraine. The society provided both sick and death benefits to its members. Subsidized burial can be found at Mt. Hebron Cemetery.
The town of Ruzhin is largely associated with Rabbi Israel Friedman, a Hasidic leader who turned Ruzhin into one of the most recognized Hasidic Jewry centers. While there is no concrete date for initial Jewish presence in Ruzhin, we do know that the town's Jewish cemetery began its burials near the mid-1770s. Ruzhin industrialized, with leather and brick factories springing up, along with steam-powered mills and oil processing plants. Communal institutions were also established, such as a post office, hospital, Orthodox church, and synagogue. Jews were to be educated in the town’s heders and yeshivas. By 1897, there were over 3500 Jews residing in Ruzhin.
Following the outbreak of WWI, both Ukraine and Moldova became victims of pogroms. The German Army entered Ruzhin on February 27, 1918, and left November 18th of the same year. In 1919, there was another pogrom carried out against Ruhzin’s Jewish community. By 1939, the Jewish population of Ruzhin had declined to a little over 1100 people. On July 17th 1941, the German army entered and seized Ruzhin. On September 10th, 1941, there occurred a mass killing in Ruzhin, recognized today as the Yahrzeit. The Jewish community of Ruzhin perished on May 1 1942. The town (shtetl) was liberated by the Red Army on December 24th 1943. Three monuments have been erected at the location of mass killing sites. They were established by a group of people who had returned to Ruzhin after the war. May their memories live on.
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~Blog by Olivia Scanlon
