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Slutsk ♦ Slutzk ♦ Sluchak ♦ Sluck
Latitude 53°01´, Longitude 27°33´
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The Pinkas of the Cheverah Kadisha of Slutsk |
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The Pinkas of the Chevra Kadisha of Slutsk
by Harry D. Boonin, Carlton Brooks, Paul Pascal and James J. Ross
Over the years, articles in AVOTAYNU have described various sets of records-both Jewish and non-Jewish. The chevra kadisha, literally "holy society," is the term used to describe the Jewish burial society, an organization that has existed in Jewish communities for centuries and still exists today throughout the world. The pinkas of the chevra kadisha is the record book of that society, a Jewish record, kept by Jews for Jews. This article will focus on the pinkas of the chevra kadisha of Slutsk, a small town in Belarus, and on efforts to translate this register into English.
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Read more: The Pinkas of the Cheverah Kadisha of Slutsk
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It all started a number of years ago when I learned that my family came from the Slutsk area. Remember that these were the days prior to the computer being an every day tool.
I started to search the current genealogy magazines for information about Slutsk, but found very little. I then went to a letter writing campaign to the forward genealogical thinkers of the day, Malcom Stern, Arthur Kurzweil, and Gary Mokotoff. They all pointed me in the direction of a gentleman in Philadelphia named Harry Boonin. Up to that time he had written some papers on Slutsk and had quite a bit of information. This started my long friendship with Harry and my association with the Historical Society of Slutsk (HSS).
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Read more: How it Began
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