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| AN ONLINE RESOURCE FOR BOLECHOW FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN PRESERVING THE HERITAGE OF PRE-WAR EASTERN POLAND (GALICIA) This website is being planned as a comprehensive online resource for the preservation of the history and genealogy of the erstwhile Austrian and Polish town of Bolechow (= present-day Bolekhiv, in Ukraine). Currently in the planning stages, it will one day feature extensive photographic documentation, translations of Yizkor book entries, searchable texts of official and private documentation pertaining to the town and its inhabitants, and gedcom files of Bolechow family trees, uploaded by researchers for use by all interested parties. There will also eventually be areas for online discussion, family name searches, and continuous updates about the activities of the Bolechow Jewish Heritage Society (BJHS), an newly-established nonprofit , TAX-EXEMPT organization dedicated to preserving Jewish sites in present-day Bolechow, and to keeping alive the memory of Bolechow online--and, possibly, in the form of a museum to be located on the site of the town's Great Synagogue. MAKE A SECURE ONLINE DONATION ATTENTION: INFO ON AUGUST 2009 MISSION TRIP TO BOLECHOW March 26, 2009 Dear Bolechow Descendants and Friends: We are thrilled to announce that the Bolechow Jewish Heritage Society is sponsoring a “mission” trip to Bolechow, Ukraine, this summer. We invite you to join members of the Board of Directors of BJHS and attend our organization’s annual meeting during our stay in Ukraine from August 17-22, 2009. Highlights of our trip are expected to include:
For our trip, we will arrange for
Based on our preliminary work with a travel agency, we expect this ground package will be offered for a very affordable price. During our trip, we will travel to Bolechow and the surrounding area (about 90 minutes drive from Lviv) on three days, provide for guided sightseeing in Lviv for an additional day, and have arrangements available for those who may wish to attend services at the Lviv synagogue. You may, of course, wish to stay longer and arrange your own individual visits in addition to these group arrangements. So that we can move to the next step in our arrangements – and with apologies for the short notice, which is necessary in order for us to allow the travel agency to take the next step in negotiations with the hotel in Lviv – please let us know no later than April 3, 2009 –by email to InfoBolechow@aol.com – if you are interested in this trip. This is not a firm commitment, but please respond affirmatively only if it is realistic that you may attend. We will use the numbers that result from this request to negotiate the block of rooms and the necessary number of buses or vans. Then we will send a request for commitment (including a deposit) so that we can finalize the arrangements. We very much hope that you will be able to join us on what we expect to be a very meaningful mission to Bolechow. With best wishes and hopes to see you in Bolechow this summer, Shlomo Adler Daniel Mendelsohn Susan Wolf Turnbull |
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| Bolechow in 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bolechow in jewishgen ShtetlLinks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Mendelsohn's "The Lost" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anatol Regnier's "Damals in Bolechow" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mendelsohn Family's Bolechow Website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Email: | info@bolechow.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||