Schmalleningken in Jerusalem

Jerusalem, October 30, 2024: A small songbook from Schmalleninken (Schmaleningken) clarifies: The synagogue was inaugurated on September 18, 1865! Schmaleningken (today Smalininkai in Lithuania) is

Struck by lightning

Memo August 1851 “… the Jewish herring merchant Jochim Goersch from Wystiten was struck dead by lightning in the village of Karklienen on August 25,