Honors Ukrainian Pogrom Victims...

continued from front page entire book, but was dissatisfied with the end result. He decided to take on the project himself. It was in assuming the full workload that he learned of just what would be required of him to complete the task.

“There was quite a bit of work, indeed,” he recalls. “There were countless small references that I needed to look up and confirm. The kinds of hats worn by some of the people who initiated the pogroms, for example. I had to confirm this, and look up the specific kind of hat—called a chipka— and trace that hat style to the mid-1600s as the kind of hat worn by those out persecuting Jews. All of this was necessary work to bring forth as accurate translation as possible of each contributing writer.” If there is any one thing Shaievitz hopes the public takes away from this entire book, it is to have an awareness that the pogroms existed, and that they existed in the specific ways in which they existed. Leafing throw certain chapters, each of whom was written by a different contributing eye-witness to the events, one is often shocked at the degree of barbarism described in full detail, to pull the reader into the story as much as possible.

When asked about one particularly gruesome chapter, written by Rabbi Dovid Novoselir, which describes the ways in which some of these individuals lost their lives at the hands of marauding troops, Shaievitz’s eyes well up.

“Going to some of these chapters now, even after having spent so much time researching them and translating them, is still a profoundly moving and emotional experience for me,” he says.

The original copy of the book his mother gave him, although still intact, has since its original publication turned very fragile. Shaievitz decided to produce his translation on durable paper with sewn binding and a laminated hard cover, to ensure that it lasts for decades. The price of each copy is $75, plus an additional $10 for shipping and handling. To order a book, please mail your check in the sum of $85, payable to Shaievitz Law Firm Trust Account to: Shaievitz Law Firm, 112 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ, 07003. Please make sure to to include your own mailing address.

For any other inquiries, and for further information on both the book and the Felshtin Society, please e-mail Mr. Shaievitz at shaievitzlaw@gmail.com, or visit the