The Jewish Town of My Life (Kopaihorod Ukraine)

<p>Mykhaylo Borysovych Kupershteyn was born on September 17 1947 in the town of Murovani Kurylivtsi in the Vinnitsa region. Since 1973 he has lived in the town of Bar with his wife son and daughter. He is an active member of the Jewish community in Bar and a citizen of Ukraine.</p><p>This book based on documented historical facts and personal childhood memories offers a vivid portrait of shtetl life. It contains stories maps regional history colorful characters recipes poems old documents an index of names and nearly 400 photographs. Most of the book focuses on Kopaihorod the shtetl where Kupershteyn grew up located near Bar and Vinnitsa in Ukraine with additional chapters devoted to his other ancestral towns of Sataniv and Murovani Kurylivtsi.</p><p>Jews everywhere yearn to connect with their ancestral towns-their houses synagogues and stories-as well as with the friends and relatives who once lived in those places. This book is intended to preserve the memory of the Jewish shtetls of Kupershteyn's childhood and of all our ancestors.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p>