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ġ918 Dec 27 – An uprising of ethnic Poles breaks out in Poznań, challenging German control over lands which had been part of Prussia since the Partitions. Ukrainian forces continue to hold most territories south and east of Lwów, including Rohatyn. Over a thousand people are arrested after martial law is imposed in the city. Three days of city-wide pogroms begin, resulting in the looting and destruction of Jewish shops and homes, and the killing of at least 50 Jews by Polish soldiers, criminals, and others. The fighting of World War I ends at 11am, and the prospects of new independence for Poland and Ukraine seem strong, but many territorial issues remain openly disputed.ġ918 Nov 21 – The Ukrainian military loses control of Lviv/Lwów to Polish forces and withdraws from the city. ġ918 Nov 11 – An armistice is signed between the Entente Powers and Germany in a carriage of Ferdinand Foch’s private train in the Forest of Compiègne, 60km north of Paris. Many who become ill in Rohatyn subsequently die because of extensive war damage to health care facilities and services.

Source: ANNO.ġ918 Nov – The deadly influenza pandemic raging through Europe peaks, and reaches Rohatyn, with high infection rates and severe symptoms. The Austrian view of the war, at the start and at the end, as seen in the Viennese “humorous weekly” The Musket: at left, the call to arms in early August 1914 at right, “Homecoming” a few days after the armistice was signed in November 1918. Within days, a new Polish-Ukrainian War has begun, before the conclusion of the Great War of the past four years.ġ918 Nov 8 – Avraam Weidman, a 25-year-old Jewish Lieutenant born in Rohatyn, enlists to serve in the Ukrainian Galician Army (UHA) he is assigned to the 2nd Galician Corps to fight for independent Ukraine. Timelineġ918 Nov 1 – With empires collapsing across central Europe in the last days of World War I, Ukrainian military units take control of Lemberg/Lviv/Lwów and declare the formation of an independent West Ukrainian People’s Republic comprising eastern Galicia and some of the lands surrounding it with large ethnic Ukrainian populations Lviv is declared the capital. Most of the sources are linked inline or listed at the end of this page. This history comes from many sources and many perspectives, Jewish and otherwise, and includes historical facts (plus a few legends) which illuminate life in Rohatyn’s past to better understand its present. This page is part of a selective history of the Jewish community of Rohatyn. The growing emigration trends also changed life for Jews who remained in Rohatyn, and spread awareness of Rohatyn to America and Palestine. Nonetheless it was a time of rapid evolution of the Jewish community, distressed by global economic collapse and regional ethnic pressure, but brightened by social organizations and fellowship, and broadening the exchange of ideas with their peers in Europe and beyond. Although often labeled “interwar”, the period was not without its own wars and other armed conflicts, in Central Europe and even in Rohatyn. Presented here is a timeline of Jewish life in Rohatyn between the World Wars, i.e. When asked about the difficulties of pioneering womanhood in a field traditionally reserved for men, Holtzman conceded that the congregation “probably took longer” to decide to hire her, but that she anticipated no other problems associated with being a woman.Go to the outline, A History of the Jewish Community of Rohatyn. Holtzman will also serve as the educational director for the 110-member family congregation.

A person who enjoys working with people of all ages, Holtzman said that a congregation offered her a chance to have a variety of constituents. She said that she will be able to combine study with teaching, counseling and community leadership. The rabbinate is also a “fine career” for men and women, alike, Holtzman noted. Holtzman called this aspect of the rabbinate “exciting.” In Judaism there is a richness and beauty that as a rabbi she is able to share with others, she said. Holtzman said that Judaism is the source of the most “joy and pleasure” in her life. Holtzman, 27, a recent graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) in Philadelphia, spoke with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency about her reasons for becoming a rabbi.

Rabbi Linda Joy Holtzman of the Beth Israel Congregation in Coatesville, Pa., is the first woman to hold such a position in a Conservative synagogue.