Landsmanshaftn

First Luberer Benevolent Association: Records held at YIVO in NYC (1937-1976). Established in 1895 by immigrants from Lyubar (Yiddish Luber), Ukraine. Provided interest-free loans for members. After World War II, maintained a Luberer Relief Organization together with other landsmanshaftn to aid survivors in Israel and South America. Constitution. Minutes, 1969-1976. Financial reports. Anniversary journals include many names, photos, and advertisements. Read an excerpt about this landsmanshaftn from the 1950 Anniversary Banquet Journal.

Other organized landsmanshaftn include:

• Lyuberer-Ostroply of Montreal, Canada
• Erste Lubarer Kranken Unt. Verein, Newark, NJ
• Philadelphia, PA
  

Names database of 796 gravestones at Lyubar landsman cemetery plots in NY and NJ as recorded during personal visits 1995-2002 by ESK to:

• Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Queens, NY; Block K, Section 15
• New Montefiore Cemetery, Farmingdale, L.I., NY; Section 5, Block 9
• Washington Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY; Section 5, Post 480
• Grove Street Cemetery, Newark, NJ; Talmud Torah Right