List of (former) Members of the Mazheik Community.

Surname

Given names

Remarks

Source

Aharoni

Kalman

Emigrated to the USA, lived in Toledo, Ohio

NF, PI

Aharonovitz

Zeev

NF

Alfon

Pura (?)

YT

Arenstam-Itzikson

Shoshana, married to Eliezzer Arenstam

Daughter to Esther Lubavitsch and Yoseph Itzikson, arrived in Eretz Yirael in 1936/7

PI

Bachner

Gita (nee Lichtenstein)

Member of Kibbutz Givat-Brenner

YT

Beitz

Chaya and husband Yitzhak

Yitzhak escaped to the USSR and made Aliyah

YT

Binyamini

Yaffa (nee Kakst)

YT

Birzansky

Leib and wife Rachel

Made Aliyah during 1930’s, owned a delicatessen shop in Israel

NF, YT

Birzansky

Rivka

NF

Bloch

Dr. Sheine – Shoshana and brother Shalom

Their father had Rabbinic Smichut from Telz; Shalom was the first commander of Beitar in Mazheik

NF, YT

Bloch

Gita

NF

Calebria

NF

Gurevitz

Zivia

Daughter of Dobe

NF

Gurevitz

Dr. Fruma

Was pediatric doctor in Mazheik; was rescued by a Lithuanian colleague doctor

NF, YT

Feirstein

Gita (nee Trigobov)

Daughter of a Zionist activist who was among the founders of the “Tarbut” pro-Gmnasium in Mazheik, and sister of Yehoshua Trigor.  For some time Gita was member of Kibbutz Gan-Shmuel.

YT

Halbin

Miryam

YT

Hesselson

Aryeh

Teacher and headmaster of the “Tarbut” pro-Gymnasium in Mazheik, and the Schwabe Gymnasium in Kovna. Was deported to Siberia and made Aliyah.

YT

Iting

Moshe (d. 2004) and wife Yocheved (nee Spiegel, d. 2003)

Made Aliyah 1936, was a mounted policeman at the Palestine Police (“Gephir” / “Notter”) and later a seaman with Zim, Israeli shipping company

NF, PI

Iting

Shlomo (d. 1996) and wife Chaya (nee Nadel)

Played football with Maccabi Mazheik, made Aliyah abt. 1934, was among of the builders and first dockers of the port of Tel-Aviv

NF, YT, PI

Kelner

Shlomo

Member of Beitar movement, one of the few survivors from Kovno Ghetto

NF, YT

Kolin

Sarah (nee Kakst)

YT

Leibovitz

Nelly and Avraham

Avraham died during exile in Siberia

NF, YT

Levitt

Berl

Possibly same person as Dov Levitt (?)

NF

Levitt

Dov and wife

Was among the leaders of Mazheik Jewish community, active at ha’Oved ha’Zioni, member of town council, deputy commander of volunteering firemen in Mazheik

YT

Lichtenstein

Dr. Meir and wife Shoshana

Meir was son of Chaim Lichtenstein, one of the founders of the “Tarbut” pro-Gmnasium in Mazheik

NF, YT

Lipnitzky

Eliezer-Zvi, Dov-Isaac

Eliezer-Zvi was chairman of Mazheik landsmanshaft in Israel

NF, YT

Minster

Yossef and wife

YT

Offien

Bruria and Shmuel

NF, YT

Offien

Zipora

NF

Offien

Yossef

Was among the pioneers of Kibbutz Afikim and one of the first pilots in Israel

YT

Orenstein

Pnina (nee Lipnitzky) and Aryeh

Aryeh was member of ha’Shomer ha’Tzair youth movement

NF, YT

Orkin

Zipora

NF

Peires (Porat)

Avraham

YT

Peires (Porat)

Yaakov and wife Elke

Yaakov was a businessman and public activist

YT

Peires (Porat)

Yaffa

YT

Pilpel

Zipora (nee Lipnitzky)

NF, YT

Rabinovitz

Dr. Israel, his brother Peasch Navot, their father and wife Fruma

YT

Rabinovitz

Shlomo

Fell in action at Israel War of Independence

YT

Rabinovitz

Zilla, widow of Yossef Rabinovitz, and son Tuvia

Zilla was a Zionist activist. Tuvia was member of Beitar movement, died while studying in “Mikve-Isarel” agricultural school

YT

Rubel

Dov and wife

YT

Rubel

Yossef, Rachel, Henia

NF, YT

Rubel

R’ Shabtai and wife

YT

Schlezing

Ruth

YT

Schlezing

Zalla

YT

Schlezing

Zilla, Chaya

NF, YT

Shachmundes

Shmuel

YT

Shamir

Zipora (nee Offien)

YT

Shapira

Rivka (nee Kakst)

YT

Trigobov

Gita

NF

Wachs

Carmela and Rachel

NF, YT

Wachs

Yehuda (NF) / David (YT)

Fell in action at Israel War of Independence

NF, YT

Yoffe

Sheine (nee Peres-Binyamini)

NF

Yoffe

Dr. Cahya-Chesia, dentist, and Sarah

Chaya was married to Dr. Less

NF, YT

Yoffe

Dr. Eliezer, physician, and wife Dr. Shoshana, dentist

Lived in Jerusalem

YT