Zheim
(Zeimiai), Keidan
region
Near Yanova (14 km), Shat
(12), Keidan (20), Vendzhigola (20), Sheshik (15). Koplitza,
where a Jewish settlement existed in the past, is located 14
km from the town.
Before WWI, 60 Jewish
families resided there, but before the Holocaust only 20
families remained. Most left town and immigrated to South
Africa or America.
There was a house of study (Beith
Midrash) there and a study room (Cheder), where 10 children
studied.
From the
rabbinate: R’ Chaim son of Yaakov Glatzer; R’ Chaim Klivnov, later a Rabbi
in Vendzhigola.
Editor's
Note: The towns referred to above by their Yiddish names
are, in Lithuanian:
Jonava, Seta, Kedainiai, Vandziogala, Koplitza |