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THE HEBREW HOME OF YAKOV BLUMEN
By Nathan Tchelet (Blumen)
A long time ago, long before the First World War,
there was a group of people in Luboml who were
extremely concerned about the spiritual and cultural
future of their community. This group of
people, because they were so worried about their
community, invested a large amount of hard work
to preserve its culture and its character. Among
those who were part of this group were Dovid
Veyner, Abba Klig, Moyshe Sfard, Gedalia
Grimatlicht, an d others who are now deceased,
may God bless their souls.
The mission of these men was to bring enlightenment
to the youth of Luboml. They wanted to
provide the youngsters with a general education
as well as with knowledge of the ways of the
Children of Luboml public school with their teachers, near the Talmud Torah building,
September 1932.
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world. Under the supervision of these men they
began to teach the children Hebrew at the Talmud
Torahnot only by having morning and evening
prayers but also through new instructional books
like The Hebrew Word and The Language of the
Book.
The first teachers were Moyshe Yitshak
Kagan and Shamai Frankfurt (who was later
the principal of the Tarbut high school in
Kovel) at the Talmud Torah as well as the
teachers Lisuk from Rozhishch and Fayvel Freed
from Chelm.
When World War I broke out, a terrible fear
settled on the town of Luboml, for the people had
heard of harm done to Jews. They were not only
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