Members of the Ustingrader Unterstitzung Verein Drum Corps and Patrol, 1943. Courtesy of Sue and Eric Recoon.
The Ustingrader Unterstitzung Verein (UUV) was founded in 1913 as an immigrant benefit club that provided social, credit and death benefits to its members with Sokolivka roots.
Chapel of Holy Order of the Living. Image by Chana Revell Kotzin, 2022.
Holy Order of the Living was founded in 1909 to provide burial rights according to Orthodox ritual. The cemetery is located in Cheektowaga on Pine Ridge Road and remains closely associated with descendants of the Sokolivka community in Buffalo.
Sokolivka-Ustingrad, 1846, permission of Chaim Buryak, Ukranian Jewish History.
Sokolivka: Once Home Locating SokolivkaSokolivka-Ustingrad, 1846, permission of Chaim Buryak, Ukranian Jewish History.IntroductionThe Jewish community of Sokolivka formed in the second half of the 18th century in what is present day Ukraine and was then part of the...
David Sultz, Studying in the Shul, Sokolivka-Ustingrad as reproduced in Sokolivka-Ustingrad Reunion Booklet, 1991. Ferne Mittleman Research Collection, Cofeld Judaic Museum.
Sokolivka: Once Home Life in SokolivkaDavid Sultz, Sokolivka-Ustingrad on Market Day as reproduced in Sokolivka-Ustingrad Reunion Booklet, 1991. Ferne Mittleman Research Collection, Cofeld Judaic Museum. A Country Life Sokolivka-Ustingrad was arranged in a horseshoe...
Sokolivka Memorial to the victims of the pogrom. Holy Order of the Living Cemetery. Image by Chana Revell Kotzin, 2022.
Sokolivka: Once Home PogromMemorial at the Cemetery of Holy Order of the Living. Image by Chana Revell Kotzin, 2021.Remembering the PogromsDuring and after WWI, Jewish residents of Sokolivka-Ustingrad were increasingly subject to harassment and attacks by soldiers,...
Freida Dratch (later Pozarny) Passport Side B 1922. Courtesy of Rolene Pozarny.
Sokolivka: Once Home Flight and EmigrationPozarny Freida Certificate of Naturalization 1928. Courtesy of Rolene Pozarny. Overview Emigration from Sokolivka happened in multiple waves over two decades before and after WWI and the Russian Revolution that instituted the...
Members of the Ustingrader Unterstitzung Verein Drum Corps and Patrol, 1943. Courtesy of Sue and Eric Recoon.
Sokolivka: Once Home Beginning AgainMembers of the Ustingrader Unterstitzung Verein Drum Corps and Patrol, 1943. Courtesy of Sue and Eric Recoon.Community BuildingSokolivka emigres began community institutions as soon as they arrived in Buffalo in the early twentieth...
Ustingrader Unterstitzung Verein Women's Auxiliary at the Town Casino, Williamsville, NY, c.1940s. Courtesy of Sue and Eric Recoon.
Sokolivka: Once Home Buffalo—Now HomeUstingrader Unterstitzung Verein Ladies Auxiliary at a social event at the Town Casino in Williamsville, NY, c. 1940s. Courtesy of Sue and Eric Recoon.Making a life in FreedomThe initial immigrant Sokelifke generation worked low...
Cousin Club Reunion Photograph, 1996. Courtesy of Sue and Eric Recoon.
Sokolivka: Once Home Sokolifkers are BeautifulSlutsky Cousin Club with members of the Recoon and Shuman families, courtesy of Sue and Eric Recoon.Nostalgia and ReunionBy the time of the first major reunion of Sokolivker descendants took place in Buffalo over 1990 to...
Edith and Morris Carrel’s 50th Wedding Anniversary, Temple Emanu-el. Top row, left to right: Ruthie Carrel (Birnberg); Harold Carrel, Harry Carrel; Abe Carrel; Avram Finger; Louis Finger; Hy Carrel; Dickie Carrel Bobby Carrel; Alan Carrel (Baby). Jacob (Jack) Carrel. Bottom row, left to right: Jennie Carrel; Gert Carrel; Fannie Carrel; Edith (Berkwitt) Carrel; Morris Carrel; (standing) Ruthie Finger; Manya Carrel Finger; Lillian Carrel; Arlene Carrel (Goldstein); On floor left to tight: Donald Carrel; Jerome (Jerry) Carrel. Courtesy of Ellen and Amy Goldstein.
Sokolivka: Once Home ResourcesEdith and Morris Carrel’s 50th Wedding Anniversary, Temple Emanu-el. Top row, left to right: Ruthie Carrel (Birnberg); Harold Carrel, Harry Carrel; Abe Carrel; Avram Finger; Louis Finger; Hy Carrel; Dickie Carrel Bobby Carrel; Alan Carrel...