# Kalush <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Hebrew</td><td dir="rtl">קאלוש</td></tr> <tr><td>Yiddish</td><td dir="rtl">קאלוש</td></tr> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Kalush (Ukrainian), Kałusz (Polish), Kalusch (German)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>49.04417 24.35972</td></tr> </table> <table class="place-meta place-eras"> <tr><th>Era</th><th>Town name</th><th>Country / jurisdiction</th></tr> <tr><td>1437–1772</td><td>Kałusz</td><td>Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Ruthenian Voivodeship)</td></tr> <tr><td>1772–1918</td><td>Kalusch</td><td>Austrian Empire / Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Kałusz</td><td>Second Polish Republic (Stanisławów Voivodeship)</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1941</td><td>Kalush</td><td>Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR)</td></tr> <tr><td>1941–1944</td><td>Kalush</td><td>Nazi Germany (Distrikt Galizien, General Government)</td></tr> <tr><td>1944–1991</td><td>Kalush</td><td>Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR)</td></tr> <tr><td>1991–present</td><td>Kalush</td><td>Ukraine</td></tr> </table> ## Overview A Jewish community flourished in Kalush from at least the 16th century and at times formed a majority of the population. The 1765 poll-tax census recorded roughly 1,087 Jews. The community grew through the 19th century to about 4,266 Jews (around 59%) in 1880 and peaked near 4,363 in 1910, roughly half the total population, supporting several synagogues and communal institutions. Under German occupation in late 1941 and 1942 the great majority of Kalush's Jews were murdered, effectively destroying the community. <small>Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalush,_Ukraine, http://jgaliciabukovina.net/110669/community/kalush</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Yosef Kahana (b.1720)]] | Born 1720, Died 11/01/1770 | | [[Yehuda Kahana (b.1743)]] | Born 12/02/1743 | | [[Aryeh Leib Heller (b.1745)]] | Born 1745 | | [[Nachman Kahana-Heller (b.1765)]] | Born 1765 | | [[Zeev Wolf Heller-Kahana (b.1775)]] | Born 1775 | | [[Yechiel Kahana-Heller (b.1780)]] | Born 1780 | | [[Sally Fishbein (b.1901)]] | Born 03/03/1901 |