The town of Luboml situated in the Chelm - Belz district is one of the oldest Jewish settlements in Eastern Europe, and has a long history -- dating back to the 11th century -- of changing rule. The territory of Volyn′ first belonged to Kievan Rus', then Poland, then Lithuania, then Ukraine.

"Luboml: The Memorial Book of a Vanished Shtetl", in English, published in 1997, is now online - Click here

Luboml: My Heart Remembers - Documentary

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A Table of the Rabbis of Luboml (1556-1914)

(See page 39, Luboml; The Memorial Book of a Vanished Shtetl)

Years Serving Luboml Pulpit

1. R. Hersh Yellin, 1556-1569/70
2. R. Avrom Pollack, 1570-1577
3. R. Shimon Auerbach, 1578-1579 רבי שמעון זאב אורבוך
4. R. Yehuda Leyb ben Eliezer, 1580 (?)-1597
5. R. Moshe Mess (Matt), 1597 - 1598
6. R. Yoel Sirkis, The BaCh 1599 - 1604 רבי יואל סירקיס - הב"ח
7. R. Moyshe, 1605 - 1617
8. R. Gedalia ben R. Meyer, 1618 - 1630
9. R. Shmuel Ish Horowitz, 1630 -1635
10. R. Moshe Katzenellenbogen, 1636 - 1638 רבי משה קצנלנבוגן
11. R. Jonah Teomim, 1639 - 1641/42 רבי יונה תאומים - קיקיון דיונה
12. R. Moshe ben R. Yitzchak, 1643 - 1653
13. R. Eliezer Margolious, 1658/59 - 1667 רבי אליעזר מרגליות
14. R. Yakov ben R. Jonah Katz, 1668 - 1684
15. R. Yakov ben Mordechai, also 1668 -1684
16. R. Jonah HaLevi, 1685 (?) - 1690 (?)
17. R. Yisroel Isser ben R. Meyer, 1691 - 1701 (?)
18. R. Eliezer Laizer Mendeles, 1708 - 1719
19. R. Issaschar Ber, 1720 - 1728
20. R. Yosef ben R. Yisroel , 1730 - 1762/63
21. R. Yitshak Isaac, 1765 -1781/82
22. R. Jonah ben Yosef, 1782 - 1791
23. R. Aron Yoel ben Dovid, also 1782 - 1791
24. R. Yisroel Yonah Landau, 1821 - 1857
25. R. Moshe Chaim, also 1821 - 1857
26. R. Yehuda Arye Finkelstein, 1858 - 1915
27. R. Arye Leybish HaCohen London, 1918 -1936
28. R. Pinchas Oselka, 1918-1938
29. R. Leybl Melamed the Dayyan, 1916 - 1942
30. R. Alter Ben Tsiyon London, 1936 - 1942

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The Holy Martyrs from Luboml who Perished in the Holocaust

(See pages 375 - 393, Luboml; The Memorial Book of a Vanished Shtetl)

Fallen Soldiers of Luboml who Fought in the Yom Kippur War

(See pages 394 - 395, Luboml; The Memorial Book of a Vanished Shtetl)

Fighters on the Front and in the Forests

(See pages 316 - 353, Luboml; The Memorial Book of a Vanished Shtetl)