economy and administration, which was formed mostly by people known to be loyal to the Soviet system sent from eastern Ukraine or from other parts of the USSR. Present day By the end of 1993, there were an estimated 15,000 Jews in the Republic of Moldova. In the same year 2,173 Jews emigrated to Israel. There were two Jewish periodical publications, both published in Kishinev (Chişinău). The one most widely circulated was наш голос Nash golos —אונדזער קול Undzer kol ("Our Voice"), in Yiddish and Russian. Demographics According to the 1930 Romanian Census, Jews were distributed in Bessarabia as follows: Hotin County: Hotin, 5,781, Briceni-Târg, 5,354, Edineţi-Târg, 5,341, Lipcani-Târg 4,693, Secureni-Târg, 4,200, Suliţa-Târg 4,152, Clişcăuţi 452, Edineţi-Sat, 398, other localities 5,614. Total: 35,985 Soroca County: Soroca, 5,417, Zguriţa, 2,541, Briceva, 2,431, Otaci-Târg 2,781, Mărculeşti-Colonie, 2,319, Vadu-Raşcu, 1,958, Vârtejeni-Colonie, 1,834, Căpreşti-Colonie, 1,815, Dumbrăveni, 1,198, Floreştii-Noi 372, Cotiujenii Mari 367, Dondoşani-Gară, 277, Liublin-Colonie 274, Târnova, 236, Ocnița-Gară, 200, other localities 5,171. Total: 29,191 Bălți County: Bălți, 14,229, Făleşti, 3,263, Rășcani-Târg 2,055, Ungheni-Târg, 1,368, Valea-lui-Vlad, 1,281, Sculeni-Târg, 1,204, Pârliţa-Târg, 1,064, Alexandreni-Târg, 1,018, Cornești-Târg 338, Glodeni, 212, other localities 5,663. Total: 31,695 Orhei County: Lăpușna County: Tighina County: Cahul County: Leova, 2,324, Cahul, 803, Baimaclia, 509, other localities 798. Total: 4,434 Ismail County: Chilia-Nouă, 1,952, Ismail, 1,623, Bolgrad, 1,215, Reni, 1,170, other localities 346. Total: 6,306 Cetatea Albă County: Cetatea Albă 4,239, Tarutino, 1,546, Tatar-Bunar, 1,194, Bairamcea, 805, Volintiri 420, Arciz, 342, Sărata, 316, other localities 2,528. Total: 11,390 According to the 2004 Census, there are 4,000 Jews in the Bessarabian part of Moldova (excluding Transnistria), including: 2,649 in Chişinău, 411 in Bălți, 385 in Tighina (Bender), 548 in other localities under Chişinău control, and 7 in suburbs of Tighina (Bender) under Tiraspol control. There were also 867 Jews in Transnistria, including 573 in Tiraspol, 166 in Rîbnița, and 128 in other localities. See also Batushansky History of the Jews in Moldova History of the Jews in Bukovina Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova Jewish agricultural colonies in the Russian Empire Diana Dumitru, Moldovan researcher of the Holocaust in Bessarabia Further reading Reprinted with permission from the publisher Reprinted with permission from the publisher References External links Article about Bessarabia in the Jewish Encyclopedia JewishMemory, a site about Jews in Moldova Jews Jews Jews Jews Jews Bessarabia Bessarabia Bessarabia Bessarabia