Sketches from Jewish Life in Križevci

Židovi u Križevce pristižu u drugoj polovici 18. stoljeca iz Madarske. Bilo im je dozvoljeno živjeti od trgovine, te su se vrlo cesto bavili prekupom na sajmovima. Naime, na jednom racunu za opremu županijskih vojnika 1780. godine spominju se dva židovska trgovca, to bi trebao biti najstariji spomen židovskih doseljenika u Križevcima. No u 18. stoljecu njihova migracija svakako nije bila znacajna jer su 1802. zabilježena samo cetiri Židova, dok 1840. godine vec ima 5 obitelji, a 1860. živi 18 obitelji. Sve se više naseljavaju u Križevce te postaju vlasnici kuca u Križevcima.1Jews arrive in Križevci from Hungary in the second half of the 18th century. They were allowed to make their living with trade, so they very often engaged in the buying up of goods at fairs. The Jewish community in Križevci was founded in 1840, and in the same year the Hevra Kadiša and the Jewish cemetery were also founded. The work expounds on the materials preserved in the Croatian State Archive – The Rules of the Jewish Society. Several versions have been preserved, and on this occasion the corrected version is being presented. (Translated by Marina Bertovic