Darabani, a town in the north of Botoșani county on the road between Bukovina and Moldavia, received its first Jewish settlers from Galicia in 1836. By the end of the 19th century some 2,500 Jews lived there, about a third of the population, with synagogues of tailors, of carters and of Jews from Russia; many were Hasidim of the Rebbe of Ștefănești. The town then belonged to Dorohoi county, which was attached administratively to Bukovina in 1938, and so its Jews were driven out twice in 1941: in June to camps in southern Romania, and on 7 November to Transnistria, where most of them died. The last Jew of the town died in 1984; two cemeteries remain.
A town of trade and crafts on the road from Bukovina to Moldavia, about a third Jewish: eight synagogues, Hasidim of Ștefănești, and two expulsions in 1941 — to southern Romania and to Transnistria.…
The Federation’s directory lists no Jewish community in Darabani. The nearest registered community is in Dorohoi, about 30 km away as the crow flies.
Details from the community directory of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania (FCER), checked on 5 November 2026. Contact the community before visiting to arrange access to the synagogue or cemetery and to ask about a minyan and kosher food. FCER community directory
No address on the official list
No address on the official list
From the Federation’s cemetery list (2007). Arrange visits in advance with the community, which holds the keys.
Map of Jewish cemeteries in RomaniaAstronomical calculation for the town-centre coordinates, sea-level horizon, Romanian time: dawn 16.1°, tallit & tefillin 11.5°, nightfall 7.083°, candle lighting 18 minutes before sunset, Shabbat ends 8.5°. For orientation only; consult a rabbi on questions of halacha.
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