Alternate names: Otaci, Отачь [Mold], Ataki, Атаки [Rus], Atachi-Târg [Rom], Otik, אטיק [Yid], Atachi, Otach Tyrg, Otaci Sat, Otaci Targ, Otyk Molov, Ataky. 48°26' N, 27°48' E, In N Moldova, 30 miles NW of Soroca. On the Dnester river (Ukraine border), across from Mogilev Podolskiy, Ukraine. Jewish population: 4,690 in 1900 and 2,781 (79.4%) in 1930. The synagogue stands in ruins. The cemetery is out of town.

• Otik: a gedenk bukh nokh a yidisher kehile in Besarabye = Yad le-Ataki: sefer zikaron le-kehilah yehudit be-Besarabia (Tel Aviv, 1993)

REFERENCE: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Like Shells on a Shore. Projekt 36, Bern, Switzerland, 2010. To order, contact Mr. Geissbuhler. history and photographs. [December 2010]