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Separate synagogue

separate synagogue

Synagogue established by the repressed Maskilim minority.

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... The Enlightenment (Haskalah) had long before infiltrated Bialystok. Still, the Maskilim did not enjoy much prominence. Actually they were a _ repressed minority. Consequently they established their own separate synagogue. Gradually the MHatzfirah (Haskalah-oriented) newspaper began to circulate until it attracted four hundred subscribers. No newsstands, however, existed then in Bialystok. Since the older peo- ple could not read Russian, they were satisfied with the ...
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