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BILU
“BILU” (House of Israel Go
Forth)
Group formed in Russia with offices in Bialystok; its first group left for Israel in 1882.
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... Bialystok’s Jewry was active in the rebirth
of Israel before Zionism was formally estab-
lished by Dr. Herzl in 1897. In the early 1880's,
a group known as “BILU” (House of Israel Go
Forth) was formed in Russia with offices in
Bialystok. The first group left for Israel in 1882
and founded Rishon Lezion (with the help of
the Rothschilds). My parents married in 1889.
They wanted to join the second group but were
refused permission to leave by the Russian
government. In the ensuing years immigrants
continuously flowed from Bialystok to Israel.
From my class in 1920, 14 out of 29 left for
Israel by 1935. ...Source passage 2
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די אידישע ביאַליסטאָק PN געווען אַקטיו ביי
דער באַנייאונג TIN אויפבוי פון דעם אידישן היימ-
לאַנד, IND איידער IT הערצל ONT אָפּיציעל “YX
שאַפן דעם ציוניזם PR PW ,1897 AWW PR אָנהױב
פון די 80 יאָרן, ווען עס PN געשאַפן געװאָרן PN
רוסלאַנד די ערשטע ערב ציניסטישע “DAN
שפּראָצונגען גרופּע ,בּיל"ו" ma) יעקב לכו
ונלכה), PN זייער בּיוראָ איינגעשטעלט געװאָרן
PR ביאַליסטאָק. די ערשטע MT TD זיינען אַװעק
פון ביאַליסטאָק קיין PIN ישראל אין יאָר 1882 TIN
זיי האָבן געגרינדעט ראשון לציון, מיט דער הילף
TD די ראָטשילדס. מיינע עלטערן האָבן חתונה
געהאַט PR 1889, זיי האָבן PT געגרייט אֲנצו-
שליסן אין דער צווייטער גרופּע. TINT PT אָבער
ניט באַקומען אַ דערלויבעניש פון דער צאַרישער
מאַכט צו עמיגרירן. PR די ווייטערדיקע יאָרן PN
געווען אַ כסדר'דיקער שטראָם FID ביאַליסטאָקער
אידן PAN PP ישראל. TD מיין קלאַס אין דער
שולע PN ביאַליסטאָק PN יאָר 1920, האָבן 14 TID
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DWN דעם יאָר 19235, ...Connected nodes
Place
Bialystok
Located In
Place
Israel
Migrated To
Place
Rishon Lezion
Founded By
Event
First BILU group leaves for Israel
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Person
Dr. Herzl
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Family
Narrator’s parents
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Community
Bialystok Jewish community
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Bialystok Jewry
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Family
Rothschilds
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Institution
Bet Hasefer Haamimi Haivri Harishon
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Tarbut Schools
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Place
Czysta Street
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Rishon Lezion
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Israel
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Place
Poland
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Place
Russia
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Place
Bialystok
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Family
The narrator's parents
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Family
The Rothschilds
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The narrator's school
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