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Kiryat Bialystok

קרית ביאַליסטאָק

A settlement called Kiryat Bialystok was planned and established in Israel.

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... שע רוצחים: TWN)‏ די זעכציק טויזנט אידישע פרויען, קינדער, מענער און זקנים פון אונזער געוועזענער היים-שטאָט זיינען אויסגע'הרג'עט געװאָרן, זיינען קליינע רעשטלעך פון אונזערע על-פּיינס געראַטעװעטע לאַנדסלײט אָנגעקומען מיט גרויסע שוועריקייטן PP‏ ארץ-ישראל, זיי, צוזאַמען מיט אַלט-אײינגעזעסענע ביאַליסטאָקער אידן, אין דעם אידישן הײימלאַנד, זיינען PMA‏ אַרױסגעקומען מיט אַ ויכטיקן פּלאַן. PR‏ דעם איז אַרױסגעבראַכט געװאָרן דער TN TOW‏ שטרעבונג, PAN PR IN‏ ישראל זאָל אויפגעבויט TUN‏ אַ ביאַלי סטאָקער , שטעטל" OND‏ זאָל, דורך די דאָרטיקע איינוואוינער און. דעם דאָרטיקן לעבן, דערמאָנען און ציען דעם המשך פון דער חרוב געװאָרענער אידישער ביאַליסטאָק ביי די נאַציס. עס DPR‏ אַנט: שטאַנען די אידייע פון בויען אַ ,קרית ביאַליסטאָק" PR‏ ישראל, PR OND‏ אויך באַלד אויפגענומען געװאָרן מיט באַגײסטערונג TIN‏ געשטיצט TD TINA‏ דעם ביאַליסטאָקער צענטער PI PN‏ יאָרק מיט די היגע לאַנדסלײט, פון ביאַליסטאָקער אידן PR‏ אַנדערע שטעט PR‏ אַמעריקע TX‏ קענעדע, PIN‏ אין אַנדערע לענדער. אַ PINT‏ די אָנשטרענגונגען פון די ביאַליסטאַקער לאַנדסלײט, PR‏ אַמעריקע און אין אַנדערע לענדער, איז די אידייע פון שאַפן אַ ,קרית ביאַליסטאָק" PAN PN‏ ישראל פאַרווירקלעכט געװאָרן. NT‏ ווייטער PR‏ געדרוקט דער ערשטער בריוו פון אַ גרופּע ביאַלי סטאַקער לאַנדסלײט PIN PNR‏ ישראל, צו די לאַנדסלײט PR‏ אַמעריקע TX‏ אַנדערע ערטער, וועגן בויען אַ MAP,‏ ביאַליסטאָק" אין ארץ ישראל,
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... קרית בּיאַליסטאָק אע אש פאט שי טיש גאט קפס ...
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... (Editor’s note: Following World War II, surviving men, women and children from Bialystok arrived in Israel amid great difficulty. They, together with /andsleit who had settled in Palestine years earlier, established a Bia- lystoker community in the Holy Land, which demon- strated their determination to perpetuate the legacy of their beloved hometown. Kiryat Bialystok (village of Bialystok) won’ the immediate support of the Bualy- stoker Center in New York, landsleit in other American and Canadian cities, and throughout the world. Thanks to this enthusiastic backing, Kiryat Bialystok became a reality. Following are excerpts from the first letter writ- ten by Bialystokers in Israel in 1948, shortly after the establishment of the State, to their counterparts in America about building Kiryat Bialystok.) ...
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... Later on, we built a community in Israel, Kiryat Bialystok, which carried the name of our beloved hometown destroyed by Hitler. For this reason, the late David Sohn convened a world conference in 1949 in New York, attended by representatives of Bialystoker organizations throughout the world. The delegate from Israel was Zvi Klementynowski. At the convention, the Kiryat Bialystok Foundation was formed, headed by the late Ralph Wein. Simultaneously in Israel, a Kiryat Bialystok committee was organized, whose members included the following leaders of our Center: Zalman Yerushalmi, Zvi Klementynowski, the late Mordechaj Krugliak and others. ...
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Land of Israel
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Establishment of Kiryat Bialystok
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Land of Israel
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America
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Canada
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Wolf Chinsky
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D. Sherman
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Isaac Monaker
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David Podliashuk
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Fishl
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Bialystoker committee
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Buenos Aires
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Paris
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France
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Australia
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Chaim Yisraeli
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Bialystok
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Bialystoker Center in New York
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Zvi Klementynowski
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Szymon Datner
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Mordechaj Krugliak
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Pejsach Bursztejn
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Establishment of Kiryat Bialystok
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Arrival of young Bialystokers in Israel
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Bialystok
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Bialystoker Center in New York
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Zvi Klementynowski
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Szymon Datner
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Mordechaj Krugliak
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Pejsach Bursztejn
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Cyprus
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German displaced-persons camps
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Austrian displaced-persons camps
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Italian displaced-persons camps
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World War II
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Construction contract for Kiryat Bialystok
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Zalman Yerushalmi
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Kopel Lew
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Irgun Yotzei Bialystok in Israel
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Bialystoker Center in Israel
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David Sohn
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Kiryat Bialystok Foundation
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Ralph Wein
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Yahud
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Tichon Daled
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David Lubin
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Located In
Kiryat Bialystok in IsraelLand of Israel
קרית ביאַליסטאָק" PR‏ ישראל
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Named For
Kiryat BialystokBialystok
Kiryat Bialystok (village of Bialystok)
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named for Bialystok
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Supported By
Kiryat BialystokBialystoker Center in New York
won’ the immediate support of the Bualy- stoker Center in New York

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role:
supporter
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Member Of
Zvi KlementynowskiKiryat Bialystok
Committee for Constructing Kiryat Bialystok in Israel: Zvi Klementynowski
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committee member
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Member Of
Szymon DatnerKiryat Bialystok
Dr. Szymon Datner
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committee member
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Member Of
Mordechaj KrugliakKiryat Bialystok
Mordechaj Krugliak
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committee member
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Member Of
Pejsach BursztejnKiryat Bialystok
Pejsach Bursztejn
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committee member
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