Białystok
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Moshe David Bialystotsky
The named father of Nekhama, who sought a learned bridegroom.
Nechamke
A businesswoman who opened a meat business and became a prominent commercial leader.
Moshe Sohn
A learned and respected person associated with Bialystok and a Norfolk synagogue.
Sohn family
The family to which David Sohn was related and Zalman Heller was a cousin.
Bialystoker Jewish community
Jewish survivors and former residents returning to devastated Bialystok.
Moshe Dovid Bialystotsky
Maternal grandfather of the narrator and a prominent householder in Bialystok.
Shayne
Maternal grandmother of the narrator and daughter of Rabbi Kalisker.
Home for older people
A proposed institution intended as a model of Bialystoker communal activity in America.
Samuel Itzhaki
Author or contributor named beneath the preceding account.
Bialystak
The historic Jewish city described as shaping the subject's childhood identity.
Cleveland, Ohio
The place where Max Rottner lived for decades.
Forest City Enterprises
A family enterprise opened by the Rottner brothers in 1929.
Ratner family
The Ratner family operated a large enterprise.
Portland
The enterprise operated in Portland.
Betty Ratner
Betty was Max Ratner’s wife and was born in Cleveland.
Charles Ratner
Charles was one of Max and Betty Ratner’s four sons.
James Ratner
James was one of Max and Betty Ratner’s four sons.
Ronny Ratner
Ronny was one of Max and Betty Ratner’s four sons.
Mark Ratner
Mark was one of Max and Betty Ratner’s four sons.
Park Synagogue
Park Synagogue was described as one of America’s largest Conservative synagogues.
Ratovtser family
Bialystok family of eight children that emigrated to America.
Kalman Ratner
Max Rotner’s oldest brother and former revolutionary movement participant.
Revolutionary movement in Bialystok
Movement in which Kalman participated as a young man.
George Saglowitch
Cousin who operated a business in Cleveland.
Laser Ratner
Max Rotner’s brother who later opened a grocery store.
Nozhik Synagogue
A Warsaw synagogue visited by Max Ratner.
Twarda Street
The Warsaw location of Nozhik Synagogue.
First Jewish Hebrew Gymnasium in Bialystok
School where Max Ratner studied and reportedly achieved a high level.
Irving J. Stone
Author of a section concerning Bialystok.
Jacob Sapirstein's uncle
He operated a postcard store in Cleveland and employed Jacob Sapirstein.
Uncle's postcard store
A Cleveland store where Jacob Sapirstein worked before opening his own shop.
Samuel Bernstein
Named signatory or author of the passage.
American Greetings Corporation
Corporation described as employing nearly twenty thousand workers.
Harry R. Stone
Named as president of Courtland Management Inc.
Mrs. David E. Davis
Named as a member of the Stone family listing.
Bialystok organization
Organization associated with Israel and activities commemorating Bialystok Jews and heroes.