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Death of Rabbi Meir Rapoport
Rabbi Meir Rapoport died at the Bialystoker Home in New York in 1963.
First Jewish Art Exhibition in Bialystok
The first Jewish art exhibition took place in Bialystok in 1919.
Opening of the Jewish Art Exhibition
The Jewish art exhibition officially opened in Bialystok on September 20, 1918, and continued for ten days.
Death of Nochum Cemach
Nochum Cemach died disappointed and lonely on September 8, 1939, aged 52.
Labor Zionist regional conference in Bialystok
A regional Labor Zionist conference was held in Bialystok in April 1906, with representatives from several communities and a regional committee appointed.
Bialystok pogrom
A pogrom in Bialystok on June 1–3, 1906 destroyed the regional committee.
Bund Committee in Bialystok in 1906
A caption identifies the Bund Committee in Bialystok in 1906 and lists Albert Lurie, Ana and Pawel Rozental, and Taras.
Founding of the Sholem Aleichem Library
Izchok Rywkin founded the Sholem Aleichem Library in Bialystok.
Hebrew Gymnasium established
Bialystok established a Hebrew Gymnasium accommodating seven hundred students.
First mass arrest of Bundists
The first mass arrest of Bundists took place in Bialystok under Czarist rule.
Two pogroms killed 130 Jewish people
Bialystok lost 130 Jewish lives during two pogroms.
Bialystok pogrom of June 1906
A three-day pogrom ravaged Bialystok’s Jewish community from June 1 through June 3, 1906.
Attempted pogrom in Bialystok
An anticipated pogrom was prevented after Jewish butchers and drivers resisted attackers.
Meeting of Chazanowicz and Herzl in Basel
Chazanowicz met Theodor Herzl during events in Basel.
Death of Josef Chazanowicz
Josef Chazanowicz died in 1920.
Jewish weavers’ strike against Aron Suraski
Seventy Jewish weavers struck for higher wages in 1882.
1894 textile industry shutdown
A textile strike involving about ten thousand workers lasted more than three weeks.
Bund Central Committee in Bialystok
The Bund Central Committee was located in Bialystok from 1900 to 1905.
Death of Szmuel Mohilewer
Rabbi Szmuel Mohilewer died in 1898, on the 19th of Sivan.
Founding of Chovevei Zion
The Chovevei Zion party was founded in June 1882.
Bialystok Chovevei Zion meeting
A 1897 Bialystok meeting adopted the constitution for a Zionist organization in Russia.
Bialystok pogrom of 1906
Bialystok received support from other communities and institutions after the terrible pogrom of 1906.
Awrom Szmuel Herszberg’s death
Awrom Szmuel Herszberg perished during the liquidation of the ghetto in 1943.
Czarist pogroms in Bialystok
Czarist soldiers staged pogroms in Bialystok, maiming or killing many Jewish victims.
Herszberg arrived in Bialystok
Herszberg reported arriving in Bialystok in spring 1880.
Bialystok elevated from village to town
King August III raised Bialystok’s status from village to town in 1742.
Burning of the Great Synagogue
Nazis burned the Great Synagogue in 1941 with about 2,000 Jews inside.
Steam-powered loom introduced
Nochum Minc and Sender Bloch introduced a steam-powered loom in Bialystok in 1850.
Construction of the old Bet Hamidrash
The old Bet Hamidrash was constructed in 1718 within the synagogue court.
Bialystok elevated to city status
Bronicki elevated the village of Bialystok to city status in 1742.
First print shop opened
Rabbi Aron Halewi Horowic opened Bialystok’s first print shop in 1804.
Establishment of Petach Tikvah
Bialystok pioneers helped establish Petach Tikvah in Israel in 1882.
Habimah founded
Nochum Cemach started the Hebrew theater company Habimah.
First World Gathering of Bialystok Jews
A gathering of Bialystok Jews held in Israel in 1970.
Balfour Declaration
Declaration commemorated at a 1917 celebration.
Founding of Bialystok village
Bialystok was founded as a village by Lithuanian Count Gedimin in 1320.