Białystok
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Kalancza Tower
A tall Kalancza tower stood during the Branicki period.
Abraham Samuel Hershberg
Former Bialystok resident described Jewish life there a century earlier.
Great House of Study (Pulkavoyer)
One of Bialystok’s larger houses of study.
Lipowa Street
A Bialystok street later associated with the name Pilsudskiego.
Pilsudskiego Street
A later name associated with Lipowa Street.
Officers' Club
An officers' club mentioned among Bialystok's notable buildings.
Grand Hotel
A hotel mentioned among Bialystok's notable buildings.
Kempner family
A large private house is associated with the Kempner family.
Zisel Goldberg
The house later became associated with Zisel Goldberg.
Kopl Heilperin
Kopl Heilperin purchased a large house at auction.
The Bialystok Yizkor Book
The passage includes the publication title in its closing line.
Białystok
The passage discusses lottery-ticket trade in Białystok.
Lithuania
Jews from Lithuania reportedly circulated lottery tickets.
Tsarist government
The government prohibited foreign lottery tickets.
Berlin
Berlin lottery tickets were sold in Białystok.
Hamburg
Hamburg lottery tickets were sold in Białystok.
Saxony
Saxon lottery tickets were sold in Białystok.
Brunswick
Brunswick lottery tickets were sold in Białystok.
Bikur Cholim
Bikur Cholim received a percentage of lottery winnings.
Abraham-Pivl Blumenfeld
A communal activist who became a synagogue treasurer.
Yeshiva
A yeshiva operated alongside the Talmud Torah in four wooden houses.
Barukh Freidenberg
He was listed among the gabbaim of the institutions.
Yosef Rendl
He was listed among the gabbaim of the institutions.
Ayzik Medavnik
He was listed among the gabbaim of the institutions.
Europe
The passage contrasts local education with foreign technical culture in Europe.
Russia
The passage refers to Jewish life in Russia.
Brest
City affected by a major fire aided by Bialystok.
Kobryn
City affected by a major fire aided by Bialystok.
Volkovysk
City affected by a major fire aided by Bialystok.
HaTsfira
A Hebrew newspaper reportedly had several hundred subscribers in Bialystok.
Branicki Palace
Palace remaining from Hetman Branicki's rule in Bialystok.
Sienkiewicza Street
Sienkiewicza Street is included in a building address.
Joseph-Moses Isaiah
A collector named Joseph-Moses Isaiah received a telegram about a winning ticket.
Main synagogue
A neglected, comparatively small synagogue in the schoolyard quarter.
New city synagogue
A city synagogue begun in 1909 and completed in 1913.
Beth midrash
A social center mentioned among Bialystok Jewish institutions.