Białystok
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Yehziel-Ber Wolkowisky
A leading speaker on urban and Jewish communal affairs.
Jews
Jews are described as participating in Bialystok’s construction and development.
Stibl
A dirty small prayer room is mentioned.
Talmud Torah
A Talmud Torah operated in Bialystok in four wooden houses.
Rabbi Shmuel Lifshitz
He was listed among the gabbaim of the institutions.
Leyb Perlman
He was listed among the gabbaim of the institutions.
Shmuel Razental
He was listed among the gabbaim of the institutions.
Yakov Shmuel Zabludovski
He was listed among the gabbaim of the institutions.
Workers' movement
The workers' movement affected communal assemblies and urban life.
Argentina
Argentina is mentioned as an area of the city.
Tiktin Jewish community
The Bialystok community was part of and dependent on the Tiktin community.
Grodno
City affected by a major fire aided by Bialystok.
Sholem Aleichem Library
Library described as holding many Yiddish books.
Community Study Library
Study library associated with the community.
Bialystok Rabbinical Court
Rabbinical court whose legal authorities were described as Torah scholars.
Bialystok Yizkor Book
The title of the Bialystok memorial book appears in the colophon.
Jewish community
The passage identifies a secretary of the Jewish community.
Yatke Street
Police reportedly found animals on this street.
Historical city clock of Bialystok
A large city clock reportedly built from collected fines.
Abraham Trop
Identified as Moses Trop’s famous father.
Bolsheviks
They took over Bialystok and demolished the clock.
Hebrew school movement
The middle class supported the Hebrew school movement.
Hovevei Zion
The middle class supported Hovevei Zion and Hebrew-language advocacy.
Hebrew-language advocates
The middle class supported Hebrew-language advocacy.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Agency that reported Hershberg's death on May 10, 1940.
Berl Mark
Jewish scholar and writer who wrote to Hershberg's family.
Kishinev
Designated as the postal center.
Hovevei Zion movement
A Hovevei Zion group was founded in Bialystok in 1882.
Yosef Binyamin Krinsky
Named as a founder of the Hovevei Zion movement.
Dr. Yosef Hazanovich
Named as a founder and later officer of the Hovevei Zion group.
Vitenberg
Named in the list of Hovevei Zion founders.
Kalman Pikus
Named as a founder of the Hovevei Zion movement.
Margolis
Named in the list of Hovevei Zion founders.
Yekhiel Goldstein
Named as a founder of the Hovevei Zion movement.
Menahem Mendel Kretchmer
Named as a founder of the Hovevei Zion movement.
Yisrael Hayim Shtimer
Named as a founder of the Hovevei Zion movement.