Białystok
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Meir Walach born in Bialystok
Meir Walach, later known as Maxim Litwinow, is born in Bialystok.
Jakow Pat born in Bialystok
Jakow Pat, writer and Bund leader, is born in Bialystok.
First Jewish printing press opens
A first Jewish printing press opened in Bialystok; the supplied excerpt does not establish the date 1828.
Jewish Hospital founded
The Jewish Hospital in Bialystok is founded by Sender Bloch.
First silk factories established
Nochum Minc and Sender Bloch establish Bialystok’s first silk factories.
Ludwig Zamenhof dies
Ludwig Zamenhof dies in Warsaw in 1917.
Extermination of Jewish Hospital doctors and patients
Doctors and patients were exterminated during the Nazi occupation.
Klementynowski chaired the final Jewish Kehilla
Klementynowski served as chairman before World War II.
Klementynowski fled to Lithuania
Klementynowski fled to Lithuania after Soviet occupation of Bialystok.
Klementynowski reached Israel
After wandering and dislocation, Klementynowski reached Israel in 1941.
Rozenman served as chief rabbi
Gedalja Rozenman served as Bialystok’s chief rabbi from 1920 to 1943.
Rozenman perished in the Bialystok ghetto
Rabbi Gedalja Rozenman perished with the Jews of the ghetto in 1943.
Kehilla leadership election
On February 27, 1938, S. Goldman was elected chairman and M. Wisocki vice-chairman of the Kehilla.
Old Age Home founding
The Old Age Home was founded in 1882.
Incurable Home founding
The Incurable Home was founded in 1909.
Municipal Council election
Municipal Council election on May 21, 1931
Bryansk Jewish community
The Jewish community of Bryansk is dated to 1753.
Bialystok incorporated into the Polish Republic
Bialystok was incorporated into the Polish Republic after February 19, 1919.
Mass Jewish migration from Bialystok
Jewish merchants, factory owners, and workers migrated from Bialystok to multiple destinations.
Gilah Rinah established
A small Yiddish theater troupe was established in Bialystok in the late 1920s.
Permanent cooperative troupe organized
Three Bialystok theater figures organized a permanent cooperative troupe in the early 1930s.
Germany
The stated origin of Jewish refugees who came to the region.
Bialystok area Jewish community
The Jewish population and economic life of the Bialystok area are described.
Dr. Shaul Rafael Landau
A person named in the passage heading.
Rabbi Shmuel Mahliwer
A rabbi named in the passage.
Zadok Hacohen
Chief rabbi of France who assisted the colonization mission.
Baron Rothschild
Baron associated with efforts to support Jewish colonization in Palestine.
Dr. Khazanovich
Bialystok-born figure described as founder of Jerusalem's National Library.
First Hibbat Zion Association in Warsaw
Association founded by Samuel Mohilever in Warsaw.
Katowice Conference
Conference attended by Mohilever and other Jewish personalities.
National Library of Jerusalem
Institution described as founded by Dr. Khazanovich.
Rabbi Samuel Mohilever
Rabbi and early supporter of the Zionist idea, associated with Bialystok.
Leo Pinsker
Named as an author associated with the Russian pogroms period.
Radom
Place where Mohilever later served as rabbi.
Professor Hermann Shapira
Professor Hermann Shapira is named in discussion of the Jewish National Fund’s founding.
ICA of Paris
Organization requested to contribute funds to Israel.