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Rabbi Jacob Silman
הרב ר׳ יעקב םילמאן
Rabbi and Zionist activist who worked as a pioneer in the Land of Israel and later served in Poland.
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... הרב ר׳ יעקב םילמאן — למדן מופלג, װאס האט
פון זײן פריםטער ױגנט מיט התלהבות פארשפרײט
דעם צױן־געדאנק. נאכן ערשטן װעלטקריג עולה־געװען
קײן א״י. אלס חלוץ געארבעט בײם בויען ״בבישים״.
געלעבט אין גרוים דחקות. געװען פון די גרינדערם
פון דער הפועל־המזרחי־באװעגונג. צוריקגעקומען קײן
פוילן, נתמנה־געװארן אלם רב פון פיערזשניצע און
פארגעזעצט זײן צױניסטישע טעטיקײט. ...Connected nodes
Place
Land of Israel
Migrated To
Place
Land of Israel
Worked At
Organization
Hapoel HaMizrachi movement
Founded By
Place
Poland
Migrated To
Place
Pierzhnice
Worked At
Organization
Hapoel HaMizrachi
Member Of
Place
Pierzhnice
Appointed As
Event
Immigration to the Land of Israel
Participated In · Subject
Event
Return to Poland
Participated In · Subject
Place
Land of Israel
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Place
Poland
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Organization
Hapoel HaMizrachi movement
Appears in same passage
Place
Pierzhnice
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Place
Chmielnik
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Organization
Hapoel HaMizrachi
Appears in same passage
Publication
Netivah
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Organization
World Alliance
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Organization
Hapoel HaMizrachi Executive Committee
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Migrated To
Rabbi Jacob Silman → Land of Israel
נאכן ערשטן װעלטקריג עולה־געװען קײן א״י
- after:
- World War I
Worked At
Rabbi Jacob Silman → Land of Israel
אלס חלוץ געארבעט בײם בויען ״בבישים״
The road word is OCR-distorted.
- role:
- pioneer; helped build roads
Founded By
Rabbi Jacob Silman → Hapoel HaMizrachi movement
געװען פון די גרינדערם פון דער הפועל־המזרחי־באװעגונג
- role:
- one of the founders
Member Of
Rabbi Jacob Silman → Hapoel HaMizrachi
היה מעמודי התװך של התנועה
- role:
- leading figure
Appointed As
Rabbi Jacob Silman → Pierzhnice
התמנותו לראב״ד בעיר פירשניצה
- role:
- appointed chief rabbinical judge
Migrated To
Rabbi Jacob Silman → Poland
לשוב לחיק משפחתו
- reason:
- economic hardship in the Land of Israel; returned to family
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