David-Horodok
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Shlomo Zagorodsky
Named as an organizer of a local educational room and library.
Shlomo Zagorodsky's library
A library through which children encountered books about Jewish heroes and legends.
Unnamed Zionist preacher
A Zionist preacher visited the town and addressed the community.
A. Israeli
Named at the end of a reflective passage.
Jerusalem
Jerusalem appears in the preacher's engraved images and Zionist imagery.
Zion
Zion is invoked in the passage's descriptions of songs and visions.
Gravelia Street
A street in David-Horodok shown in a caption.
Jewish settlement in the town
The Jewish settlement in the narrator’s town was destroyed.
Rabbi Davidel
A deceased man remembered leaving the bathhouse before Sabbath.
Greblie
A place where residents walked on Sabbath nights.
Horin Bridge
A bridge crossing the city and meeting place for friends.
Mordechai Zelik
He leased the large garden from the prince.
The prince
The prince leased the large garden to Mordechai Zelik.
The large garden
A large garden leased by Mordechai Zelik.
Z. Alpiner
An older person encountered among the fields.
Zev Basvitz
A person encountered among the fields.
Sh. Kvetni
An older person encountered among the fields.
Bialik's poems
Poems by Bialik read by youths and older people.
Tchernichovsky's poems
Poems by Tchernichovsky read by youths and older people.
New cemetery
Cemetery visited across town.
Cemetery of the righteous
Cemetery containing graves of righteous people.
The 1905 revolution
Revolutionary activity is mentioned in connection with meetings held there.
Tshipaisker Lane
Romantic corner of town visited on pleasant evenings.
Small bridge near the church
Bridge beside a church where visitors sat and watched the water.
Church
Church located beside the small bridge.
Great mass grave on the road to Olshan
Only surviving childhood memory described by the author.
Kaplinsky's pharmacy
Pharmacy marking a street corner in the town.
Kaplinsky
Person associated with the pharmacy by the street corner.
the river
A river reached by the main street and bridge.
youth organizations
Organizations in which young people participated in activities.
Street corner
A street corner where youths gathered at night for conversation, jokes, stories, music, and singing.
The bridge
The city’s central meeting place for walks on Saturdays and holidays.
The great river
A large river flowing beneath the bridge and onward toward larger rivers and the sea.
Residents of the city
City residents who walked on the bridge on Saturdays and holidays.
the white bridge
A natural solid bridge used for winter travel across the frozen river.
the large square
The broad central square where all the town's synagogues were built.