David-Horodok
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Shneur Zalman Shapira
Rabbi of Olshany who later served as rabbi of David-Horodok until the war.
Olshany
Town near Vilna associated with Rabbi Shapira.
Jewish community of David-Horodok
The Jewish community represented by Rabbi Shapira at public events.
Mizrachi Center
The organization that sent Rabbi Shapira on visits outside David-Horodok.
Hasidim of Karlin and Stolin
Hasidim associated with the Karlin and Stolin courts in David-Horodok.
Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi
A rabbi whose liberation was commemorated during Hanukkah celebrations.
Courts of Karlin and Stolin
Hasidic courts whose leaders visited David-Horodok and exchanged visits with Rabbi Shapira.
Nachman Blizovsky
Accompanied the departing traveler to Luninyets station.
Shapira neighborhood
Neighborhood where Shimon Ronkin resided and taught Torah.
Central Synagogue of Shapira neighborhood
Synagogue whose worshippers invited Shimon Ronkin to serve there.
Worshippers of Shapira neighborhood and surroundings
Worshippers who invited Shimon Ronkin to serve at the central synagogue.
Rabbi Takhorush
Neighborhood rabbi who respected Ronkin and consulted him on local affairs.
Shimon Ronkin
A respected religious community figure who influenced youth and synagogue worshippers.
Neighborhood synagogue
Synagogue where Shimon contributed religious and spiritual activity.
Raphael Shefer
Zionist aliyah organizer and administrator active in Poland and wartime rescue efforts.
Central Palestine Office in Warsaw
Office where Raphael managed intelligence and later served as director.
Romania
Route used for mass aliyah from Poland.
Aliyah Department representation in Constantinople
Representation with which Raphael maintained contact during wartime migration efforts.
Trieste
Route through which Raphael’s family departed with late immigrants.
Tehran
City where Raphael organized Polish refugees’ aliyah from Persia.
Persia
Transit area for Polish refugee aliyah efforts.
Rescue Committee
Organization where Raphael continued rescue work after returning from Tehran.
Ministry of the Interior
The ministry where the subject headed the Inspection Department after Israel's establishment.
State Comptroller's Office
The office with which the subject worked and later joined in an organizational role.
Tel Aviv Municipality
The municipality whose departments and enterprises the subject audited.
Tel Aviv Audit Office
The municipal audit office founded and directed by the subject.
Rafael Shefer
A Jewish communal activist, Hebrew teacher, and Zionist office administrator.
M. Gurari
Contributor signing the memorial text for Rafael Shefer.
Moscow
The destination of the subject's pursuit of education.
German captivity
The captivity to which Rafael Shefer was taken from the Russian Army.
Palestine Office
An office handling Jewish immigration and rescue requests from Poland.
Shfer
A deceased leader who guided the office through changing circumstances.
Polish Government Offices
Government offices where Shfer’s words were heard and his representation was persuasive.
Consulates
Consulates where Shfer represented those who sent him.
Immigration Institutions
Institutions where Shfer’s representation was persuasive.
Polish Jewry
The Jewish population of Poland, whose destruction deeply affected Shefer.