David-Horodok
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David-Horodok
Community named in the memorial book title.
David-Horodok Jewish community
Town whose Jewish residents and history are commemorated in the memorial book.
David-Horodok emigrants in Detroit
A young women's committee of David-Horodok emigrants in Detroit assisted the memorial book.
David-Horodok emigrants in New York
The New York association of David-Horodok emigrants assisted with materials and funds.
Horodchuks
The Christian population of David-Horodok, described as distinct within Polesia.
Tatars
Tatars are described as having influenced David-Horodok residents.
Christians of Polesia
The broader Christian population of Polesia used as a comparison group.
Cossack-Tatar descendants
Residents described as direct descendants of David-Horodok’s founders.
Cossack-Tatar origin
A Cossack-Tatar origin attributed to the local population.
Christian population of David-Horodok
Christian population leaders reportedly left the town with the German army.
Pinsk
Jewish community described as organized by 1506.
Stolin
A small Jewish community involved in a struggle against larger communities.
Kletsk
A small Jewish community involved in a struggle against larger communities.
Drohiczyn
A small Jewish community involved in a struggle against larger communities.
Lithuanian Jewry
Lithuanian Jewish society that influenced David-Horodok and received German Jewish immigrants.
Polesia towns
Other Polesia towns compared with David-Horodok’s early adoption of new ideas.
Surrounding towns
Nearby towns used for comparison regarding rabbinic disputes.
Hasidim
Religious group present in David-Horodok but relatively small and weakly influential.
German Jewish immigrants
Jewish immigrants from Germany admitted by Lithuanian authorities for economic reasons.
Pinsk Jewish community
The organized Jewish community of Pinsk was formed in 1506.
Jews of Lithuania
Jewish population described as having broad civil and religious rights.
Jewish settlement at Nirtshe
Jewish settlement founded in the early nineteenth century and later reaching about one hundred residents.
Nirtshe
Nirtshe was a Jewish settlement whose residents farmed, traded, and supplied river traffic.
Rovlia
Rovlia had a developed Zionist youth movement and residents who emigrated to Eretz Israel.
Lviv
The passage reports news of riots against Jews there.
Jews of David Horodok
Residents who witnessed the disarmed Balachovich forces and celebrated their defeat.
David-Horodok
The town discussed in the passage.
David-Horodok Jewish community
Jewish community whose representatives served in the town administration.
Jewish refugees
Hundreds of Jewish refugees arrived in David-Horodok describing wartime atrocities.
Horodok residents
Residents of David-Horodok described as reacting against the Jewish population.
Population of Western Belarus
The population selected delegates for conferences concerning annexation to the Soviet Union.
Population of Western Ukraine
The population selected delegates for conferences concerning annexation to the Soviet Union.
Jewish communities in the diaspora
Communities where trained religious functionaries were expected to serve.
Jewish towns of Polesia
The passage discusses poverty among Jews in remote Polesian towns.
The town
The unnamed town where Safliak lived and worked.
Jewish settlement in the town
The Jewish settlement in the narrator’s town was destroyed.