Person
Hershel Boym
הערשל כוים
Drohitchin-born teacher who modernized his traditional schoolroom.
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... די װארשואװסקי׳ם חאבען אײץ זון מיט צװײ טעכטער:
ישעיה (האט זיך אויסגעצײכנט אלם אמעריקאונער םאלדאט
אויפן פראנט אין פאציפיק. האט געקעמפט אין דער ארץ-
ישראל ארמײ קעגן די אראבער: איצט איז ער ״מפקד־אזודי״׳
פאראנטװארטלעך פאר דער שמירח פון ״רמת רזיאל״ אין
ארץ־ישראל); חנה מרגילת (געענדיקטע גימנאזיםטקע׳ באזיצט
גוט ײדיש׳ העברעאיש׳ פויליש׳ ענגליש און פראנצויזיש׳
געפינט זיך מיט איר מאן חײם און קינדער אין לואיםװיל׳
קענטאקע) און יפרידע (געענדיקט אויף לערערין׳ האט א רע-
גירונגם־שטעלע אין נױ־יארק).
הערשל כוים הי״ד ...Connected nodes
Person
Shmuel Artshim
Child Of
Community
Drohiczyn Jewish community
Born In
Event
Hershel Boym’s teaching
Participated In · Subject
Organization
Hibat Zion
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Organization
Mizrahi
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Community
Drohiczyn Jewish community
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Organization
Mizrahi in America
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Person
Isaiah Warschawski
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Place
Ramat Raziel
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Person
Chaim
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Place
Louisville, Kentucky
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Person
Ypride Warschawski
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Place
New York
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Family
Warszawski family
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Person
Shmuel Artshim
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Born In
Hershel Boym → Drohitchin
א דראהיטשינע ר
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