Drohiczyn
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Georgia
Region where dispersed Drohichiners also lived.
Aaron Kagan
Aaron Kagan is identified as Yosef Kagan’s father.
Gitel Kagan
Gitel is identified alongside Aaron as Yosef Kagan’s parent.
Radin
Yosef Kagan was born in Radin and studied there.
Yeshivas of Radin
Yosef Kagan studied in the yeshivas of Radin.
Slobodka Yeshiva
Yosef Kagan studied in Slobodka.
Kremenchug-Slobodka Yeshiva
Yosef Kagan studied at Kremenchug-Slobodka.
Drohitchiner Congregation
Yosef Kagan served as rabbi of the Drohitchiner congregation from 1937.
Rebecca Kagan
Rebecca was Yosef Kagan’s wife and daughter of Shmuel and Chaya-Mina Shach.
Shmuel Shach
Shmuel Shach is identified as Rebecca’s father.
Chaya-Mina Shach
Chaya-Mina Shach is identified as Rebecca’s mother.
Etel Kagan
Etel is identified as Yosef and Rebecca Kagan’s daughter.
Drohitchiner immigrants in New York
Early Drohitchiner immigrants in New York concentrated around their synagogue on Henry Street.
Agudat Achim Anshei-Drohitchin
The synagogue served early Drohitchiner immigrants on Henry Street.
Henry Street
Agudat Achim Anshei-Drohitchin was located on Henry Street.
Brooklyn
Most Drohitchiner residents later lived in Brooklyn.
Clark and Halsted
Early Drohitchiner settlers established themselves near Clark and Halsted.
Independence-Douglas
Later Drohitchiner settlers moved into Chicago’s distant Southwest Side.
Zvi Yitzhak Hofman
A witness describing Drohitchin immigrants in Chicago.
Beit Midrash Hadash
Meeting place where the immigrants gathered every Sabbath.
Gmilut Hasad
Mutual-aid organization founded by Drohitchin immigrants.
Mr. Gudstein
A synagogue leader who opposed conversation during services.
Kadish Boim
A fellow townsman who received a notice banning him from the synagogue.
Agudat Shalom Anshei Drahitchin
A small synagogue founded on Pacific Avenue by Drahitchin Jews.
Kremer Street
Street where the group moved in 1901 and converted a house into a synagogue.
Kvidan
Birthplace of Rabbi Shmuel Shach, near Kaunas.
Kaunas
City associated with Rabbi Shach's study and his wife's origin.
Drohitchiner synagogue
Synagogue where Rabbi Shach served as rabbi.
Jefferson Avenue
Chicago avenue where the Drohitchiner community acquired a synagogue.
Racine-Taylor
Location of an earlier synagogue acquired and rebuilt in 1905.
Douglas and Hamlin
Location of the synagogue inaugurated in 1917.
Kehilat Jacob Anshei Drohitchin synagogue
Synagogue complex containing a synagogue, study house, and Talmud Torah.
Chevra Mikra
Study society listed among groups that learned at the synagogue.
Kehilat Yaakov Beit Shmuel synagogue
The synagogue reopened in March 1956 under this name.
Kehilat Yaakov Anshei Drohitzhin Talmud Torah
This Talmud Torah closed in 1955 amid Jewish population movement from the West Side.
Chicago West Side
The West Side is described as a location from which Jewish residents moved elsewhere in Chicago.