Drohiczyn
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Kabriger distribution
A named charitable distribution funded by wine purchases.
Horodets
Named as the source book’s place designation.
Frume Mindel’s family
Family of merchants and scholars from which Frume Mindel originated.
Nachum Shevinski
Jewish leather merchant, communal leader, and immigrant from Drohiczyn.
Nachum Shevinski's tannery
Tannery producing leather goods sold throughout the country.
Kobriner Hasidim shtibl
The only Kobriner Hasidim prayer house in Drohiczyn, founded by Nachum Shevinski.
Shevinski family
Family of Nachum Shevinski and six children.
Sheine Shevinski
One of Nachum and Badie Shevinski's six children.
Sarah Shevinski
One of Nachum and Badie Shevinski's six children.
Toiba Shevinski
One of Nachum and Badie Shevinski's six children.
Gitl Shevinski
One of Nachum and Badie Shevinski's six children.
Jacob Mendel Shevinski
One of Nachum and Badie Shevinski's six children.
Makarovka Cemetery
Cemetery in Waldheim where Nachum Shevinski was buried.
Abraham Zacuto
Mathematician and astronomer identified as active in Zaragoza, Spain.
Columbus
The passage says Zacuto's calculations and instructions enabled Columbus to discover America.
Hachman's family
Hachman's family faced economic hardship.
Yoel Slanims
Writer born in Drohiczyn who emigrated to America as a child.
Dreams and Reality
A publication containing Slanim’s article about Edgar Yipau.
Tag
A publication to which Slanim later contributed.
Zalman Riwens
Author of the lexicon cited by the passage.
Ice slide
A place where David'l could play during cold weather.
Dovidle
A child frightened while walking home in darkness.
Nikolaev
Place associated with Rabbi Eliyahu’s father.
Rabbi Nakhke of Kobriner
Rabbi Eliyahu helped Rabbi Nakhke and sent him money.
Amstivetz
Community whose murdered people were commemorated in a eulogy.
Molch
Place associated with Rabbi Zalman Sender.
Shmuel of Walevel
Father of Shimon Tarasov’s wife.
Nakhke
One of Yosef Shakht’s seven children.
Nivoi Academy
Academy where Jacob held a chair.
Levi Isaac
Naftali Steinberg’s father, who died while Naftali was a child.
Rasl Valevelski
Person identified in a photograph caption.
Lupo
Place associated with the folk school under German occupation.
Drohiczyn Jewish community
Community in which Sidarov performed communal work in Matele.
Esther
Wife of Yakov Sidorov who returned to Motol with two daughters.
Pohost
Town whose yeshiva Tsvishvarts attended.
Zvi Schwartz
Young man who met Leah and later lived in Warsaw.