Drohiczyn
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Visit to Matie Leyb in Jerusalem
The narrator visited Matie Leyb in Jerusalem in 1934.
Birth of Todros Lib Milner
Todros Lib Milner was born in Drohitchin.
Israel Brukh marries Freidl
Israel Brukh married Freidl at age 23.
Freidl dies
Freidl died of typhus a few days before Shavuot in 1919.
Israel Baruch relocated to Phoenix
Israel Baruch moved to Phoenix because of his health and stayed seven years.
Israel Baruch returned to Chicago
After seven years in Phoenix, Israel Baruch returned to Chicago.
Esther Eisenstein transfers activities to Miami Beach
In 1948, Esther Eisenstein transferred her activities to Miami Beach, Florida.
Yisrael Barukh’s study in Vilna
Yisrael Barukh studied at the Vilna yeshiva with Avraham Asher in summer 1897.
Marriage of Israel Brukh and Chaya Liben
Israel Brukh married Chaya Liben in 1913.
Israel Brukh’s migration to America
After wartime hardship, Israel Brukh reached America in 1923.
Family’s move to New York
In 1930, Israel Brukh brought his wife and children from Drohitchin to New York.
Hershel Boym’s teaching
Hershel taught children Hebrew reading and writing in a traditional schoolroom.
Shmuel Epelboym’s birth
Shmuel Epelboym was born in Drohitchin; no date is provided.
Birth of Gdalya Kaplan
Gdalya Kaplan was born in Drohitchin in 1895.
Kaplan’s emigration to New York
After leaving Drohitchin, Kaplan eventually settled in New York.
Gedalia Kaplan's 1952 visit to Israel
Kaplan visited Israel in 1952 and was honored by Drohiczyn landsmen.
Rabbi Shimon’s death
Rabbi Shimon died in November 1927.
Latze Beyle Weissman’s birth
Latze Beyle Weissman was born in Drohitchin in 1864.
Birth of Dr. Mordechai Weissman
Dr. Mordechai Weissman was born in Drohitchin on March 11, 1887.
Weissman studies medicine in Chicago
Weissman began studying medicine at the Chicago College of Surgery in 1912.
Naftali Weisman traveled to Warsaw
Naftali Weisman went to Warsaw to resume his studies.
Naftali Weisman settled in Kobrin
Naftali Weisman left Horodets and settled in Kobrin.
Naftali Weisman moved to Brest
After World War I, Naftali Weisman moved to Brest and practiced ophthalmology.
Death of Dinah Weisman
Naftali Weisman’s wife Dinah died, leaving him with several young children.
Dr. Gershuni's service in the Russo-Japanese War
Dr. Gershuni served at the front during the Russo-Japanese War in 1905.
Dr. Shekhter settles in Gdynia
Dr. Shekhter settled in Gdynia and practiced medicine.
Dr. Shekhter returns to Drohiczyn
Dr. Shekhter returned to Drohiczyn in 1937 after losing his patients in Gdynia.
German occupation of Drohiczyn
German forces occupied Drohiczyn in 1941.
Murder of the Lasavsky family
Aharon, Chaia, and their three children were brutally murdered by German perpetrators.
Moshe Velvel Eisenstein’s birth
Moshe Velvel Eisenstein was born around 1840.
Moshe's marriage to Charne
Moshe married Charne, his second wife, at age eighteen.
Death of Rabbi Moshe
Rabbi Moshe died on the first day of Rosh Hashanah in 1914.
Birth of Shmuel Yudel Piasecki
Shmuel Yudel Piasecki was born in Drohitchin in 1859.
Shmuel Yudel becomes community elder
Shmuel Yudel Piasecki was elected community elder of Drohitchin in 1901.
German occupation of Drohitchin
The Germans occupied Drohitchin in 1915.
Arrests of three alleged political affiliates
Tsarist police arrested Jacob Goldberg, Abraham Isaac Lev, and David Goldstein in 1905.