Drohiczyn
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Miriam Miller
Rebbetzin and mother of several children named in the passage.
Slobodka
Slobodka was the location of Knesset Beit Yitzhak Yeshiva.
Rakon
Leasehold associated with Isaac Ephraim.
Philadelphia
City where descendants of the grandfather lived.
St. Joseph, Missouri
City where descendants of the grandfather lived.
Rabbi David Mordecai Yudovsky
Rabbi of Drohiczyn for twelve years, remembered as a learned and beloved preacher.
Volozhin Yeshiva
Yeshiva attended by Rabbi David Mordecai after traveling from Vilna.
Rabbi Zvi Leib
Head of Volozhin Yeshiva when Rabbi David Mordecai arrived.
David Mordechai's family
Family that moved to America and settled in Baltimore after World War I.
Baltimore
City where David Mordechai's family settled.
Moses
Only son of David Mordechai's family who remained in Poland and studied in yeshivas.
Yitzhak’s rabbinical court
Rabbinical court where Zev Miller served as dayan.
Miriam Miller
Miller family member reported as surviving.
Rabbi Leyb
Rabbi associated with Sernik.
Hannah
Daughter of Miriam Miller who perished with her family.
Perl
Daughter of Miriam Miller who perished with her family.
Japan
Transit country in Hirsh Miller’s escape route.
Moses Paritzker (Walevelsky)
Father of Mordecai’s wife, Chana-Beyle, from Drohichin.
Shanghai
Transit city and location of a rabbi.
Rabbi Nah Kohen
Rabbi of the Polish side in Drohichin and scholar of several yeshivas.
Kamenets-Litovsk
Birthplace of Rabbi Nah Kohen.
Rabbi Raphael of Volozhin
One of the authorities who granted Rabbi Nah Kohen ordination.
Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz
One of the authorities who granted Rabbi Nah Kohen ordination.
Tavriger Shul Anshei Emunah
Nah Kahn was appointed rabbi of this Baltimore synagogue.
Isaac Elchanan’s Yeshiva
Nah Kahn’s older son studied there and prepared to receive rabbinic ordination.
Ettke
Ettke was Nah Kahn’s surviving wife and operated a book business.
I. B. Warsaw
I. B. Warsaw is credited for details about Nah Kahn’s life.
Toibe
Mother of Asher Eisenstein.
Shimon Shikopf
Head of Grodno Yeshiva associated with Asher Eisenstein.
Grodno Yeshiva-Kibbutz
Yeshiva where the narrator studied around 1923.
Grodno Minor Yeshiva
Institution headed by Asher Eisenstein around 1923.
Baruch Ber
Rabbinic authority who ordained Asher Eisenstein.
Chaim Brisker
Rabbi said to have valued and supported Asher Eisenstein.
Asher Eisenstein’s wife
Educated and beautiful wife of Asher Eisenstein.
Shimon
Brother of Asher Eisenstein and yeshiva student.
Chaim Ber the Brickmaker
Father of Eliyahu Altvarg and leader of a Mishnah society.