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Shevinski
A Zionist activist involved in Jewish organizations in America.
Solomon Zalman Shevinski
Father of Nachum Shevinski who died in Kobrín in 1889.
Frume Mindel
Nahum Shevinski’s mother, from a family of merchants and scholars.
Zalman Shevinski
One of Nachum and Badie Shevinski's six children.
Tsipe Shevinski
One of Nachum and Badie Shevinski's six children.
Rachel Shevinski
One of Nachum and Badie Shevinski's six children.
Frume Mindel Shevinski
Mother of Nachum Shevinski who died in Kobrin in 1907.
Isaac Jacob
Named as the owner of a deed of sale for two towns.
Zalman son of Isaac Jacob
Named on a gravestone in Kobrin cemetery.
Nahum
Identified as Zalman’s son.
Selde Goldberg
Identified as Nahum’s sister and described as living in Zhelekhiv and dying in Israel.
Kobrin Cemetery
Cemetery containing Zalman’s gravestone.
Zhelekhiv
Place where Selde Goldberg lived.
Albert Einstein
A prominent Jewish mathematician described as foremost in physics and mathematics.
Chaim Hachman
A prominent physicist and mathematician in Romania around the turn of the twentieth century.
Judah Hachman
The father of Chaim Hachman.
Lithuanian yeshivas
Yeshivas where the young Hachman studied Talmud and its commentaries.
Kherson Gymnasium
The gymnasium Hachman completed in 1871.
Odessa University
The university where Hachman studied mathematics and graduated in 1876.
Zhytomyr
The city where Hachman worked at a Jewish teachers' institute.
Private Commercial School
A private school that became a commercial school with government-school rights.
Hachman
Scientist who published works on mathematics, physics, and mechanics.
Shaul Tchernichovsky
Hebrew poet and student at Hachman’s school from 1890 to 1892.
Hachman’s private school
Private school that closed during pogroms and later reopened in Odesa.
Odesa
City associated with a proposed Jewish polytechnic.
E. Ben-Ezra
Name appearing at the end of the passage.
Jewish schools in Drohiczyn
Schools where Slanims briefly studied during a visit to Drohiczyn.
Morris Rottenberg
American lawyer who helped organize a Jewish club.
Charles Zunzer
Participant in organizing a Jewish club.
Ab. Goldberg
Co-founder of a radical Zionist association.
A. Litvin
Co-founder of a radical Zionist association.
Sarah Kestin
Co-founder of a radical Zionist association.
Radical Zionist Association
Association co-founded by Slanims and several named colleagues.
Slanim
Yiddish poet, journalist, reporter, interviewer, and editor active in America.
Literature
A collection co-edited by Slanim.
Zalman Riwens’s Lexicon
The lexicon cited as the source of the biographical description.