Drohiczyn
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Dinele
One of Aharon and Chaia Lasavsky’s three children, murdered by German perpetrators.
Hershele
One of Aharon and Chaia Lasavsky’s three children, murdered by German perpetrators.
Mashle
One of Aharon and Chaia Lasavsky’s three children, murdered by German perpetrators.
Shimon Weisman
Identified as Abraham Josef Weisman’s father.
Moshe Velvel Eisenstein
A Drohichin cantor-tax collector and first starosta from 1879 until his death.
Bulmak
A village near Drohichin where Moshe Velvel Eisenstein spent part of his youth.
Hana Asher Eisenstein
A son of Moshe Velvel Eisenstein.
Abba Eisenstein
A son of Moshe Velvel Eisenstein.
Elya Eisenstein
A son of Moshe Velvel Eisenstein.
Hershl Bulmaker
Brother of Moshe Velve.
Beile
Named as a sister of Moshe Velve and wife of Shimon Gratch.
Shimon Gratch
Husband of Beile.
Perl
Named as a sister of Moshe Velve and mother of Shmuel Eitenstein.
Shmuel Eitenstein
Son of Perl.
Commentary on Maharam Shif
Work attributed to Mordechai Mardush of Paritzk.
Paritzk
Place associated with Moshe's nickname and ancestry account.
Moshe's father
Described as a Torah scholar and poor earner.
Turkish-Russian War
War years during which Sarah Rive made considerable money.
Charne
Moshe's second wife, whom he married at age eighteen.
Rachel
Child of Moshe's first wife and raised by grandfather Leibke.
Leibke
Grandfather who raised Elia and Rachel.
Hana Beile
Named in a 1923 photograph caption with Moshe's family.
Moshe's wife and daughters
Family members identified in a photograph caption from 1923.
Rabbi Mordechai Minkovitch
Rabbinical son-in-law of Rabbi Moshe.
Cherne
Wife of Rabbi Moshe who died several years later.
Valevelsky family
Family said to have had approximately fourteen children.
Shmuel Yudel Piasecki
Drohitchin community elder from 1901 until the German occupation in 1915.
Rabbi Yitzhak
Father of Shmuel Yudel Piasecki who provided traditional education.
Moshe Paritzer
Predecessor of Shmuel Yudel as Drohitchin community elder.
Kahal
Community body that selected Moshe as elder.
Beile
Samuel Yudl's wife who assisted his communal work.
Jacob Goldberg
Political prisoner arrested in 1905 and helped escape.
Abraham Isaac Lev
Political prisoner arrested in 1905 and helped escape.
David Goldstein
Political prisoner arrested in 1905 and helped escape.
Stolypin
Governor who ordered streets in Drohitchin to be paved.
Rabbi Simeon
Parent of Moses Leizer Gratsch.