Drohiczyn
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Chevra Kadisha
Burial society listed among religious and cultural institutions.
Talmud Torah
School named in a listed letter.
New Beth Midrash
Study house named in a listed letter.
People's Library
A people's library listed in the contents.
People's House
A people's house is listed in the contents.
Moriah Synagogue
A synagogue listed in the index.
Synagogues
Synagogues listed in the index.
cheder
Religious schools where rabbis taught children letters.
JCA bank in Drohitchin
Bank opened by the JCA in Drohitchin near the end of the nineteenth century.
Hospital
A hospital was to be built with money lent by the Pinsk community.
Drohitchin yeshiva
A yeshiva for Perushim reportedly proposed in Drohitchin.
Maltsher Yeshiva
Nearby yeshiva attended by boys from Drohitchin.
Pinsk Talmud Torah
School where Drohitchin children studied religious and secular subjects.
Pinsk Russian Schools
Russian schools attended by some children from Drohitchin.
Jewish School in Drohitchin
School permitted in 1883 and opened in 1885.
Hebrew school for Jewish boys
School for Jewish boys established after obtaining official permission.
Drohitchin synagogue
The synagogue courtyard was the community’s spiritual center.
Jewish shoemaker
Farmers used Jewish shoemakers for boots and shoes.
Jewish glazier
Farmers used Jewish glaziers to glaze their windows.
Jewish smith
Farmers used Jewish smiths for agricultural and wagon repairs.
Synagogue courtyard
Destination of the 1917 wedding procession.
Drohitchin passenger station
The station became known as the Station of the Rabbi.
Starostvo
The Polish government built a large building for the Starostvo.
Drohitchin printing house
Printing house that operated in Drohitchin.
Jewish community
Community body represented in relations with state authorities.
Gmina
Municipal body with Jewish and Christian representatives.
Drohitchin Jewish community
Community that paid slaughterers and provided rabbis with revenue arrangements.
Old Bet Midrash
One of Drohitchin’s four prewar houses of study.
New Bet Midrash
One of Drohitchin’s four prewar houses of study.
Prush Bet Midrash
A house of study that remained in ruins after the war.
Hasidic Shtibl
The Hasidic prayer house survived the wartime burning intact.
Linat ha-Tzedek
Charity that assisted poor sick people with doctors and medicines.
Bikur Cholim
Charity that assisted poor sick people with doctors and medicines.
Hekdesh
A charitable lodging house where guests slept free of charge.
Moriah School
A Russian school for Jewish children that later closed.
Yavne School
A modern Hebrew school opened before World War I and later closed.