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Israel, called Shpigеле
Chaya Leah’s son, known by the nickname Shpigеле.
Yisrael Shpigel
A Bund member who carried out an attack on a tsarist gendarme and fled to America.
Itzl Glezer
Resident of a room in the area with his family.
Eyzik Chemni
A shoemaker who repaired old shoes for poor people.
Rikl
Eyzik Chemni’s wife, who prepared the children for Sabbath.
Abraham Derzhler
A gardener whose wife and children helped with the gardening work.
Aharon Kopiets
Named contributor of a memoir passage about Lukow.
Rachel, Isaac-Asher's daughter
Widowed mother of five who operated a soda-water factory and shop.
Butchele
A man who drank eighteen glasses of soda water with syrup.
Elke
A person who handed Butchele glasses of soda water.
Kiml Beker
Baker who owned a bakery in the market.
Leibele Gritzman
Regular visitor to Kiml Beker's bakery gathering place.
Alte Beker
One of Kiml Beker's four daughters; described as very religious.
Deborah Beker
One of Kiml Beker's four daughters.
Reizl Beker
One of Kiml Beker's four daughters.
Chayele Beker
One of Kiml Beker's four daughters.
Kiml Beker's wife
Invited the narrator into the household to bless the etrog.
Yosef Zubrawicz
Named author or narrator of the passage.
Blok
Poet listed among subjects of Markish’s lecture.
Polish Jewish-type painter
A Polish artist who mainly painted Jewish subjects.
Gershon Plug
A cantor or prayer leader from the Great Synagogue.
Moshe Aharon Lisibiker
A cantor or prayer leader from the Chok-Bet Study House.
Judge Lantsevich
A judge described as expecting Jewish litigants during the Ten Days of Repentance.
Shlomo Yekhiel
One of the rabbi’s two attendants during Yom Kippur services.
Chaya Fridman-Prishevoy
Named contributor associated with Los Angeles.
Nisan
The narrator’s brother, who resisted death transports and fought to survive.
Chaiml
The narrator’s youngest brother, who hid in forests and later died.
Adron the Pious
A shoemaker who served as Torah reader for the boys’ society.
Yona Noy
A teacher and Aguda representative who died in Warsaw during the Holocaust period.
Mendel Noy
Yona Noy’s son, living in Israel and among Lukow immigrants there.
Rabbi Leibl
An Agudah activist involved in social institutions.
Rabbi Zebulun
Religious teacher who became weaker and died before the Aktionen.
Rabbi Shmuelke
Eldest son of Rabbi Zebulun and head of Lukow’s Jewish ghetto.
Rabbi Ule Sheinberg
Yakov Gefen's father-in-law, according to the passage.
Leibl Aries
Yakov Rubinstein's father-in-law, according to the passage.
Writer of the passage
Unnamed writer who led Agudah youth with Simha Lander.