Lwów
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Zadok Balban
Large shopkeeper supplying fashionable goods to Polish nobles.
Getzel
Large shopkeeper supplying fashionable goods to Polish nobles.
Isaac-Zeev Rappaport
Jewish military supplier and tobacco, grain, and salt wholesaler.
Chaim Hainish
Lviv resident who reported against Isaac-Zeev Rappaport.
Lev Mimels
Founder associated with a liqueur factory.
Fishel Dobs
Founder associated with a liqueur factory.
Brunner
Operator associated with a brewery in Lviv.
Hauer
The governor-president rejected the community's request for tax relief.
Prince Metternich
He stayed in Lviv in 1823 and described Galicia's economic conditions.
Prince Lubkowicz
He assumed authority in 1826 and attempted economic reforms.
Court Chancellery
A Vienna government office proposing abolition of Jewish taxes in 1830.
Lviv Governorship
The provincial authority consulted about housing restrictions and property ownership.
Menahem Shneyar
A Jewish proposer who submitted a plan concerning Jewish reform in 1805.
Reichman
A court adviser who reviewed Shneyar's plan in October 1805.
Governorate
Government authority receiving Shneyar's proposals.
Community Council
Jewish communal body Shneyar attempted to join.
Bohemia and Moravia
Regions where reforms had been implemented to some extent.
Johann Fidels von Eglit
A court adviser who prepared a memorandum on improving Galician Jewish conditions.
Court Council
A body whose members reviewed the memorandum and largely supported equal civil rights.
Freiherr von Hauer
A commissioner who surveyed Galicia in July 1816 and reported on Jewish dress.
von Eydmann
An advisor who proposed questions concerning Jewish dress regulations in 1820–1821.
Viennese authorities
Authorities that issued an order requiring Jews to replace traditional dress with European clothing.
Fishl Mizem
Jewish merchant and signatory of a petition concerning Jewish clothing.
Lev Mendelssohn
Jewish merchant and signatory of a petition concerning Jewish clothing.
Hirsh Rapoport
Jewish merchant and signatory of a petition concerning Jewish clothing.
Bar Modlinger
Jewish merchant and signatory of a petition concerning Jewish clothing.
Galician Diet Committee
Committee that decided in 1828 to grant citizenship rights to Jews by categories.
Zamość
Some Enlightenment proponents came from the new territories, including Zamość.
Dr. Aharon Gusman
A Jewish physician identified as a promoter of the Jewish Enlightenment.
Rabbi Benjamin Zvi Natkish
Benjamin Zvi Natkish taught Hebrew, Bible, grammar, and foreign languages.
The Jews of Lviv
Affluent Jews maintained contacts with German officials and educators.
Hospital Street
Young people gathered in a small house on Hospital Street.
The cemetery
The gathering place was behind the cemetery.
The Biur
Teachers used Mendelssohn's Biur commentary when teaching the Bible.
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn is credited with the Biur commentary used in instruction.
Jacob Ornstein
Named as a participant in the Lviv intellectual circle.