Skala-Podilska
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Petliura
A figure associated with pogroms in Ukraine during the period described.
Makhno
A figure associated with pogroms in Ukraine during the period described.
Siberia
Region where the narrator's father was exiled during World War I.
World War I
War during which Jewish residents were expelled and exiled.
The narrator's father
Community activist who helped restore a Hebrew school and establish a community center.
Hershli Sharbatzbach
A young man who visited the narrator’s father for discussions and became mayor during Soviet occupation.
The Jewish community
The oppressed Jewish public whose interests the narrator’s father sought to assist.
Nazis
The perpetrators whom the narrator’s father opposed and whose defeat he predicted.
The Jewish people
The tortured people whose dignity and future the narrator’s father defended.
Broriah Sharbatzbach
The narrator’s daughter or signatory who concludes the memorial passage.
Yisrael-Leib Freifelder
Taught Bible at an evening school in Skala and was remembered by Yaakov Herzog.
Hashahar
Organization in Skala that established an evening school for youth.
Berl Moshe Shtrikdreyer
Rented a room used by the evening school.
Feibish Karmin
Taught German at the evening school.
Yehuda Widenfeld
Taught Hebrew at the evening school.
Yitzhak Landman
Taught mathematics at the evening school.
Chaim Roiz
A prominent Hebrew teacher and educator in Skala after World War I.
Hebrew School in Skala
A Hebrew school in Skala associated with Chaim Roiz.
Safa Brura School
A Hebrew school whose direction became organized under Chaim Roiz.
Peltshin
The Ukrainian town where Chaim Roiz was born and his brother was killed.
Young Zion
An organization in which Chaim Roiz was an early activist in Peltshin.
Chaim Roiz’s two sisters
Two unnamed sisters who crossed the border with Chaim Roiz and reached Skala.
Chaim Roiz’s brother
An unnamed brother of Chaim Roiz who was murdered in Peltshin.
Chaim Roiz
Educator who taught in Skala and later emigrated to Montreal.
Moshe Shapira
Relative of Chaim Roiz and manager of Podfilipiya estate.
Podfilipiya Estate
Estate managed by Moshe Shapira and owned by Velvel Shtok.
Beit Am
Community institution whose establishment Chaim Roiz helped support.
Talmud Torah in Montreal
Institution where Chaim Roiz taught and later served as director.
Western Galilee
Region where Gesher HaZiv is located.
Bentzitz Fiderer
Named as an author of an article about Skala rabbis.
Gdalya Lachman
Named as an author of an article about Skala rabbis.
Drimer family
Rabbinic family that held rabbinic positions in Skala.
Laufer family
Rabbinic family that held rabbinic positions in Skala.
Leibush Dayan
Dayan who served in Skala during Shlomo Drimer’s tenure.
Chaim Kasover
Kasover rebbe associated with Leibush Dayan.
Solomon
Elder son of Nathan-Nette and military rabbi in the Polish army.