Sokółka
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Beth HaVaad
Communal committee distributing aid to poor residents and travelers.
Rabbi Hirsch Director
Chief rabbinical court judge who issued a tribute to a departing physician.
Lodz
The destination of a Jewish doctor leaving Sokolka.
Dr. Landa
A Jewish doctor who moved from Sokolka to Lodz.
Zvi-Hirsch
A writer who described the farewell gathering for Dr. Landa.
Palestina
A second colony near Isaka in the Sokolka district.
Baroness Clara Hirsch
A philanthropist who sent an emissary to inspect Jewish farmers’ conditions.
JCA
An organization that supported the two colonies with agricultural assistance.
Isaka
A colony in the Sokolka district supported by JCA.
Baroness Clara Hirsch’s emissary
An emissary who inspected the farmers’ difficult conditions.
Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Director
Rabbi of Sokółka mentioned in connection with a settlement plan.
Pavlovka colony
Colony whose eleven founding families formed a settlement nucleus.
Rozanoy
Place associated with Pavlovka colony.
Rabbi Yitzhak Nissenbaum
Rabbi who visited Sokółka in 1898 as a representative of Hovevei Zion.
Sokółka
Town situated between Białystok and Grodno.
Sokółka guesthouse
Public institution listed among Sokółka’s communal services.
Colonial Bank
A bank said to have found favor in the small city.
Basel
The city where a Zionist rabbi attended the Second Zionist Congress.
Second Zionist Congress
A Zionist congress attended by a rabbi from Sokółka.
Free Maccabees
A society identified as volunteer firefighters, founded there.
Derashot Ha-Ramah
Book of sermons by Moshe Horowitz.
Hazonot Ha-Ramah
Book by Moshe Horowitz written in modern Hebrew.
Baron Rothschild
Benefactor associated with the colonies in the Land of Israel.
Hashkafot Ha-Ramah
Book of sermons published in 1934 in America.
Histaklut Ha-Ramah
Book of sermons published in 1939 in America.
Jewish population of Sokółka
Jewish residents of Sokółka described as workers, artisans, and merchants.
Sokółka tanneries
Seventeen tanneries formerly employed hundreds of Jewish workers.
H. Farbshtein
Seym deputy who traveled to Sokółka to investigate Jewish residents’ hardship.
Health fund
A health fund that stopped supporting impoverished workers and families.
Workers’ families in Sokółka
Approximately 250 workers’ families were reportedly dying of hunger.
Artisan families in Sokółka
Approximately 150 artisan families were described as suffering severe hardship.
Jewish community of the city
The Jewish community faced severe poverty and needed organized relief.
Lehem Aniyim
A society involved in discussions about aiding the Jewish community.
Local cooperative bank
A cooperative bank was designated to receive funds for loans.
Linat ha-Tzedek
The society was intended to function as a medical-care fund.
Dr. Bernard Cohen
Dr. Bernard Cohen was asked to allocate funds for loans and a children's kitchen.