Sokółka
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Vilna Jewish community
Jewish community described as suffering especially during attacks on Jewish populations.
YIVO Bletter
Publication cited as a source for the document description.
City authorities
Authorities opposed by the Sokolka Jews in their struggle.
Document
A document used to obtain protection and reject unfounded claims.
Sokolka Forest District
The Sokolka Forest District is mentioned in connection with jurisdiction over Jews.
Women’s ritual bath
A women’s ritual bath was included among permitted Jewish facilities.
Sokolka Court
The Sokolka Court received jurisdiction over Sokolka Jews and residents of its forest district.
Assessorial Court
Appeals from the Sokolka Court could be made to the Assessorial Court.
Royal Court
The privilege exempted land purchased for Jewish facilities from taxation benefiting the royal court.
Hershl the porter
Person identified in the caption as a porter.
Jewish Cooperative People's Bank
A Jewish cooperative bank that stopped providing credit several years earlier.
Consumer Cooperative
A cooperative active in the town and organized by state and communal officials.
Agricultural Cooperative
A cooperative active in the town and organized by farmers.
Jewish Production Cooperative
A Jewish production cooperative, specifically associated with tanning, that quickly closed.
Thirteen Jewish families
Thirteen Jewish families were engaged in peddling.
Zelig Midler
Named in a caption associated with the Sokolka railway station.
Israel Marine
Named in a caption associated with the Sokolka railway station.
Shimon Spirshtein
Named in a caption associated with the Sokolka railway station.
Central Cooperative Bureau
A cooperative bureau mentioned at the end of the passage.
Cuba
A destination of emigration from Sokolka.
Middle school in Sokolka
No middle school existed in Sokolka.
Hakhshara kibbutz
A training kibbutz established during an economic downturn.
I. Shleimkavaytsh
A person named in the passage heading.
Polish public schools
Polish public schools attended by 80 Jewish children.
Yavneh
A Talmud Torah renamed Yavneh.
Sokolka Jewish population
The Jewish population is described as nearly half the town.
Professional Tanners Union
A mixed Jewish-Christian tanners’ union with weak activity.
Central of the Class Unions
The central body in which the tanners’ union was officially closed.
Town Council
The town council had five Jewish councillors among sixteen.
Lik
A border town in East Prussia where HaMagid appeared.
HaMagid
A Hebrew newspaper appearing in Lik.
Shas Association
One of several Jewish associations formed in Sokolka.
Bikur Cholim Association
A Jewish association formed in Sokolka.
Hachnasat Orchim Association
An association formed to provide hospitality.
Mikveh
A beautiful ritual bath built with a new bathhouse.
Dorshei Haskalah Association
An association whose members proposed founding a school in Sokolka.