Sokółka
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Yitzhak Ha-Levi Shuster
Rabbi connected with overseas charitable institutions and aid organizations.
Zalman Kosovsky of Yanovi
Rabbi from Yanovi who received aid through regional charitable connections.
Meir Markus
Rabbi appointed by the government in Sokolka and later Bialystok.
Samson Katzenellenbogen
Rabbi identified as a Zionist leader in Sokolka.
Y. Nissenbaum
Rabbi who wrote about his visit to Sokolka.
Rabbi Baruch Lavsky
A rabbi and Talmudic scholar who opposed Zionist activities publicly.
Rabbi Shimshon Katzenellenbogen
A Sokolka-born rabbi who led a yeshiva and supported Zionism.
Rabbi Ephraim Katzenellenbogen
The father of Rabbi Shimshon Katzenellenbogen and an established resident of Sokolka.
Zalman Sander Kahana-Shapira
Rabbi associated with the founding of the Etz Chaim branch yeshiva.
Samuel Mohilever
Rabbi of Białystok who promised funding for the Sokółka yeshiva.
Isaac Yaborkovsky
Scholar sent to Sokółka to help manage and expand the yeshiva.
Shmuel Yaakov Rabinovich
Zionist rabbi and representative for four districts.
Shmuel Makovitzky
Teacher in Sokolka who temporarily served as rabbi in Bialystok.
Avraham Makovitzky
Born in Sokolka, studied at Valozhyn, and served as rabbi in several cities.
Chaim Soloveitchik
Rabbinic scholar and teacher of Avraham Makovitzky.
Shlomo Polyachik
Friend of Avraham Makovitzky, known as the prodigy from Mezhayt.
Shlomo HaCohen
Granted Avraham Makovitzky rabbinic ordination in Vilna.
Eliyahu-Aharon Mileikovsky
Rabbi whose acting replacement in Kharkov was Avraham Makovitzky.
Rabbi Slodzinsky
Rabbi mentioned in a 1930 reception caption in Smorgon.
Rabbi Shuster
Father-in-law of Rabbi Slodzinsky, according to a caption.
Joshua-Zvi Sarna
Resident of Sokolka who described the town’s public institutions in 1881.
Feivel Schraga
Rabbi of Sokolka and father of Joshua-Zvi Sarna.
Avi Sattur
Sokolka correspondent reporting on local institutions in Ha-Yom.
Aaron Epstein
Educated teacher serving poor young people in Sokolka’s school.
Meir Markus
Rabbi and initiator associated with the community committee.
Rabbi Hirsch Director
Chief rabbinical court judge who issued a tribute to a departing physician.
Dr. Landa
A Jewish doctor who moved from Sokolka to Lodz.
Zvi-Hirsch
A writer who described the farewell gathering for Dr. Landa.
Baroness Clara Hirsch
A philanthropist who sent an emissary to inspect Jewish farmers’ conditions.
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.
Rabbi Yitzhak Nissenbaum
Rabbi who visited Sokółka in 1898 as a representative of Hovevei Zion.
Baron Rothschild
Benefactor associated with the colonies in the Land of Israel.
H. Farbshtein
Seym deputy who traveled to Sokółka to investigate Jewish residents’ hardship.
Dr. Bernard Cohen
Dr. Bernard Cohen was asked to allocate funds for loans and a children's kitchen.
Yehoshua Heshel Farbstein
Mizrachi chairman elected representative for the Białystok-Sokółka district in May 1919.