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Translation of Brisk de-Lita: Encycolpedia Shel Galuyot
Edited by: E. Steinman
Published in Jerusalem, 1954-55
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This is a translation from: Brisk de-Lita: Encycolpedia Shel Galuyot (Brest Lit(owsk) Volume):
The Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora, Editors: E. Steinman, Jerusalem, 1954-55 (H,Y, pages)
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| Page # | Author | |
| 1-10 | ||
| 21-38 | History of the Jews of Brisk Litovsk | A. Adelberg |
| 39-40 | Map of Council of 4 Lands 1667-1764 | |
| 41-58 | Brisk Litovst in the Council of 4 Lands | Ch. Berles |
| 59-70 | Jews of Brisk in the 16th and 17th Cenuries | K. Lichtenstein |
| 71-74 | The Destroyed City | A. L. Finestein |
| 75-84 | Jews of Brisk in the 19th Century | M. Kaplan |
| 85-96 | Autonomous Rule and the "Kehilla" | A. Lutzki |
| 97-103 | Quill and Melody: A: Hasidim & Mitnagdim | M.S. Gershori |
| 104-105 | Hazanim (Cantors) | |
| 106 | R. Shlomo Weintraub 1781-1829/ Baruch Karliner | |
| 107 | R. Noach Zlodkovski / Avraham Barkin / David Gurvitz | |
| 108 | S. Chesnik / R. Kalman Hazan / HaHazan Naiman (Noiman) | |
| 109 | R. Yosef Tiktinski 1857-1934/ Menachem Zofovitz | |
| 110 | HaHazan Garbash/ "Baale Tefila" | |
| 111-112 | Folk Musicians | |
| 113-122 | The Great Fire of 1901 | Nachum Sokolov |
| 123-126 | Days of Hardship | Prof. N. Sloshitz |
| 127-135 | Brisk Litovsk in the News (Newspaper Clippings) | |
| 135-136 | The Last Rabbis of Brisk: Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin | M. Baraisha |
| 137 | Rabbanit of Brisk: Sarah Diskin | |
| 138-144 | R. Yosef Dov-Ber Soloveitchik | |
| 145-151 | R. Haim Soloveitchik | |
| 152-155 | List of Books written by "Gdolei Brisk" | |
| 156 | MEMORIAL SECTION | |
| 158-159 | Poem: Brisk | Menachem Baraisha |
| 160-166 | Sparks of Memory | R. I.Y. Unterman |
| 167-179 | Chapters of the Past: House of My Fathers in Brisk | Michael Pochtchevski |
| 180-187 | Brisk in those Days | Dova Yafe |
| 188-193 | Marks and Impressions | A. Tzemach |
| 194-196 | Visiting Brisk | R. Z. Mesliansky |
| 197-199 | Blood Libel | Ben-Zion Naimark |
| 200-201 | Meeting the City of my Birth | Y. Finkelstein (New York) |
| 202-204 | Between Two World Wars | Dr. S. Ohrhov |
| 205-208 | Characters & Personalities: from the people of Brisk | M. Weisman |
| 209 | Two Characters | Y. Govkin (New York) |
| 210 | Meir the Water Carrier | |
| 211-212 | Eliyahu Sinai & David Kopchik | |
| 213 | Images: The Shatz Family/ HaGaon R. Yaakov Zalman Libshitz | M. Z. Ilan |
| 214 | R. Zvi Yafe/ R. Asher Chari/ R. Yaakov Rottenberg | |
| 215 | R. Shlomo Poliatzik/ R. Simcha Zelig & R. Moshe Sokolovski | |
| 216 | Days Past | Dr. A. Eisen |
| 217-218 | My Teacher | Batia Beder |
| 219 | Four Personalities: | |
| 220 | R. Haim Soloveitchik/ Dr. Sharshevski/ Noah Finkelstein | |
| 221 | Lawyer Grodzenski | |
| 222-225 | The Hasidim of Stolin-Karlin | B. Kosterinski |
| 226-227 | Poem: Brisk My City | Anna Margolin |
| 228 | The City and it's surrounding Towns | Moshe Stav |
| 229 | Brisk in those Days | |
| 230-231 | The city of my birth: Antopol | |
| 232-233 | Kobrin: next to Brisk | |
| 234-236 | Brisk | |
| 237-243 | Brisk that was in Warsaw | |
| 244-247 | From the "Farber" | Y. Hofftman |
| 248-250 | Three Things | Menachem Begin |
| 252 | PEOPLE | |
| 254 | Writers and Scientists | |
| 255-259 | Dr. Yaakov Gromer | Zalman Shazar |
| 260-262 | Talented Genius: Dr. Yaakov Gromer | Dr. Y. Klatzkin |
| 263-266 | Prof. Y. N. HaLevi-Epstein | Prof. Simcha Asaf |
| 267 | People I Remember | Yitzhak Greenbaum |
| 268-271 | Noah Finkelstein | |
| 272-274 | Avraham Goldberg | |
| 275-279 | Michael & Nechama Pochtzevski | Moshe Smilneski |
| 280-281 | Yitzhak (Zvi) Lipavski | Asher Barish |
| 282-284 | My History | R. Arie Leib Feinstein |
| 285-286 | Dr. Benyamin Sershevski | |
| 287 | Dr. Yaakov Greenberg | |
| 288-290 | Anna Margolin | Itzik Mangar |
| 291 | Zvi Har-Zahav (Goldberg) | |
| 292 | Writers from Brisk: Dr. Avraham Eisen/ Arnold Erhlich | |
| 293 | Herman Gold/ Louis M. Ginsberg/ Meir Hirsh Druchleh | |
| 294 | Yitzhak Heilprin/ Gershon Shimon Hornfeld/ Zvi (Harry) Wolfson | |
| 294 | Paulina Vengrov/ Simion Vengrov/ Dora Teitelbaum | |
| 295 | Yisrael Isser Cohen/ Yehoshua Yosef Kolbo/ Yaakov Morgenstern | |
| 296 | Michael (Maikel) Mintz/ Moshe Yitzhak Mintz/ Benish Michalvitz | |
| 296 | Menachem Baraisha (Goldberg)/ Pesach Novik/ Bezalel Friedman | |
| 297 | William (Zev) Pozniak/ William Zukerman/ Yitzhak Perlow | |
| 297 | Avraham Koarnitsky/ Avraham Kaplan/ Zeev Wolf Rabinowitz | |
| 298 | Michael Rabinowitz/ Stefan Rodianski/ Avraham Reicher | |
| 298 | Benyamin Shlevin (Sheinman)/ Menachem Mendel Shapira | |
| 299-301 | Public Servants: Rav Haim Cohen | Dr. M.A. Eizenstadt |
| 302-303 | R. Yisrael Asher Sharshevsky and Friends | B. Koloditsky |
| 304 | Ben-Zion Naimark | M. Lizarowitz |
| 305 | R. Mordecai Shainerman | Dr. Shmaryahu Steinberg |
| 306 | R. Levi Yitzhak Vinikov | |
| 307 | Zarah Zaretzki | |
| 308 | Zev-Dov Begin | |
| 309 | Yaakov Feinstein | |
| 310 | R. Shmuel Pomerantz | |
| 311 | Moshe Lobotkin | |
| 312 | Moshe Eliezar Ben-Anat (Brainholder) | |
| 313 | Community Leaders: Michael Ohrhov/ Yehezkel Ohrhov | |
| 313 | Haim Leib Eizbitzer/ Shimon Eizbitzer/ R. Yehuda Leib Eizen | |
| 314 | Yaakov Ehrlich/ R. Shmuel Ashkenasi/ Asher Ashkenasi | |
| 314 | Dr. Arie Begun/ R. Baruch Zunenberg (the Shochet) | |
| 315 | Dr. Shneur Zalman Behovski/ R. Hirsh Haim Borstein | |
| 315 | Michael Brozovski/ Yosef Eliezar Berlin/ R. Yitzhak Berzal | |
| 315 | R. Moshe-Yosef Barles | |
| 316 | Zalman Barles/ Mordecai Barles/ Isser Gevirtzman | |
| 316 | R. Mendel Gevirtzman/ R. Zvi (Hershel) Gevirtzman | |
| 316 | R. Nachum Gevirinovsky (R. Nachum Slonimer)/ R. Moshe Gutman | |
| 317 | Nathan Goldring/ Eliezar Goldfarb/ Liza Golodetz | |
| 317 | R. Nachum Zev bar Avraham Shmuel Goldray/ Leon Horodishtz | |
| 318 | David Gitelman/ Dr. Yosef Geizler/ Yitzhak Gendler/ R. Alter Grosleit | |
| 318 | R. Shabtai (Shepsil) Hapt/ R. Benyamin Vigdorovitz | |
| 319 | Gershon Wein/ R. Yaakov Weinstok/ Dr. Bronislav Vilner | |
| 319 | R. Haim Zalman Velsky/ Aharon Vinikov/ Matityahu Zevlod | |
| 320 | R. Alia-Peretz Zilberstram/ R. Moshe Zisman/ Haim Hatz | |
| 320 | R. Shalom Chari/ Yehuda Chavoinovsky/ R. Gedalyahu Chazan | |
| 320 | Nachman Topol/ Yisrael Tanenbaum | |
| 321 | Zalman Tanenbaum/ R. Tsharni/ Dr. Yisrael Yaffe/ Yitzhak Yeruzlimski | |
| 321 | Kedish Lobleski/ Zvi Lomzevski/ Zalman (Zigmund) Lotbek | |
| 322 | Moshe Lezrovitz/ Yosef Lezrovitz/ Yisrael Litoinski | |
| 322 | R. Shlomo Lichtenstein/ R. Nachman Landau | |
| 323 | Yehiel (Hillary) Mastbaum/ Laizer Moler/ R. Aharon Metzki | |
| 323 | R. Shmuel Maes (Dzinzel)/ Bezalel (Zelka) Minbitzki/ Ziskind Naimark | |
| 324 | R. Zarah Nissenbaum (Der Feldsher)/ Shimon Sevshitzky/ Yosef Satir | |
| 324 | Yitzhak Sirota/ Shlomo Sirota/ R. Haim Meir Spector | |
| 325 | Itka Serlin (of the Shiland Family)/ Dr. D. Serenker/ Mordecai Pedova | |
| 325 | Yehoshua Porer/ R. Yaakov Porer/ Meir Feirstein | |
| 326 | Noah Pochchinski/ Aharon Pochtzeveski/ Bezalel Feigen | |
| 326 | Hannah Finkel/ Bobel Feingold/ Yosef Pelman/ Yisrael Pernick | |
| 326 | Reuven Pregel/ Yosef Zukerman/ R. Avraham David Zemach | |
| 327 | R. Baruch Keviatkovski/ Kalman Kavberg/ Dr. Yitzhak Kagan (Cohen) | |
| 327 | Haim Baruch Kovertovski/ R. Beinush Koloditzki/ David Kopchik | |
| 327 | Gila (Genia) Konopiati-Bishkovtz/ Hanoch Kosovski/ Eliyahu Sinai | |
| 328 | Yehiel Kopper/ Yisrael Kibelitzki/ Yosef Kippel/ Shlomo Kemnitzki | |
| 328 | Berel Kendelsbrot (der Feldsher)/ Yisrael Kaplinski/R. Mordecai Krup | |
| 329 | Yehoshua Rama/ R. Zev (Velvel) Rabinowitz/ R. Yitzhak Radbeski | |
| 329 | Shimon Radbeski/ R. Hanech Rozenbaum/ R. Michael Rozenberg | |
| 329 | Zvi Hirsh Rozenberg/ Zecharia Rozental/ R. Leib Rotenberg | |
| 330 | Zvi Rivetzki/ Izik Shustkovski/ Helena Steinberg/ David Schneider | |
| 330 | David Zvi Shapira/ Yeruchem Shatz/ Dr Yehuda Leib Shershevski | |
| 330 | Dr. Yosef Shershevski | |
| 331 | Dayanim and Torah Scholars | |
| 332 | R. Shalom Menasha | S. Pitlik |
| 333-334 | R. Itzli Dayan | Z. Grinberg |
| 335-336 | R. Elikom Getzel | Z. Ginat |
| 337 | R. Zvi Hirsh Barles | |
| 338 | R. Benyamin Korman | Leah Degnit |
| 339-340 | R. Simcha Zelig "HaDayan" | Dr. M.A. Rigger |
| 341 | R. Avraham-Yitzhak HaLevi Bleiweiss | |
| 342 | R. Eliezar-Lipa Kapfish | |
| 343 | Lists of Names: Boards of Directors/ City Council/ Main Synagogue | |
| 343 | "Chevra Kadisha"/ Jewish Hospital | |
| 344 | M.A.Z. (Joint)/ Old Age Home/ Aid to Riot Victims 1937/ Doctors | |
| 345 | INSTITUTIONS | |
| 346-348 | MOVEMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS | |
| 349-352 | Institutions: Hebrew Education | Z. Har-Zahav |
| 353 | Culture Center | A. (Tur-Shalom) Tash |
| 354-355 | Galilee Culture Committee | |
| 356 | Hebrew Peoples School/ Hebrew Culture Gymnasia | |
| 357-358 | Professional Internet | |
| 359-361 | Education and Cultural Institutions | Nachum Chinitz |
| 362-364 | Hebrew Culture Gymnasia | M. Arzi |
| 365-366 | # 12 Topolov Street | T. Govkin (Argentina) |
| 367-368 | Jewish Sport | S. Rubin |
| 369-376 | Jewish Newspapers | M. Ginzberg (Canada) |
| 377-384 | Movements: Zionist Union | B. Kest |
| 385-386 | Zionist Underground | L. Horodishtz |
| 387-388 | Mizrachi | N. Rabinowitz |
| 389-390 | Young Mizrachi & Mizrachi Pioneers | S. Shemer (Petrushka) |
| 391-398 | Young Zion | A. Lutzki |
| 399-402 | Poale Zion - The Left | M. Menchovski |
| 403-404 | Young Guard | Briskai |
| 405-408 | Revisionist Zionists | D. Meiri |
| 409-412 | Bund | Berel Kotelinski (New York) |
| 413-414 | The Underground | Lazar Kling (New York) |
| 415-424 | Pioneers Group | D. Ofir |
| 425-432 | General Organizations | |
| 433-440 | Factory Owners Association | A. Chani (Australia) |
| 441-444 | Vocational Training | A. Strickman |
| 445-448 | Banks and Industry | |
| 449-452 | DESTRUCTION AND HOLOCAUST | |
| 453-454 | Poem: Arise, Ruins | Dora Teitelbaum |
| 455-516 | Memories of one of the Remains | L. Glozman |
| 517 | Poem: To My Father | Zev Kahal |
| 518 | The Partisan Hannah Ginzberg | |
| 519-520 | Partisan Operations in and Around Brisk | |
| 521-526 | In the Days of Destruction | S. Vinograd |
| 527-528 | The Entrance of the German Army into Brisk De Lita | |
| 529 | END | |
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