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    The Vilna Group was a circle of Jewish Social-Democrats which met secretly in the city of Vilna, then part of the Russian empire (now Vilnius in Lithuania)...
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  • Empire Vilna, Alberta, a village in Canada Vilna Gaon, rabbi, Talmud scholar, and Kabbalist Vilna Troupe, a Yiddish theatrical company Vilna Group, a circle...
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    also known as the Vilna Gaon (Yiddish: דער װילנער גאון Der Vilner Goen; Polish: Gaon z Wilna, Gaon Wileński; or Elijah of Vilna, or by his Hebrew acronym...
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    Perushim (category Jewish groups in Lithuania)
    the Vilna group, alluding to their practice of studying biblical commentaries, not just the Talmud and later commentaries. Influenced by the Vilna Gaon...
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    The Vilna Ghetto was a World War II Jewish ghetto established and operated by Nazi Germany in the city of Vilnius in the modern country of Lithuania,...
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  • The Vilna Troupe (Yiddish: Vilner trupe ווילנער טרופע; Lithuanian: Vilniaus trupė; Polish: Trupa Wileńska; Romanian: Trupa din Vilna), also known as Fareyn...
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    The Vilna Governorate was a province (guberniya) of the Northwestern Krai of the Russian Empire. In 1897, the governorate covered an area of 41,907.9...
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    original pieces from the Great Synagogue of Vilna survived the destruction and are now on display at the Vilna Gaon Jewish Museum: a door of the Holy Ark...
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    Abraham Sutzkever (category People from Vilna Governorate)
    Holocaust." Abraham (Avrom) Sutzkever was born on July 15, 1913, in Smorgon, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire, now Smarhon, Belarus. During World War I, his...
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    Švenčionys in Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire (in present-day Lithuania), into a religious maskilic family. At age 12 he moved to Vilna, where he attended...
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    The Vilna Congregation (Hebrew: בית הכנסת אנשי ווילנה) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Society Hill section of Center...
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    The Vilna offensive was a campaign of the Polish–Soviet War of 1919–1921. The Polish army launched an offensive on April 16, 1919, to take Vilnius (Polish:...
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    Machine Jewish Partisan Group Near Vilna Kurzbiographien Partisan Rachel Rudnitzky After Liberation Partisans in Vilna Partisans of Vilna Rozka Korczak & Abba...
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    The Vilna Shul was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 18 Phillips Street, on the north slope of Beacon Hill, in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United...
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    Vilnius (redirect from Vilna)
    VIL-nee-əs, Lithuanian: [ˈvʲɪlʲnʲʊs] ), previously known in English as Vilna, is the capital of and largest city in Lithuania and the second-most-populous...
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    (called Vilna or Vilne by its Jewish inhabitants, and one of the most historically significant centers of Yiddish cultural activity), the group “Yung Vilne”...
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    Litvaks (category Articles using infobox ethnic group with image parameters)
    the Vilna Gaon (in Yiddish, "the genius of Vilna"), Rabbi Elijah ben Solomon Zalman (1720–1797), to give his rarely used full name, helped make Vilna (modern-day...
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  • resistance, carrying messages, money and arms to resistance groups, between the ghettos of Vilna, Grodno, Lida and Bialystok. She adopted the name of a Polish...
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    The Vilna Rabbinical School and Teachers' Seminary was a controversial Russian state-sponsored institution to train Jewish teachers and rabbis, located...
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  • journalist and trade unionist. He was a leading figure in the labour movement in Vilna (Vilnius) in the 1910s, adhering to a Menshevik-Internationalist line. He...
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    Talmud consists of 63 tractates, and in the standard print, called the Vilna Shas, there are 2,711 double-sided folios. It is written in Mishnaic Hebrew...
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  • cities. There was a Hachshara in New Jersey, and a Camp Moshava The Vilna group was established in 1922. Hashomer Hatzair: "The Young Guard", a Labor...
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  • the Vilna Gaon. His father's name was Shlomo Zalman. According to family tradition, he was the central figure in the Aliyah to Israel of the Vilna Gaon's...
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    Synagogue interior Synagogue in 1916 Zamelis Synagogue Great Synagogue of Vilna "Restoration of the Roof and Attic of Vilnius Choral Synagogue". World Monuments...
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    Pati Kremer (category Vilna Ghetto inmates)
    she returned to Vilna, where she became a leading member and organizer of the Jewish Social-Democratic circle known as the 'Vilna Group', together with...
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    Vilnius Region (redirect from Vilna Region)
    18th century it was annexed by the Russian Empire which established the Vilna Governorate there. As a result of World War I, it was seized by Germany...
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    as a staff officer in the German Army to employ and protect Jews in the Vilna Ghetto. At first, Plagge employed Jews who lived inside the ghetto, but...
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    Spanish). RFEN. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024. Clupik. "EUROJUNIOR VILNA | ¡Laura Cabanes, billete para los JJOO de París y subcampeona de Europa...
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    Rose Kemp (section VILNA)
    guitarist Matt Williams aka Team Brick left and the band changed their name to VILNA, after a piece of music by the French band Weidorje. The four piece, whose...
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  • 'The Communist') was a Yiddish language daily newspaper published from Vilna between December 26, 1918 and April 3, 1919. It was an organ of the Central...
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