DERAZHNYA — DERAZHNYA, town in Khmelnitski district, Ukraine. A Karaite community existed there for many years and it suffered considerably during the chmielnickiy uprising of 1648. The rabbanites settled there at the beginning of the 18th century. They… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JOSEPH BEN SAMUEL BEN ISAAC HA-MASHBIR — (Rodi; d. 1700), Karaite author and scholar. Born in Derazhnya, Volhynia, Joseph was a pupil of Nisan Kukizow and a teacher of his son Mordechai b. Nisan kukizow . He helped Mordechai to answer the questions on the Karaites received from the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Khmelnytskyi Oblast — Infobox Ukrainian oblast Name = Khmelnytskyi Oblast UkrainianName = Хмельницька область TransliteratedName = Khmel’nyts’ka oblast’ Nickname = Хмельниччинаspaces|2(Ukrainian) Khmelnychchyna spaces|2(transliteration) Ukraine Administrative center … Wikipedia
Derazhnia — (Ukrainian: Деражня; Polish: Dzierażnia; also Derazhnya) is a city and railway station in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. Derazhnia is situated along the banks of the Vovk River (meaning wolf in Ukrainian), 42 km east… … Wikipedia
Letychiv — ( uk. Летичів; pl. Latyczów; ru. Летичев) is a town in the eastern part of Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. 51 km from Khmelnytskyi and 33 km from the railway station Derazhnya. Administrative center since Tsarist times,… … Wikipedia
Vovk River — The Vovk River is river in Ukraine. If translated into English, the river name means wolf . It flows through Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine and is tributary of Southern Buh of Black Sea basin. Vovk flows through Derazhnya and… … Wikipedia
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PESOTTA, ROSE — (1896–1965), third woman vice president of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), anarchist, and labor activist. The second of eight children (originally named Rachelle), she was born in Derazhnya in the Ukraine to observant… … Encyclopedia of Judaism