Cities with a population over 1000 database. 2013.
PEREMYSHLYANY — (Pol. Przemyslany), town in Lvov district, Ukraine. Peremyshlyany was part of Poland until the partition of 1772 when it was annexed by Austria. Regained by independent Poland in 1919, it belonged to the province of Tarnopol. In 1945 it was… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PEREMYSHLYANY, MEIR BEN AARON LEIB OF — (1780?–1850), ḥasidic ẓaddik. He was the grandson of R. Meir of Peremyshlyany, a disciple of israel b. eliezer Ba al Shem Tov (the Besht), who, according to a later ḥasidic tradition, assisted the Ba al Shem Tov in his struggle against the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Peremyshliany — ( uk. Перемишляни, pl. Przemyślany) is a town in Lviv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population is 7,565 (2001).Famous natives* bl. Omelian Kovch (1884 1944), Ukrainian priest and martyr murdered at the Majdanek death camp. * Wilhelm Reich (1897… … Wikipedia
GLINYANY — (Pol. Gliniany; Yid. Gline), small town in Lvov district, Ukraine. An organized Jewish community existed from 1474. The first settlers were leaseholders. The Jews of Glinyany suffered during the Tatar raids and Cossack massacres in 1624, 1638,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ḤASIDISM — ḤASIDISM, a popular religious movement giving rise to a pattern of communal life and leadership as well as a particular social outlook which emerged in Judaism and Jewry in the second half of the 18th century. Ecstasy, mass enthusiasm, close knit … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Bahnstrecke Pidhajzi–Lwiw — Pidhajzi–Lwiw Streckenlänge: 9 km Spurweite: 1520 mm (Russische Spur) Legende … Deutsch Wikipedia
GALICIA — (Pol. Galicia; Ger. Galizien; Rus. Galitsiya), geographical political region of E. Europe, in S.E. Poland and N.W. Ukraine, extending northward from the Carpathians into the Vistula Valley to the San River. After numerous changes in the Middle… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ALIYAH AND ABSORPTION — GENERAL SURVEY Introduction Aliyah, ascension or going up, is the coming of Jews as individuals or in groups, from exile or diaspora to live in the Land of Israel. Those who go up for this purpose are known as olim – a term used in the Bible for… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LIPKANY — (Rom. Lipcani), small town in N. Moldova, in the region of Bessarabia. Jews appeared there in the middle of the 17th century. There were 82 Jewish families in Lipkany (out of a total of 203. in 1817, 4,410 persons (63% of the total population) in … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHAPIRA — (Spira), ḥasidic family known as the Munkacs dynasty; named after the town of Munkacs (Mukachevo), the seat of the dynasty. Its founder, SOLOMON SHAPIRA (1832–1893), was born in Ribatic near Peremyshlyany, Galicia, the son of Eliezer Shapira of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
