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Members of the Rak Ivrit (Only Hebrew) society founded by Leah Wilansky.

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    Members of the Rak Ivrit (Only Hebrew) society founded by Leah Wilansky.
    Members of the Rak Ivrit (Only Hebrew) society founded by Leah Wilansky. The white bow on their chests indicates that Hebrew, not Yiddish, is the member's daily language. In the third row, fifth from left, is Sarah Rubinstein, the Hebrew instructor, who was the first female teacher to teach boys as well as girls. Shlomo Kiuchefski is sitting on the ground, fifth from right. The little girl in the second row, far right, is Esther Katz. Fourth row, standing to the right of Sarah Rubinstein, is Shaul Kaleko and his brother Simha; the boy directly behind Sarah is Moshe Sonenson. Behind him in the last last row is his brother Shalom, wearing a black outfit. A significant number of the people in the photo immigrated to Palestine or other various countries.

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    Members of the Rak Ivrit (Only Hebrew) society founded by Leah Wilansky.

    The white bow on their chests indicates that Hebrew, not Yiddish, is the member's daily language. In the third row, fifth from left, is Sarah Rubinstein, the Hebrew instructor, who was the first female teacher to teach boys as well as girls.

    Shlomo Kiuchefski is sitting on the ground, fifth from right. The little girl in the second row, far right, is Esther Katz. Fourth row, standing to the right of Sarah Rubinstein, is Shaul Kaleko and his brother Simha; the boy directly behind Sarah is Moshe Sonenson. Behind him in the last last row is his brother Shalom, wearing a black outfit. A significant number of the people in the photo immigrated to Palestine or other various countries.
    Photographer
    Yitzhak Uri Katz
    Date
    1930
    Locale
    Eisiskes, [Nowogrodek] Poland
    Variant Locale
    Eishyshok
    Eshishuk
    Eyshishkes
    Ejszyszki
    Eishishkes
    Lithuania
    Photo Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The Shtetl Foundation

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    Photo Source
    The Shtetl Foundation (Yad Vashem Photo and Film Archives)
    Copyright: Agency Agreement
    Provenance: Yaffa Eliach
    Source Record ID: RN2-39
    Published Source
    There Once Was a World - Eliach, Yaffa - Little, Brown - p. 518
    Restriction
    NOT FOR RELEASE without the permission of the The Shtetl Foundation

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    Artifact Photographer
    Arnold Kramer
    Record last modified:
    2004-05-10 00:00:00
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