Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
Telshe yeshiva — Old photo of Telshe yeshiva, Telšiai, Lithuania Address 28400 Euclid Avenue Wickliffe, Ohio … Wikipedia
Eliezer Gordon — Rabbi Eliezer Gordon (1841 ndash;1910) also known as Reb Laizer Telzer , served as the Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva of Telz, Lithuania.Early yearsRabbi Eliezer Gordon was born in 1841 in the Lithuanian village of Chernian, near Vilna. His father,… … Wikipedia
LITHUANIA — (Lithuanian Lietuva; Pol. Litwa; Rus. Litva; Heb. Lita ליטא or ליטה; Yid. Lite ליטע), southernmost of Baltic states of N.E. Europe; from 1940 Lithuanian S.S.R. (for early period, see poland lithuania ). (See Map: Lithuanian Communities). For the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Yechezkel Sarna — Rabbi Yechezkel Sarna (1890 1969) was the successor to Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the Alter of Slabodka, as the spiritual mentor of that Yeshiva. He moved it from Europe to Hebron in 1925 and, following the Hebron Massacre of 1929 to Jerusalem,… … Wikipedia
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KELME — (Lithuanian Kelme̊; Rus. Kelmy; Yid. Kelm), town in W. central Lithuania. It became known as a center of the musar movement in Lithuania. The Jewish community there may have been in existence for several hundred years; its synagogue was said to… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
