Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
SCHICK, BARUCH BEN JACOB — (also known as Baruch Shklover, from the name of his birthplace, Shklov; 1740?–after 1812), rabbi, physician, and one of the pioneers of haskalah of Eastern Europe. Schick was ordained as a rabbi in 1764 and subsequently served as dayyan in Minsk … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHKLOV — (Pol. Szklów), city in Mogilev district, Belarus; within Poland until 1772. Jews apparently first settled in Shklov during the 16th century. By the end of the 17th century the traveler Korb wrote (Regesty i nadpisi, 2) that the Jews formed the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HASKALAH — (Heb. הַשְׂכָּלָה), Hebrew term for the Enlightenment movement and ideology which began within Jewish society in the 1770s. An adherent of Haskalah became known as a maskil (pl. maskilim). The movement continued to be influential and spread, with … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Shkloŭ — Škłoŭ ( be. Шклоў, IPA2|ʂkɫɔu̯; ru. Шклов, Shklov ) is a town in the Mogilev Province of Belarus, located 35 km north of Mogilev on the Dnieper river. It has a railway station on the line between Orsha and Mogilev. The population is 13,282… … 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
AḤARONIM — (Heb. אַחֲרוֹנִים; lit. the later (authorities), a term used to designate the later rabbinic authorities, in contrast to the rishonim , the earlier authorities. Although scholars differ as to the exact chronological dividing line between the two … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ZEITLIN (Zeitlis), JOSHUA — (1742–1822), scholar and shtadlan . Born in Shklov, Russia, Zeitlin was the disciple of R. Aryeh Leib Gunzberg , author of Sha agat Aryeh. When the region of Belorussia was annexed by Russia (1772), he became one of the wealthiest merchants in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Joshua Zeitlin — Joshua Zeitlin, ( he. יהושע צייטלין), (1742, Shklov, Belarus August 18, 1822, Kherson, Novorossiya), was a Russian rabbinical scholar and philanthropist. He was a pupil of the Talmudist Rabbi Aryeh Leib ben Asher Gunzberg who was the author of… … Wikipedia
