Jewish councils of Crown Poland, eighteenth century.
Major Hasidic courts, 1815–1929.
Purim-shpilers in costume, Szydłowiec, Poland, 1937.
Tombstones in the “new” cemetery, displaying a variety of figurative motifs, Szydłowiec, Poland, early twentieth century.
Miriam Leye Kuperman, Sore Rivke Weinreich, and Rokhl Ajzenberg, Szydłowiec, Poland, 1925. Their personal names are examples of Ashkenazic forms of biblical names (Miriam, Leah, Sarah, Rebecca, and …
… Yeraḥmi’el Tsevi’s son and successor, Natan David of Szydłowiec (1814–1865), was then followed his own son, Ya‘akov Yitsḥak (1847–1905), who founded the Byale court and reintroduced the practices of …
… In Szydłowiec and Skrzynno, towns in the Radom district, where the majority of residents were Jews, the entire town was turned into a ghetto, except for a small number of streets designated for …
… of the Holy Jew who rejected the doctrines of Simḥah Bunem of Pshiskhe headed Hasidic courts at Purisev (Parysów), Bekhev (Bychawa), Shidlovtse (Szydłowiec), and Kaleshin (Kałuszyn) …