Old News Articles about Wysokie-Litewskie

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Introduction
This section reproduces news items, entire short articles, and mentions of people and events in Wysoke Litewske from historical Hebrew-language newspapers:

• Halevanon
• Hamelitz
• Hayom
• Hatzfira
• Davar

Collected from the Historical Jewish Press website, a cooperative project of the National Library of Israel and Tel-Aviv University, by Eliezer Makovetsky and used by permission. (Click on the links above to see more information about each publication.) Compilation and translation by Hannah Kadmon.

You may browse the articles in date order in the Table of Contents panel at left, choose articles by subject in the table below, or use the arrow buttons to navigate forwards and backwards through the articles, or back to this page. See also this Overview.

Decade	Article	Subject
1870	Halevanon 25.8.1875	A Scandal: Did Rabbi Binyamin Zeev pay for his position?
1880	Hamelitz 29.3.1881	Mourning the Russian Kaiser (Tzar)
	Hayom 17.10.1882	Sectarian Confrontation in the Synagogue
	Hatzfira 1.7.1884	Economic Distress in Łomża Province
	Hamelitz 25.4.1884	House Fire in nearby village takes lives of Itzkovsky Family
	Hamelitz 8.6.1885	Unmasking an Imposter Rabbi
	Hatzfira 10.9.1886	Russian Dignitaries and Royalty Visit Visoki D'Lita
	Hayom 8.12.1887	The Murder of Y. Rabinowitz by Y. Meller (1)
	Hamelitz 8.12.1887	The Murder of Y. Rabinowitz by Y. Meller (2)
	Hamelitz 11.11.1888	The Murder of Y. Rabinowitz by Y. Meller (3)
	Hatzfira 13.5.1889	From Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Hirsh Sagal
	Hamelitz 2.6.1889	Massive Fire in the Town: A Disaster (1)
	Hatzfira 17.6.1889	Massive Fire in the Town: A Disaster (2)
1890	Hatzfira 16.12.1891	Conscription process and economic conditions
	Hatzfira 10.10.1897	Obituary of R' Natan Greenvald
	Hamelitz 12.5.1898	Rabbi Mordekhai Aharon Rabinovitz Chosen for New Post
	Hatzfira 10.5.1899	Rabbi Shifrel's sermon supporting the Odessa Committee
	Hatzfira 19.12.1898	Acknowledging the work of Society Linat Hatzedek
1900	Hatzfira 4.8.1901	Matriculation of the Gaon Rabbi Khayim Shlomo Vishnegrad
1900	Hatzfira 15.9.1902	A social and cultural summary view of the town
1910	Hayom 8.6.1911	Mazel Tov on Rakhel Pintchuk -- David Zeidel wedding
1910	Hatzfira 23.8.1912	Mazel Tov on Voyskovsksk -- Gelibter Wedding
1920	Hatzfira 19.1.1927	Mazel Tov on Yitzkovsky -- Viskovsky Bethrothal
1930	Hatzfira 30.3.1931	Warning from the Teaching Staff of the Religous Hebrew School
1950	Davar 25.1.1957	Obituary of Zalman Solnitzki
1950	Davar 28.8.1957	Sympathy on the death of R' Moshe Efrati

Notes: The subject headlines in the table above and on the individual article pages were written by the webmaster, for ease of access.

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