Zhetel

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Zhetel is a historic town in present-day Belarus, known for its once-significant Jewish community and as the birthplace of the influential rabbi and ethicist Yisrael Meir Kagan (the Chofetz Chaim).

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Zhetel canonical 2
Zhetl’ 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic town
town
administrativeDivision Dzyatlava District
birthplaceOf Chofetz Chaim
linked to: Chafetz Chaim

Yisrael Meir Kagan
country Belarus
hasAlternativeName Dzyatlava
Zdzieciol
Zdzięcioł
Zhetel, Belarus
Zhetel’
linked to: Zhetl

Zhetl
Zhetl’
linked to: Zhetel
hasHolocaustMemorial yes
hasJewishCemetery yes
hasLanguage Belarusian
Polish
Russian
Yiddish
hasNotablePerson Chofetz Chaim
linked to: Chafetz Chaim

Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan
linked to: Yisrael Meir Kagan

Yisrael Meir Kagan
historicalEvent Holocaust destruction of Jewish community
linked to: Holocaust in Poland

World War II German occupation
historicalPopulationGroup Belarusians
Jews
Poles
historicalRegion Grodno Governorate
Poland
Russian Empire
Second Polish Republic
historicalStatus shtetl
locatedIn Belarus
Eastern Europe
Grodno Region
Western Belarus
notableFor Jewish religious scholarship
birthplace of Yisrael Meir Kagan
historic Jewish community
partOf Dzyatlava District
preWarAdministrativeUnit Nowogródek Voivodeship
preWarCountry Poland
regionType urban settlement
religiousCommunity Catholic community
Jewish community
Orthodox Christian community
religiousHeritage Hasidic influence
Jewish religious heritage
timeZone Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chafetz Chaim birthPlace Zhetel
Zhetel hasAlternativeName Zhetl’
linked to: Zhetel