Soroca

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Town, district center, and port on the Dniester River, now in the Republic of Moldova. The first reference to a settlement in Soroca (Rus., Soroki; Yid., Soroke) dates from 1499. The town was home to one of the oldest Jewish communities in Bessarabia, mentioned by the Swedish preacher Conrad Jacob Hildebrandt in 1653. The oldest Jewish tombstones are from the sixteenth century and the first notations in the local pinkas (communal record book) are from 1770. The main synagogue was built in 1775. In 1772, a dozen Jewish families (out of a total of 170 households) lived in Soroca.

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GeoNames: 617367
VIAF: 124398669
Wikidata: Q853785

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Soroca

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described at: https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Soroca
has abstract: Town, district center, and port on the Dniester River, now in the Republic of Moldova. The first reference to a settlement in Soroca (Rus., Soroki; Yid., Soroke) dates from 1499. The town was home to one of the oldest Jewish communities in Bessarabia, mentioned by the Swedish preacher Conrad Jacob Hildebrandt in 1653. The oldest Jewish tombstones are from the sixteenth century and the first notations in the local pinkas (communal record book) are from 1770. The main synagogue was built in 1775. In 1772, a dozen Jewish families (out of a total of 170 households) lived in Soroca. @en
title: Soroca
alternative label: Soroca
preferred label: Soroca
has related: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
has related: Bessarabia
has related: Hillels, Shelomoh
has related: Moldova
has related: About this Article (Russia)
has related: Tombstones
has related: Transnistria
has related: Zionism and Zionist Parties

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