KOBRIN — (Pol. Kobryń), city in Brest district, Belarus, formerly in Poland. The earliest information on the Jewish community there is found in a document of 1511 in which King Sigismund I, among others, ratified its privileges. In the 1563 census the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Kobrin — (Kobryn), Kreisstadt im russ. Gouv. Grodno, am Muchawetz und an der Eisenbahn Brest Brjansk, mit 4 Kirchen, Getreide und Viehhandel und (1897) 10,365 Einw. Hier ergab sich 27. Juli 1812 der sächsische General Klengel den Russen … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Kóbrin — Kóbrin, Kreisstadt im russ. Gouv. Grodno, am Muchawez und der Kobrinka, 9651 E … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
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Kobrin — Sp Kòbrynas Ap Кобрын/Kobryn baltarusiškai (gudiškai) Ap Кобрин/Kobrin rusiškai L PV Baltarusija … Pasaulio vietovardžiai. Internetinė duomenų bazė
KOBRIN, MOSES BEN ISRAEL POLIER OF — (1784–1858), ḥasidic rabbi. He was a disciple of the ẓaddikim … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KOBRIN, LEON — (1872–1946), Yiddish dramatist and novelist. Kobrin was born in Vitebsk, Russia, where he began writing in Russian. Only after immigrating to Philadelphia in 1892 did he develop an interest in Yiddish literature. After translating stories from… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Kobrin (disambiguation) — Kobrin (or Kobryn or Kobryń) is a city in the Brest voblast of Belarus and the center of the Kobryn Raion. Kobrin may also refer to: Kobrin (surname) Kobryn Uezd, former district of Grodno Gubernia province This disambiguation page lists articles … Wikipedia
Kobrin, Leon — (1873 1946) American Yiddish dramatist and novelist. He was born in Russia, and emigrated to the US in 1892, where he worked in a sweatshop. His stories and plays describe Jewish life in the US during the period of immigration, depicting the… … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Leon Kobrin — (18731 ndash;1946) was a playwright in Yiddish theater, writer of short stories and novels, and a translator. As a playwright he is generally seen as a disciple of Jacob Gordin, but his mature work was more character driven, more open and… … Wikipedia