TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface - Yaacov Samid, 5 A Word From Max Ratner for the Hebrew Edition Bialystok - The Jewish City, 9 History Of The Hebrew Gymnasium And Its Founders, 17 The Years 1919-1921 ("Bet Ha'am"; The building at, 74, Sienkiewitz Street), 27 The Year 1922 (Gymnasium permit from the Authorities; The building at 26 Brokowa Street),33 The Year 1923 (The Magazine "Anachnu"; Visits by Bialik and Sokolow; Lag B'Omer Celebrations), 37 The Years 1924-1925 ("The Jubilee Gazette"), 44 The Year 1926 (The First Graduate Year), 54 The Year 1927 (The building at 79, Sienkiewitz Street), 57 The Year 1928 (Tchernichovski's Visit), 60 The Year 1929 ("Kolenu" Magazine No.1), 63 The Year 1930 (Bialik's Visit; Self-Help; The JNF), 69 The Year 1931 ("Kolenu" Magazine), 75 The Year 1932 (The Gymnasium Receives State Rights), 84 The Year 1933 (The Departure of Principal Dr. Zvi Zemel; The First National Teachers Conference), 90 The Years 1934-1935 (The Laboratories), 95 The Year 1936 (Pre-Military Training), 105 The Years 1937-1938 (Change in Gymnasium Structure), 114 The Year 1939 (The Last Graduate Year; The "Le'An" Magazine), 122 Principals of the Gymnasium and its Graduation Classes, 132 The Twentieth Anniversary Book Which Was Never Published, 135 Naomi Nof's Article, 137 Yaacov Samid's Essay, 138 Under Soviet Rule (1939-1941), 141 Description of the Period, 143 Rachel Kalisher's Article, 144 The Holocaust (1941-1943), 147 Description of the Period, 149 Hadassah Shprung's Essay, 152 Chaike Grossman's Essay, 155 REFLECTIONS AND MEMORIES: Naomi Nof (Goldman), 161 Frieda Polatsek (Friedman), 162 Prof. M. Mishkinski, 163 Dr. Yeshayahu Ostridan, 164 Dr. M. Bayliss (Bialystotzki), 168 Dr. Ephraim Wapinski, 169 Yaacov Samid, 171 Chaim Shafir (Reif), 173 Dr. Baruch Kaplan, 175 Daniel Poczebutzki, 176 Alexander Ekar, 178 (Sitsh) Gedalyahu Marmor, 179 Shlomo Patt, 180 Mordechai Szczupak, 181 Shifra Gotlieb (Atlasowitz), 182 Eliezer Avinoam, 183 Eliezer Sobotnik, 184 L. Epstein, 184 Mina Braun (Gelerstein), 185 Dina Freedman (Bramson), 186 Chava Sneh, 187 IN MEMORIAM: Principal Dr. Zvi Zemel, 191 Teacher Moshe Adler, 192 Teacher Dr. Shimon Dattner, 192 Teacher Franca Horowitz, 193 Teacher Pnina Berstein, 194 Mordechai Samid (Semiatitzki), 195 Professor Menachem Stern, 195 Dov Shuval, 196 Shmuel Shamir (Lapshin), 196 Mordechai Laznik, 197 Abraham Kaplanski, 198 Hillel Aldag (Oldak), 198 Yitzhak Gorfin, 199 Chaya Rothstein (Efron), 200 THE HEBREW GYMNASIUM 50TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION: Description of the Reunion, 203 The Mekama of Moshe Elkoni (Olkinitzki), 203 THE HEBREW GYMNASIUM 70TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION: Description of the Reunion, 207 Greetings from Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, 211 The Mekama of Zvi Bodanowski, 213 Poem by Max Ratner, 215 EPILOGUE Dikla Golomb, 216