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unusual facts about Belz


Bugaled Breizh

The motorized fishing vessel (MFV) was built in 1986 by the Bretagne Sud shipyard in Belz.


Aharon Rokeach

They spirited Rebbe Aharon — who insisted on being accompanied by his half-brother, Rabbi Mordechai — out of Belz into Wiśnicz, then into the Bochnia Ghetto, then into the Kraków Ghetto, and then back into the Bochnia Ghetto, narrowly avoiding Gestapo roundups and deportations.

Duchy of Belz

At first it was part of another Polish fiefdom, the Duchy of Masovia, as in 1388 the king of Poland, Władysław Jagiełło, granted Belz to Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia, for his recognition of Masovia as a fiefdom of Poland and as a dowry for Siemowit's marriage with Jagiełło's sister, Alexandra.

Jean Gornish

She understood what her audiences wanted, and regularly finished her concerts with a medley called “Shtetlakh” that included songs about Eastern European shtetls such as Zlatopol, Moliev, and Belz, concluding with the song “God Bless America.”

Jewish business ethics

The Admor of Belz, Rabbi Aharon Rokeach, in discussing the angels descending and ascending on the ladder seen in the dream of Ya'akov, notes that the gematria value of sulam, ladder, is equivalent to that of kesef, money.

Josh Saviano

Other roles were as Kid Belz in the movie The Wrong Guys in 1988 and Max Plotkin in the made-for-TV movie Camp Cucamonga in 1990.

Konstanty Wiśniowiecki

Prince Konstanty Wiśniowiecki (1564–1641) was a Polish nobleman, voivode of Belz since 1636, of Ruthenia since 1638 and starost of Czerkasy and Kamieniec was a wealthy, powerful and influential magnate, experienced in both politics and warfare.

KWCE-LP

It is owned by Pollack/Belz Broadcasting Company (owner of KLAX-TV), and is an affiliate of the Retro Television Network.

Machzikei Hadas

After being decimated by wars (World War I & World War II), it was built anew in Israel by the present Rebbe of Belz, Yissachar Dov Rokeach.

Siemowit V of Masovia

Siemowit V (also spelled Ziemowit; 1389 – 16 February 1442) was from 1426-1434 a Prince of Masovia in Rawa, Plock, Sochaczew, Gostynin, Płońsk, Wizna and Belz i.e., hereditary vassal Polish, the breakdown in 1434 goes as follows; prince of Rawa, Gostynin and Sochaczew.

Ukrainian historical regions

Chełm, Belz, San River, Peremyshl (east of Podkarpackie Voivodeship and Lublin Voivodeship), former principality and a constituent land of Ruthenia

Vsevolod Mstislavich

Vsevolod Mstislavich of Volhynia, Rurikid, knyaz of Belz (1170–96), knyaz of Volodymyr-Volynsky (1188)


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