Saturday, February 12, 2011
Jermulowski Found in Poland
References to Jewish residents in Łomża date to 1494. The population numbers date back only to 1808, when 157 Jews were officially counted. A magnificent stone synagogue was built there in 1881 on the initiative of Rabbi Eliezer-Simcha Rabinowicz. The Great Synagogue designed by Enrico Marconi became a centre of the Zionist movement.[2] In 1931, there were 8,912 Jews who lived in the city.
In 1857 the city had 5,881 general population with 2,608 Jews.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81om%C5%BCa
Jewishgen.org