=Black Death=, the, stimulates immigration of Jews into Poland, I 50 penetrates to Poland, I 52 ravages of 1648 compared with those of, I 157 =Black Hundred=, the, patronized by Nicholas II., III 113, 151 deputation of, received by Nicholas II., III 131 supposed to number 100,000, III 126 organized as "League of Russian People," III 141 gain in Second Duma, III 142 triumph of, III 149 ff active in organizing pogroms, III 113 ff, 124 ff, 126 ff, 136 engineer Beilis case, III 164 ff take advantage of Jewish rightlessness, III 132 intimidate Jews during elections, III 134, 153 insult Jewish deputies in Duma, III 156; see League of the Russian People =Black Sea=, the, ancient Jewish settlements on shores of, I 13 ff Khazars move in direction of, I 19, 28 Petahiah of Ratisbon travels to, I 33 establishment of Jewish colonies in neighborhood of, advocated, I 331 =Blaine, James G.=, American Secretary of State, expresses resentment at persecution of Russian Jews, II 395 f =Blinov=, Russian student, killed while defending Jews, III 116 =Blondes, David=, Jewish barber in Vilna, accused of ritual murder, III 37 =Board of Deputies=, Jewish organization in London, pleads for Russian Jews, II 262 =Bobovnya= (government of Minsk), Jewish convert from, slanders Jews, II 80 Jewish community of, protests against denial of Jewish franchise, III 121 =Bobrov, District of= (government of Voronyezh), Judaizing sect spreads to, I 401 =Bogdanov=, Russian soldier, accuses Jews of ritual murder, II 151 =Bogdanovich=, Russian general, organizes pogroms, III 125 f =Bogolepov=, Minister of Public Instruction, bars Jews from schools, III 27 f assassinated by Russian terrorist, 29 =Bogrov, Grigory=, Russian-Jewish writer, II 241 f =Bogrov=, assassinates Stolypin, III 164 f =Bohemia=, visited by Pethahiah of Ratisbon, I 33 oppressed Jews of, emigrate to Poland, I 41 Jews from, form community in Cracow, I 104 Magdenburg Law adopted in many parts of, I 41 talmudic learning carried from, to Poland, I 122 Mordecai Jaffe, native of, famous rabbi in Poland, I 127 Jews of, apply to Polish rabbis for religious guidance, I 125 =Boleslav the Pious= (_Polish_, Boleslav Pobozny), of Kalish, prince of Great Poland, grants charter to Jews, I 45 ff charter of, ratified by successors, I 51, 59; embodied in Polish code of law, I 71 =Boleslav the Shy= (_Polish_, Boleslav Wstydliwy), Polish prince, encourages immigration of Germans, I 44 =Bona Sporza=, Polish queen, sells office of state, I 76 =Bonaparte=, see Napoleon