=Lenchitza= (_Polish_, Leckyca, province of Kalish), Jews of, executed on ritual murder charge, I 100 Solomon Ephraim of, criticises yeshibahs, I 119 f =Leon=, Jewish physician, executed by Ivan III., I 37 =Leshek=, Polish prince, receives Jewish delegation from Germany, I 40 =Leshek The White=, Polish ruler, favorable to Jews, I 42 =Lesnaya= (White Russia), battle at, I 248 =Lessing=, referred to by Nyevakhovich, Russian-Jewish writer, I 387 =Levanda, Leon= (=Lev=), Russian-Jewish writer, native of Lithuania, II 238 teacher in Jewish Crown school, II 239 "Learned Jew" in Vilna, II 239 f novels by, II 239 f joins Palestine movement, II 240, 332 corresponds with Bogrov, II 241 =Levendahl=, Russian official, inspires Kishinev massacre, III 71, 77 =Levi Itzhok=, of Berdychev, hasidic leader, I 232 f saintliness of, I 233, 382 Hebrew author, I 382 =Levin, Shmaryahu=, member of Central Committee of League for Equal Rights, III 112 deputy to First Duma, III 134 denounces Bialystok pogrom, III 137, 139 demands equal rights for Jews, III 137 =Levinsohn, Isaac Baer=, called "the Russian Mendelssohn," II 125 ff born in Volhynia, II 125 associates with Maskilim of Galicia, II 125 f author of _Te'udah be-Israel_, II 126; conclusions of, II 126 author of anonymous anti-hasidic satire, II 127 author of _Bet Yehudah_, II 127 f suggests plan of Jewish reforms, II 128; and modifications in Jewish religious life, II 129 keeps in contact with Russian dignitaries, II 129 f receives subsidies from Russian Government, II 129, 132 advocates prohibition of "harmful" books, II 129 f _naiveté_ of, II 130 publishes refutation of blood accusation, II 131 author of apologetic treatise _Zerubbabel_, defending the Talmud, II 131 compared with scholars in other lands, II 131 dies unappreciated, II 132 =Levita, Benedict=, of Cracow, granted monopoly of importing Hebrew books, I 131 =Levy, Lipman=, financial agent at Russian Court, I 248 =Lewin, L.=, quoted, I 111 =Lewin, Mendel=, of Satanov (Podolia), Hebrew writer, I 388 =Liberum Veto=, Polish parliamentary law, source of anarchy, I 92, 168 =Lieberman, A.= (=Freeman=), Jewish socialist, II 223 f =Lieders=, Russian viceroy in Poland, arrests Jewish leaders, II 181 =Lieven=, Russian Minister of Public Instruction, receives memorandum from Isaac Baer Levinsohn, II 129 =Lifschitz, Gedaliah=, of Lublin, Hebrew author, I 133 =Lilienblum, Moses Leib=, advocates religious reforms, II 236 joins Russified _intelligenzia_, II 237 writes "Sins of Youth," II 237 joins "Love of Zion" and later Zionist movement, II 237, 328 f, 376, III 42, 49