=Warsaw= (_Polish_, Warszawa), capital of Poland, I 85, 111 capital of duchy of Warsaw, I 298 meeting-place of Polish diet, I 76, 98, 99, 111, 160, 165, 169, 171, 181, 278, II 96; see Diet Khmelnitzki moves towards, I 151 conquered by Swedes (1655), I 154 Russia maintains Resident at, I 279 besieged by Russian troops (1794), I 293 stormed by Suvarov, I 296 annexed by Prussia (1795), I 296; held by it (1796-1806), I 385 granted right of excluding Jews, I 85, 268 Jews permitted temporary visits to, I 111, 268 Serafinovich, converted Jew, invited to disputation in, to prove blood accusation, I 173 f Jews of, appeal to Polish king on behalf of Posen Jews, I 176 Visconti, papal nuncio at, instructed to report on ritual murder cases, I 177 Jacob Frank, baptized at, I 217 f; arrested at, and exiled to Chenstokhov, I 218; returns to, I 219 Jews permitted to stay in, during sessions of diet (1768), I 268 procedure in admitting Jews to, I 269 Jews pay tax for sojourn in, I 269, II 95 Polish dignitaries rent houses to Jews in outskirts of, I 269 "New Jerusalem," district in, I 269 Jews expelled from (1775), I 269 Jews return surreptitiously to, I 269 f, 285 burghers of, demand expulsion of Jews, I 285 f anti-Jewish riot at (1790), I 286 f Jews expelled from (1790), I 287 Jews volunteer in defence of, I 293 siege of, arouses patriotism of Berek Yoselovich, I 294; appeal for special Jewish regiment, II 295 Jews display heroism in defence of, I 296 Jews barred from principal streets of, (1809), I 300, II 94; exception made for widow of Berek Yoselovich, I 304 assimilated Jews of, plead for special privileges, I 300 representatives of Jewish community of, complain about disabilities, I 301 f "Enlightenment" among Jews of, I 385 visited by Moses Montefiore, II 68 visited by Altaras of Marseilles, II 69 Tugendhold, Jewish assimilator in, II 98 Jewish assimilators in, II 100 ff Congregational Board of, objects to special Jewish regiment, II 106 Jewish militia participates in defence of (1831), II 106 Congregational Board of, sends deputation to St. Petersburg to plead for equal rights, II 110 adherents of hasidic dynasty of Gher numerous in, II 122 assimilation in, II 177 f; assumes menacing proportions, II 213 Jews of, display Polish patriotism in uprising against Russia (1861-1863), II 179 ff pogrom at (1881), II 280 ff archbishop of, endeavors to check pogrom, II 283 prominent Poles of, offer to organize civil guard for protection of Jews, II 283; offer refused by governor-general of, II 283 number of writers arrested at, II 291 effect of pogrom in, upon Western Europe and America, II 283, 287