=Zelikin, Isaac=, called Rabbi Itzele, secures acquittal of Mstislavl Jews, II 86 f =Zelva= (province of Grodno), rabbis issue _herem_ against Hasidim at fair of, I 237 =Zemstvos= (local self-governments in Russia), term explained, II 173 Jews admitted to (1864), II 173 rights of, curtailed by Alexander III., II 379, 386 Jews barred from (1890), II 385 f liberal Z. voice desire for constitution, III 7 f refuse to appoint Jewish physicians, III 27 conference of, in St. Petersburg protests against autocracy (1904), III 105 combined deputation to Nicholas II. of municipalities and Z. express desire for abolition of restrictions (1905), III 122 =Zetlin, Yevzik=, of Velizh, arrested on charge of ritual murder, II 75, 77 =Zetlin, Hannah=, wife of former, arrested on same charge, II 77 =Zeno=, emperor of Byzantium, persecutes Jews, I 18 =Zhelezniak=, Cossack leader, massacres Jews (1768), I 183 f =Zhitomir=, see Zhytomir =Zhmud= (Samogitia) region in North-west Russia, I 293, II 133 =Zhukhovski, Stephen=, Polish priest, accuses Jews of ritual murder, I 172 f =Zhyd= (and =Zhydovski=), Russian derogatory appellation for Jew, I 184, 320, 403, II 14, 78, III 155 officially abolished by Catherine II., I 320 =Zhytomir= (_Polish_, =Zytomir=; Volhynia), ritual murder trial at (1753), I 178 Kahal of, appealed to by Vilna Gaon against Hasidism, I 373 printing-press of, II 43 Rabbinical Institute opened in (1847), II 59, 174; closed (1873), II 177; graduates of, un-Jewish, II 212 Teachers Institute in, closed (1873), II 177 old privilege of, excluding Jews from parts of town, abolished by Alexander II., II 172 _Mendele Mokher Sforim_ removes to, II 232 School of Handicrafts in, closed by Alexander III., II 347 pogrom in (1905), III 115 ff Jews of Chudnov attempt to defend Jews of Zhytomir and are massacred, III 116 f Jewish community of, protests against denial of Jewish franchise, III 121 =Zikhron Jacob=, Jewish colony in Galilee, II 375