Vilna, scene of martyrdom, 27; Talmudists of, 34; kahal of, 62; persecution of Hasidim, 76; the last rabbi of, 79; notables of, 91, 92, 124, 150; first graduates from University of, 126-127; opposition to Haskalah in, 133; first publication of the Talmud in, 148-149; first assembly of Maskilim in, 165; innovations in, 166; reception of Lilienthal in, 172, 173; rabbinical seminary at, 175, 186, 202; yeshibot of, 197; Haskalah in, 198, 200, 206, 246; champions of Jews in, 225; referred to, 230, 292, 295. _Virgin Soil_, by Turgenief, 257. Vital, Hayyim, Cabbalist, 103, 134. Vitebsk, 128, 202, 292. Vitebsk, Menahem Mendel of, zaddik, on Haskalah, 135. Vladimir, grand duke, 20. Volhynia, jurisdiction over, 44; massacres in, 60; Hasidism in, 69, 81, 104; first complete edition of the Talmud published in, 148; referred to, 162, 195; blood accusations in, 208. Volozhin, Hayyim, dean, 135, 150-151, 175, 176. Volozhin, Isaac of, dean, 151. Volozhin, yeshibah of, 150-152, 245, 295. Vosnitzin, Captain, martyr, 27, 57. Wahl, Saul, Jewish Polish king (?), 22. Warsaw, Jewish community in, 20; persecution in, 58; protest at, 62; defended by Jewish soldiers, 115; first Yiddish paper in, 124; rabbinic college of, 144-145, 170, 202; censor in, 148; condition of, 159; German influence in, 196; Maskilim of, 202, 206, 246; referred to, 286. Way, Lewis, English missionary, 129-130, 144. Weigel, Katharina, proselyte, 27. Wengeroff's _Memoirs_, 163; on Russo-Jewish women, 300. Wessely, Naphtali Hartwig, quoted, 38; course of study prescribed by, 75; his ancestry, 77; his opinion on Russo-Jewish students, 80, 92, 108; his _Mosaide_, 98; his _Yen Lebanon_, 105; his Epistles and _Yen Lebanon_ banned, 132, 133, 192. _What to Do_, by Chernichevsky, 257. White, on Jewish farmers, 288. Wissotzky, Kalonymos, philanthropist, 292. Wohl, censor of Hebrew books, 252, 294. Wolf, Levy, jurist, 126. Wolff's _Metaphysics_, 84-86; _Mathematics_, 90, 108. Wolper, Michael, educator, 294. Women's education, 45-46, 253, 258, 259, 276, 296, 299-301. _Words of Peace and Truth_, by Wessely, 75. Workingmen, Russo-Jewish, 163, 293-294, 318 (n. 2). Yankele Kovner. See Barit, Jacob. Yaroslav, fair of, 49. Yaroslav, Aaron, friend of Mendelssohn, 81. Yavan, Baruch, diplomat, 104. Yelisavetgrad, 247, 269, 292. _Yen Lebanon_, by Wessely, 105, 132, 133, 192. Yeralash, 201. Yeshibat 'Ez Hayyim, 150-152, 175, 184, 254. Yeshibot, 32, 46-49, 168. _Yeven Mezulah_, by Hannover, 48-49. Yiddish, as spoken by Russian Jews, 38; first used for secular instruction, 100-101, 124; first weekly in, 123, 196; studied for missionary purposes, 145; employed by Maskilim, 167, 232; by Zionists, 286. Zabludovsky, Jehiel Michael, Talmudist, 199. Zacharias, monkish proselyte, 26. Zacharias of Kiev, missionary, 25. Zaddikim, 66, 122, 220. Zamoscz, city, 90, 202.