compiled
from the sources listed by Ellen Sadove Renck
Alternate names:
Kamenka [Rus,
Bel], Kamionka [Pol], Kaminka [Yid], Komionka,
Russian/Belarusian: Каменка.
The town of
Kaminka is not an old town. It is mentioned in the History of Poland as
the encampment of King Karl XII (the Swede) in 1706, when he fought
against Peter the Great.
near Szczyuczyn.
Kagan: ?7199. 1912 rabbi: Yitzak Dov Ber ben Yitzak Levin (1859-?). see
Piechotka, Maria and Kazimierz. Wooden Synagogues,
1959.
Sources: Szczuczyn
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