Janów Sokólski

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Issachar Ber Ryback - Synagogue in Janow Sokolski

Janów Sokólski (Yiddish: Janowa, Janov) was a stetl in Gmina Sokółka, Sokółka County, Poland, destroyed during German invasion of Poland. Currently only a Jewish cemetery exists. The cemetery and the surrounding agricultural land are the property of gmina^[1] The earliest known Jewish community in Janova is dated by 1720.^[1] The town was known for its wooden synagogue. (mid-1700s-1941)^[2]