Kilov Israel (1891-1941)
| Personal data |
| Surname | Kilov |
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| Name | Israel |
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| Birth year | 1891 |
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| Birth month | 1 |
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| Birth day | 21 |
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| Birth place | Preili |
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| Death year | 1941 |
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| Death month | 7 |
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| Death day | 4 |
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| Death place | Riga |
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| Sex | M |
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Kilov (Kilow) Israel Moishe (Movsha)
(21 January 1891, Preili, Vitebsk Governorate – 4 July 1941, Riga) — rabbi.
Israel Moishe Kilov graduated from a rabbinical seminary in Poland. From 1935 lectured at the Riga yeshiva. From 1934 served as rabbi in Talsi, and from the early 1930s acted as assistant to his father-in-law, the Chief Rabbi of Riga, M. Zak.
On 4 July 1941 he was burned alive by local Nazi collaborators in the Riga synagogue Zeilen-shul on Stabu Street 63, together with his congregants.
Lit.: Latvia: Synagogues and Rabbis, 1918—1940 / Text auth. a. comp. R. Bogdanova. R., 2004. P. 231; Михельсон Ф. Я пережила Румбулу. Рига, 2005. С. 38.