Caption

On the plaques above see the name Max Siegel, Bugsy Siegel's father, whose Hebrew name is "Mordechai Dov B"R ['Ben Reb', son of Mister] Beirush HaLevi" (indicating he was of the Levitic caste) and the one for Bugsy whose Hebrew name is "Beirush B"R Mordechai Dov HaLevi"; implying that Bugsy was named after his grandfather who predeceased his birth. ("Beirush" is a diminutive form of "Ber", Yiddish for "bear.") Bugsy's indicated yartzheit date on the Hebrew calendar is the 3rd of Tammuz.

Summary

This photo was taken in the Bialystoker Synagogue's rear wall memorial plaque. Bugsy and his father Max are memorialized right next to one another.

There is an apostrophe between the beis and the reish, and as a result stands fo "ben reb" which is Hebrew for the 'son of mr.' as opposed to "bar" which is aramaic for 'son of'.

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