Arnold Chaim de Porada Rapaport, son of David and Karolina (born Herz) was born on 15 July 1840 in Tarnów. He was a city councillor of Kraków from 1872 to 1881, a member of Parliament from 1876 to 1907 and a member of the State Council from 1879 to 1907 and was involved in several charities. He was a lawyer, an industrialist and a philanthropist. He graduated from the Św. Anna school in Kraków (1858) and in the Faculty of Law of the Jagiellonian University (1862) and defended his doctoral thesis in 1863. He worked as a lawyer in Kraków and Vienna from 1870. He wanted that the Jewish Community of Kraków support Polish autonomy when Poland was not independent. He had influence in important circles and…

BS”D 6 Av 5781 Szymon Feldblum was born in Kraków, the son of Majer and Amalia (born Weber). He was a lawyer and worked for the Jewish Community in Kraków. He graduated from the Św. Jacek secondary school in Kraków on 1900, and then studied Law in the Jagiellonian University (UJ) on 1906. After that he worked for the famous Kraków lawyer, Dr. Ludwik Szalay (1857-1934). After 7 years he became a lawyer. After Dr. Szalay retired, he passed on his office to Szymon Feldblum. He defended his clients with real passion and represented pro bono poor clients. He was the president of the Disciplinary Committee of the Kraków Bar. He died on 28 July 1956 in Tel Aviv and was buried in the Nahalat Yitzhak cemetery…