The Jewish community grew from 2,717 in 1910 to 7,282 in 1923, and 10,448 in 1929, many of them immigrants from Poland and Russia, where pogroms were conducted against them and discrimination was severe.
Еврейская община возросла с 2717 человек в 1910 году до 7282 в 1923 и 10 448 в 1929 г., в основном, за счёт иммигрантов из Польши и России.