BOJANOWO, small town in Poznan province, western Poland, founded
in 1638. Jews were among its early settlers, and traded in
textiles and hides. Jewish artisans were employed there by
Christians, despite protests from the guilds. For a long time
the community was affiliated to that of *Leszno (Lissa). The
first synagogue was erected in 1793; a new one was built in
1859. The Jewish population numbered 151 in 1793, 311 in 1840,
and 66 in 1905 (out of a total of 2,106). The talmudic scholar
Julius *Theodor served as rabbi of Bojanowo. The community
ceased to exist after World War I.   A. Heppner and J. Herzberg,
Aus der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart der Juden in den Posener
Landen (1904–29), 308–14.