I am currently researching a Bessie Surinamer Levine who came >from the
ubiquitous *Russia* and seems to have arrived in America under the first
name of Feige.
Shalom,
Judi Langer-Surnamer Caplan
Long Beach, NY

Burt Altman <baltman@mailer.fsu.edu> recently asked:

Does anyone on the list know what the Russian name is for *Bessie?* She
was my maternal grandmother and came >from the Crimean region.