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Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>
Shalom,
The Children of Israel ran out of time before their flight >from Egypt and we at the Yizkor Book Project ran out of time trying to carry out all that we planned during March. Strange comparison? True, but I did want to let you know that we haven't been idle over the last month and also wanted to bring up the subject of Pesach/Passover... So, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you and your families an extremely enjoyable Pesach holiday. So what did we actually do during March? I'm pleased to let you know that three new books were published during this last month through our Yizkor Books in Print (YBIP) Project: - Drahichyn, Belarus (Drohitchin Memorial (Yizkor) Book 500 years of Jewish Life) - Korczyna, Poland (Korczyna Memorial Book) - Horodenka, Ukraine (Yizkor (Memorial) Book of Horodenka, Ukraine) In addition, I have excellent news regarding the availability of new formats for existing books. Apart >from a usual hard cover format, we have now added a soft cover and e-book format for one of our existing books: - Yampol, Ukraine (Yampol Memorial Book) and details of these new formats and prices can be seen at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html as well as information on the other books we now have available. Clearly, if these formats prove popular, we will consider preparing other books these ways. I do try, as much as possible, to regularly thank the hundreds of volunteers who help us out in various aspects of the Yizkor Book and are behind its success. We have an online list of more than 500 volunteers at: http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ and in this minor way we have endeavored to let the world know of the important contributions of these wonderful people. You would like to contribute? My "door" is always open to anyone wishing to take some part in the YB Project. Now to facts and figures for March. During this last month we have added in 5 new projects: - Latvia (The Jews in Latvia) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia1/latvia1.html - Michow, Poland (Memorial book to the martyrs of Michow who perished in the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Michow/Michow.html - Olkusz, Poland (Olkusz; memorial book to a community that was exterminated during the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Olkusz/Olkusz.html - Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland (Ostrovtse; dedicated to the memory of Ostrovtse, Apt...) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrowiec1/ostrowiec1.html - Wolomin, Poland (Volomin; a memorial to the Jewish community of Volomin) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/wolomin/wolomin.html Added in a new entry: - Brok, Poland (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, volume IV) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol4_00151.html We have continued to update 23 of our existing projects: - Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (Akkerman), Ukraine (Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Akkerman/Akkerman.html - Borsa, Romania (Memorial book of Borsha, or: The beloved village by the foot of the Carpathians) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/borsa/borsa.html - Cigand, Hungary (About the Jews of Cigand) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/cigand/cigand.html - Czestochowa, Poland (Resurrection and Destruction in Ghetto Czestochowa) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa4/Czestochowa4.html - Dzyatlava, Belarus (A memorial to the Jewish community of Zetel) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Dzyatlava/Dzyatlava.html - Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html - Grajewo, Poland (Grayewo Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Grajewo/Grajewo.html - Indura, Belarus (Amdur, my hometown) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/indura/indura.html - Kaluszyn, Poland (The Memorial Book of Kaluszyn) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kaluszyn/kaluszyn_fr.html [French] - Klobuck, Poland (The Book of Klobucko; in memory of a martyred community which was destroyed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/klobuck/klobuck.html - Kremenets, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Kremenets, Vyshgorodok, and Pochayiv) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kremenets3/kremenets3.html - Latvia (Latvian Jewry) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia/latvia.html - Radom, Poland (The book of Radom; the story of a Jewish community in Poland destroyed by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/radom/radom.html - Sosnove (Ludvipol), Ukraine (Ludvipol (Wolyn); in memory of the Jewish community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ludvipol/Ludvipol.html - Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Stowbtsy/Stowbtsy.html - Svencionys, Lithuania (Svintzian region: memorial book of 23 communities) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/svencionys/svencionys.html - Tlumach, Ukraine (Memorial book of Tlumacz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tlumacz/tlumacz.html - Valkininkai, Lithuania (Olkeniki: a Town that Existed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Valkininkai1/Valkininkai1.html - Wasilkow, Poland (The Wasilkower memorial book; memories of our town Wasilkow which has been annihilated by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wasilkow/Wasilkow.html - Wojslawice, Poland (Yizkor book in memory of Voislavize) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wojslawice/Wojslawice.html - Zawiercie, Poland (Yizkor Book of the Holy Community of Zawiercie and Environs) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/zawiercie/zawiercie.html - Zofyuvka, Ukraine (The tree and the roots; the history of T.L (Sofyovka and Ignatovka)) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zofyuvka/Zofyuvka.html - Zolochiv, Ukraine (The Destruction of Zloczow) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zolochiv/Zolochiv.html Some important links to note: - This month's additions and updates are flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find them. - All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html - Yizkor Book Translation Funds http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go online. Pesach Sameach, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager lance.ackerfeld@gmail.com
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Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>
Shalom,
The Children of Israel ran out of time before their flight >from Egypt and we at the Yizkor Book Project ran out of time trying to carry out all that we planned during March. Strange comparison? True, but I did want to let you know that we haven't been idle over the last month and also wanted to bring up the subject of Pesach/Passover... So, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you and your families an extremely enjoyable Pesach holiday. So what did we actually do during March? I'm pleased to let you know that three new books were published during this last month through our Yizkor Books in Print (YBIP) Project: - Drahichyn, Belarus (Drohitchin Memorial (Yizkor) Book 500 years of Jewish Life) - Korczyna, Poland (Korczyna Memorial Book) - Horodenka, Ukraine (Yizkor (Memorial) Book of Horodenka, Ukraine) In addition, I have excellent news regarding the availability of new formats for existing books. Apart >from a usual hard cover format, we have now added a soft cover and e-book format for one of our existing books: - Yampol, Ukraine (Yampol Memorial Book) and details of these new formats and prices can be seen at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html as well as information on the other books we now have available. Clearly, if these formats prove popular, we will consider preparing other books these ways. I do try, as much as possible, to regularly thank the hundreds of volunteers who help us out in various aspects of the Yizkor Book and are behind its success. We have an online list of more than 500 volunteers at: http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ and in this minor way we have endeavored to let the world know of the important contributions of these wonderful people. You would like to contribute? My "door" is always open to anyone wishing to take some part in the YB Project. Now to facts and figures for March. During this last month we have added in 5 new projects: - Latvia (The Jews in Latvia) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia1/latvia1.html - Michow, Poland (Memorial book to the martyrs of Michow who perished in the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Michow/Michow.html - Olkusz, Poland (Olkusz; memorial book to a community that was exterminated during the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Olkusz/Olkusz.html - Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland (Ostrovtse; dedicated to the memory of Ostrovtse, Apt...) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrowiec1/ostrowiec1.html - Wolomin, Poland (Volomin; a memorial to the Jewish community of Volomin) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/wolomin/wolomin.html Added in a new entry: - Brok, Poland (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, volume IV) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol4_00151.html We have continued to update 23 of our existing projects: - Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (Akkerman), Ukraine (Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Akkerman/Akkerman.html - Borsa, Romania (Memorial book of Borsha, or: The beloved village by the foot of the Carpathians) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/borsa/borsa.html - Cigand, Hungary (About the Jews of Cigand) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/cigand/cigand.html - Czestochowa, Poland (Resurrection and Destruction in Ghetto Czestochowa) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa4/Czestochowa4.html - Dzyatlava, Belarus (A memorial to the Jewish community of Zetel) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Dzyatlava/Dzyatlava.html - Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html - Grajewo, Poland (Grayewo Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Grajewo/Grajewo.html - Indura, Belarus (Amdur, my hometown) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/indura/indura.html - Kaluszyn, Poland (The Memorial Book of Kaluszyn) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kaluszyn/kaluszyn_fr.html [French] - Klobuck, Poland (The Book of Klobucko; in memory of a martyred community which was destroyed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/klobuck/klobuck.html - Kremenets, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Kremenets, Vyshgorodok, and Pochayiv) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kremenets3/kremenets3.html - Latvia (Latvian Jewry) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia/latvia.html - Radom, Poland (The book of Radom; the story of a Jewish community in Poland destroyed by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/radom/radom.html - Sosnove (Ludvipol), Ukraine (Ludvipol (Wolyn); in memory of the Jewish community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ludvipol/Ludvipol.html - Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Stowbtsy/Stowbtsy.html - Svencionys, Lithuania (Svintzian region: memorial book of 23 communities) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/svencionys/svencionys.html - Tlumach, Ukraine (Memorial book of Tlumacz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tlumacz/tlumacz.html - Valkininkai, Lithuania (Olkeniki: a Town that Existed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Valkininkai1/Valkininkai1.html - Wasilkow, Poland (The Wasilkower memorial book; memories of our town Wasilkow which has been annihilated by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wasilkow/Wasilkow.html - Wojslawice, Poland (Yizkor book in memory of Voislavize) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wojslawice/Wojslawice.html - Zawiercie, Poland (Yizkor Book of the Holy Community of Zawiercie and Environs) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/zawiercie/zawiercie.html - Zofyuvka, Ukraine (The tree and the roots; the history of T.L (Sofyovka and Ignatovka)) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zofyuvka/Zofyuvka.html - Zolochiv, Ukraine (The Destruction of Zloczow) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zolochiv/Zolochiv.html Some important links to note: - This month's additions and updates are flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find them. - All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html - Yizkor Book Translation Funds http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go online. Pesach Sameach, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager lance.ackerfeld@gmail.com
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Hal Bookbinder
David Laskin will be the keynote speaker at IAJGS Conference this
summer. His award-winning books are especially relevant to our family experiences and to the WWI era. Laskin's book, "The Family," tells the story of the three paths taken by his family. Descended >from a Torah scribe in the Pale, some came to America where they lived the American dream, some to Palestine as pioneer farmers and some remained in Europe to face to horrors of the Shoah. In his previous book, "The Long Way Home," he describes the experiences of a dozen European immigrants who returned to Europe as part of the American expeditionary forces in WWI. His presentation will be given at the opening of the conference on July 27, 2014 in Salt Lake City. The full program should be available at the conference website by mid-April. For more information and to register please see www.iajgs2014.org. Hal Bookbinder, Lead Conference co-Chair 34th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Salt Lake City, Utah, July 27 - August 1, 2014
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Hal Bookbinder
David Laskin will be the keynote speaker at IAJGS Conference this
summer. His award-winning books are especially relevant to our family experiences and to the WWI era. Laskin's book, "The Family," tells the story of the three paths taken by his family. Descended >from a Torah scribe in the Pale, some came to America where they lived the American dream, some to Palestine as pioneer farmers and some remained in Europe to face to horrors of the Shoah. In his previous book, "The Long Way Home," he describes the experiences of a dozen European immigrants who returned to Europe as part of the American expeditionary forces in WWI. His presentation will be given at the opening of the conference on July 27, 2014 in Salt Lake City. The full program should be available at the conference website by mid-April. For more information and to register please see www.iajgs2014.org. Hal Bookbinder, Lead Conference co-Chair 34th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Salt Lake City, Utah, July 27 - August 1, 2014
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[Greece] Romaniote Jews Commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Holocaust in Ioannina
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
On March 30, the Jews of Ionnina came to commemorate the 70h anniversary of the
destruction of their community by the Nazis. Ionnina is located in Northeastern Greece and was once the center of Romaniote Judaism. Neither Ashkenazi nor Sephardic, Romaniote Jews, emerged >from the first Jewish communities of Europe. Records indicate the first Jewish presence in Greece dating back to 300 BCE. They spoke their own language, Yevanic, or Judeo-Greek, a version of Greek infused with Hebrew and written with the Hebrew script. After the expulsion of the Jews of Spain in 1492, many Sephardic Jews found refuge in the Ottoman Empire that then ruled Greece. Soon, Sephardic communities sprang up, most notably in Thessaloniki, known as the Jerusalem of the Balkans. The preexisting Romaniote communities were absorbed into the larger, Sephardic Ladino-speaking ones that eventually became largely synonymous with Greek Jewry. In the isolated islands and mountains, the Romaniotes remained the dominant tradition, and Ioannina was the largest of these communities. With the break-up of the Ottoman Empire in the 20th century many Romaniotes immigrated to North America and what would become Israel. By the beginning of World War II approximately 2,000 Romaniote Jews were in Ionnina. On March 25, 1944 the Nazis rounded up the Jews and transported them to Auschwitz. Only 112 Ionnina Jews survived Auschwitz and another 69 escaped the roundup.The names of the town's 1,832 Jews who were murdered are carved on marble tablets on the walls of the synagogue. Several other small communities that identify with the Romaniote tradition continue to exist in places like Chalkida and Volos, however, most live in Athens today. The Canadian ambassador to Greece, Robert Peck, was instrumental in helping organize the commemorations, noting the lack of available information about the Jews of Ioannina. At Ambassador Peck's urging the (Vancouver) Simon Fraser University Media Lab designed a website detailing Ioannina's Jewish history and an app The app and website, "Ioaninna's Jewish Legacy: Yesterday and Today" was launched on March 25 and may be viewed at: http://www.ioanninajewishlegacy.com/ The website has a listing of the "extinct" Jews >from Ioaninna-it is all in the Greek language but a translation service such as Google translate should help. To read more about this commemoration and Ioannina's Jewish History and Romaniote Jews see: http://tinyurl.com/kuo6bkd Original url: http://www.jta.org/2014/04/01/news-opinion/world/greeces-romaniote-jews-reme mber-a-catastrophe-and-grapple-with-disappearing?utm_source=Newsletter+subsc ribers&utm_campaign=2422f72b23-JTA_Daily_Briefing_4_2_2014&utm_medium=email& utm_term=0_2dce5bc6f8-2422f72b23-25350893 and: http://www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.article&id=1810] Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen [Greece] Romaniote Jews Commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Holocaust in Ioannina
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
On March 30, the Jews of Ionnina came to commemorate the 70h anniversary of the
destruction of their community by the Nazis. Ionnina is located in Northeastern Greece and was once the center of Romaniote Judaism. Neither Ashkenazi nor Sephardic, Romaniote Jews, emerged >from the first Jewish communities of Europe. Records indicate the first Jewish presence in Greece dating back to 300 BCE. They spoke their own language, Yevanic, or Judeo-Greek, a version of Greek infused with Hebrew and written with the Hebrew script. After the expulsion of the Jews of Spain in 1492, many Sephardic Jews found refuge in the Ottoman Empire that then ruled Greece. Soon, Sephardic communities sprang up, most notably in Thessaloniki, known as the Jerusalem of the Balkans. The preexisting Romaniote communities were absorbed into the larger, Sephardic Ladino-speaking ones that eventually became largely synonymous with Greek Jewry. In the isolated islands and mountains, the Romaniotes remained the dominant tradition, and Ioannina was the largest of these communities. With the break-up of the Ottoman Empire in the 20th century many Romaniotes immigrated to North America and what would become Israel. By the beginning of World War II approximately 2,000 Romaniote Jews were in Ionnina. On March 25, 1944 the Nazis rounded up the Jews and transported them to Auschwitz. Only 112 Ionnina Jews survived Auschwitz and another 69 escaped the roundup.The names of the town's 1,832 Jews who were murdered are carved on marble tablets on the walls of the synagogue. Several other small communities that identify with the Romaniote tradition continue to exist in places like Chalkida and Volos, however, most live in Athens today. The Canadian ambassador to Greece, Robert Peck, was instrumental in helping organize the commemorations, noting the lack of available information about the Jews of Ioannina. At Ambassador Peck's urging the (Vancouver) Simon Fraser University Media Lab designed a website detailing Ioannina's Jewish history and an app The app and website, "Ioaninna's Jewish Legacy: Yesterday and Today" was launched on March 25 and may be viewed at: http://www.ioanninajewishlegacy.com/ The website has a listing of the "extinct" Jews >from Ioaninna-it is all in the Greek language but a translation service such as Google translate should help. To read more about this commemoration and Ioannina's Jewish History and Romaniote Jews see: http://tinyurl.com/kuo6bkd Original url: http://www.jta.org/2014/04/01/news-opinion/world/greeces-romaniote-jews-reme mber-a-catastrophe-and-grapple-with-disappearing?utm_source=Newsletter+subsc ribers&utm_campaign=2422f72b23-JTA_Daily_Briefing_4_2_2014&utm_medium=email& utm_term=0_2dce5bc6f8-2422f72b23-25350893 and: http://www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.article&id=1810] Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Yizkor Book Project, March 2014
#romania
Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>
Shalom,
The Children of Israel ran out of time before their flight >from Egypt and we at the Yizkor Book Project ran out of time trying to carry out all that we planned during March. Strange comparison? True, but I did want to let you know that we haven't been idle over the last month and also wanted to bring up the subject of Pesach/Passover... So, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you and your families an extremely enjoyable Pesach holiday. So what did we actually do during March? I'm pleased to let you know that three new books were published during this last month through our Yizkor Books in Print (YBIP) Project: - Drahichyn, Belarus (Drohitchin Memorial (Yizkor) Book 500 years of Jewish Life) - Korczyna, Poland (Korczyna Memorial Book) - Horodenka, Ukraine (Yizkor (Memorial) Book of Horodenka, Ukraine) In addition, I have excellent news regarding the availability of new formats for existing books. Apart >from a usual hard cover format, we have now added a soft cover and e-book format for one of our existing books: - Yampol, Ukraine (Yampol Memorial Book) and details of these new formats and prices can be seen at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html as well as information on the other books we now have available. Clearly, if these formats prove popular, we will consider preparing other books these ways. I do try, as much as possible, to regularly thank the hundreds of volunteers who help us out in various aspects of the Yizkor Book and are behind its success. We have an online list of more than 500 volunteers at: http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ and in this minor way we have endeavored to let the world know of the important contributions of these wonderful people. You would like to contribute? My "door" is always open to anyone wishing to take some part in the YB Project. Now to facts and figures for March. During this last month we have added in 5 new projects: - Latvia (The Jews in Latvia) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia1/latvia1.html - Michow, Poland (Memorial book to the martyrs of Michow who perished in the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Michow/Michow.html - Olkusz, Poland (Olkusz; memorial book to a community that was exterminated during the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Olkusz/Olkusz.html - Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland (Ostrovtse; dedicated to the memory of Ostrovtse, Apt...) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrowiec1/ostrowiec1.html - Wolomin, Poland (Volomin; a memorial to the Jewish community of Volomin) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/wolomin/wolomin.html Added in a new entry: - Brok, Poland (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, volume IV) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol4_00151.html We have continued to update 23 of our existing projects: - Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (Akkerman), Ukraine (Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Akkerman/Akkerman.html - Borsa, Romania (Memorial book of Borsha, or: The beloved village by the foot of the Carpathians) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/borsa/borsa.html - Cigand, Hungary (About the Jews of Cigand) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/cigand/cigand.html - Czestochowa, Poland (Resurrection and Destruction in Ghetto Czestochowa) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa4/Czestochowa4.html - Dzyatlava, Belarus (A memorial to the Jewish community of Zetel) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Dzyatlava/Dzyatlava.html - Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html - Grajewo, Poland (Grayewo Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Grajewo/Grajewo.html - Indura, Belarus (Amdur, my hometown) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/indura/indura.html - Kaluszyn, Poland (The Memorial Book of Kaluszyn) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kaluszyn/kaluszyn_fr.html [French] - Klobuck, Poland (The Book of Klobucko; in memory of a martyred community which was destroyed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/klobuck/klobuck.html - Kremenets, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Kremenets, Vyshgorodok, and Pochayiv) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kremenets3/kremenets3.html - Latvia (Latvian Jewry) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia/latvia.html - Radom, Poland (The book of Radom; the story of a Jewish community in Poland destroyed by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/radom/radom.html - Sosnove (Ludvipol), Ukraine (Ludvipol (Wolyn); in memory of the Jewish community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ludvipol/Ludvipol.html - Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Stowbtsy/Stowbtsy.html - Svencionys, Lithuania (Svintzian region: memorial book of 23 communities) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/svencionys/svencionys.html - Tlumach, Ukraine (Memorial book of Tlumacz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tlumacz/tlumacz.html - Valkininkai, Lithuania (Olkeniki: a Town that Existed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Valkininkai1/Valkininkai1.html - Wasilkow, Poland (The Wasilkower memorial book; memories of our town Wasilkow which has been annihilated by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wasilkow/Wasilkow.html - Wojslawice, Poland (Yizkor book in memory of Voislavize) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wojslawice/Wojslawice.html - Zawiercie, Poland (Yizkor Book of the Holy Community of Zawiercie and Environs) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/zawiercie/zawiercie.html - Zofyuvka, Ukraine (The tree and the roots; the history of T.L (Sofyovka and Ignatovka)) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zofyuvka/Zofyuvka.html - Zolochiv, Ukraine (The Destruction of Zloczow) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zolochiv/Zolochiv.html Some important links to note: - This month's additions and updates are flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find them. - All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html - Yizkor Book Translation Funds http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go online. Pesach Sameach, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager lance.ackerfeld@gmail.com
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Romania SIG #Romania Yizkor Book Project, March 2014
#romania
Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>
Shalom,
The Children of Israel ran out of time before their flight >from Egypt and we at the Yizkor Book Project ran out of time trying to carry out all that we planned during March. Strange comparison? True, but I did want to let you know that we haven't been idle over the last month and also wanted to bring up the subject of Pesach/Passover... So, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you and your families an extremely enjoyable Pesach holiday. So what did we actually do during March? I'm pleased to let you know that three new books were published during this last month through our Yizkor Books in Print (YBIP) Project: - Drahichyn, Belarus (Drohitchin Memorial (Yizkor) Book 500 years of Jewish Life) - Korczyna, Poland (Korczyna Memorial Book) - Horodenka, Ukraine (Yizkor (Memorial) Book of Horodenka, Ukraine) In addition, I have excellent news regarding the availability of new formats for existing books. Apart >from a usual hard cover format, we have now added a soft cover and e-book format for one of our existing books: - Yampol, Ukraine (Yampol Memorial Book) and details of these new formats and prices can be seen at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html as well as information on the other books we now have available. Clearly, if these formats prove popular, we will consider preparing other books these ways. I do try, as much as possible, to regularly thank the hundreds of volunteers who help us out in various aspects of the Yizkor Book and are behind its success. We have an online list of more than 500 volunteers at: http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ and in this minor way we have endeavored to let the world know of the important contributions of these wonderful people. You would like to contribute? My "door" is always open to anyone wishing to take some part in the YB Project. Now to facts and figures for March. During this last month we have added in 5 new projects: - Latvia (The Jews in Latvia) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia1/latvia1.html - Michow, Poland (Memorial book to the martyrs of Michow who perished in the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Michow/Michow.html - Olkusz, Poland (Olkusz; memorial book to a community that was exterminated during the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Olkusz/Olkusz.html - Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland (Ostrovtse; dedicated to the memory of Ostrovtse, Apt...) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrowiec1/ostrowiec1.html - Wolomin, Poland (Volomin; a memorial to the Jewish community of Volomin) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/wolomin/wolomin.html Added in a new entry: - Brok, Poland (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, volume IV) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol4_00151.html We have continued to update 23 of our existing projects: - Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (Akkerman), Ukraine (Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Akkerman/Akkerman.html - Borsa, Romania (Memorial book of Borsha, or: The beloved village by the foot of the Carpathians) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/borsa/borsa.html - Cigand, Hungary (About the Jews of Cigand) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/cigand/cigand.html - Czestochowa, Poland (Resurrection and Destruction in Ghetto Czestochowa) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa4/Czestochowa4.html - Dzyatlava, Belarus (A memorial to the Jewish community of Zetel) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Dzyatlava/Dzyatlava.html - Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html - Grajewo, Poland (Grayewo Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Grajewo/Grajewo.html - Indura, Belarus (Amdur, my hometown) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/indura/indura.html - Kaluszyn, Poland (The Memorial Book of Kaluszyn) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kaluszyn/kaluszyn_fr.html [French] - Klobuck, Poland (The Book of Klobucko; in memory of a martyred community which was destroyed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/klobuck/klobuck.html - Kremenets, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Kremenets, Vyshgorodok, and Pochayiv) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kremenets3/kremenets3.html - Latvia (Latvian Jewry) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia/latvia.html - Radom, Poland (The book of Radom; the story of a Jewish community in Poland destroyed by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/radom/radom.html - Sosnove (Ludvipol), Ukraine (Ludvipol (Wolyn); in memory of the Jewish community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ludvipol/Ludvipol.html - Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Stowbtsy/Stowbtsy.html - Svencionys, Lithuania (Svintzian region: memorial book of 23 communities) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/svencionys/svencionys.html - Tlumach, Ukraine (Memorial book of Tlumacz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tlumacz/tlumacz.html - Valkininkai, Lithuania (Olkeniki: a Town that Existed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Valkininkai1/Valkininkai1.html - Wasilkow, Poland (The Wasilkower memorial book; memories of our town Wasilkow which has been annihilated by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wasilkow/Wasilkow.html - Wojslawice, Poland (Yizkor book in memory of Voislavize) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wojslawice/Wojslawice.html - Zawiercie, Poland (Yizkor Book of the Holy Community of Zawiercie and Environs) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/zawiercie/zawiercie.html - Zofyuvka, Ukraine (The tree and the roots; the history of T.L (Sofyovka and Ignatovka)) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zofyuvka/Zofyuvka.html - Zolochiv, Ukraine (The Destruction of Zloczow) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zolochiv/Zolochiv.html Some important links to note: - This month's additions and updates are flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find them. - All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html - Yizkor Book Translation Funds http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go online. Pesach Sameach, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager lance.ackerfeld@gmail.com
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Call for Stern Grant Submissions - Deadline May 15, 2014
#belarus
LAURENCE HARRIS
The 2014 IAJGS Stern Grantcommittee invites nominations for this important
grant that memorializes the late Rabbi Malcolm Stern and his efforts to increase the availability of resources for Jewish genealogical research. The intention of the Rabbi Malcolm Stern Grant is to encourage institutions to pursue projects, activities and acquisitions that provide new or enhanced resources to benefit Jewish genealogists. The grant is given to non-profit institutions, not to individuals. For 2014 there is possibility of two awards (including the John Stedman Memorial Grant) of up to $3000 each. Nominations for the Stern Grant are usually made by IAJGS Member organizations -- not by individuals. We encourage individuals, however to participate in the process by contacting their local or most relevant IAJGS Member organization to suggest worthy recipients for the grant. For a list of Member organizations of IAJGS, see http://www.iajgs.org/members/members.html.For more information about the grant (and past grantees), go to http://www.iajgs.org/awards/stern.html Submissions by IAJGS Member organizations can be made online at http://stevemor= se.org/awards/nominate.php . Instructions can be found on the site.Please note that a separate nomination for the John Stedman Memorial Grant is not required The nomination should be made for the Stern Grant as the evaluation criteria and process for both grants are the same, and any nominations received for the Stern Grant will automatically also be considered for the John Stedman Memorial Grant. Questions? Contact Laurence Harris at laurence@lizlo.com The deadline for nominations is midnight May 15, 2014.2014 Stern Grant Committee Laurence Harris (Chairperson) laurence@lizlo.com Fred Blum FRED@brservices.com Rhoda Miller rhodamiller104@gmail.com
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Call for Stern Grant Submissions - Deadline May 15, 2014
#belarus
LAURENCE HARRIS
The 2014 IAJGS Stern Grantcommittee invites nominations for this important
grant that memorializes the late Rabbi Malcolm Stern and his efforts to increase the availability of resources for Jewish genealogical research. The intention of the Rabbi Malcolm Stern Grant is to encourage institutions to pursue projects, activities and acquisitions that provide new or enhanced resources to benefit Jewish genealogists. The grant is given to non-profit institutions, not to individuals. For 2014 there is possibility of two awards (including the John Stedman Memorial Grant) of up to $3000 each. Nominations for the Stern Grant are usually made by IAJGS Member organizations -- not by individuals. We encourage individuals, however to participate in the process by contacting their local or most relevant IAJGS Member organization to suggest worthy recipients for the grant. For a list of Member organizations of IAJGS, see http://www.iajgs.org/members/members.html.For more information about the grant (and past grantees), go to http://www.iajgs.org/awards/stern.html Submissions by IAJGS Member organizations can be made online at http://stevemor= se.org/awards/nominate.php . Instructions can be found on the site.Please note that a separate nomination for the John Stedman Memorial Grant is not required The nomination should be made for the Stern Grant as the evaluation criteria and process for both grants are the same, and any nominations received for the Stern Grant will automatically also be considered for the John Stedman Memorial Grant. Questions? Contact Laurence Harris at laurence@lizlo.com The deadline for nominations is midnight May 15, 2014.2014 Stern Grant Committee Laurence Harris (Chairperson) laurence@lizlo.com Fred Blum FRED@brservices.com Rhoda Miller rhodamiller104@gmail.com
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Yizkor Book Project, March 2014
#france
bounce-2771793-772957@...
Shalom,
The Children of Israel ran out of time before their flight >from Egypt and we at the Yizkor Book Project ran out of time trying to carry out all that we planned during March. Strange comparison? True, but I did want to let you know that we haven't been idle over the last month and also wanted to bring up the subject of Pesach/Passover... So, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you and your families an extremely enjoyable Pesach holiday. So what did we actually do during March? I'm pleased to let you know that three new books were published during this last month through our Yizkor Books in Print (YBIP) Project: - Drahichyn, Belarus (Drohitchin Memorial (Yizkor) Book 500 years of Jewish Life) - Korczyna, Poland (Korczyna Memorial Book) - Horodenka, Ukraine (Yizkor (Memorial) Book of Horodenka, Ukraine) In addition, I have excellent news regarding the availability of new formats for existing books. Apart >from a usual hard cover format, we have now added a soft cover and e-book format for one of our existing books: - Yampol, Ukraine (Yampol Memorial Book) and details of these new formats and prices can be seen at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html as well as information on the other books we now have available. Clearly, if these formats prove popular, we will consider preparing other books these ways. I do try, as much as possible, to regularly thank the hundreds of volunteers who help us out in various aspects of the Yizkor Book and are behind its success. We have an online list of more than 500 volunteers at: http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ and in this minor way we have endeavored to let the world know of the important contributions of these wonderful people. You would like to contribute? My "door" is always open to anyone wishing to take some part in the YB Project. Now to facts and figures for March. During this last month we have added in 5 new projects: - Latvia (The Jews in Latvia) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia1/latvia1.html - Michow, Poland (Memorial book to the martyrs of Michow who perished in the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Michow/Michow.html - Olkusz, Poland (Olkusz; memorial book to a community that was exterminated during the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Olkusz/Olkusz.html - Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland (Ostrovtse; dedicated to the memory of Ostrovtse, Apt...) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrowiec1/ostrowiec1.html - Wolomin, Poland (Volomin; a memorial to the Jewish community of Volomin) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/wolomin/wolomin.html Added in a new entry: - Brok, Poland (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, volume IV) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol4_00151.html We have continued to update 23 of our existing projects: - Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (Akkerman), Ukraine (Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Akkerman/Akkerman.html - Borsa, Romania (Memorial book of Borsha, or: The beloved village by the foot of the Carpathians) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/borsa/borsa.html - Cigand, Hungary (About the Jews of Cigand) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/cigand/cigand.html - Czestochowa, Poland (Resurrection and Destruction in Ghetto Czestochowa) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa4/Czestochowa4.html - Dzyatlava, Belarus (A memorial to the Jewish community of Zetel) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Dzyatlava/Dzyatlava.html - Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html - Grajewo, Poland (Grayewo Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Grajewo/Grajewo.html - Indura, Belarus (Amdur, my hometown) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/indura/indura.html - Kaluszyn, Poland (The Memorial Book of Kaluszyn) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kaluszyn/kaluszyn_fr.html [French] - Klobuck, Poland (The Book of Klobucko; in memory of a martyred community which was destroyed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/klobuck/klobuck.html - Kremenets, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Kremenets, Vyshgorodok, and Pochayiv) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kremenets3/kremenets3.html - Latvia (Latvian Jewry) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia/latvia.html - Radom, Poland (The book of Radom; the story of a Jewish community in Poland destroyed by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/radom/radom.html - Sosnove (Ludvipol), Ukraine (Ludvipol (Wolyn); in memory of the Jewish community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ludvipol/Ludvipol.html - Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Stowbtsy/Stowbtsy.html - Svencionys, Lithuania (Svintzian region: memorial book of 23 communities) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/svencionys/svencionys.html - Tlumach, Ukraine (Memorial book of Tlumacz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tlumacz/tlumacz.html - Valkininkai, Lithuania (Olkeniki: a Town that Existed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Valkininkai1/Valkininkai1.html - Wasilkow, Poland (The Wasilkower memorial book; memories of our town Wasilkow which has been annihilated by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wasilkow/Wasilkow.html - Wojslawice, Poland (Yizkor book in memory of Voislavize) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wojslawice/Wojslawice.html - Zawiercie, Poland (Yizkor Book of the Holy Community of Zawiercie and Environs) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/zawiercie/zawiercie.html - Zofyuvka, Ukraine (The tree and the roots; the history of T.L (Sofyovka and Ignatovka)) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zofyuvka/Zofyuvka.html - Zolochiv, Ukraine (The Destruction of Zloczow) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zolochiv/Zolochiv.html Some important links to note: - This month's additions and updates are flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find them. - All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html - Yizkor Book Translation Funds http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go online. Pesach Sameach, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager lance.ackerfeld@gmail.com
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French SIG #France Yizkor Book Project, March 2014
#france
bounce-2771793-772957@...
Shalom,
The Children of Israel ran out of time before their flight >from Egypt and we at the Yizkor Book Project ran out of time trying to carry out all that we planned during March. Strange comparison? True, but I did want to let you know that we haven't been idle over the last month and also wanted to bring up the subject of Pesach/Passover... So, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you and your families an extremely enjoyable Pesach holiday. So what did we actually do during March? I'm pleased to let you know that three new books were published during this last month through our Yizkor Books in Print (YBIP) Project: - Drahichyn, Belarus (Drohitchin Memorial (Yizkor) Book 500 years of Jewish Life) - Korczyna, Poland (Korczyna Memorial Book) - Horodenka, Ukraine (Yizkor (Memorial) Book of Horodenka, Ukraine) In addition, I have excellent news regarding the availability of new formats for existing books. Apart >from a usual hard cover format, we have now added a soft cover and e-book format for one of our existing books: - Yampol, Ukraine (Yampol Memorial Book) and details of these new formats and prices can be seen at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html as well as information on the other books we now have available. Clearly, if these formats prove popular, we will consider preparing other books these ways. I do try, as much as possible, to regularly thank the hundreds of volunteers who help us out in various aspects of the Yizkor Book and are behind its success. We have an online list of more than 500 volunteers at: http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ and in this minor way we have endeavored to let the world know of the important contributions of these wonderful people. You would like to contribute? My "door" is always open to anyone wishing to take some part in the YB Project. Now to facts and figures for March. During this last month we have added in 5 new projects: - Latvia (The Jews in Latvia) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia1/latvia1.html - Michow, Poland (Memorial book to the martyrs of Michow who perished in the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Michow/Michow.html - Olkusz, Poland (Olkusz; memorial book to a community that was exterminated during the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Olkusz/Olkusz.html - Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland (Ostrovtse; dedicated to the memory of Ostrovtse, Apt...) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrowiec1/ostrowiec1.html - Wolomin, Poland (Volomin; a memorial to the Jewish community of Volomin) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/wolomin/wolomin.html Added in a new entry: - Brok, Poland (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, volume IV) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol4_00151.html We have continued to update 23 of our existing projects: - Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (Akkerman), Ukraine (Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Akkerman/Akkerman.html - Borsa, Romania (Memorial book of Borsha, or: The beloved village by the foot of the Carpathians) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/borsa/borsa.html - Cigand, Hungary (About the Jews of Cigand) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/cigand/cigand.html - Czestochowa, Poland (Resurrection and Destruction in Ghetto Czestochowa) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa4/Czestochowa4.html - Dzyatlava, Belarus (A memorial to the Jewish community of Zetel) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Dzyatlava/Dzyatlava.html - Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html - Grajewo, Poland (Grayewo Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Grajewo/Grajewo.html - Indura, Belarus (Amdur, my hometown) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/indura/indura.html - Kaluszyn, Poland (The Memorial Book of Kaluszyn) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kaluszyn/kaluszyn_fr.html [French] - Klobuck, Poland (The Book of Klobucko; in memory of a martyred community which was destroyed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/klobuck/klobuck.html - Kremenets, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Kremenets, Vyshgorodok, and Pochayiv) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kremenets3/kremenets3.html - Latvia (Latvian Jewry) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia/latvia.html - Radom, Poland (The book of Radom; the story of a Jewish community in Poland destroyed by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/radom/radom.html - Sosnove (Ludvipol), Ukraine (Ludvipol (Wolyn); in memory of the Jewish community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ludvipol/Ludvipol.html - Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Stowbtsy/Stowbtsy.html - Svencionys, Lithuania (Svintzian region: memorial book of 23 communities) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/svencionys/svencionys.html - Tlumach, Ukraine (Memorial book of Tlumacz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tlumacz/tlumacz.html - Valkininkai, Lithuania (Olkeniki: a Town that Existed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Valkininkai1/Valkininkai1.html - Wasilkow, Poland (The Wasilkower memorial book; memories of our town Wasilkow which has been annihilated by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wasilkow/Wasilkow.html - Wojslawice, Poland (Yizkor book in memory of Voislavize) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wojslawice/Wojslawice.html - Zawiercie, Poland (Yizkor Book of the Holy Community of Zawiercie and Environs) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/zawiercie/zawiercie.html - Zofyuvka, Ukraine (The tree and the roots; the history of T.L (Sofyovka and Ignatovka)) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zofyuvka/Zofyuvka.html - Zolochiv, Ukraine (The Destruction of Zloczow) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zolochiv/Zolochiv.html Some important links to note: - This month's additions and updates are flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find them. - All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html - Yizkor Book Translation Funds http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go online. Pesach Sameach, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager lance.ackerfeld@gmail.com
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Yizkor Book Project, March 2014
#yiddish
bounce-2771793-772983@...
Shalom,
The Children of Israel ran out of time before their flight >from Egypt and we at the Yizkor Book Project ran out of time trying to carry out all that we planned during March. Strange comparison? True, but I did want to let you know that we haven't been idle over the last month and also wanted to bring up the subject of Pesach/Passover... So, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you and your families an extremely enjoyable Pesach holiday. So what did we actually do during March? I'm pleased to let you know that three new books were published during this last month through our Yizkor Books in Print (YBIP) Project: - Drahichyn, Belarus (Drohitchin Memorial (Yizkor) Book 500 years of Jewish Life) - Korczyna, Poland (Korczyna Memorial Book) - Horodenka, Ukraine (Yizkor (Memorial) Book of Horodenka, Ukraine) In addition, I have excellent news regarding the availability of new formats for existing books. Apart >from a usual hard cover format, we have now added a soft cover and e-book format for one of our existing books: - Yampol, Ukraine (Yampol Memorial Book) and details of these new formats and prices can be seen at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html as well as information on the other books we now have available. Clearly, if these formats prove popular, we will consider preparing other books these ways. I do try, as much as possible, to regularly thank the hundreds of volunteers who help us out in various aspects of the Yizkor Book and are behind its success. We have an online list of more than 500 volunteers at: http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ and in this minor way we have endeavored to let the world know of the important contributions of these wonderful people. You would like to contribute? My "door" is always open to anyone wishing to take some part in the YB Project. Now to facts and figures for March. During this last month we have added in 5 new projects: - Latvia (The Jews in Latvia) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia1/latvia1.html - Michow, Poland (Memorial book to the martyrs of Michow who perished in the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Michow/Michow.html - Olkusz, Poland (Olkusz; memorial book to a community that was exterminated during the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Olkusz/Olkusz.html - Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland (Ostrovtse; dedicated to the memory of Ostrovtse, Apt...) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrowiec1/ostrowiec1.html - Wolomin, Poland (Volomin; a memorial to the Jewish community of Volomin) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/wolomin/wolomin.html Added in a new entry: - Brok, Poland (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, volume IV) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol4_00151.html We have continued to update 23 of our existing projects: - Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (Akkerman), Ukraine (Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Akkerman/Akkerman.html - Borsa, Romania (Memorial book of Borsha, or: The beloved village by the foot of the Carpathians) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/borsa/borsa.html - Cigand, Hungary (About the Jews of Cigand) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/cigand/cigand.html - Czestochowa, Poland (Resurrection and Destruction in Ghetto Czestochowa) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa4/Czestochowa4.html - Dzyatlava, Belarus (A memorial to the Jewish community of Zetel) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Dzyatlava/Dzyatlava.html - Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html - Grajewo, Poland (Grayewo Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Grajewo/Grajewo.html - Indura, Belarus (Amdur, my hometown) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/indura/indura.html - Kaluszyn, Poland (The Memorial Book of Kaluszyn) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kaluszyn/kaluszyn_fr.html [French] - Klobuck, Poland (The Book of Klobucko; in memory of a martyred community which was destroyed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/klobuck/klobuck.html - Kremenets, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Kremenets, Vyshgorodok, and Pochayiv) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kremenets3/kremenets3.html - Latvia (Latvian Jewry) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia/latvia.html - Radom, Poland (The book of Radom; the story of a Jewish community in Poland destroyed by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/radom/radom.html - Sosnove (Ludvipol), Ukraine (Ludvipol (Wolyn); in memory of the Jewish community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ludvipol/Ludvipol.html - Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Stowbtsy/Stowbtsy.html - Svencionys, Lithuania (Svintzian region: memorial book of 23 communities) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/svencionys/svencionys.html - Tlumach, Ukraine (Memorial book of Tlumacz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tlumacz/tlumacz.html - Valkininkai, Lithuania (Olkeniki: a Town that Existed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Valkininkai1/Valkininkai1.html - Wasilkow, Poland (The Wasilkower memorial book; memories of our town Wasilkow which has been annihilated by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wasilkow/Wasilkow.html - Wojslawice, Poland (Yizkor book in memory of Voislavize) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wojslawice/Wojslawice.html - Zawiercie, Poland (Yizkor Book of the Holy Community of Zawiercie and Environs) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/zawiercie/zawiercie.html - Zofyuvka, Ukraine (The tree and the roots; the history of T.L (Sofyovka and Ignatovka)) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zofyuvka/Zofyuvka.html - Zolochiv, Ukraine (The Destruction of Zloczow) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zolochiv/Zolochiv.html Some important links to note: - This month's additions and updates are flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find them. - All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html - Yizkor Book Translation Funds http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go online. Pesach Sameach, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager lance.ackerfeld@gmail.com
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Yiddish Theatre and Vadeville #YiddishTheatre Yizkor Book Project, March 2014
#yiddish
bounce-2771793-772983@...
Shalom,
The Children of Israel ran out of time before their flight >from Egypt and we at the Yizkor Book Project ran out of time trying to carry out all that we planned during March. Strange comparison? True, but I did want to let you know that we haven't been idle over the last month and also wanted to bring up the subject of Pesach/Passover... So, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you and your families an extremely enjoyable Pesach holiday. So what did we actually do during March? I'm pleased to let you know that three new books were published during this last month through our Yizkor Books in Print (YBIP) Project: - Drahichyn, Belarus (Drohitchin Memorial (Yizkor) Book 500 years of Jewish Life) - Korczyna, Poland (Korczyna Memorial Book) - Horodenka, Ukraine (Yizkor (Memorial) Book of Horodenka, Ukraine) In addition, I have excellent news regarding the availability of new formats for existing books. Apart >from a usual hard cover format, we have now added a soft cover and e-book format for one of our existing books: - Yampol, Ukraine (Yampol Memorial Book) and details of these new formats and prices can be seen at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html as well as information on the other books we now have available. Clearly, if these formats prove popular, we will consider preparing other books these ways. I do try, as much as possible, to regularly thank the hundreds of volunteers who help us out in various aspects of the Yizkor Book and are behind its success. We have an online list of more than 500 volunteers at: http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ and in this minor way we have endeavored to let the world know of the important contributions of these wonderful people. You would like to contribute? My "door" is always open to anyone wishing to take some part in the YB Project. Now to facts and figures for March. During this last month we have added in 5 new projects: - Latvia (The Jews in Latvia) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia1/latvia1.html - Michow, Poland (Memorial book to the martyrs of Michow who perished in the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Michow/Michow.html - Olkusz, Poland (Olkusz; memorial book to a community that was exterminated during the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Olkusz/Olkusz.html - Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland (Ostrovtse; dedicated to the memory of Ostrovtse, Apt...) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrowiec1/ostrowiec1.html - Wolomin, Poland (Volomin; a memorial to the Jewish community of Volomin) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/wolomin/wolomin.html Added in a new entry: - Brok, Poland (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, volume IV) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol4_00151.html We have continued to update 23 of our existing projects: - Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (Akkerman), Ukraine (Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Akkerman/Akkerman.html - Borsa, Romania (Memorial book of Borsha, or: The beloved village by the foot of the Carpathians) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/borsa/borsa.html - Cigand, Hungary (About the Jews of Cigand) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/cigand/cigand.html - Czestochowa, Poland (Resurrection and Destruction in Ghetto Czestochowa) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa4/Czestochowa4.html - Dzyatlava, Belarus (A memorial to the Jewish community of Zetel) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Dzyatlava/Dzyatlava.html - Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html - Grajewo, Poland (Grayewo Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Grajewo/Grajewo.html - Indura, Belarus (Amdur, my hometown) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/indura/indura.html - Kaluszyn, Poland (The Memorial Book of Kaluszyn) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kaluszyn/kaluszyn_fr.html [French] - Klobuck, Poland (The Book of Klobucko; in memory of a martyred community which was destroyed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/klobuck/klobuck.html - Kremenets, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Kremenets, Vyshgorodok, and Pochayiv) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kremenets3/kremenets3.html - Latvia (Latvian Jewry) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia/latvia.html - Radom, Poland (The book of Radom; the story of a Jewish community in Poland destroyed by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/radom/radom.html - Sosnove (Ludvipol), Ukraine (Ludvipol (Wolyn); in memory of the Jewish community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ludvipol/Ludvipol.html - Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Stowbtsy/Stowbtsy.html - Svencionys, Lithuania (Svintzian region: memorial book of 23 communities) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/svencionys/svencionys.html - Tlumach, Ukraine (Memorial book of Tlumacz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tlumacz/tlumacz.html - Valkininkai, Lithuania (Olkeniki: a Town that Existed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Valkininkai1/Valkininkai1.html - Wasilkow, Poland (The Wasilkower memorial book; memories of our town Wasilkow which has been annihilated by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wasilkow/Wasilkow.html - Wojslawice, Poland (Yizkor book in memory of Voislavize) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wojslawice/Wojslawice.html - Zawiercie, Poland (Yizkor Book of the Holy Community of Zawiercie and Environs) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/zawiercie/zawiercie.html - Zofyuvka, Ukraine (The tree and the roots; the history of T.L (Sofyovka and Ignatovka)) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zofyuvka/Zofyuvka.html - Zolochiv, Ukraine (The Destruction of Zloczow) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zolochiv/Zolochiv.html Some important links to note: - This month's additions and updates are flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find them. - All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html - Yizkor Book Translation Funds http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go online. Pesach Sameach, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager lance.ackerfeld@gmail.com
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Yizkor Book Project, March 2014
#galicia
Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>
[MODERATOR NOTE: See especially the references below to Korczyna,
Poland, and Horodenka, Tlumach, and Zolochiv, Ukraine -- towns once in Galicia.} Shalom, The Children of Israel ran out of time before their flight >from Egypt and we at the Yizkor Book Project ran out of time trying to carry out all that we planned during March. Strange comparison? True, but I did want to let you know that we haven't been idle over the last month and also wanted to bring up the subject of Pesach/Passover... So, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you and your families an extremely enjoyable Pesach holiday. So what did we actually do during March? I'm pleased to let you know that three new books were published during this last month through our Yizkor Books in Print (YBIP) Project: - Drahichyn, Belarus (Drohitchin Memorial (Yizkor) Book 500 years of Jewish Life) - Korczyna, Poland (Korczyna Memorial Book) - Horodenka, Ukraine (Yizkor (Memorial) Book of Horodenka, Ukraine) In addition, I have excellent news regarding the availability of new formats for existing books. Apart >from a usual hard cover format, we have now added a soft cover and e-book format for one of our existing books: - Yampol, Ukraine (Yampol Memorial Book) and details of these new formats and prices can be seen at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html as well as information on the other books we now have available. Clearly, if these formats prove popular, we will consider preparing other books these ways. I do try, as much as possible, to regularly thank the hundreds of volunteers who help us out in various aspects of the Yizkor Book and are behind its success. We have an online list of more than 500 volunteers at: http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ and in this minor way we have endeavored to let the world know of the important contributions of these wonderful people. You would like to contribute? My "door" is always open to anyone wishing to take some part in the YB Project. Now to facts and figures for March. During this last month we have added in 5 new projects: - Latvia (The Jews in Latvia) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia1/latvia1.html - Michow, Poland (Memorial book to the martyrs of Michow who perished in the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Michow/Michow.html - Olkusz, Poland (Olkusz; memorial book to a community that was exterminated during the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Olkusz/Olkusz.html - Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland (Ostrovtse; dedicated to the memory of Ostrovtse, Apt...) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrowiec1/ostrowiec1.html - Wolomin, Poland (Volomin; a memorial to the Jewish community of Volomin) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/wolomin/wolomin.html Added in a new entry: - Brok, Poland (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, volume IV) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol4_00151.html We have continued to update 23 of our existing projects: - Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (Akkerman), Ukraine (Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Akkerman/Akkerman.html - Borsa, Romania (Memorial book of Borsha, or: The beloved village by the foot of the Carpathians) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/borsa/borsa.html - Cigand, Hungary (About the Jews of Cigand) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/cigand/cigand.html - Czestochowa, Poland (Resurrection and Destruction in Ghetto Czestochowa) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa4/Czestochowa4.html - Dzyatlava, Belarus (A memorial to the Jewish community of Zetel) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Dzyatlava/Dzyatlava.html - Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html - Grajewo, Poland (Grayewo Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Grajewo/Grajewo.html - Indura, Belarus (Amdur, my hometown) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/indura/indura.html - Kaluszyn, Poland (The Memorial Book of Kaluszyn) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kaluszyn/kaluszyn_fr.html [French] - Klobuck, Poland (The Book of Klobucko; in memory of a martyred community which was destroyed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/klobuck/klobuck.html - Kremenets, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Kremenets, Vyshgorodok, and Pochayiv) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kremenets3/kremenets3.html - Latvia (Latvian Jewry) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia/latvia.html - Radom, Poland (The book of Radom; the story of a Jewish community in Poland destroyed by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/radom/radom.html - Sosnove (Ludvipol), Ukraine (Ludvipol (Wolyn); in memory of the Jewish community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ludvipol/Ludvipol.html - Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Stowbtsy/Stowbtsy.html - Svencionys, Lithuania (Svintzian region: memorial book of 23 communities) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/svencionys/svencionys.html - Tlumach, Ukraine (Memorial book of Tlumacz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tlumacz/tlumacz.html - Valkininkai, Lithuania (Olkeniki: a Town that Existed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Valkininkai1/Valkininkai1.html - Wasilkow, Poland (The Wasilkower memorial book; memories of our town Wasilkow which has been annihilated by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wasilkow/Wasilkow.html - Wojslawice, Poland (Yizkor book in memory of Voislavize) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wojslawice/Wojslawice.html - Zawiercie, Poland (Yizkor Book of the Holy Community of Zawiercie and Environs) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/zawiercie/zawiercie.html - Zofyuvka, Ukraine (The tree and the roots; the history of T.L (Sofyovka and Ignatovka)) h ttp://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zofyuvka/Zofyuvka.html - Zolochiv, Ukraine (The Destruction of Zloczow) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zolochiv/Zolochiv.html Some important links to note: - This month's additions and updates are flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find them. - All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html - Yizkor Book Translation Funds http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go online. Pesach Sameach, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager lance.ackerfeld@gmail.com
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Yizkor Book Project, March 2014
#galicia
Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>
[MODERATOR NOTE: See especially the references below to Korczyna,
Poland, and Horodenka, Tlumach, and Zolochiv, Ukraine -- towns once in Galicia.} Shalom, The Children of Israel ran out of time before their flight >from Egypt and we at the Yizkor Book Project ran out of time trying to carry out all that we planned during March. Strange comparison? True, but I did want to let you know that we haven't been idle over the last month and also wanted to bring up the subject of Pesach/Passover... So, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you and your families an extremely enjoyable Pesach holiday. So what did we actually do during March? I'm pleased to let you know that three new books were published during this last month through our Yizkor Books in Print (YBIP) Project: - Drahichyn, Belarus (Drohitchin Memorial (Yizkor) Book 500 years of Jewish Life) - Korczyna, Poland (Korczyna Memorial Book) - Horodenka, Ukraine (Yizkor (Memorial) Book of Horodenka, Ukraine) In addition, I have excellent news regarding the availability of new formats for existing books. Apart >from a usual hard cover format, we have now added a soft cover and e-book format for one of our existing books: - Yampol, Ukraine (Yampol Memorial Book) and details of these new formats and prices can be seen at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html as well as information on the other books we now have available. Clearly, if these formats prove popular, we will consider preparing other books these ways. I do try, as much as possible, to regularly thank the hundreds of volunteers who help us out in various aspects of the Yizkor Book and are behind its success. We have an online list of more than 500 volunteers at: http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ and in this minor way we have endeavored to let the world know of the important contributions of these wonderful people. You would like to contribute? My "door" is always open to anyone wishing to take some part in the YB Project. Now to facts and figures for March. During this last month we have added in 5 new projects: - Latvia (The Jews in Latvia) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia1/latvia1.html - Michow, Poland (Memorial book to the martyrs of Michow who perished in the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Michow/Michow.html - Olkusz, Poland (Olkusz; memorial book to a community that was exterminated during the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Olkusz/Olkusz.html - Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland (Ostrovtse; dedicated to the memory of Ostrovtse, Apt...) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrowiec1/ostrowiec1.html - Wolomin, Poland (Volomin; a memorial to the Jewish community of Volomin) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/wolomin/wolomin.html Added in a new entry: - Brok, Poland (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, volume IV) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol4_00151.html We have continued to update 23 of our existing projects: - Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (Akkerman), Ukraine (Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Akkerman/Akkerman.html - Borsa, Romania (Memorial book of Borsha, or: The beloved village by the foot of the Carpathians) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/borsa/borsa.html - Cigand, Hungary (About the Jews of Cigand) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/cigand/cigand.html - Czestochowa, Poland (Resurrection and Destruction in Ghetto Czestochowa) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa4/Czestochowa4.html - Dzyatlava, Belarus (A memorial to the Jewish community of Zetel) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Dzyatlava/Dzyatlava.html - Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html - Grajewo, Poland (Grayewo Memorial Book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Grajewo/Grajewo.html - Indura, Belarus (Amdur, my hometown) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/indura/indura.html - Kaluszyn, Poland (The Memorial Book of Kaluszyn) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kaluszyn/kaluszyn_fr.html [French] - Klobuck, Poland (The Book of Klobucko; in memory of a martyred community which was destroyed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/klobuck/klobuck.html - Kremenets, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Kremenets, Vyshgorodok, and Pochayiv) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kremenets3/kremenets3.html - Latvia (Latvian Jewry) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia/latvia.html - Radom, Poland (The book of Radom; the story of a Jewish community in Poland destroyed by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/radom/radom.html - Sosnove (Ludvipol), Ukraine (Ludvipol (Wolyn); in memory of the Jewish community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ludvipol/Ludvipol.html - Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Stowbtsy/Stowbtsy.html - Svencionys, Lithuania (Svintzian region: memorial book of 23 communities) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/svencionys/svencionys.html - Tlumach, Ukraine (Memorial book of Tlumacz) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tlumacz/tlumacz.html - Valkininkai, Lithuania (Olkeniki: a Town that Existed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Valkininkai1/Valkininkai1.html - Wasilkow, Poland (The Wasilkower memorial book; memories of our town Wasilkow which has been annihilated by the Nazis) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wasilkow/Wasilkow.html - Wojslawice, Poland (Yizkor book in memory of Voislavize) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wojslawice/Wojslawice.html - Zawiercie, Poland (Yizkor Book of the Holy Community of Zawiercie and Environs) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/zawiercie/zawiercie.html - Zofyuvka, Ukraine (The tree and the roots; the history of T.L (Sofyovka and Ignatovka)) h ttp://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zofyuvka/Zofyuvka.html - Zolochiv, Ukraine (The Destruction of Zloczow) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zolochiv/Zolochiv.html Some important links to note: - This month's additions and updates are flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find them. - All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html - Yizkor Book Translation Funds http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23 where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go online. Pesach Sameach, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager lance.ackerfeld@gmail.com
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[Greece] Romaniote Jews Commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Holocaust in Ioannina
#sephardic
Jan Meisels Allen
On March 30, the Jews of Ionnina came to commemorate the 70h anniversary of
the destruction of their community by the Nazis. Ionnina is located in Northeastern Greece and was once the center of Romaniote Judaism. Neither Ashkenazi nor Sephardic, Romaniote Jews, emerged >from the first Jewish communities of Europe. Records indicate the first Jewish presence in Greece dating back to 300 BCE. They spoke their own language, Yevanic, or Judeo-Greek, a version of Greek infused with Hebrew and written with the Hebrew script. After the expulsion of the Jews of Spain in 1492, many Sephardic Jews found refuge in the Ottoman Empire that then ruled Greece. Soon, Sephardic communities sprang up, most notably in Thessaloniki, known as the Jerusalem of the Balkans. The preexisting Romaniote communities were absorbed into the larger, Sephardic Ladino-speaking ones that eventually became largely synonymous with Greek Jewry. In the isolated islands and mountains, the Romaniotes remained the dominant tradition, and Ioannina was the largest of these communities. With the break-up of the Ottoman Empire in the 20th century many Romaniotes immigrated to North America and what would become Israel. By the beginning of World War II approximately 2,000 Romaniote Jews were in Ionnina. On March 25, 1944 the Nazis rounded up the Jews and transported them to Auschwitz. Only 112 Ionnina Jews survived Auschwitz and another 69 escaped the roundup.The names of the town's 1,832 Jews who were murdered are carved on marble tablets on the walls of the synagogue. Several other small communities that identify with the Romaniote tradition continue to exist in places like Chalkida and Volos, however, most live in Athens today. The Canadian ambassador to Greece, Robert Peck, was instrumental in helping organize the commemorations, noting the lack of available information about the Jews of Ioannina. At Ambassador Peck's urging the (Vancouver) Simon Fraser University Media Lab designed a website detailing Ioannina's Jewish history and an app The app and website, "Ioaninna's Jewish Legacy: Yesterday and Today" was launched on March 25 and may be viewed at: http://www.ioanninajewishlegacy.com/ The website has a listing of the "extinct" Jews >from Ioaninna-it is all in the Greek language but a translation service such as Google translate should help. To read more about this commemoration and Ioannina's Jewish History and Romaniote Jews see: http://tinyurl.com/kuo6bkd Original url: http://www.jta.org/2014/04/01/news-opinion/world/greeces-romaniote-jews-remember-a-catastrophe-and-grapple-with-disappearing?utm_source=Newsletter+subscribers&utm_campaign=2422f72b23-JTA_Daily_Briefing_4_2_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2dce5bc6f8-2422f72b23-25350893 and: http://www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.article&id=1810 Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Sephardic SIG #Sephardim [Greece] Romaniote Jews Commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Holocaust in Ioannina
#sephardic
Jan Meisels Allen
On March 30, the Jews of Ionnina came to commemorate the 70h anniversary of
the destruction of their community by the Nazis. Ionnina is located in Northeastern Greece and was once the center of Romaniote Judaism. Neither Ashkenazi nor Sephardic, Romaniote Jews, emerged >from the first Jewish communities of Europe. Records indicate the first Jewish presence in Greece dating back to 300 BCE. They spoke their own language, Yevanic, or Judeo-Greek, a version of Greek infused with Hebrew and written with the Hebrew script. After the expulsion of the Jews of Spain in 1492, many Sephardic Jews found refuge in the Ottoman Empire that then ruled Greece. Soon, Sephardic communities sprang up, most notably in Thessaloniki, known as the Jerusalem of the Balkans. The preexisting Romaniote communities were absorbed into the larger, Sephardic Ladino-speaking ones that eventually became largely synonymous with Greek Jewry. In the isolated islands and mountains, the Romaniotes remained the dominant tradition, and Ioannina was the largest of these communities. With the break-up of the Ottoman Empire in the 20th century many Romaniotes immigrated to North America and what would become Israel. By the beginning of World War II approximately 2,000 Romaniote Jews were in Ionnina. On March 25, 1944 the Nazis rounded up the Jews and transported them to Auschwitz. Only 112 Ionnina Jews survived Auschwitz and another 69 escaped the roundup.The names of the town's 1,832 Jews who were murdered are carved on marble tablets on the walls of the synagogue. Several other small communities that identify with the Romaniote tradition continue to exist in places like Chalkida and Volos, however, most live in Athens today. The Canadian ambassador to Greece, Robert Peck, was instrumental in helping organize the commemorations, noting the lack of available information about the Jews of Ioannina. At Ambassador Peck's urging the (Vancouver) Simon Fraser University Media Lab designed a website detailing Ioannina's Jewish history and an app The app and website, "Ioaninna's Jewish Legacy: Yesterday and Today" was launched on March 25 and may be viewed at: http://www.ioanninajewishlegacy.com/ The website has a listing of the "extinct" Jews >from Ioaninna-it is all in the Greek language but a translation service such as Google translate should help. To read more about this commemoration and Ioannina's Jewish History and Romaniote Jews see: http://tinyurl.com/kuo6bkd Original url: http://www.jta.org/2014/04/01/news-opinion/world/greeces-romaniote-jews-remember-a-catastrophe-and-grapple-with-disappearing?utm_source=Newsletter+subscribers&utm_campaign=2422f72b23-JTA_Daily_Briefing_4_2_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2dce5bc6f8-2422f72b23-25350893 and: http://www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.article&id=1810 Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Re: Professor Anatole Klyosov's article, Thoughts About Jewish DNA Genealogy
#dna
Arline and Sidney Sachs
Thanks to Jeff Wexler for telling us about Professor Anatole Klyosov's
Article. I found it very interesting. However, I wished he went into more details (including where he got his samples from) about the haplogroups other then the R. For example he wrote "The remaining haplogroups of Jews were acquired later, many in Europe during the time of the Diaspora. These are primarily haplogroups I1, I2, Q, R2, X, and T and subclades. European haplogroups of Jews often date back to about 650 years ago or even later; possible reasons for this are given above." and "the common ancestor of the Kohanim haplogroup J1 lived only 1,050 years ago." The dates seem much later then what others are estimating for them. Sidney Sachs Lorton, VA
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DNA Research #DNA Re: Professor Anatole Klyosov's article, Thoughts About Jewish DNA Genealogy
#dna
Arline and Sidney Sachs
Thanks to Jeff Wexler for telling us about Professor Anatole Klyosov's
Article. I found it very interesting. However, I wished he went into more details (including where he got his samples from) about the haplogroups other then the R. For example he wrote "The remaining haplogroups of Jews were acquired later, many in Europe during the time of the Diaspora. These are primarily haplogroups I1, I2, Q, R2, X, and T and subclades. European haplogroups of Jews often date back to about 650 years ago or even later; possible reasons for this are given above." and "the common ancestor of the Kohanim haplogroup J1 lived only 1,050 years ago." The dates seem much later then what others are estimating for them. Sidney Sachs Lorton, VA
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