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Re: Miracles happens
#general
Judith Scarani <judithscarani1@...>
Mazel tov! and can I say me too?! My mother and I just returned
from New York City Today where we met our newly discovered (3rdto my mother and 4th to me) cousins >from Israel. We had a wonderful non-stop talking lunch! I found cousins Pat and Moshe Zabari through the wonderful help of the Sachnut in Israel, Lancy Presser Spalter of the Suchustow community forum, and David Halpern in London-- another new cousin I met through the family finder web site. This is very exciting. I add my thoughts in order to thank the community and to encourage others not to give up. I know I will find everyone else, its just a matter of time. As Moshe said today at lunch, "this is the time of the Moshiach for everyones efforts to reconnect the diaspora are bringing the dead back to life." Amen. Judith Mont Scarani, Philadelphia Searching for: MONT, ANNUSEWITZ, HALPERN, BUCHWALD, FLEISHNER, MARGULIES, LANDAU WHITE, DICK Sochustow, Jablanow, Janow (Lub.), Zbaraz, Kopyncye....in the Sochustow region.
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine RE: Miracles happens
#ukraine
Judith Scarani <judithscarani1@...>
Mazel tov! and can I say me too?! My mother and I just returned
from New York City Today where we met our newly discovered (3rdto my mother and 4th to me) cousins >from Israel. We had a wonderful non-stop talking lunch! I found cousins Pat and Moshe Zabari through the wonderful help of the Sachnut in Israel, Lancy Presser Spalter of the Suchustow community forum, and David Halpern in London-- another new cousin I met through the family finder web site. This is very exciting. I add my thoughts in order to thank the community and to encourage others not to give up. I know I will find everyone else, its just a matter of time. As Moshe said today at lunch, "this is the time of the Moshiach for everyones efforts to reconnect the diaspora are bringing the dead back to life." Amen. Judith Mont Scarani, Philadelphia Searching for: MONT, ANNUSEWITZ, HALPERN, BUCHWALD, FLEISHNER, MARGULIES, LANDAU WHITE, DICK Sochustow, Jablanow, Janow (Lub.), Zbaraz, Kopyncye....in the Sochustow region.
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Need help interpreting H.I.A.S. card
#general
Viktor Lewin
Could someone kindly scan and send, either to Viewmate or to me personally,
a copy of a H.I.A.S. card issued after the war ? I received my parents' arrival card today and the printing is so sketchy that it is very difficult to decipher. Hopefully using a comparable form I will be able to fill in the blank spaces. Thank you. Viktor Lewin - Winnipeg.
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Help Please
#general
Eden Joachim <esjoachim@...>
Is there someone in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada who can help me with
information on the city? I have an address for a relative, but there isn't a listing in the online phone directory in her name. I am searching for Jane Morris, daughter of Charles Morris who died in 1998. I don't believe Jane ever married, and she is supposed to be living on Mississauga Valley Blvd according to her 92 year old uncle in New York City. Jane is probably in her sixties, originally >from New York, either New York City or Albany. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer, Eden Joachim Pomona, New York esjoachim@optonline.net
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Need help interpreting H.I.A.S. card
#general
Viktor Lewin
Could someone kindly scan and send, either to Viewmate or to me personally,
a copy of a H.I.A.S. card issued after the war ? I received my parents' arrival card today and the printing is so sketchy that it is very difficult to decipher. Hopefully using a comparable form I will be able to fill in the blank spaces. Thank you. Viktor Lewin - Winnipeg.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Help Please
#general
Eden Joachim <esjoachim@...>
Is there someone in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada who can help me with
information on the city? I have an address for a relative, but there isn't a listing in the online phone directory in her name. I am searching for Jane Morris, daughter of Charles Morris who died in 1998. I don't believe Jane ever married, and she is supposed to be living on Mississauga Valley Blvd according to her 92 year old uncle in New York City. Jane is probably in her sixties, originally >from New York, either New York City or Albany. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer, Eden Joachim Pomona, New York esjoachim@optonline.net
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Re: Miracles happens
#general
Judith Scarani <judithscarani1@...>
Mazel tov! and can I say me too?! My mother and I just returned >from New
York City Today where we met our newly discovered (3rd to my mother and 4th to me) cousins >from Israel. We had a wonderful non-stop talking lunch! I found cousins Pat and Moshe Zabari through the wonderful help of the Sachnut in Israel, Lancy Presser Spalter of the Suchustow community forum, and David Halpern in London--another new cousin I met through the family finder web site. This is very exciting. I add my thoughts in order to thank the community and to encourage others not to give up. I know I will find everyone else, its just a matter of time. As Moshe said today at lunch, "this is the time of the Moshiach for everyones efforts to reconnect the diaspora are bringing the dead back to life." Amen. Judith Mont Scarani, Philadelphia Searching for: MONT, ANNUSEWITZ, HALPERN, BUCHWALD, FLEISHNER, MARGULIES, LANDAU, WHITE, DICK Sochustow, Jablanow, Janow (Lub.), Zbaraz, Kopyncye....in the Sochustow region. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "gladys rothman" <grothman1011@rogers.com> Subject: Miracles happens Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:45:45 -0400 Dear friends, for years I have searching long lost relatives. The search pay off. I found part of my Rothman/Rotman family. Thanks to Jewishgen and the Ukraine SIG. Unfortunately they are in Chile and I am in Canada, but a "new uncle" is flying to Buenos Aires and will meet there with the rest of the Argentinean part of the family they never new they had and neither did we. A very emotional thanks to all of you for your wonderful work. Sincerely, Gladys Rothman Toronto grothman1011@rogers.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: Miracles happens
#general
Judith Scarani <judithscarani1@...>
Mazel tov! and can I say me too?! My mother and I just returned >from New
York City Today where we met our newly discovered (3rd to my mother and 4th to me) cousins >from Israel. We had a wonderful non-stop talking lunch! I found cousins Pat and Moshe Zabari through the wonderful help of the Sachnut in Israel, Lancy Presser Spalter of the Suchustow community forum, and David Halpern in London--another new cousin I met through the family finder web site. This is very exciting. I add my thoughts in order to thank the community and to encourage others not to give up. I know I will find everyone else, its just a matter of time. As Moshe said today at lunch, "this is the time of the Moshiach for everyones efforts to reconnect the diaspora are bringing the dead back to life." Amen. Judith Mont Scarani, Philadelphia Searching for: MONT, ANNUSEWITZ, HALPERN, BUCHWALD, FLEISHNER, MARGULIES, LANDAU, WHITE, DICK Sochustow, Jablanow, Janow (Lub.), Zbaraz, Kopyncye....in the Sochustow region. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "gladys rothman" <grothman1011@rogers.com> Subject: Miracles happens Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:45:45 -0400 Dear friends, for years I have searching long lost relatives. The search pay off. I found part of my Rothman/Rotman family. Thanks to Jewishgen and the Ukraine SIG. Unfortunately they are in Chile and I am in Canada, but a "new uncle" is flying to Buenos Aires and will meet there with the rest of the Argentinean part of the family they never new they had and neither did we. A very emotional thanks to all of you for your wonderful work. Sincerely, Gladys Rothman Toronto grothman1011@rogers.com
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Translation requested of envelope sent from Lithuania. View mate VM4927
#general
Yoni Shapiro <shapie@...>
I made a trip up to Toronto this passed spring ; met a bunch of cousins.
One gave me this envelope addressed to my grandmother >from Lithuania. I belive my family came >from Salakas -Salok Please Translate view mate # VM4927 Yisroel Yonasan SHAPIRO searching >from Lithuania GORDON, MUNITZ, STERN MODERATOR NOTE: The direct URL of the image is http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=4927
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Translation requested of envelope sent from Lithuania. View mate VM4927
#general
Yoni Shapiro <shapie@...>
I made a trip up to Toronto this passed spring ; met a bunch of cousins.
One gave me this envelope addressed to my grandmother >from Lithuania. I belive my family came >from Salakas -Salok Please Translate view mate # VM4927 Yisroel Yonasan SHAPIRO searching >from Lithuania GORDON, MUNITZ, STERN MODERATOR NOTE: The direct URL of the image is http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=4927
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RAKOFF & MENDELSON
#general
Sacredsisters3 <sacredsisters3@...>
hello All researchers.
I have four picsw just posted to jewishgen. They Are VM4921-VM4924 I would love it if any one out recognizes these ancestors of mine to please contact me so that we can exchange information. One pic is of my great grandparents david Rakoff & Anna(Mendelson)Rakoff. Do not know much about their families and would love to know more about them. My grandmother is ruth(Rakoff)FAIKES their daughter. The other photo is of my aunt Rose(Faikes)FRIEDMAN Her husband Aaron and daughter Esther. I would love to find out more on Rose's Family the faikes's. The other two pictures i do not have a clue as to who they are, but i belive they are of my great grandmothers mendelson side. Any help in indentifying the timeline of the photos or any background information is appreciated. Sarah Greenberg sacredsisters3@aol.com MODERATOR NOTE: The images can be viewed by going to http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/index.asp Click on the thumbnail to enlarge each picture.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RAKOFF & MENDELSON
#general
Sacredsisters3 <sacredsisters3@...>
hello All researchers.
I have four picsw just posted to jewishgen. They Are VM4921-VM4924 I would love it if any one out recognizes these ancestors of mine to please contact me so that we can exchange information. One pic is of my great grandparents david Rakoff & Anna(Mendelson)Rakoff. Do not know much about their families and would love to know more about them. My grandmother is ruth(Rakoff)FAIKES their daughter. The other photo is of my aunt Rose(Faikes)FRIEDMAN Her husband Aaron and daughter Esther. I would love to find out more on Rose's Family the faikes's. The other two pictures i do not have a clue as to who they are, but i belive they are of my great grandmothers mendelson side. Any help in indentifying the timeline of the photos or any background information is appreciated. Sarah Greenberg sacredsisters3@aol.com MODERATOR NOTE: The images can be viewed by going to http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/index.asp Click on the thumbnail to enlarge each picture.
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GINZBURG and HEIN from Rogachev
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michael <ginm@...>
My name is Zeev Ginzburg.
I am looking for any information about Yoel ben Shaul Ginzburg from Rogachev, Belarus, who lived in the 19th century.One of his grandsongs is my greatgrand father,Moshe ben Nahum. His sister Nehama married a man called Hein(surname)and came to Erets Israel,Jaffa in the beginning of the 20th century.His other sisters lived in Kharkov,Ukrain. They were called Rosa and Slava. It is important to me whether this Ginzburgs were Leviim. Zeev Ginzburg ginm@netvision.net.il
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen GINZBURG and HEIN from Rogachev
#general
michael <ginm@...>
My name is Zeev Ginzburg.
I am looking for any information about Yoel ben Shaul Ginzburg from Rogachev, Belarus, who lived in the 19th century.One of his grandsongs is my greatgrand father,Moshe ben Nahum. His sister Nehama married a man called Hein(surname)and came to Erets Israel,Jaffa in the beginning of the 20th century.His other sisters lived in Kharkov,Ukrain. They were called Rosa and Slava. It is important to me whether this Ginzburgs were Leviim. Zeev Ginzburg ginm@netvision.net.il
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Re: 1910 Jewish Cemetery Funeral
#unitedkingdom
jeremy frankel
Dear Sandi,
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A little information would go a long way. Can you provide us with any details about the card? Does it give the funeral home? Does it state the name of the cemetery? If the burial took place in London, then there are a couple of things you could do. One is to contact the United Synagogue Burial Society. Additionally, you can check the pages of the Jewish Chronicle for any burials on that date and see if any names "ring a bell." Good luck, Jeremy G Frankel ex London, England Berkeley, California, USA
At 1:00 AM -0500 10/27/04, JCR-UK SIG digest wrote:
A member of my family gave me a Jewish Cemetery funeral card dated
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom re: 1910 Jewish Cemetery Funeral
#unitedkingdom
jeremy frankel
Dear Sandi,
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
A little information would go a long way. Can you provide us with any details about the card? Does it give the funeral home? Does it state the name of the cemetery? If the burial took place in London, then there are a couple of things you could do. One is to contact the United Synagogue Burial Society. Additionally, you can check the pages of the Jewish Chronicle for any burials on that date and see if any names "ring a bell." Good luck, Jeremy G Frankel ex London, England Berkeley, California, USA
At 1:00 AM -0500 10/27/04, JCR-UK SIG digest wrote:
A member of my family gave me a Jewish Cemetery funeral card dated
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Translation requested of envelope sent from Lithuania. View mate VM4927
#lithuania
Yoni Shapiro <shapie@...>
I made a trip up to Toronto this passed spring ; met a bunch of cousins.
One gave me this envelope addressed to my grandmother >from Lithuania. I belive my family came >from Salakas -Salok Please Translate view mate # VM4927 Yisroel Yonasan SHAPIRO searching >from Lithuania GORDON, MUNITZ, STERN MODERATOR'S NOTE: Viewmate may be found at www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Translation requested of envelope sent from Lithuania. View mate VM4927
#lithuania
Yoni Shapiro <shapie@...>
I made a trip up to Toronto this passed spring ; met a bunch of cousins.
One gave me this envelope addressed to my grandmother >from Lithuania. I belive my family came >from Salakas -Salok Please Translate view mate # VM4927 Yisroel Yonasan SHAPIRO searching >from Lithuania GORDON, MUNITZ, STERN MODERATOR'S NOTE: Viewmate may be found at www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/
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Looking for information on Dr. YAAKOV (JACOB) ROBINSON (1889-1977)
#lithuania
Omry Kaplan Feuereisen <ok@...>
Hi everybody,
I'm writing a PhD on Dr. YAAKOV (JACOB) ROBINSON and the Institute of Jewish Affairs (which he founded) at the Simon-Dubnow-Institute for Jewish History and Culture in Leipzig, Germany (www.dubnow.de). I'm looking for any information concerning family, biography, work of JACOB ROBINSON. He was born in SEREJ (SEIRIJAI) in 1889. His father's name was DAVID. He had at least five brothers: AARON, ABRAHAM, NATHAN, NEHEMIAH and PINCUS ROBINSON. NEHEMIAH and NATHAN were both born in VISHTINETZ (VISTYTIS), the former in 1898, the latter in 1904. Just like his brother YAAKOV, NEHEMIAH became a great international lawyer, director of the Institue of Jewish Affairs and drafter of the Reparations Agreements between Germany and Israel and between Germany and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims. NATHAN ROBINSON was a very prominent physicist and director of the Solar Laboratory at the Haifa Technion. Both NEHEMIAH and NATHAN ROBINSON died in 1964. About the other brothers I haven't been able to gather any additional information. There is very little material on YAAKOV ROBINSON's life. Short entries in different Jewish Encyclopedias; some information in "Yahadut Lita" - one of whose editors he himself was - and in the Yiddish "Lite". I spent several weeks in the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, where I found considerable material on YAAKOV ROBINSON's activities as director of the Institute of Jewish Affairs. I was at the Yad Vashem Archives and at the Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem. But I haven't found any relevant information on ROBINSON's background, his parents, his family, his childhood, his youth, his activities in the 1930s (when he in a sense disappeared >from the international stage), his arrival to the US etc. YAAKOV ROBINSON had married CLARA KATZ (1897-1976). They had two daughters: ATHALIE (born 1925) and VITA (1928-1955). ATHALIE ROBINSON lives in NYC, is not healthy and for some reason doesn't want to talk to anyone about her father. I'd be immensely grateful for any pieces of information on YAAKOV ROBINSON, his parents, his family, his activities etc. Yours sincerely, Omry K. Feuereisen, ok@nebt.org, feuereisen@dubnow.de, Berlin/Leipzig, Germany. MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately.
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Looking for information on Dr. YAAKOV (JACOB) ROBINSON (1889-1977)
#lithuania
Omry Kaplan Feuereisen <ok@...>
Hi everybody,
I'm writing a PhD on Dr. YAAKOV (JACOB) ROBINSON and the Institute of Jewish Affairs (which he founded) at the Simon-Dubnow-Institute for Jewish History and Culture in Leipzig, Germany (www.dubnow.de). I'm looking for any information concerning family, biography, work of JACOB ROBINSON. He was born in SEREJ (SEIRIJAI) in 1889. His father's name was DAVID. He had at least five brothers: AARON, ABRAHAM, NATHAN, NEHEMIAH and PINCUS ROBINSON. NEHEMIAH and NATHAN were both born in VISHTINETZ (VISTYTIS), the former in 1898, the latter in 1904. Just like his brother YAAKOV, NEHEMIAH became a great international lawyer, director of the Institue of Jewish Affairs and drafter of the Reparations Agreements between Germany and Israel and between Germany and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims. NATHAN ROBINSON was a very prominent physicist and director of the Solar Laboratory at the Haifa Technion. Both NEHEMIAH and NATHAN ROBINSON died in 1964. About the other brothers I haven't been able to gather any additional information. There is very little material on YAAKOV ROBINSON's life. Short entries in different Jewish Encyclopedias; some information in "Yahadut Lita" - one of whose editors he himself was - and in the Yiddish "Lite". I spent several weeks in the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, where I found considerable material on YAAKOV ROBINSON's activities as director of the Institute of Jewish Affairs. I was at the Yad Vashem Archives and at the Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem. But I haven't found any relevant information on ROBINSON's background, his parents, his family, his childhood, his youth, his activities in the 1930s (when he in a sense disappeared >from the international stage), his arrival to the US etc. YAAKOV ROBINSON had married CLARA KATZ (1897-1976). They had two daughters: ATHALIE (born 1925) and VITA (1928-1955). ATHALIE ROBINSON lives in NYC, is not healthy and for some reason doesn't want to talk to anyone about her father. I'd be immensely grateful for any pieces of information on YAAKOV ROBINSON, his parents, his family, his activities etc. Yours sincerely, Omry K. Feuereisen, ok@nebt.org, feuereisen@dubnow.de, Berlin/Leipzig, Germany. MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately.
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