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Nicole Berline <nberline@...>
SUBJECT: NYC 2006 conference Call for Papers
The Jewish Genealogical Society is the host society for the 2006 International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies’ annual conference to be held at the Marriott Marquis here in New York City >from August 13th to 18th. We are pleased to announce our Call for Papers. Submissions should be made at the Conference website at <http://www.jgsny2006.org/call.cfm>http://www.jgsny2006.org/call.cfm All abstract submissions must be submitted via our on-line abstract module process. E-mail submittals will not be accepted. Presentation categories are listed below: Computer Training Workshops Eastern and Central European research Genetics and DNA Research Holocaust research Immigration, naturalization and migration Methodology Metropolitan New York City and New York State research Non-European research (e.g. India, China) Rabbinical research Repositories Sephardic research Technology and Internet resources United States research Yiddish theater/Tin Pan Alley Just follow the instructions at the website. The decision to accept a submission will be heavily weighted toward presentations not given at previous IAJGS Conferences, that provide specific research methodology and that include specific information for researchers to replicate the success of the presenter in acquiring information. Sessions will be one hour and fifteen minutes, with the last 15 minutes reserved for questions and answers. Proposal Deadline – December 1, 2005. Speakers will be notified no later than February 1, 2006 Handout material/resource material, due March 1, 2006, is required for each presentation and will be included in the syllabus distributed to all conference registrants. Further details of the handout material requirements will be provided upon acceptance of lecture. Gloria Berkenstat Freund 2006 Conference Program Committee Chair gloria@jgsny2006.org
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Nicole Berline <nberline@...>
SUBJECT: NYC 2006 conference Call for Papers
The Jewish Genealogical Society is the host society for the 2006 International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies’ annual conference to be held at the Marriott Marquis here in New York City >from August 13th to 18th. We are pleased to announce our Call for Papers. Submissions should be made at the Conference website at <http://www.jgsny2006.org/call.cfm>http://www.jgsny2006.org/call.cfm All abstract submissions must be submitted via our on-line abstract module process. E-mail submittals will not be accepted. Presentation categories are listed below: Computer Training Workshops Eastern and Central European research Genetics and DNA Research Holocaust research Immigration, naturalization and migration Methodology Metropolitan New York City and New York State research Non-European research (e.g. India, China) Rabbinical research Repositories Sephardic research Technology and Internet resources United States research Yiddish theater/Tin Pan Alley Just follow the instructions at the website. The decision to accept a submission will be heavily weighted toward presentations not given at previous IAJGS Conferences, that provide specific research methodology and that include specific information for researchers to replicate the success of the presenter in acquiring information. Sessions will be one hour and fifteen minutes, with the last 15 minutes reserved for questions and answers. Proposal Deadline – December 1, 2005. Speakers will be notified no later than February 1, 2006 Handout material/resource material, due March 1, 2006, is required for each presentation and will be included in the syllabus distributed to all conference registrants. Further details of the handout material requirements will be provided upon acceptance of lecture. Gloria Berkenstat Freund 2006 Conference Program Committee Chair gloria@jgsny2006.org
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Telshe Yeshiva
#lithuania
C&V <proprius@...>
The Telshe Yeshiva still exists in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio,
U.S.A., and perhaps Saul Issroff might learn the source of the database from them.Cynthia Spikell
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Telshe Yeshiva
#lithuania
C&V <proprius@...>
The Telshe Yeshiva still exists in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio,
U.S.A., and perhaps Saul Issroff might learn the source of the database from them.Cynthia Spikell
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Radom cemetery
#poland
Frayda
Dear Paul,
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I was in Radom about 10 years ago and there was nothing to see in the cemetery. This was particuliarly upsetting to me as my grandfather & g-grandfather were Matzeva Krichtzers who had made many of the monuments there. Has this cemetery been restored since my last visit? Sincerely, Frayda Zelman
Subject: Radom Cemetery Access
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JRI Poland #Poland Radom cemetery
#poland
Frayda
Dear Paul,
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I was in Radom about 10 years ago and there was nothing to see in the cemetery. This was particuliarly upsetting to me as my grandfather & g-grandfather were Matzeva Krichtzers who had made many of the monuments there. Has this cemetery been restored since my last visit? Sincerely, Frayda Zelman
Subject: Radom Cemetery Access
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Re: bialystok
#poland
Bialystoker
Tilford Bartman tells us that Rabbi Aisel Harif is Rebbe Yehoshua
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Shapira. In his chronicle of the Jewish history of Bialystok -- PINKOS BIALYSTOK -- A.S. Hershberg includes a chapter about the first Rabbis of Bialystok and covers Rebbe Shapira. This two volume history of Jewish Bialystok is written in Yiddish. BIALYGen is now in the process of having the Tables of Contents translated to English. After this is completed, a JewishGen Yizkor Book project will be started to translate Chapters of this book. The Yizkor Book project will need to raise funds to translate Chapters and the Chapter on the First Rabbi's of Bialystok will need a sponsor. We do not yet have any estimates of the funds needed, but if you are interested in sponsoring the translation of this chapter, please contact me privately. If you are interested in finding a copy of this book, please refer to http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/bialygen/Yizkor_Books.htm, which will lead you to the Libraries where a copy of this book can be found. Mark Halpern BIALYGen Coordinator
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my grandfather of my g randmother - ok- was a very famous rabbi whoalso served in bialystock for a while. he was called Rabbi Aisel Harif
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BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland Re: bialystok
#poland
Bialystoker
Tilford Bartman tells us that Rabbi Aisel Harif is Rebbe Yehoshua
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Shapira. In his chronicle of the Jewish history of Bialystok -- PINKOS BIALYSTOK -- A.S. Hershberg includes a chapter about the first Rabbis of Bialystok and covers Rebbe Shapira. This two volume history of Jewish Bialystok is written in Yiddish. BIALYGen is now in the process of having the Tables of Contents translated to English. After this is completed, a JewishGen Yizkor Book project will be started to translate Chapters of this book. The Yizkor Book project will need to raise funds to translate Chapters and the Chapter on the First Rabbi's of Bialystok will need a sponsor. We do not yet have any estimates of the funds needed, but if you are interested in sponsoring the translation of this chapter, please contact me privately. If you are interested in finding a copy of this book, please refer to http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/bialygen/Yizkor_Books.htm, which will lead you to the Libraries where a copy of this book can be found. Mark Halpern BIALYGen Coordinator
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my grandfather of my g randmother - ok- was a very famous rabbi whoalso served in bialystock for a while. he was called Rabbi Aisel Harif
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Re: Rabbi Aisel Harif
#poland
Tilford Bartman <bartmant@...>
I assume you know that the Rabbi was called Aisel Harif but that his
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real name was Rabbi Yehoshua Aisek ben Yehiel Shapira. He was well known. I think he was born in the early 1800's and died late 1800's. He is known as the Rabbi of Slonim. I was not aware that he was ever a Rabbi in Bialystok but of course that's possible. He was considered one of the great scholars of his time and built up the Slonim Yeshiva. He was also active politically against certain decrees of the czarist regime. I think there were some books written about him. Tilford Bartman Ruth Cohen Harif wrote:
Address your forum messages to <bialystok@lyris.jewishgen.org>
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BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland Re: Rabbi Aisel Harif
#poland
Tilford Bartman <bartmant@...>
I assume you know that the Rabbi was called Aisel Harif but that his
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real name was Rabbi Yehoshua Aisek ben Yehiel Shapira. He was well known. I think he was born in the early 1800's and died late 1800's. He is known as the Rabbi of Slonim. I was not aware that he was ever a Rabbi in Bialystok but of course that's possible. He was considered one of the great scholars of his time and built up the Slonim Yeshiva. He was also active politically against certain decrees of the czarist regime. I think there were some books written about him. Tilford Bartman Ruth Cohen Harif wrote:
Address your forum messages to <bialystok@lyris.jewishgen.org>
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Forwarded From JewishGen - NYC Conference Call for Papers
#unitedkingdom
Louise Messik at JCR-UK <jcr-uk-mod@...>
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Sent: 15 September 2005 00:12 Subject: [jgsigs-ml] please post to your lists on behalf of the 2006 conference in NYC SUBJECT: NYC 2006 conference Call for Papers The Jewish Genealogical Society is the host society for the 2006 International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies' annual conference to be held at the Marriott Marquis here in New York City >from August 13th to 18th. We are pleased to announce our Call for Papers. Submissions should be made at the Conference website at <http://www.jgsny2006.org/call.cfm>http://www.jgsny2006.org/call.cfm All abstract submissions must be submitted via our on-line abstract module process. E-mail submittals will not be accepted. Presentation categories are listed below: Computer Training Workshops Eastern and Central European research Genetics and DNA Research Holocaust research Immigration, naturalization and migration Methodology Metropolitan New York City and New York State research Non-European research (e.g. India, China) Rabbinical research Repositories Sephardic research Technology and Internet resources United States research Yiddish theater/Tin Pan Alley Just follow the instructions at the website. The decision to accept a submission will be heavily weighted toward presentations not given at previous IAJGS Conferences, that provide specific research methodology and that include specific information for researchers to replicate the success of the presenter in acquiring information. Sessions will be one hour and fifteen minutes, with the last 15 minutes reserved for questions and answers. Proposal Deadline - December 1, 2005. Speakers will be notified no later than February 1, 2006 Handout material/resource material, due March 1, 2006, is required for each presentation and will be included in the syllabus distributed to all conference registrants. Further details of the handout material requirements will be provided upon acceptance of lecture. Gloria Berkenstat Freund 2006 Conference Program Committee Chair gloria@jgsny2006.org
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom Forwarded From JewishGen - NYC Conference Call for Papers
#unitedkingdom
Louise Messik at JCR-UK <jcr-uk-mod@...>
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Sent: 15 September 2005 00:12 Subject: [jgsigs-ml] please post to your lists on behalf of the 2006 conference in NYC SUBJECT: NYC 2006 conference Call for Papers The Jewish Genealogical Society is the host society for the 2006 International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies' annual conference to be held at the Marriott Marquis here in New York City >from August 13th to 18th. We are pleased to announce our Call for Papers. Submissions should be made at the Conference website at <http://www.jgsny2006.org/call.cfm>http://www.jgsny2006.org/call.cfm All abstract submissions must be submitted via our on-line abstract module process. E-mail submittals will not be accepted. Presentation categories are listed below: Computer Training Workshops Eastern and Central European research Genetics and DNA Research Holocaust research Immigration, naturalization and migration Methodology Metropolitan New York City and New York State research Non-European research (e.g. India, China) Rabbinical research Repositories Sephardic research Technology and Internet resources United States research Yiddish theater/Tin Pan Alley Just follow the instructions at the website. The decision to accept a submission will be heavily weighted toward presentations not given at previous IAJGS Conferences, that provide specific research methodology and that include specific information for researchers to replicate the success of the presenter in acquiring information. Sessions will be one hour and fifteen minutes, with the last 15 minutes reserved for questions and answers. Proposal Deadline - December 1, 2005. Speakers will be notified no later than February 1, 2006 Handout material/resource material, due March 1, 2006, is required for each presentation and will be included in the syllabus distributed to all conference registrants. Further details of the handout material requirements will be provided upon acceptance of lecture. Gloria Berkenstat Freund 2006 Conference Program Committee Chair gloria@jgsny2006.org
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NYC 2006 Conference--Call for Papers
#hungary
Vivian Kahn
The Jewish Genealogical Society is the host society for the 2006
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies annual conference to be held at the Marriott Marquis in New York City from August 13th to 18th. The Conference has just released its Call for Papers. I hope that the conference will include a number of sessions that are particularly relevant to the interests of Hungarian SIG members. For this to happen, however, we will probably have to identify potential speakers and topics. I have already been in contact with some potential speakers and encouraged them to submit proposals. If you have suggestions for topics and speakers, please contact me off-list. As mentioned below, the organizers are looking for sessions that do not duplicate presentations at previous conferences. Submissions should be made at the Conference website at <http://www.jgsny2006.org/call.cfm> All abstract submissions must be submitted via the on-line abstract module process. They will not accept e-mail submittals. Presentation categories are listed below: Computer Training Workshops Eastern and Central European research Genetics and DNA Research Holocaust research Immigration, naturalization and migration Methodology Metropolitan New York City and New York State research Non-European research (e.g. India, China) Rabbinical research Repositories Sephardic research Technology and Internet resources United States research Yiddish theater/Tin Pan Alley Just follow the instructions at the website. The decision to accept a submission will be heavily weighted toward presentations not given at previous IAJGS Conferences, that provide specific research methodology and that include specific information for researchers to replicate the success of the presenter in acquiring information. Sessions will be one hour and fifteen minutes, with the last 15 minutes reserved for questions and answers. Proposal Deadline is December 1, 2005. Speakers will be notified no later than February 1, 2006 Handout material/resource material, due March 1, 2006, is required for each presentation and will be included in the syllabus distributed to all conference registrants. Further details of the handout material requirements will be provided upon acceptance of lecture. Potential presenters should direct their Inquiries to Gloria Berkenstat Freund, 2006 Conference Program Committee Chair <gloria@jgsny2006.org> Vivian Kahn, Oakland, CA H-SIG Coordinator
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Hungary SIG #Hungary NYC 2006 Conference--Call for Papers
#hungary
Vivian Kahn
The Jewish Genealogical Society is the host society for the 2006
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies annual conference to be held at the Marriott Marquis in New York City from August 13th to 18th. The Conference has just released its Call for Papers. I hope that the conference will include a number of sessions that are particularly relevant to the interests of Hungarian SIG members. For this to happen, however, we will probably have to identify potential speakers and topics. I have already been in contact with some potential speakers and encouraged them to submit proposals. If you have suggestions for topics and speakers, please contact me off-list. As mentioned below, the organizers are looking for sessions that do not duplicate presentations at previous conferences. Submissions should be made at the Conference website at <http://www.jgsny2006.org/call.cfm> All abstract submissions must be submitted via the on-line abstract module process. They will not accept e-mail submittals. Presentation categories are listed below: Computer Training Workshops Eastern and Central European research Genetics and DNA Research Holocaust research Immigration, naturalization and migration Methodology Metropolitan New York City and New York State research Non-European research (e.g. India, China) Rabbinical research Repositories Sephardic research Technology and Internet resources United States research Yiddish theater/Tin Pan Alley Just follow the instructions at the website. The decision to accept a submission will be heavily weighted toward presentations not given at previous IAJGS Conferences, that provide specific research methodology and that include specific information for researchers to replicate the success of the presenter in acquiring information. Sessions will be one hour and fifteen minutes, with the last 15 minutes reserved for questions and answers. Proposal Deadline is December 1, 2005. Speakers will be notified no later than February 1, 2006 Handout material/resource material, due March 1, 2006, is required for each presentation and will be included in the syllabus distributed to all conference registrants. Further details of the handout material requirements will be provided upon acceptance of lecture. Potential presenters should direct their Inquiries to Gloria Berkenstat Freund, 2006 Conference Program Committee Chair <gloria@jgsny2006.org> Vivian Kahn, Oakland, CA H-SIG Coordinator
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Birth Certificates for Carpathian region
#hungary
Eva Blanket
Subject: Birth Certificates for Carpathian region
From: Eva Blanket...eva.b@bigpond.net.au Date: 15th Sept.2005 Hi All.....I am trying to find the whereabouts of the 'Birth/Death/Marriage' records for the towns of Nizni Vorota (Also Vereczky), Zdeneve (Zhdenovya, Talamas, Torun, Synevir and Chust (Huszt) all in the Carpathian region from the 1880's onwards, or even earlier, until 1930. Would anyone know where would be the best place to search? Are these databases available on the net by any chance? Regards, Eva BLANKET Searching HERMAN - Nizni Vorota LIPSHITZ - Zdeneve WEIS - Talamas/Hukliva NEIMAN/NEUMAN - Torun DAVIDOVITS - Synevir, Chust
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Birth Certificates for Carpathian region
#hungary
Eva Blanket
Subject: Birth Certificates for Carpathian region
From: Eva Blanket...eva.b@bigpond.net.au Date: 15th Sept.2005 Hi All.....I am trying to find the whereabouts of the 'Birth/Death/Marriage' records for the towns of Nizni Vorota (Also Vereczky), Zdeneve (Zhdenovya, Talamas, Torun, Synevir and Chust (Huszt) all in the Carpathian region from the 1880's onwards, or even earlier, until 1930. Would anyone know where would be the best place to search? Are these databases available on the net by any chance? Regards, Eva BLANKET Searching HERMAN - Nizni Vorota LIPSHITZ - Zdeneve WEIS - Talamas/Hukliva NEIMAN/NEUMAN - Torun DAVIDOVITS - Synevir, Chust
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Re: h-sig digest: September 13, 2005
#hungary
Mehadrin@...
In a message dated 9/14/05 2:26:00 AM, h-sig@lyris.jewishgen.org writes:
Dunajsk=E1 Streda - Zidovsky cintornIn a Jewish bookstore in Brooklyn yesterday, I saw in the new Hebrew booksrack, a book with all the gravestones of the Jewish cemetery in Dunajska Str= eda. Pictures of the stones and transcriptions of the texts. Rabbi Avrohom Marmorstein New York City mehadrin@aol.com Moderator: Please contact Rabbi Marmorstein off-list if you want additional info about this publication.
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Re: h-sig digest: September 13, 2005
#hungary
Mehadrin@...
In a message dated 9/14/05 2:26:00 AM, h-sig@lyris.jewishgen.org writes:
Dunajsk=E1 Streda - Zidovsky cintornIn a Jewish bookstore in Brooklyn yesterday, I saw in the new Hebrew booksrack, a book with all the gravestones of the Jewish cemetery in Dunajska Str= eda. Pictures of the stones and transcriptions of the texts. Rabbi Avrohom Marmorstein New York City mehadrin@aol.com Moderator: Please contact Rabbi Marmorstein off-list if you want additional info about this publication.
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* Yizkor book
#hungary
Tom Venetianer <tom.vene@...>
A well known auction site is selling a Yizkor book on the Zemplen Jewish Community. It may be of interest to some members
Friendly regards Tom -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Tom Venetianer <mailto:tom.vene@uol.com.br> Sao Paulo - Brazil Moderator: Please contact Tom off-list if you would like additional info.
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Hungary SIG #Hungary * Yizkor book
#hungary
Tom Venetianer <tom.vene@...>
A well known auction site is selling a Yizkor book on the Zemplen Jewish Community. It may be of interest to some members
Friendly regards Tom -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Tom Venetianer <mailto:tom.vene@uol.com.br> Sao Paulo - Brazil Moderator: Please contact Tom off-list if you would like additional info.
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