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Ajax Tires in Nashville TN
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George Heister <heister@...>
I have found a picture of a relative Joseph ROSOW taken about 1924 in
front of a store that says Ajax Tires. Someone also hand wrote "Ajax branch, Nashville, Tenn. This man was >from Philadelphia. We have no idea what he was doing in Nashville and who Ajax is. Does anyone know anything about Ajax Tires? He had TB. Is it possible that there was a TB sanatorium in the Nashville area? Bernice Berman Heister Medford, NJ
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Ajax Tires in Nashville TN
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George Heister <heister@...>
I have found a picture of a relative Joseph ROSOW taken about 1924 in
front of a store that says Ajax Tires. Someone also hand wrote "Ajax branch, Nashville, Tenn. This man was >from Philadelphia. We have no idea what he was doing in Nashville and who Ajax is. Does anyone know anything about Ajax Tires? He had TB. Is it possible that there was a TB sanatorium in the Nashville area? Bernice Berman Heister Medford, NJ
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Fur Union Retirees - 1960
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Al Wirtzbaum <nycityal@...>
I have posted a picture showing retirees of the New York Furriers
Joint Council, Fur and Leather Department Union who retired in 1960 and joined the Union in 1912. They were honored at a Pensioners Luncheon at the Hotel Statler on May 31, 1960. The picture is >from microfilm of the Furriers Joint Council Reporter, July, 1960, p. 5. The microfilm was viewed at the Science and Business Library on Madison Avenue between 34th - 35th Streets in NYC. The names of the people in the picture are: Hyman GOLDBERG, Josephine VIDOVIC, Ida FRANKEL, Ida PRINCE, Louis KANAREK, Charles LEDERER, Jacob KLEIN, Morris LONDON, Morris MANNAS, Morris REGER, Louis BECKER, and Morris STRASSBERG. The page can be viewed at either: http://nycityal.homestead.com/fur_retirees.html or http://www.homestead.com/nycityal/fur_retirees.html. Al Wirtzbaum
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Fur Union Retirees - 1960
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Al Wirtzbaum <nycityal@...>
I have posted a picture showing retirees of the New York Furriers
Joint Council, Fur and Leather Department Union who retired in 1960 and joined the Union in 1912. They were honored at a Pensioners Luncheon at the Hotel Statler on May 31, 1960. The picture is >from microfilm of the Furriers Joint Council Reporter, July, 1960, p. 5. The microfilm was viewed at the Science and Business Library on Madison Avenue between 34th - 35th Streets in NYC. The names of the people in the picture are: Hyman GOLDBERG, Josephine VIDOVIC, Ida FRANKEL, Ida PRINCE, Louis KANAREK, Charles LEDERER, Jacob KLEIN, Morris LONDON, Morris MANNAS, Morris REGER, Louis BECKER, and Morris STRASSBERG. The page can be viewed at either: http://nycityal.homestead.com/fur_retirees.html or http://www.homestead.com/nycityal/fur_retirees.html. Al Wirtzbaum
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Nickname Clara
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ctf-vif@...
My grandmother, Miriam Evelyn DUBIN (CHORNEY), was called "Clara" by the
family. My mother thought that it was her middle name, but it was not. Does anyone have a clue as to why a woman named Miriam Evelyn would be called Clara? Does anyone know anything about my grandmother? She spent her entire life in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Vicki Ina Friedman Acworth, GA, USA ctf-vif@mindspring.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Nickname Clara
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ctf-vif@...
My grandmother, Miriam Evelyn DUBIN (CHORNEY), was called "Clara" by the
family. My mother thought that it was her middle name, but it was not. Does anyone have a clue as to why a woman named Miriam Evelyn would be called Clara? Does anyone know anything about my grandmother? She spent her entire life in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Vicki Ina Friedman Acworth, GA, USA ctf-vif@mindspring.com
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ViewMate/Thank You/Tzedakah
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Larry Freund and Gloria Berkenstat Freund <glory1@...>
I have been thinking of the following proposal for a few months and my
success in using ViewMate has led me finally to submit it. Last week I posted a paragraph >from the Radomsko Yizkor Book, which I have been translating. I had been having difficulty with this paragraph for months and after it was posted, David Goldman and Bill Leibner graciously assisted me with the translation of the paragraph. I am happy to publicly thank them for their generous help. But a public thank you doesn't seem enough. I have started keeping a jar near my computer (my JewishGen pushke) into which I put an amount of money each time I find something on JewishGen that leads me to a new discovery in my family research. I intend to take the proceeds every month or so and write a check for the amount as a contribution to JewishGen. We have a tradition of Tzedakah. I think we should remember that tradition every time someone answers one of our queries on JewishGen or we find something useful while reading the Digest or individual messages. (It would also be a good idea to hit the reply button when someone sends us an individual response to our queries and simply type the words Thank You.) I am adding Tzedakah money to my JewishGen pushke in honor of David and Bill. My proposal is that each of us keep a JewishGen pushke in which to toss a few coins or a piece of paper on which to indicate a monetary amount and to do so each time we get help >from JewishGen. We can each do so according to our financial situations and according to the value we place on what we have received. Once a month or so, we can send this Tzedakah money to JewishGen as a way of saying thank you and, more important, as a way of making sure JewishGen will be there when we have our next query. Gloria Berkenstat Freund New York, NY
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ViewMate/Thank You/Tzedakah
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Larry Freund and Gloria Berkenstat Freund <glory1@...>
I have been thinking of the following proposal for a few months and my
success in using ViewMate has led me finally to submit it. Last week I posted a paragraph >from the Radomsko Yizkor Book, which I have been translating. I had been having difficulty with this paragraph for months and after it was posted, David Goldman and Bill Leibner graciously assisted me with the translation of the paragraph. I am happy to publicly thank them for their generous help. But a public thank you doesn't seem enough. I have started keeping a jar near my computer (my JewishGen pushke) into which I put an amount of money each time I find something on JewishGen that leads me to a new discovery in my family research. I intend to take the proceeds every month or so and write a check for the amount as a contribution to JewishGen. We have a tradition of Tzedakah. I think we should remember that tradition every time someone answers one of our queries on JewishGen or we find something useful while reading the Digest or individual messages. (It would also be a good idea to hit the reply button when someone sends us an individual response to our queries and simply type the words Thank You.) I am adding Tzedakah money to my JewishGen pushke in honor of David and Bill. My proposal is that each of us keep a JewishGen pushke in which to toss a few coins or a piece of paper on which to indicate a monetary amount and to do so each time we get help >from JewishGen. We can each do so according to our financial situations and according to the value we place on what we have received. Once a month or so, we can send this Tzedakah money to JewishGen as a way of saying thank you and, more important, as a way of making sure JewishGen will be there when we have our next query. Gloria Berkenstat Freund New York, NY
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Jewish London Genealogy - London Metropolitan Archives Records
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Yaacov Slizak <yslizak@...>
Hi,
During my last visit to London I had the opportunity to visit the London Metropolitan Archives to query the Poor Jews Temporary Shelter original records. In the reception office I was given a leaflet with some other Jewish- interest records which are hold in the LMA. The LMA are located in 40 Northampton Road, London ECR1 0HB, 5 minutes walk >from Farringdon Station, and very close to the Family Records Centre. I will reproduce this list below. Please consider the following: - I don't know what these collections are. If someone does, please post a follow-up to this posting. Please don't ask me. - Most of these collections are private, and *written* permission of the depositor is required before they can consulted. Without this permission LMA won't allow access to the records. - The list I have do mention the names and/or institutions to ask this permission from. I will *not* include these details in this posting. Should someone be interested in this information, please email me privately. Regards, Yaacov. London Metropolitan Archives: Records of the Anglo-Jewish Community: access by written permission only LMA holds archives >from the following Anglo-Jewish organisations which require the permission of the depositor before they can be consulted. ACC/2712 United Synagogue And Predecessors ACC/2793 Central British Fund For World Jewish Relief ACC/2805 Office Of The Chief Rabbi ACC/2886 West London Synagogue ACC/2893 The Federation Of Synagogues ACC/2911 Western Synagogue ACC/2942 Food For The Jewish Poor ACC/2943 New Road Synagogue ACC/2944 The Jewish Bread Meat And Coal Society ACC/2980 The Kashrus Commission ACC/2999 Jewish Memorial Council ACC/3037 National Council For Jews In The Former Soviet Union ACC/3090 Jewish Health Organisation Of Great Britain ACC/3121 Board Of Deputies Of British Jews ACC/3400 The London Beth Din LMA/4184 Jews' Temporary Shelter The following do not require permission ACC/2996 Victoria Club ACC/3529 Liberal Jewish Synagogue (Papers of Claude Montefiore, Israel Mattuck, Lily Montagu and Leslie Edgar) ACC/3686 London Society Of Jews And Christians LMA/4046 Jews' Free School LMA/4047 Westminster Jews' Free School London School Of Jewish Studies * * Uncatalogued: available only at 72 hours notice. LMA/4071 Westminster Synagogue LMA/4175 Womens International Zionist Organisation Yaacov Slizak (for email reply please remove the nospam >from the address) Ennis, Co.Clare Ireland
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Jewish London Genealogy - London Metropolitan Archives Records
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Yaacov Slizak <yslizak@...>
Hi,
During my last visit to London I had the opportunity to visit the London Metropolitan Archives to query the Poor Jews Temporary Shelter original records. In the reception office I was given a leaflet with some other Jewish- interest records which are hold in the LMA. The LMA are located in 40 Northampton Road, London ECR1 0HB, 5 minutes walk >from Farringdon Station, and very close to the Family Records Centre. I will reproduce this list below. Please consider the following: - I don't know what these collections are. If someone does, please post a follow-up to this posting. Please don't ask me. - Most of these collections are private, and *written* permission of the depositor is required before they can consulted. Without this permission LMA won't allow access to the records. - The list I have do mention the names and/or institutions to ask this permission from. I will *not* include these details in this posting. Should someone be interested in this information, please email me privately. Regards, Yaacov. London Metropolitan Archives: Records of the Anglo-Jewish Community: access by written permission only LMA holds archives >from the following Anglo-Jewish organisations which require the permission of the depositor before they can be consulted. ACC/2712 United Synagogue And Predecessors ACC/2793 Central British Fund For World Jewish Relief ACC/2805 Office Of The Chief Rabbi ACC/2886 West London Synagogue ACC/2893 The Federation Of Synagogues ACC/2911 Western Synagogue ACC/2942 Food For The Jewish Poor ACC/2943 New Road Synagogue ACC/2944 The Jewish Bread Meat And Coal Society ACC/2980 The Kashrus Commission ACC/2999 Jewish Memorial Council ACC/3037 National Council For Jews In The Former Soviet Union ACC/3090 Jewish Health Organisation Of Great Britain ACC/3121 Board Of Deputies Of British Jews ACC/3400 The London Beth Din LMA/4184 Jews' Temporary Shelter The following do not require permission ACC/2996 Victoria Club ACC/3529 Liberal Jewish Synagogue (Papers of Claude Montefiore, Israel Mattuck, Lily Montagu and Leslie Edgar) ACC/3686 London Society Of Jews And Christians LMA/4046 Jews' Free School LMA/4047 Westminster Jews' Free School London School Of Jewish Studies * * Uncatalogued: available only at 72 hours notice. LMA/4071 Westminster Synagogue LMA/4175 Womens International Zionist Organisation Yaacov Slizak (for email reply please remove the nospam >from the address) Ennis, Co.Clare Ireland
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Salom Polin! -- SIG Polin Meetings
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Ada Holtzman <ada01@...>
(1) I am very pleased to invite you to the the next Polish SIG meeting
Date: 1/1/2001 Place: Beth Hatanach, 16 Rotschild Blvd., Tel Aviv, Israel. Time: 19:00. Lecture: "Research of the Massacre at Krasnosielc and Provision of a Memorial to the Victims" Lecturer: David Shachar Admission: Members free; Visitors 15 NIS More information at my web site: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/krasnosielc/krasnosielc.htm (2) SPECIAL EVENT FOR CHANUKA ========================= "Brit Avoda- Moadon Ha'Bund" - the Bund Club" have cultural meeting centered on Yiddish every 2 weeks. You are invited to their next meeting, on Wednesday, Chanuka day 6, 27th December, at 11:30 at the Bund Club on Kalisher St 48, Tel Aviv. The place belongs to other times... - thousands of books in Yiddish, encyclopedias, lexicons and old people who strives to preserve the Yiddish culture and language. The pucblic sits around tables covered with herring, vodka, bread and sausages... This week's meeting is dedicated to the last Yiddish Conference which took place in Strasburg. The lucturer (in Yiddish) will be Mr. Itzhak Luden, editor of the Yiddish newspaper opublished every two months in Israel: "Leyben Fragen" (questions of life). Please email me if you wish to attend as need to inform the genreal secretary who organize this how many guest to expect. Thank you. Please note that may be modest admission fees will be required. (3) Among the next planned meetings in year 2001 (neither lecture and date are confirmed in this stage). * Mr. Moshe Verbin: Wooden syangogues of Poland. See URL: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/verbin/verbin.htm * Dr. Yehuda Meltzer: The political movements of Polish jewry between the two World Wars. * Mr. Yehuda Widawski: Lodz Jewish cemetery. * Daniel Wagner, Mr. Jean-Pierre Stroweis and Ada Holtzman: Genealogical session and how to find your roots through the Mormons microfilms and Polish State Archive records and registry books. * Mr. Abraham Zelig: Lodz Landsmanschaften in israel, projects and prospects for the future. * Mr. Isachar Fater: Jewish Polish music between the two World Wars.. (4) Due to the great interest in this SIG, I wish to start, for the benfit of all an Email Exchange Group I need volunteer(s) to be the moderators of the list. Previous experience in moderating similar SIGS is requested. Thank you in advance. Khag Chanuka Sameach, Ada Holtzman Coordinator SIG Polin Israel Genealogical Society E-mail: igs@isragen.org.il Web: http://www.isragen.org.il
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Salom Polin! -- SIG Polin Meetings
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Ada Holtzman <ada01@...>
(1) I am very pleased to invite you to the the next Polish SIG meeting
Date: 1/1/2001 Place: Beth Hatanach, 16 Rotschild Blvd., Tel Aviv, Israel. Time: 19:00. Lecture: "Research of the Massacre at Krasnosielc and Provision of a Memorial to the Victims" Lecturer: David Shachar Admission: Members free; Visitors 15 NIS More information at my web site: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/krasnosielc/krasnosielc.htm (2) SPECIAL EVENT FOR CHANUKA ========================= "Brit Avoda- Moadon Ha'Bund" - the Bund Club" have cultural meeting centered on Yiddish every 2 weeks. You are invited to their next meeting, on Wednesday, Chanuka day 6, 27th December, at 11:30 at the Bund Club on Kalisher St 48, Tel Aviv. The place belongs to other times... - thousands of books in Yiddish, encyclopedias, lexicons and old people who strives to preserve the Yiddish culture and language. The pucblic sits around tables covered with herring, vodka, bread and sausages... This week's meeting is dedicated to the last Yiddish Conference which took place in Strasburg. The lucturer (in Yiddish) will be Mr. Itzhak Luden, editor of the Yiddish newspaper opublished every two months in Israel: "Leyben Fragen" (questions of life). Please email me if you wish to attend as need to inform the genreal secretary who organize this how many guest to expect. Thank you. Please note that may be modest admission fees will be required. (3) Among the next planned meetings in year 2001 (neither lecture and date are confirmed in this stage). * Mr. Moshe Verbin: Wooden syangogues of Poland. See URL: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/verbin/verbin.htm * Dr. Yehuda Meltzer: The political movements of Polish jewry between the two World Wars. * Mr. Yehuda Widawski: Lodz Jewish cemetery. * Daniel Wagner, Mr. Jean-Pierre Stroweis and Ada Holtzman: Genealogical session and how to find your roots through the Mormons microfilms and Polish State Archive records and registry books. * Mr. Abraham Zelig: Lodz Landsmanschaften in israel, projects and prospects for the future. * Mr. Isachar Fater: Jewish Polish music between the two World Wars.. (4) Due to the great interest in this SIG, I wish to start, for the benfit of all an Email Exchange Group I need volunteer(s) to be the moderators of the list. Previous experience in moderating similar SIGS is requested. Thank you in advance. Khag Chanuka Sameach, Ada Holtzman Coordinator SIG Polin Israel Genealogical Society E-mail: igs@isragen.org.il Web: http://www.isragen.org.il
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Re: question
#austria-czech
Ernest G Holzmann <eholzman@...>
Dittos! By the way, have you checked the DNA FAQs?
Ernest On Sun, 24 Dec 2000 JoeBein365@aol.com wrote: I have received no messages >from the dna group since the end of August.Holzmann Falls Church, VA
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DNA Research #DNA Re: question
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Ernest G Holzmann <eholzman@...>
Dittos! By the way, have you checked the DNA FAQs?
Ernest On Sun, 24 Dec 2000 JoeBein365@aol.com wrote: I have received no messages >from the dna group since the end of August.Holzmann Falls Church, VA
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Research Division
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Joyce Field <jfield@...>
I would like to call your attention to some important projects that
need funds in order to proceed. One of them is the transliteration and data entry of names in the 1907 Warsaw Area Duma List. The towns covered are: Blonie - Gostynin/ Gombin - Grojec - Kaluszyn - Kutno - Lowicz - Minsk Mazowiecki - Mszczonow - Nasielsk - Nieszawa - Plonsk - Pultusk - Radzymin - Skierniewice - Sochaczew - Warka - Warszawa - Wloclawek - Zakroczym - In this season of giving, please consider helping this project move forward. $1,000 is needed now for the transliteration of about 24,000 names. The online donation form is at http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen-erosity/Research.html. On that page are other worthy projects--particularly expenses for the Yad Vashem project and the project to purchase cameras and computer equipment for ongoing research projects. Your financial assistance will be appreciated. Joyce Field JewishGen VP, Research
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Research Division
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Joyce Field <jfield@...>
I would like to call your attention to some important projects that
need funds in order to proceed. One of them is the transliteration and data entry of names in the 1907 Warsaw Area Duma List. The towns covered are: Blonie - Gostynin/ Gombin - Grojec - Kaluszyn - Kutno - Lowicz - Minsk Mazowiecki - Mszczonow - Nasielsk - Nieszawa - Plonsk - Pultusk - Radzymin - Skierniewice - Sochaczew - Warka - Warszawa - Wloclawek - Zakroczym - In this season of giving, please consider helping this project move forward. $1,000 is needed now for the transliteration of about 24,000 names. The online donation form is at http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen-erosity/Research.html. On that page are other worthy projects--particularly expenses for the Yad Vashem project and the project to purchase cameras and computer equipment for ongoing research projects. Your financial assistance will be appreciated. Joyce Field JewishGen VP, Research
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Hadassah Lipsius <kesher@...>
Mike asks about the Jewish Cemetery in Praga....
I'm wondering if we have any connections at the cemetery in Praga. Mymother told me that her family lived in Praga. In May, I visited the Cemetery in Praga. The Cemetery has a gate with a memorial for Shmuel Zbitkower, a well known and influential Jew >from the 18th Century who lived in Praga. However, most of the cemetery was destroyed by the Nazis and the stones were used for building roads. There is one large area of the cemetery were the Nazis accumulated thousands of stones and stacked them. It is really quite heartbreaking. If anyone is interested in setting up some type of website for it, I will donate my photographs. Hadassah Lipsius Kew Gardens Hills, NY
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Ada Holtzman <ada01@...>
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(1) I am very pleased to invite you to the the next Polish SIG meeting Date: 1/1/2001 Place: Beth Hatanach, 16 Rotschild Blvd., Tel Aviv, Israel. Time: 19:00. Lecture: "Research of the Massacre at Krasnosielc and Provision of a Memorial to the Victims" Lecturer: David Shachar Admission: Members free; Visitors 15 NIS More information at my web site: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/krasnosielc/krasnosielc.htm ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* (2) SPECIAL EVENT FOR CHANUKA ========================= "Brit Avoda- Moadon Ha'Bund" - the Bund Club" have cultural meeting centered on Yiddish every 2 weeks. You are invited to their next meeting, on Wednesday,Chanuka day 6, 27th December, at 11:30 at the Bund Club on Kalisher St 48, Tel Aviv. The place belongs to other times... - thousands of books in Yiddish, encyclopedias, lexicons and old people who strives to preserve the Yiddish culture and language. The pucblic sits around tables covered with herring, vodka, bread and sausages... This week's meeting is dedicated to the last Yiddish Conference which took place in Strasburg. The lucturer (in Yiddish) will be Mr. Itzhak Luden, editor of the Yiddish newspaper opublished every two months in Israel: "Leyben Fragen" (questions of life). Please email me if you wish to attend as need to inform the genreal secretary who organize this how many guest to expect. Thank you. Please note that may be modest admission fees will be required. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* (3) Among the next planned meetings in year 2001 (neither lecture and date are confirmed in this stage). * Mr. Moshe Verbin: Wooden syangogues of Poland. See URL: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/verbin/verbin.htm * Dr. Yehuda Meltzer: The political movements of Polish jewry between the two World Wars. * Mr. Yehuda Widawski: Lodz Jewish cemetery. * Daniel Wagner, Mr. Jean-Pierre Stroweis and Ada Holtzman: Genealogical session and how to find your roots through the Mormons microfilms and Polish State Archive records and registry books. * Mr. Abraham Zelig: Lodz Landsmanschaften in israel, projects and prospects for the future. * Mr. Isachar Fater: Jewish Polish music between the two World Wars.. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* (4) Due to the great interest in this SIG, I wish to start, for the benfit of all an Email Exchange Group I need volunteer(s) to be the moderators of the list. Previous experience in moderating similar SIGS is requested. Thank you in advance. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* (5) I have a very good Polish young friend who helped me transcribing matzevot in Poland (see details of those projects at: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/zadik/zadik.htm My friend knows Hebrew and English very well. He is a volunteer in Yad Vashem for one year. He could translate for you any documents from Polish into Hebrew or English for a very reasonable sum, as well ascoordinating with his student friends in Poland conducting a Genealogical research for you. Please contact me for his email/telephone/address. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* KhagChanuka Sameach, Ada Holtzman Coordinator SIG Polin Israel Genealogical Society E-mail: igs@isragen.org.il Web: http://www.isragen.org.il ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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Hadassah Lipsius <kesher@...>
Mike asks about the Jewish Cemetery in Praga....
I'm wondering if we have any connections at the cemetery in Praga. Mymother told me that her family lived in Praga. In May, I visited the Cemetery in Praga. The Cemetery has a gate with a memorial for Shmuel Zbitkower, a well known and influential Jew >from the 18th Century who lived in Praga. However, most of the cemetery was destroyed by the Nazis and the stones were used for building roads. There is one large area of the cemetery were the Nazis accumulated thousands of stones and stacked them. It is really quite heartbreaking. If anyone is interested in setting up some type of website for it, I will donate my photographs. Hadassah Lipsius Kew Gardens Hills, NY
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Ada Holtzman <ada01@...>
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(1) I am very pleased to invite you to the the next Polish SIG meeting Date: 1/1/2001 Place: Beth Hatanach, 16 Rotschild Blvd., Tel Aviv, Israel. Time: 19:00. Lecture: "Research of the Massacre at Krasnosielc and Provision of a Memorial to the Victims" Lecturer: David Shachar Admission: Members free; Visitors 15 NIS More information at my web site: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/krasnosielc/krasnosielc.htm ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* (2) SPECIAL EVENT FOR CHANUKA ========================= "Brit Avoda- Moadon Ha'Bund" - the Bund Club" have cultural meeting centered on Yiddish every 2 weeks. You are invited to their next meeting, on Wednesday,Chanuka day 6, 27th December, at 11:30 at the Bund Club on Kalisher St 48, Tel Aviv. The place belongs to other times... - thousands of books in Yiddish, encyclopedias, lexicons and old people who strives to preserve the Yiddish culture and language. The pucblic sits around tables covered with herring, vodka, bread and sausages... This week's meeting is dedicated to the last Yiddish Conference which took place in Strasburg. The lucturer (in Yiddish) will be Mr. Itzhak Luden, editor of the Yiddish newspaper opublished every two months in Israel: "Leyben Fragen" (questions of life). Please email me if you wish to attend as need to inform the genreal secretary who organize this how many guest to expect. Thank you. Please note that may be modest admission fees will be required. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* (3) Among the next planned meetings in year 2001 (neither lecture and date are confirmed in this stage). * Mr. Moshe Verbin: Wooden syangogues of Poland. See URL: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/verbin/verbin.htm * Dr. Yehuda Meltzer: The political movements of Polish jewry between the two World Wars. * Mr. Yehuda Widawski: Lodz Jewish cemetery. * Daniel Wagner, Mr. Jean-Pierre Stroweis and Ada Holtzman: Genealogical session and how to find your roots through the Mormons microfilms and Polish State Archive records and registry books. * Mr. Abraham Zelig: Lodz Landsmanschaften in israel, projects and prospects for the future. * Mr. Isachar Fater: Jewish Polish music between the two World Wars.. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* (4) Due to the great interest in this SIG, I wish to start, for the benfit of all an Email Exchange Group I need volunteer(s) to be the moderators of the list. Previous experience in moderating similar SIGS is requested. Thank you in advance. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* (5) I have a very good Polish young friend who helped me transcribing matzevot in Poland (see details of those projects at: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/zadik/zadik.htm My friend knows Hebrew and English very well. He is a volunteer in Yad Vashem for one year. He could translate for you any documents from Polish into Hebrew or English for a very reasonable sum, as well ascoordinating with his student friends in Poland conducting a Genealogical research for you. Please contact me for his email/telephone/address. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* KhagChanuka Sameach, Ada Holtzman Coordinator SIG Polin Israel Genealogical Society E-mail: igs@isragen.org.il Web: http://www.isragen.org.il ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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