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mandy.molava@...
Would anybody know if ships records contained the children travelling with them too?
thanks in advance mandy molava |
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BAUMGARTEN, Fanny Vienna Cemetery. Photo needed
#austria-czech
Mark A. Roseman <rosemanlawoffice@...>
Can anyone take photo of Fanny Baumgarten stone who was buried 18 Oct 1897 in Vienna central cemetery for payment of money?-
Section T1 Group: 50 Row 41 grave:64. Her maiden name was Feige or Fanny Indianer born Jaaroslaw, Poland. Mark Roseman |
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Re: Jaroslaw Poland cemetery photographs
#poland
#photographs
Mark A. Roseman <rosemanlawoffice@...>
Any coonection to INDIANER, my family from Jaroslaw? Who can we get to invntory stones?-
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Witnessing Holocaust History: From Generation To Generation - A New Global Project Partnership between WE ARE HERE! Perth, Australia, HAMEC Philadelphia and World ORT, London
#education
 Participant - Herzlia School, Cape Town Perth, Australia Witnessing Holocaust History: From Generation To Generation A new WE ARE HERE! project in partnership with HAMEC in Philadelphia and World ORT in London has been announced. This global program will start with 19 ORT schools on 27 January 2021, and will continue with more schools for Yom Hashoah through 8/9 April 2021
Website: https://wah.foundation/witnessing-holocaust-history-from-generation-to-generation/ Press Statement from HAMEC:
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Re: Records from Ekaterinoslav, Dnipropetrovs'ka, Ukraine
#ukraine
ryabinkym@...
Hi Diane,
I found on google contact information: Державний архів Дніпропетровської області Адреса: вул. Михайла Грушевського, 89 (будівля 1), м. Днiпро, 49069 (адміністрація);
вул. Князя Ярослава Мудрого, 10 (будівля 2), м. Днiпро;
Тел.: (056) 732-49-69 (приймальня), 732-49-68 (стіл довідок);
Виконуюча обов'язки директора: Легостаєва Олена Олександрівна It's in Ukrainian language, but e-mail in English. Yes they have some record from the 19th century. Try to contact them in English first. When you will be not successful, contact me. I'm fluent in Russian and can help, when it's possible. Michael Ryabinky Columbus, OH |
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Re: Jacob Grossman, Yiddish Actor, Bronx Art Theater
#usa
Bernard Flam
Hi from Paris,
I have been often in New York for my researches at : Center for Jewish History https://www.cjh.org/ Yivo https://www.yivo.org/ and I know they detain archives on Yiddish theater, in Europe and in America, specially New York. Khavershaft Bernard Flam Archives & History at Medem Center - Arbeter Ring (Bund / Workmen Circle of France) |
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Re: Jacob Grossman, Yiddish Actor, Bronx Art Theater
#usa
Ethan Kent
Gail H. Marcus:
One of the librarians at the New York Public Library Dorot Jewish Division (who I got to know in the 10 years (before March of this year) that I regularly spent time reading material there) -- a lady named Amanda (she also goes by Miryem-Khaye) Seigel -- is a devoted Yiddishist and is interested in the history of Yiddish-language theater (and -- in fact -- has sung and acted in Yiddish); she might be able to track down information about the Bronx Art Theater (or know sources already). The Dorot Jewish Division can be reached (librarians -- at least in September when I last sent email to them -- can be reached by email, even though the old NYPL main building is closed to the public) via dorotjewish@.... (I hope that it is OK to include that email address -- and the one I will be giving below). (A page on Amanda/Miryem-Khaye Seigel -- with a link to her website -- may be found here: https://web.uwm.edu/yiddish-stage/author/amanda-miryem-khaye-siegel . (I wish you Good Luck, too.) Ethan Kent New York City ewkent@... . |
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A Latvian Chanukah Present - Day 3
#latvia
A LATVIAN CHANUKAH PRESENT - DAY 3 The Latvian Jew Who Composed the Lyrics for “Hava Nagila” by Ann Rabinowitz
In memory of my great uncle Max Hillman, who was born in Bauska, Latvia, and who started me on my genealogical research, which is so long ago now, I am posting a piece about Latvia every day throughout Chanukah. The posts will be about people, events, and daily life. These posts can also be viewed on the JewishGen Blog at: https://www.jewishgen.org/Blog/
One of the new facts about Latvian Jews that I learned in my research in the Historical Jewish Press website was from the article in The Palestine Post, Sunday, August 21, 1938, Page 2, which featured the obit of Abraham Zvi Idelsohn. There were approximately 115-120 references to him on the site.
He was born on July 14,1882, in Feliksberg (now Jurkalne), Latvia, and died on August 14, 1938, in Johannesburg, South Africa. A talented ethnologist and musicologist, he was known as a modern Jewish music pioneer and one of the primary individuals who brought Oriental Jewish music to the notice of the Jewish and general public.
Idelsohn spent his formative years in Leipsig, Koenigsberg, and Berlin, and then went to Johannesburg, South Africa, before his productive stay in Palestine from 1905 to 1922. He then took a position at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1922 and then settled in America in 1932.
He felt that “the key to Jewish unity and survival lies in Jewish music” and he did his best to promote that music in his studies and creations. His most famous accomplishment was the lyrics for “Hava Nagila” which was published in 1922. This song has become the favorite of the modern Jewish music repertoire and is known the world over. One can even hear it sung at athletic events such as England’s Tottenham Hotspurs games.
In addition to “Hava Nagila”, it was Idelsohn, and his compatriot Eduard Birnbaum, who identified the melody of Chanukah’s traditional prayer, “Ma-oz Tzur”, as being related to a group of Protestant chorales and a German soldiers’ song.
To learn more details about Idelsohn and his career, check out the following site: http://www.seligman.org.il/joffe_AZIdelsohn.html
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Re: Looking for a researcher for records in Romania
#bessarabia
#records
#romania
Marcia Segal
I have done some searching, with no luck. I may not have tried hard enough--I seem to get undone when it comes to the difference between the way I know a name is pronounced, and the way it's spelled. This may simply be a matter of getting better with experience. But I did hope there would be information not in databases available to researchers like JewishGen.
Then there's the mixed messages I've received regarding one person who was said to be from Harlau but also said she was from Betashan (Botosani, I believe). She left Romania as a child, with her family, in 1888. Some of her aunts and uncles emigrated to Canada, Israel, or not at all. Sincerely, Marcia Segal |
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Matchmaker Postcards
#photographs
Barbara Krasner
A cousin passed on to me a matchmaker's postcard ca. 1910 of my grandfather in front of his Newark, NJ grocery. Does anyone have any information on these postcards?
Barbara Krasner Somerset, NJ Searching Krasner, Zuckerkandel, Dvorkin, Seife, Pryzant, Entel, Drewno, Donsky |
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Re: Jacob Grossman, Yiddish Actor, Bronx Art Theater
#usa
Sherri Bobish
Gail, A search at www.fultonhistory.com for Bronx Art Theater comes up with newspaper articles from at least the1930's and 1940's. There were lots of hits, so I didn't browse through them all. Do an exact search at the above site for "Bronx Art Theater" The site is free, and has old digitized newspapers. You can search by surname, or by address also, or any keyword. Good luck in your search, Sherri Bobish |
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RIPSTEIN
#canada
Paul Silverstone
I am trying to find the original name of the RIPSTEIN family of
Winnipeg. They came early to Winnipeg in the 1870s. My cousin Reg Ripstein said his father told him the family name had been changed but didn't tell him what it had been. Those who came were the children of Bezalel and Hinia Gittel. They came from Lithuania, he died there. She apparently died in Chicago in 1891. Those who came to Winnipeg were Simon Avigdor, who married Annie Finkelstein David, whose first wife died 1881, second wife Annie Feinberg died 1885, third wife Mary (Miriam) Shapiro Jacob (Yehiel) who married Yetta Bala Seipp Rachel, who married Simon (Sidney) Diner They had many descendants. Ripstein is a scarcely seen name, although there is a branch in Mexico. Towns associated with the family are Kovno, Darsuniskis, and also I have seen Trok in Volhynia. I have searched the Litvak Sig database using first names but so far have not found anything. Suggestions for further search are welcome. Paul Silverstone West Vancouver, BC see: www.paulsilverstone.com |
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Carole Bass
My great-grandfather Bernard Ackerman was born in 1874 in the northeast Hungarian village of Benk (near present-day borders with Ukraine, Slovakia, and Romania). After his birth, the next record I have for him is in Sodingen, Germany, in 1901, when my grandmother was born.
My best guess is that he grew up somewhere in Austria-Hungary and emigrated to Germany as a young man, in the 1890s. What records might exist of such a journey? Did he need a pasport, visa, or other government document? He and his family left Germany in 1903 for the United States. I have those passenger lists, his U.S. naturalization papers, and other documents starting from my grandmother's birth in 1901. I'm looking for earlier records from Hungary or Germany. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Shabbat shalom and happy Hanukkah to all. -- Carole Bass New Haven, Connecticut, USA bass.carole@... |
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Sherri Bobish
Fredel, When Ernst, Else and Erich arrived in NY in 1937 they were going to Ernst's brother-in-law John SIMON at 352 Central Park West, NYC. In 1940 in NYC, a John SIMON married Frieda Liebreich (born in Miltenberg.) I wonder if this could be the John SIMON from the manifest, although this couple married 3 years after the year of the manifest.
When Lina arrived in 1926, she was going to her Aunt Blanche STRASS in Brooklyn. Lina also left behind her father, M. Liebreich in Elberfeld. In 1932 a Lina Liefreich married in NYC to Carl STAIB. In 1940, Lina & CArl STAIB were living at 352 Central Park West, the same address that Ernst LIEBREICH and family were heading to in 1937.
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SACKS
#lithuania
#southafrica
sackalan@...
Hello: -- Alan Sacks |
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One of the most convenient and cheapest (!) routes of emigration from the Ukrainian regions in the 1890s was by train to Libau (today: Liepaja) and from there by ship directly to England or Ireland. (There was a ship twice a week.) Why cheap? Traveling by train was affordable in the Tsarist Empire. In addition, no state borders had to be crossed on this route. (In other decades were other variants, which were given preferance.)
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Nancy Reicher
Can't access this article without being a subscriber, unfortunately.
-- Nancy L. Reicher Kansas City MO |
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Rebecca Racer
Hello!
Has anyone had success obtaining an Israeli death certificate from the US - either from the Israeli consulate/embassy or from Israel directly? To request from Israel living in Israel it says you can be a grandchild but in the US it says only a first degree relative and I’m the granddaughter. thank you rebecca racer |
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Re: Jaroslaw Poland cemetery photographs
#poland
#photographs
Todd Brody
When we went to Jaroslaw, we were able to go to the cemetery to see the ohel of my ancestor R. Shimon of Yaroslav. There is a fenced pathway next to the house with the barking dog. (That dog is actually pretty scary). But you really need to know where you are going. It is not an easy cemetery to find. I've never seen a list of the matzevot and many of them have fallen. Some of the matzevot are huge and cannot be lifted.
Todd Brody
(Grosser, Lamm -- Przemysl, Jaroslaw, Sieniawa, Rzeszow)
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Re: Records of South African Jewish Board of Deputies
#southafrica
#records
Jeremy Lichtman
It would be useful to have a name index on those records.
-- Jeremy Lichtman Toronto, Canada |
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