Not everyone uses hashtags. I don't have the vaguest idea what a hashtag is or how to use it or why it is used. I suggest we bring back the old mailing list format.

I know nothing about Dovid, who would be my great grandfather other than he had a grocery business and took goods to Konigsberg by horse drawn cart. I will check to see if that name, or of his son

My Grandmother, Fannie (maiden name Shore) along with her Father Hersche and younger sister Yette, left Jaffa/Jerusalem, Palestine for Ellis Island, New York, From Ellis Island I obtained their

I've posted a one-page letter written in Yiddish that was included in the Yizkor Book for Nesvizh - Sefer Nesvizh - for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ...

Hi, all - Does anyone have any information on the parents of Kalmen Kaplansky, the human rights activist? All the biographical information on him says he was born in Poland and immigrated to

I would like to find an English translation of the Hebrew manuscript Olam Hafuch by Abraham Catalano (1631) Chaim Luria cluria48@...

I would like to find an English translation of the Hebrew manuscript Olam Hafuch by Abraham Catalano (1631) Chaim Luria cluria48@...

Hi Marilyn, Konigsberg (today called Kaliningrad) has a seaport that does not ice over in winter. So, the story of Dovid bringing groceries from Kovno to Konigsberg makes sense, if they were goods

Zoom works surprisingly well, though if you've got 100 people that might be an issue. I haven't been in a meeting with more than about 12 people. They also have a payment option

There's also a little book for children about the Kindertransport called 'In My Pocket' by Dorrith (Oppenheim) Sim, who came as a child from Kassel in Germany to Scotland. Harvey Kaplan Scottish

For those who wish to contribute to restoring this abandoned cemetery through a US-based 501c3 public charity, (Friends of Jewish Heritage in Poland) or who wish to contribute by credit card or Paypal

FWIW, these cards do expire. As I am now outside of the state, I guess I'm out of luck. Barbara Sloan Conway, SC

There is a book for kids about a friend of my family who was transported when he was a kid. It's called "I Remember Singing" by Arielle Aaron. It is probably available on Amazon--it used to be,

I am looking for Iosef BLAUSTEIN, BLUVSTAIN (sp) from Biala Rawska, Poland (near Warsaw). He survived the Shoah and submitted 75 pages of testimony to Yad Vashem in 1957. He lived in Israel (address

Maybe by knowing what it says I might figure it out

convoi 68 of february 10th 1944 from Drancy to Auschwitz ladies and gentlemen, we are looking for people having known deportees of convoy 68 of February 10th 1944 from Drancy, in order to tell of the

It is a trying time for all of us and I appreciate your sentiments about staying at home to work on our genealogy.The idea poses a number of different questions as to how this would work. I would

The designation "Jerusalem, Israel" has a geographic term "Jerusalem," and a political term "Israel." This form is widely used and appropriate historically for Jerusalem from 1948 to the present.

thank you Michael for this information but it does not answer my question. I have since got my answer from other people.

Carol's obit can be found at https://vineyardgazette.com/obituaries/2020/03/11/carol-skydell-94?fbclid=IwAR2Phr6HF6a0-0MUIU6b-_Jn5ceV4iH7opNuvxWmZozHyQ9Vomkw4zrDv7Q Chuck Weinstein Bellport,