This conundrum has been researched by Avraham Grossman in his monumental work on Rishonim from Ashkenaz more than 40 years ago. Attached are 2 pages from the book specifically about the Rashi

I would say that she was Jewish - and a Bat Kohen from both the hands and her maiden name. I think it is very unusual. I have seen many Jewish gravestones, especially Reform without Hebrew. --

Adam, You raise some new avenues to pursue, notably the possibility that Simon the Elder was not born Simon b. Isaac b. Abun. I am persuaded that Simeon b. Isaac b. Abun ("Ha-Gadol," c. 960-1020,

We found this fellow was excellent when visiting pre-pandemic - courteous, helpful and informative: Tomasz Czerwiec, tel +48 502 279 081 -- Ian Charles London, UK

My great-grandfather was cremated in Philadelphia, he was 100% Ashkenazi & would have described himself as Jewish. "Jews" come in all sorts, & have been known to do many quite shocking things...

The British Newspaper Archive (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/), in partnership with the British Library, has made a further one million historical newspaper pages available completely

Is there anyone on the list who can help me with the Serbian language? I am seeking living descendents of a Serbian Holocaust victim family. Google shows me a couple of possibilities - but I need

Very strange, especially since there's no Hebrew on stone, no mention of her father's name, and on the other hand details of both the married and the maiden name. I'm making up a story: Was Mr. Dawson

Adding to my imagined story: I googled Graceland Cemetery in Chicago: they have a chapel and cremation services. Cremation is a totally non-Jewish way of treating the bodily remains of a person. --

A happy update, all -- Joel Weintraub shared with me that High Street was changed to 6th Avenue around that time. There is indeed a Samuel GOLDFARB living at that address on 6th Avenue (aka High

Dear Group, I discovered that my gg-gf, Tzvi STERN of Mali Idos, Serbia, and later Ilok, Croatia (all part of the former Austria-Hungarian empire) had a sister, Juli, married to Israel HUBERT. I am

My ancestor Hyman (Chaim) Katz was naturalized in Maryland 1893 claiming to be in USA for at least 5 years. Attached is what was found in his naturalization file. My question is, wouldn't the court

Does anyone have a copy of "The Union Address" by Lisa Thaler, 1994? I am trying to find out what information it may contain about persons with the surnames Fiel, Cohen, Fial, and Teitelbaum. Please

I found HIgh Street on the 1910 census; ED 610-612; mostly 612 image 22 and later. Stuart Lichtman Melville, NY

Hungary Labor Battalion Munkaszolgalat My father was in the KMSZ 105/32. I would like to know details about their life between the enrollment, where they were, what they did, they fell in captivity

I found High Street on the 1900-1909 Sanborn Map; https://pennstate.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=acd05eeee68b4dc5af4f98c45cbc38f0 Squares 195 and 196; look on a current map for the

The JOWBR of JewishGen is looking for additional Russian language transcribers of cemetery photographs. We have many cemeteries that have been photographed by volunteers of cemeteries in Russia and

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Hi Harvey, Was your Izio born in 1922? His testimony is under the name Izrael Flusfeder? If so, he also used the name Joseph. He naturalized in NY in 1957, and the index has him as both Izrael &

Adding to Marsha's hypothesis: all of the records for Gittel Kurz's children in the screenshot appear to specifically note that she was born in Jezierizany. That may be another data point in favor of