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Bessarabia SIG, update for the month of October 2019
#bessarabia
Yefim Kogan
Dear researchers,
Here is an update for the Bessarabia SIG projects for the month of October 2019. See also at What's New at Bessarabia SIG website. Jewish Cemeteries. Updates: -- Completed photographing and indexing of Valea-lui-Vlad Jewish Cemetery (former Jewish Agricultural colony) and sent to JOWBR 44 burial records with 44 images. Most of the inscriptions are not readable. See information at the Valea-lui-Vlad Cemetery Report at Bessarabia SIG website at Valea-lui-Vlad Cemetery Report (https://www.jewishgen.org/Bessarabia/files/cemetery/valea-lui-vlad/Valea-lui-VladCemeteryReport.pdf ) -- See 2 minutes of Aerial view on Kishinev Jewish Cemetery, mostly Sector 6, October 2019 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QeW3wi6gHc ) Bessarabian Databases. Updates: --Revision Lists, plan to upload to JewishGen in December of 2019. A number of Revision List sets are going to be completed for towns of Kishinev, Khotin, Faleshty, Brichany, Beltsy, etc, (see the progress at https://www.jewishgen.org/bessarabia/files/databases/RevisionsOctober2019.pdf ) . There are already 2126 records completed. Genealogical Articles. -- Added an article/link about The Open Databases project at the Museum of Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot. It is a great resource to find out more about our families in Bessarabia/Moldova. You can get all family trees, photos for a particular town, or a family. For example for town of Brichany I got 26 articles, Beltsy - 36 and Bendery - 75 even for Valea-lui-Vlad, an agricultural colony I saw 2 articles. Here is a link to Museum of Jewish People site - https://www.bh.org.il/databases/jewish-genealogy/ ) Culture, Recipes. Updates: -- Roza Makes Kasha Varnishkes. Here is how Roza present herself: Ich bin a Khotiner, Bessarabie, labn Chernovitz (I am >from Khotyn, Bessarabia, near Chernovitz). The video is in Yiddish with English subtitles. I should tell that I enjoyed it so much, that I want you to watch it too. Ich givein azoy tsifridn tsu zein dos... - I was so glad to see this: http://pakvim.net/watch/kEMiMBSOE94 Please let us know if you have any questions, comments, or you want to help us in our projects. Inna Vayner, Yefim Kogan JewishGen Bessarabia SIG Leaders and Coordinators
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Bessarabia SIG #Bessarabia Bessarabia SIG, update for the month of October 2019
#bessarabia
Yefim Kogan
Dear researchers,
Here is an update for the Bessarabia SIG projects for the month of October 2019. See also at What's New at Bessarabia SIG website. Jewish Cemeteries. Updates: -- Completed photographing and indexing of Valea-lui-Vlad Jewish Cemetery (former Jewish Agricultural colony) and sent to JOWBR 44 burial records with 44 images. Most of the inscriptions are not readable. See information at the Valea-lui-Vlad Cemetery Report at Bessarabia SIG website at Valea-lui-Vlad Cemetery Report (https://www.jewishgen.org/Bessarabia/files/cemetery/valea-lui-vlad/Valea-lui-VladCemeteryReport.pdf ) -- See 2 minutes of Aerial view on Kishinev Jewish Cemetery, mostly Sector 6, October 2019 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QeW3wi6gHc ) Bessarabian Databases. Updates: --Revision Lists, plan to upload to JewishGen in December of 2019. A number of Revision List sets are going to be completed for towns of Kishinev, Khotin, Faleshty, Brichany, Beltsy, etc, (see the progress at https://www.jewishgen.org/bessarabia/files/databases/RevisionsOctober2019.pdf ) . There are already 2126 records completed. Genealogical Articles. -- Added an article/link about The Open Databases project at the Museum of Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot. It is a great resource to find out more about our families in Bessarabia/Moldova. You can get all family trees, photos for a particular town, or a family. For example for town of Brichany I got 26 articles, Beltsy - 36 and Bendery - 75 even for Valea-lui-Vlad, an agricultural colony I saw 2 articles. Here is a link to Museum of Jewish People site - https://www.bh.org.il/databases/jewish-genealogy/ ) Culture, Recipes. Updates: -- Roza Makes Kasha Varnishkes. Here is how Roza present herself: Ich bin a Khotiner, Bessarabie, labn Chernovitz (I am >from Khotyn, Bessarabia, near Chernovitz). The video is in Yiddish with English subtitles. I should tell that I enjoyed it so much, that I want you to watch it too. Ich givein azoy tsifridn tsu zein dos... - I was so glad to see this: http://pakvim.net/watch/kEMiMBSOE94 Please let us know if you have any questions, comments, or you want to help us in our projects. Inna Vayner, Yefim Kogan JewishGen Bessarabia SIG Leaders and Coordinators
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NYC Area Volunteers for a Cemetery Project
A. E. Jordan
I am trying to organize a cemetery project for Mt Zion Cemetery in Maspeth, Queens, New York before winter sets in (or if we fail now in the spring).
I am thinking of trying to do this (weather dependent) November 10th or November 17 -- a Sunday morning. Roads will be quieter to drive there and hopefully the weather will not be too cold. Plus the target plot is in about as good a condition as it will be.
Looking a for a few volunteers with the primary interest being people with a digital camera to take photos and maybe a few people to do some paperwork on site. (Phase II might require some computer work volunteers.) Note there are NO PATHS so it is involving walking over uneven ground, possibly climbing over or around stones, etc. and there will be some wildlife -- those tiny lizards, squirrels, and who knows. I say this so if you are hesitant please don't volunteer although I have been though this plot a few dozen times and not had a problem with animals and maybe stumbled but never fallen. I consider it safe but of course you are at your own risk.
The idea is there is a large plot (2,700 graves) at Mt Zion which seems to have constant interest from people but which the cemetery office has no map and limited details. The plot is called Judah 1 and it is very challenging to find individual graves without the map because it is not one plot but actually a series of sub sections within the big plot. Also since the burial society is long defunct the plot gets less maintenance but right now is clean cut and of course will stay that way till spring.
While the database say 2,700 stones the reality is the project will yield less since there are two large areas of children's stones that will yield little and some stones have fallen or are unreadable. There are a few interesting and unique stones in the plot too.
My idea is volunteers will take sections of the plot and photograph every stone. You will have to make some indications as you go to local or rows and then we can match the names and stones up and maybe even draw a map of this plot. The individual lines are fairly small so you will do a few lines, starting from the same side and indicating when each row ends. Final result will take some time to compile after we leave the cemetery but then we can load it to JOWBR as a gift to the broader community and if we draw a map maybe even give it to Mt Zion for their future reference.
This will be all volunteer but someone offered to buy coffee for the intrepid researchers and I am offering my time (hopefully expertise) to organize it.
If you can assist please email me directly.
Thank you
Allan Jordan
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English Translations of Zelva and Dereczin Memorial Books Are Now Online
Jack Berger
Dear readers,
I have recently posted my two earliest Yizkor Book Translations online. These are:
1. The Zelva Memorial Book 2. The Dereczin Memorial Book
Both can be found on my family website at www.zelva.org
In the upper left of the home page of this website, you will see a box labelled “Yizkor Books.” If you click on it, you will be taken to a page where I am posting a *.pdf version of those manuscripts for which I concluded it is time to do so. Just click on the book icon you would like to read.
These two books logically go together, because the towns involved were geographically close to one another, and there is much genealogical overlap between them.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to write to me at: jsberger@...
I hope interested parties will derive value from this information.
Regards Jack
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Looking for information on cousin GARY GOLDMAN
Jake Jacobs
I am looking for information/looking to find my cousin, Gary Goldman. He is around 59 years old, born in the Chicago area (Highland Park, perhaps), son of Bob Goldman and Shirley Goldschmidt. The last any of the cousins heard, he was living in Florida. I've had no luck finding him online. If you have any information, please contact me privately. Thank you!
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"The Holocaust and Europe" conference sponsored by the Institute for Holocaust Studies in Munich
#germany
Yvonne Stern
For the first time ever, a special Lessons & Legacies Conference
will take place in Europe, the continent where the Holocaust occurred. A central goal of the conference is to stimulate international debate and exchange among Holocaust scholars, not least between those from North America, Europe, and Israel.The Conference will take place in Munich November 4 -7 2019. For more information click on link below: www.lessonslegacies.eu and/or write to: E-Mail : lessons@... Yvonne Stern, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
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German SIG #Germany "The Holocaust and Europe" conference sponsored by the Institute for Holocaust Studies in Munich
#germany
Yvonne Stern
For the first time ever, a special Lessons & Legacies Conference
will take place in Europe, the continent where the Holocaust occurred. A central goal of the conference is to stimulate international debate and exchange among Holocaust scholars, not least between those from North America, Europe, and Israel.The Conference will take place in Munich November 4 -7 2019. For more information click on link below: www.lessonslegacies.eu and/or write to: E-Mail : lessons@... Yvonne Stern, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine My grandfather and great- grandfather UKRAINE Digest for Tuesday, October 29, 2019.
#ukraine
Joe
Regarding your inquiry - good news and bad news Good news: If you go to Alex Krakovsky's wiki page you will find many links to both metric and census records for this town and period in question (open in Google Chrome to get a translation into English - "Fairy Tales" is the Google translate for revision list / census) There are also many ongoing projects related to this town Bad News: These are raw data only and are in cursive Old Russian here is the link to the town page in the Ukraine SIG for this town: https://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/GEO_town.asp?id=70. Sugggest you contact the town leader - name and link on this page There are many projects ongoing for this town and if you go to the donate page https://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=22 you will find a place to donate to translation projects specific to this town Gary Pokrassa Data Acquisition Director - Ukraine Research Group MODERATOR'S NOTE: Alex's page is https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE
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My grandfather and great- grandfather UKRAINE Digest for Tuesday, October 29, 2019.
#ukraine
Joe
Regarding your inquiry - good news and bad news Good news: If you go to Alex Krakovsky's wiki page you will find many links to both metric and census records for this town and period in question (open in Google Chrome to get a translation into English - "Fairy Tales" is the Google translate for revision list / census) There are also many ongoing projects related to this town Bad News: These are raw data only and are in cursive Old Russian here is the link to the town page in the Ukraine SIG for this town: https://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/GEO_town.asp?id=70. Sugggest you contact the town leader - name and link on this page There are many projects ongoing for this town and if you go to the donate page https://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=22 you will find a place to donate to translation projects specific to this town Gary Pokrassa Data Acquisition Director - Ukraine Research Group MODERATOR'S NOTE: Alex's page is https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE
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Launch of Gesher Galicia's Przemysl Identification Project
#austria-czech
Gesher Galicia SIG
Gesher Galicia is launching an extensive longer-term project to
identify 573 Jewish record books of unknown origin housed in the Przemysl State Archive in Poland. Involved are index books of vital records (births, deaths, marriages), including a few index books of unspecified type, as well as some sets of community records. While the dates and most of the record types relating to each register are known, there is no information about their geographic origin. Most of the books, though, are presumed to be >from towns in the former Galicia. Identifying the town of origin of each book will undoubtedly lead to interesting genealogical discoveries for Galician researchers. These books are all subfiles of "File 69" - a set of unknown books - of Fond 154 of the Przemysl State Archive. A list of these index books can therefore be found in the "Inventories" section of the Gesher Galicia website, within the section for "File 69" of Fond 154 of the Przemysl archive, at: https://www.geshergalicia.org/inventories/fond-154/ . The project has been approved by the Polish State Archives, is being managed by the project=E2=80=99s secretariat in Poland, and is being carrie= d out in cooperation with the Przemysl archive. Gesher Galicia members now have an exclusive opportunity to participate in the identification project, in this way advancing the knowledge of the genealogical community. If you are not a member of Gesher Galicia and wish to take part in the project, you are most welcome to join, at: https://www.geshergalicia.org/membership/ . New identifications of these presently unknown books will be announced publicly, at regular intervals, and the information shared with the Przemysl State Archive. Further public information can be found on the Gesher Galicia website at: https://www.geshergalicia.org/projects/przemysl-id/ and, for Gesher Galicia members only, in a dedicated section of the Members Portal. Questions relating directly to this project should be sent to: przemysl-id@... . For all other inquiries on Gesher Galicia matters please contact: info@... . Please DO NOT REPLY directly to this SIG e-mail message. - Piotr Gumola Project Coordinator, Przemysl Identification Project - Pawel Malinowski Technical Manager, Przemysl Identification Project - Tony Kahane Research Coordinator, Gesher Galicia www.geshergalicia.org/ --- PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS. Send all inquiries to info@... ---
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Isidor Kohn/Pap
#austria-czech
Traude Triebel
Dr.med.Isidor PAP, born 7 september 1879 in Tihany, parents: Ignaz Kohn and
Josefine Stern; Isidor changed his name to Pap 1898. at least he had a brother Zoltan,(also Pap) born 1885 also in Tihany, married to Maria Kuthy https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6SPS-X9H?i=3D78&cc=3D145= 2460&pe rsonaUrl=3D%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQLLC-QB2C&fbclid=3DIwAR1GbSBo-KrRV= QrzpDUr PyTwVMJNXA4xoeMAewlkezalSFV4-dEOXvOvXUE and sister Hermine born 1874, married to Schwarz Ignac https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DY91-CS?i=3D203&cc=3D1452460&pe rsonaUrl=3D%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQPRT-48QH&fbclid=3DIwAR0YIbcktiNXjT1COUxO 5jHrkHfLCAe9PbRSMWehFtfm-Ums0DrSR645H7Q. Isidor was "Medizinalrat" in Eisenstadt before 1923 up to 1938. he could flee to Italy, where he did suicide. he was married to unknown and had a daughter, name unknown. she escaped to England (found in the book "das Eisenstaedter Ghetto" >from Josef Klampfer. Can anyone help to find out place and death for Isisdor and the fate for Isidor`s wife and daughter? in this newspaper could be a marriage announcement for Isidor (do not read romanian) https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/44701970.pdf?fbclid=3DIwAR0wb1pkbIxjucb53nNovP ahFFm0QEGDFN-3OWssSEbI99f8Ul1oLR1QHN8 page 3, left column Traude Triebel A-2700 Wr.Neustadt
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Launch of Gesher Galicia's Przemysl Identification Project
#austria-czech
Gesher Galicia SIG
Gesher Galicia is launching an extensive longer-term project to
identify 573 Jewish record books of unknown origin housed in the Przemysl State Archive in Poland. Involved are index books of vital records (births, deaths, marriages), including a few index books of unspecified type, as well as some sets of community records. While the dates and most of the record types relating to each register are known, there is no information about their geographic origin. Most of the books, though, are presumed to be >from towns in the former Galicia. Identifying the town of origin of each book will undoubtedly lead to interesting genealogical discoveries for Galician researchers. These books are all subfiles of "File 69" - a set of unknown books - of Fond 154 of the Przemysl State Archive. A list of these index books can therefore be found in the "Inventories" section of the Gesher Galicia website, within the section for "File 69" of Fond 154 of the Przemysl archive, at: https://www.geshergalicia.org/inventories/fond-154/ . The project has been approved by the Polish State Archives, is being managed by the project=E2=80=99s secretariat in Poland, and is being carrie= d out in cooperation with the Przemysl archive. Gesher Galicia members now have an exclusive opportunity to participate in the identification project, in this way advancing the knowledge of the genealogical community. If you are not a member of Gesher Galicia and wish to take part in the project, you are most welcome to join, at: https://www.geshergalicia.org/membership/ . New identifications of these presently unknown books will be announced publicly, at regular intervals, and the information shared with the Przemysl State Archive. Further public information can be found on the Gesher Galicia website at: https://www.geshergalicia.org/projects/przemysl-id/ and, for Gesher Galicia members only, in a dedicated section of the Members Portal. Questions relating directly to this project should be sent to: przemysl-id@... . For all other inquiries on Gesher Galicia matters please contact: info@... . Please DO NOT REPLY directly to this SIG e-mail message. - Piotr Gumola Project Coordinator, Przemysl Identification Project - Pawel Malinowski Technical Manager, Przemysl Identification Project - Tony Kahane Research Coordinator, Gesher Galicia www.geshergalicia.org/ --- PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS. Send all inquiries to info@... ---
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Isidor Kohn/Pap
#austria-czech
Traude Triebel
Dr.med.Isidor PAP, born 7 september 1879 in Tihany, parents: Ignaz Kohn and
Josefine Stern; Isidor changed his name to Pap 1898. at least he had a brother Zoltan,(also Pap) born 1885 also in Tihany, married to Maria Kuthy https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6SPS-X9H?i=3D78&cc=3D145= 2460&pe rsonaUrl=3D%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQLLC-QB2C&fbclid=3DIwAR1GbSBo-KrRV= QrzpDUr PyTwVMJNXA4xoeMAewlkezalSFV4-dEOXvOvXUE and sister Hermine born 1874, married to Schwarz Ignac https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DY91-CS?i=3D203&cc=3D1452460&pe rsonaUrl=3D%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQPRT-48QH&fbclid=3DIwAR0YIbcktiNXjT1COUxO 5jHrkHfLCAe9PbRSMWehFtfm-Ums0DrSR645H7Q. Isidor was "Medizinalrat" in Eisenstadt before 1923 up to 1938. he could flee to Italy, where he did suicide. he was married to unknown and had a daughter, name unknown. she escaped to England (found in the book "das Eisenstaedter Ghetto" >from Josef Klampfer. Can anyone help to find out place and death for Isisdor and the fate for Isidor`s wife and daughter? in this newspaper could be a marriage announcement for Isidor (do not read romanian) https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/44701970.pdf?fbclid=3DIwAR0wb1pkbIxjucb53nNovP ahFFm0QEGDFN-3OWssSEbI99f8Ul1oLR1QHN8 page 3, left column Traude Triebel A-2700 Wr.Neustadt
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Call for Proposals - IAJGS Conference in San Diego
#austria-czech
The IAJGS 2020 San Diego Conference is delighted to announce that the
Call for Proposals is now open! Deadline will be Wednesday, November 27, 2019! If you wish to be considered as a speaker for this important conference on Jewish Genealogy, please go to our website at: www.iajgs2020.org and read our Call for Proposals to begin the submission process. While covering all the major Jewish Genealogy topics that you've come to rely on the IAJGS conferences for, we will also be looking for proposed presentations which focus on the following hot topics: 1) A "Beginners" track for those who have never attended an IAJGS conference before and who may or may not consider themselves new to Jewish genealogy. 2) A "DNA" track to help all of us become better acquainted with the immense insight that DNA is adding to the field of genealogy. 3) A "Heritage" track to help provide cultural context that both inspires and enhances our genealogical explorations. 4) A "Shoah" track specifically to honor the memory of those who were lost in the calamity of World War II. 5) A "Military" track -- With the US Naval Base San Diego just a few blocks >from our convention, we hope to offer sessions which will recognize military angles to Jewish genealogy, both >from the USA and the rest of the world. 6) A "Latin America" track – Recognizing San Diego's proximity to Central and South America and the need to find and understand our relatives who live or lived south of the border. All other subjects related to Jewish Genealogy and Genealogy in general, will, of course, be considered. See our web page at www.iajgs2020.org for more information. Write to speakerhelp@... or program@... for answers to questions about the submittal. Best of luck >from all of us - and thank you! Chuck Weinstein Communications Director - IAJGS 40th Annual Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Call for Proposals - IAJGS Conference in San Diego
#austria-czech
The IAJGS 2020 San Diego Conference is delighted to announce that the
Call for Proposals is now open! Deadline will be Wednesday, November 27, 2019! If you wish to be considered as a speaker for this important conference on Jewish Genealogy, please go to our website at: www.iajgs2020.org and read our Call for Proposals to begin the submission process. While covering all the major Jewish Genealogy topics that you've come to rely on the IAJGS conferences for, we will also be looking for proposed presentations which focus on the following hot topics: 1) A "Beginners" track for those who have never attended an IAJGS conference before and who may or may not consider themselves new to Jewish genealogy. 2) A "DNA" track to help all of us become better acquainted with the immense insight that DNA is adding to the field of genealogy. 3) A "Heritage" track to help provide cultural context that both inspires and enhances our genealogical explorations. 4) A "Shoah" track specifically to honor the memory of those who were lost in the calamity of World War II. 5) A "Military" track -- With the US Naval Base San Diego just a few blocks >from our convention, we hope to offer sessions which will recognize military angles to Jewish genealogy, both >from the USA and the rest of the world. 6) A "Latin America" track – Recognizing San Diego's proximity to Central and South America and the need to find and understand our relatives who live or lived south of the border. All other subjects related to Jewish Genealogy and Genealogy in general, will, of course, be considered. See our web page at www.iajgs2020.org for more information. Write to speakerhelp@... or program@... for answers to questions about the submittal. Best of luck >from all of us - and thank you! Chuck Weinstein Communications Director - IAJGS 40th Annual Conference on Jewish Genealogy
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Ish Horovitz
#galicia
Inacio Steinhardt
Dear Carol,
I think that I can offer an explanation for Ish Horowitz. Horowitz and Epstein were originally members of the Sephardi family BENVENISTE >from Spain who moved to Central Europe. One branch settled in the German town of Eppstein, in Hesse, the other to Horovice in central Bohemia, now in Czech Republic. Each adopted the name of the place as their surname. The Benveniste of Spain were Levi's. Thus all legitimate Epstein and Horovitz are Levi (>from the tribe of Levi). I say "legitimate", because among Jews people have adopted surnames for a variety of reasons. The first Benveniste to adopt the Horovitz surname choose to identify themselves as ">from Horovitz" using a known Hebrew formula "Ish Horovitz", meaning "man >from Horovitz" (ish means man). As an example, Judas Iscariot, the disciple of Jesus, was >from Cariot, Ish Cariot. Eventually the prefix Ish, >from Ish Horovitz, was dropped remaining only Horovitz. But old documents still show Ish Horovits. Thus, your husband, as a legitimate Horovitz, is a Levi... and his origin is Sephardi. Regards Inacio Inacio Steinhardt Ganei Tikva 55900 - Israel inacio@... Carol Eigen Tannenbaum <caroltannenbaum75@...> wrote: <<... An elder cousin of the Horowitz family born in Sokolivka consistently used the prefix Ish when discussing her Horowitz family as well as previous Horowitz generations, as in Menachem Mendel Ish Horowitz. Does anyone know what Ish refers to, and why that designation?>>
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Ish Horovitz
#galicia
Inacio Steinhardt
Dear Carol,
I think that I can offer an explanation for Ish Horowitz. Horowitz and Epstein were originally members of the Sephardi family BENVENISTE >from Spain who moved to Central Europe. One branch settled in the German town of Eppstein, in Hesse, the other to Horovice in central Bohemia, now in Czech Republic. Each adopted the name of the place as their surname. The Benveniste of Spain were Levi's. Thus all legitimate Epstein and Horovitz are Levi (>from the tribe of Levi). I say "legitimate", because among Jews people have adopted surnames for a variety of reasons. The first Benveniste to adopt the Horovitz surname choose to identify themselves as ">from Horovitz" using a known Hebrew formula "Ish Horovitz", meaning "man >from Horovitz" (ish means man). As an example, Judas Iscariot, the disciple of Jesus, was >from Cariot, Ish Cariot. Eventually the prefix Ish, >from Ish Horovitz, was dropped remaining only Horovitz. But old documents still show Ish Horovits. Thus, your husband, as a legitimate Horovitz, is a Levi... and his origin is Sephardi. Regards Inacio Inacio Steinhardt Ganei Tikva 55900 - Israel inacio@... Carol Eigen Tannenbaum <caroltannenbaum75@...> wrote: <<... An elder cousin of the Horowitz family born in Sokolivka consistently used the prefix Ish when discussing her Horowitz family as well as previous Horowitz generations, as in Menachem Mendel Ish Horowitz. Does anyone know what Ish refers to, and why that designation?>>
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Re: Meaning of "Ish"
#galicia
Shlomo Katz
Horwitz is the name of a town (Horovice, Czech Republic, 30 miles SW
of Praha). "Ish Horwitz" means "Man >from Horowitz." I, too, have relatives who use the name Ish Horowitz. The model for this is in the Mishnah Tractate Avot, chapter 1, where there is a reference to Yose Ish Yerushalayim / Man >from Jerusalem. Shlomo Katz Silver Spring, MD Carol Eigen Tannenbaum <caroltannenbaum75@...> wrote: <<... An elder cousin of the Horowitz family born in Sokolivka consistently used the prefix Ish when discussing her Horowitz family as well as previous Horowitz generations, as in Menachem Mendel Ish Horowitz. Does anyone know what Ish refers to, and why that designation?>>
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Re: Meaning of "Ish"
#galicia
Shlomo Katz
Horwitz is the name of a town (Horovice, Czech Republic, 30 miles SW
of Praha). "Ish Horwitz" means "Man >from Horowitz." I, too, have relatives who use the name Ish Horowitz. The model for this is in the Mishnah Tractate Avot, chapter 1, where there is a reference to Yose Ish Yerushalayim / Man >from Jerusalem. Shlomo Katz Silver Spring, MD Carol Eigen Tannenbaum <caroltannenbaum75@...> wrote: <<... An elder cousin of the Horowitz family born in Sokolivka consistently used the prefix Ish when discussing her Horowitz family as well as previous Horowitz generations, as in Menachem Mendel Ish Horowitz. Does anyone know what Ish refers to, and why that designation?>>
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Launch of Gesher Galicia's Przemysl Identification Project
#galicia
Gesher Galicia SIG
Gesher Galicia is launching an extensive longer-term project to
identify 573 Jewish record books of unknown origin housed in the Przemysl State Archive in Poland. Involved are index books of vital records (births, deaths, marriages), including a few index books of unspecified type, as well as some sets of community records. While the dates and most of the record types relating to each register are known, there is no information about their geographic origin. Most of the books, though, are presumed to be >from towns in the former Galicia. Identifying the town of origin of each book will undoubtedly lead to interesting genealogical discoveries for Galician researchers. These books are all subfiles of "File 69" - a set of unknown books - of Fond 154 of the Przemysl State Archive. A list of these index books can therefore be found in the "Inventories" section of the Gesher Galicia website, within the section for "File 69" of Fond 154 of the Przemysl archive, at: https://www.geshergalicia.org/inventories/fond-154/ . The project has been approved by the Polish State Archives, is being managed by the project's secretariat in Poland, and is being carried out in cooperation with the Przemysl archive. Gesher Galicia members now have an exclusive opportunity to participate in the identification project, in this way advancing the knowledge of the genealogical community. If you are not a member of Gesher Galicia and wish to take part in the project, you are most welcome to join, at: https://www.geshergalicia.org/membership/ . New identifications of these presently unknown books will be announced publicly, at regular intervals, and the information shared with the Przemysl State Archive. Further public information can be found on the Gesher Galicia website at: https://www.geshergalicia.org/projects/przemysl-id/ and, for Gesher Galicia members only, in a dedicated section of the Members Portal. Questions relating directly to this project should be sent to: przemysl-id@... . For all other inquiries on Gesher Galicia matters please contact: info@... . Please DO NOT REPLY directly to this SIG e-mail message. - Piotr Gumola Project Coordinator, Przemysl Identification Project - Pawel Malinowski Technical Manager, Przemysl Identification Project - Tony Kahane Research Coordinator, Gesher Galicia www.geshergalicia.org/ --- PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS. Send all inquiries to info@... ---
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