Sephardic SIG #Sephardim Genealo-J #137 has just been published
#sephardic
Georges Graner <georges.graner@...>
/Genealo-J, /publication of the Jewish Genealogical Society of France,
Issue 137, March 2019 has just been published. Many Jews >from Algeria settled in metropolitan France during the first half of the 20th century. Jean Laloum tries to follow their fate during World War 2 and especially during the period of the Vichy government. As for all French Jews, they lost their jobs, even when they were small businesses. For example, Laloum quotes several widows who were costermongers and were not allowed to continue their jobs. Most of the 1,500 Jews >from Algeria were eventually arrestedby the Nazis and the French police and deported : only five percent of those deported survived. Laloum plans to to list in detail all these Jews. He begins by those originating >from the region of Constantine, namely those >from Guelma, Jemmapes, Khenchela, La Calle, Lafayette, Le Tarf, Mac-Mahon, Oued Zenati and Philippeville. Julien Colet tells the story of his great-grandmother, Fortunee Abignoli nee Dyan. She was born in Cairo, probably in 1890. In 1919, she married Moise Abignoli who already had been married twice and had five children from his previous marriages. After the birth of a daughter, they settledin Marseille in 1920, where a son was born in 1923. Moise died in 1936. Fortunee stayed in Marseille during the war, even after the German army occupied the city. She was arrested in a roundup in January 1943 and confined in Compiegne and Drancy. Deported in Convoy #42 she was killed in Sobibor in March. Colet was amazed to find that the present members of Fortunee's family have different and distortedversions of her life. After the war Fortunee's fate still casts a heavy shadow upon her children, grandchildren, and even perhaps great-grandchildren. This story makes it obvious that the effect of the Holocaust has lasted long after the war. When Victor Fribourg died in New York on May 7, 1884, a long obituary was published in the /New York Times/ and in several other states. He is so famous in his family that even in 1972, a wedding announcement in the /New York Times /says/,/ "/The bride is a descendant of Victor Fribourg, who was captain under Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo/." Anne-Marie Fribourg, who belongs to another branch of the same family, studied in detail the life of Victor, who was born in Niedervisse (Lorraine) on January 10, 1797, participated in the last Napoleonic wars and emigrated to New York with his family in 1847.He became a prosperous businessman, had nine children, at least 37 grandchildren and numerous offspring who scattered in many of the United States and even in Peru. Fribourg corrects several details in Victor's legend, especially she shows that he has never been an officer. Andree Margolin nee Lantz, an active member of our society for decades, died in 2018. She left an interesting testimony of her life during World War II. Born in 1924, she was a student in Paris and later in Clermont-Ferrand during the German occupation. She tells of her determination to pursue higher education in spite of all the obstacles she is faced as a Jew and explains how her family was able to escape deportation. Eliane Roos Schuhl describes a medieval seal with the tree of life and two birds. Deciphering Menahem Ezobi's name on his medieval seal matrix led Roos Schuhl to look for members of this family native of the city of Orange (Vaucluse) in the 13th century. Three of them, father and sons, were known as Hebrew poets. The article deals with a few individuals bearing this rare name in Beziers, Carcassonne, Perpignan, Carpentras and Toulouse and all the way to Bulgaria, Italy, Spain and Turkey. Georges Graner |
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Genealo-J #137 has just been published
#sephardic
Georges Graner <georges.graner@...>
/Genealo-J, /publication of the Jewish Genealogical Society of France,
Issue 137, March 2019 has just been published. Many Jews >from Algeria settled in metropolitan France during the first half of the 20th century. Jean Laloum tries to follow their fate during World War 2 and especially during the period of the Vichy government. As for all French Jews, they lost their jobs, even when they were small businesses. For example, Laloum quotes several widows who were costermongers and were not allowed to continue their jobs. Most of the 1,500 Jews >from Algeria were eventually arrestedby the Nazis and the French police and deported : only five percent of those deported survived. Laloum plans to to list in detail all these Jews. He begins by those originating >from the region of Constantine, namely those >from Guelma, Jemmapes, Khenchela, La Calle, Lafayette, Le Tarf, Mac-Mahon, Oued Zenati and Philippeville. Julien Colet tells the story of his great-grandmother, Fortunee Abignoli nee Dyan. She was born in Cairo, probably in 1890. In 1919, she married Moise Abignoli who already had been married twice and had five children from his previous marriages. After the birth of a daughter, they settledin Marseille in 1920, where a son was born in 1923. Moise died in 1936. Fortunee stayed in Marseille during the war, even after the German army occupied the city. She was arrested in a roundup in January 1943 and confined in Compiegne and Drancy. Deported in Convoy #42 she was killed in Sobibor in March. Colet was amazed to find that the present members of Fortunee's family have different and distortedversions of her life. After the war Fortunee's fate still casts a heavy shadow upon her children, grandchildren, and even perhaps great-grandchildren. This story makes it obvious that the effect of the Holocaust has lasted long after the war. When Victor Fribourg died in New York on May 7, 1884, a long obituary was published in the /New York Times/ and in several other states. He is so famous in his family that even in 1972, a wedding announcement in the /New York Times /says/,/ "/The bride is a descendant of Victor Fribourg, who was captain under Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo/." Anne-Marie Fribourg, who belongs to another branch of the same family, studied in detail the life of Victor, who was born in Niedervisse (Lorraine) on January 10, 1797, participated in the last Napoleonic wars and emigrated to New York with his family in 1847.He became a prosperous businessman, had nine children, at least 37 grandchildren and numerous offspring who scattered in many of the United States and even in Peru. Fribourg corrects several details in Victor's legend, especially she shows that he has never been an officer. Andree Margolin nee Lantz, an active member of our society for decades, died in 2018. She left an interesting testimony of her life during World War II. Born in 1924, she was a student in Paris and later in Clermont-Ferrand during the German occupation. She tells of her determination to pursue higher education in spite of all the obstacles she is faced as a Jew and explains how her family was able to escape deportation. Eliane Roos Schuhl describes a medieval seal with the tree of life and two birds. Deciphering Menahem Ezobi's name on his medieval seal matrix led Roos Schuhl to look for members of this family native of the city of Orange (Vaucluse) in the 13th century. Three of them, father and sons, were known as Hebrew poets. The article deals with a few individuals bearing this rare name in Beziers, Carcassonne, Perpignan, Carpentras and Toulouse and all the way to Bulgaria, Italy, Spain and Turkey. Georges Graner |
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Announcing publication of Memorial book for the Ritavas Community - A Tribute to the Memory of our Town - Rietavas,
#lithuania
Joel Alpert
The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project of JewishGen is proud to announce
the publication of its 81st title, "Memorial book for the Ritavas Community - A Tribute to the Memory of our Town (Rietavas, Lithuania)" This is a hard cover book, 11 inches by 8.5 inches with 284 pages. Original Book Edited by Alter Levite Edited by Dr. Dina Porat and Roni Stauber, Published in 2000 in Cape Town, South Africa, By The Kaplan-Kushlick Foundation Cover Design: Rachel Kolokoff Hopper Layout: Donni Magid The original Yizkor book was published in Hebrew, Yiddish and English by the Fellow Townsman Association of Ritavas in Israel and Abroad 1977 List price: $47.95 Available on Amazon for around $35 may have lower prices elsewhere For more information go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Rietavas.html Alternate names for the town are: Rietavas [Lithuanian], Riteve [Yiddish], Retovo [Russian], Retow [Polish], Retowo, Rietevas, Riteva, Ritova Rietavas, Lithuania: 55 44' N, 21 56' E Nearby Jewish Communities: Tverai 8 miles E Kuliai 12 miles WNW Zarenai 12 miles NE Kvedarna 13 miles SSE Plunge 13 miles NNW Laukuva 14 miles SE Veivirzenai 16 miles SW Varniai 17 miles E Sveksna 19 miles SW Pajuris 20 miles SSE Gargzdai 21 miles W Silale 21 miles SSE Researchers and descendants of the town will want to have this book. For more information, go to: The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project now has 80 titles available. To see all the books, go to: http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html We hope you find this of interest for you and your family in discovering the history of your ancestors. This would make a birthday or Passover gift for a loved one. For orders 4 or more books to one address in the US, UK, Canada or Australia, we can offer you a significantly reduced price of $25 per book including shipping (Amazon discount price is about $35 plus shipping). Email to ybip@... Email to ybip@... to get prices for other locations outside of the US. Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project |
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Announcing publication of Memorial book for the Ritavas Community - A Tribute to the Memory of our Town - Rietavas,
#lithuania
Joel Alpert
The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project of JewishGen is proud to announce
the publication of its 81st title, "Memorial book for the Ritavas Community - A Tribute to the Memory of our Town (Rietavas, Lithuania)" This is a hard cover book, 11 inches by 8.5 inches with 284 pages. Original Book Edited by Alter Levite Edited by Dr. Dina Porat and Roni Stauber, Published in 2000 in Cape Town, South Africa, By The Kaplan-Kushlick Foundation Cover Design: Rachel Kolokoff Hopper Layout: Donni Magid The original Yizkor book was published in Hebrew, Yiddish and English by the Fellow Townsman Association of Ritavas in Israel and Abroad 1977 List price: $47.95 Available on Amazon for around $35 may have lower prices elsewhere For more information go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Rietavas.html Alternate names for the town are: Rietavas [Lithuanian], Riteve [Yiddish], Retovo [Russian], Retow [Polish], Retowo, Rietevas, Riteva, Ritova Rietavas, Lithuania: 55 44' N, 21 56' E Nearby Jewish Communities: Tverai 8 miles E Kuliai 12 miles WNW Zarenai 12 miles NE Kvedarna 13 miles SSE Plunge 13 miles NNW Laukuva 14 miles SE Veivirzenai 16 miles SW Varniai 17 miles E Sveksna 19 miles SW Pajuris 20 miles SSE Gargzdai 21 miles W Silale 21 miles SSE Researchers and descendants of the town will want to have this book. For more information, go to: The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project now has 80 titles available. To see all the books, go to: http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html We hope you find this of interest for you and your family in discovering the history of your ancestors. This would make a birthday or Passover gift for a loved one. For orders 4 or more books to one address in the US, UK, Canada or Australia, we can offer you a significantly reduced price of $25 per book including shipping (Amazon discount price is about $35 plus shipping). Email to ybip@... Email to ybip@... to get prices for other locations outside of the US. Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project |
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Announcing publication of Memorial book for the Ritavas Community - A Tribute to the Memory of our Town (Rietavas, Lithuania)
#general
Joel Alpert
The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project of JewishGen is proud to announce the
publication of its 81st title, "Memorial book for the Ritavas Community - A Tribute to the Memory of our Town (Rietavas, Lithuania)" This is a hard cover book, 11 inches by 8.5 inches with 284 pages. Original Book Edited by Alter Levite Edited by Dr. Dina Porat and Roni Stauber, Published in 2000 in Cape Town, South Africa, By The Kaplan-Kushlick Foundation Cover Design: Rachel Kolokoff Hopper Layout: Donni Magid The original Yizkor book was published in Hebrew, Yiddish and English by the Fellow Townsman Association of Ritavas in Israel and Abroad 1977 List price: $47.95 Available on Amazon for around $35 may have lower prices elsewhere For more information go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Rietavas.html Alternate names for the town are: Rietavas [Lithuanian], Riteve [Yiddish], Retovo [Russian], Retow [Polish], Retowo, Rietevas, Riteva, Ritova Rietavas, Lithuania: 55°44' N, 21°56' E Nearby Jewish Communities: Tverai 8 miles E Kuliai 12 miles WNW Zarenai 12 miles NE Kvedarna 13 miles SSE Plunge 13 miles NNW Laukuva 14 miles SE Veivirzenai 16 miles SW Varniai 17 miles E Sveksna 19 miles SW Pajuris 20 miles SSE Gargzdai 21 miles W Silale 21 miles SSE Researchers and descendants of the town will want to have this book. For more information, go to: The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project now has 80 titles available. To see all the books, go to: http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html We hope you find this of interest for you and your family in discovering the history of your ancestors. This would make a birthday or Passover gift for a loved one. For orders 4 or more books to one address in the US, UK, Canada or Australia, we can offer you a significantly reduced price of $25 per book including shipping (Amazon discount price is about $35 plus shipping). Email to ybip@... Email to ybip@... to get prices for other locations outside of the US. Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project |
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Announcing publication of Memorial book for the Ritavas Community - A Tribute to the Memory of our Town (Rietavas, Lithuania)
#general
Joel Alpert
The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project of JewishGen is proud to announce the
publication of its 81st title, "Memorial book for the Ritavas Community - A Tribute to the Memory of our Town (Rietavas, Lithuania)" This is a hard cover book, 11 inches by 8.5 inches with 284 pages. Original Book Edited by Alter Levite Edited by Dr. Dina Porat and Roni Stauber, Published in 2000 in Cape Town, South Africa, By The Kaplan-Kushlick Foundation Cover Design: Rachel Kolokoff Hopper Layout: Donni Magid The original Yizkor book was published in Hebrew, Yiddish and English by the Fellow Townsman Association of Ritavas in Israel and Abroad 1977 List price: $47.95 Available on Amazon for around $35 may have lower prices elsewhere For more information go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Rietavas.html Alternate names for the town are: Rietavas [Lithuanian], Riteve [Yiddish], Retovo [Russian], Retow [Polish], Retowo, Rietevas, Riteva, Ritova Rietavas, Lithuania: 55°44' N, 21°56' E Nearby Jewish Communities: Tverai 8 miles E Kuliai 12 miles WNW Zarenai 12 miles NE Kvedarna 13 miles SSE Plunge 13 miles NNW Laukuva 14 miles SE Veivirzenai 16 miles SW Varniai 17 miles E Sveksna 19 miles SW Pajuris 20 miles SSE Gargzdai 21 miles W Silale 21 miles SSE Researchers and descendants of the town will want to have this book. For more information, go to: The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project now has 80 titles available. To see all the books, go to: http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html We hope you find this of interest for you and your family in discovering the history of your ancestors. This would make a birthday or Passover gift for a loved one. For orders 4 or more books to one address in the US, UK, Canada or Australia, we can offer you a significantly reduced price of $25 per book including shipping (Amazon discount price is about $35 plus shipping). Email to ybip@... Email to ybip@... to get prices for other locations outside of the US. Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project |
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Yizkor Books #YizkorBooks Announcing publication of "Memorial book of the Ritavas Community: A Tribute to the Memory of our Town (Rietavas, Lithuania)"
#yizkorbooks
Joel Alpert
The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project of JewishGen is proud to announce
the publication of its 81st title, "Memorial book for the Ritavas Community - A Tribute to the Memory of our Town (Rietavas, Lithuania)" This is a hard cover book, 11 inches by 8.5 inches with 284 pages. Original Book Edited by Alter Levite Edited by Dr. Dina Porat and Roni Stauber, Published in 2000 in Cape Town, South Africa, By The Kaplan-Kushlick Foundation Cover Design: Rachel Kolokoff Hopper Layout: Donni Magid The original Yizkor book was published in Hebrew, Yiddish and English by the Fellow Townsman Association of Ritavas in Israel and Abroad 1977 List price: $47.95 Available on Amazon for around $35 may have lower prices elsewhere For more information go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Rietavas.html Alternate names for the town are: Rietavas [Lithuanian], Riteve [Yiddish], Retovo [Russian], Retow [Polish], Retowo, Rietevas, Riteva, Ritova Rietavas, Lithuania: 55 44 N, 21 56 E Nearby Jewish Communities: Tverai 8 miles E Kuliai 12 miles WNW Zarenai 12 miles NE Kvedarna 13 miles SSE Plunge 13 miles NNW Laukuva 14 miles SE Veivirzenai 16 miles SW Varniai 17 miles E Sveksna 19 miles SW Pajuris 20 miles SSE Gargzdai 21 miles W Silale 21 miles SSE Researchers and descendants of the town will want to have this book. For more information, go to: The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project now has 80 titles available. To see all the books, go to: http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html We hope you find this of interest for you and your family in discovering the history of your ancestors. This would make a birthday or Passover gift for a loved one. For orders 4 or more books to one address in the US, UK, Canada or Australia, we can offer you a significantly reduced price of $25 per book including shipping (Amazon discount price is about $35 plus shipping). Email to ybip@... Email to ybip@... to get prices for other locations outside of the US. Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project |
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Announcing publication of "Memorial book of the Ritavas Community: A Tribute to the Memory of our Town (Rietavas, Lithuania)"
#yizkorbooks
Joel Alpert
The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project of JewishGen is proud to announce
the publication of its 81st title, "Memorial book for the Ritavas Community - A Tribute to the Memory of our Town (Rietavas, Lithuania)" This is a hard cover book, 11 inches by 8.5 inches with 284 pages. Original Book Edited by Alter Levite Edited by Dr. Dina Porat and Roni Stauber, Published in 2000 in Cape Town, South Africa, By The Kaplan-Kushlick Foundation Cover Design: Rachel Kolokoff Hopper Layout: Donni Magid The original Yizkor book was published in Hebrew, Yiddish and English by the Fellow Townsman Association of Ritavas in Israel and Abroad 1977 List price: $47.95 Available on Amazon for around $35 may have lower prices elsewhere For more information go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Rietavas.html Alternate names for the town are: Rietavas [Lithuanian], Riteve [Yiddish], Retovo [Russian], Retow [Polish], Retowo, Rietevas, Riteva, Ritova Rietavas, Lithuania: 55 44 N, 21 56 E Nearby Jewish Communities: Tverai 8 miles E Kuliai 12 miles WNW Zarenai 12 miles NE Kvedarna 13 miles SSE Plunge 13 miles NNW Laukuva 14 miles SE Veivirzenai 16 miles SW Varniai 17 miles E Sveksna 19 miles SW Pajuris 20 miles SSE Gargzdai 21 miles W Silale 21 miles SSE Researchers and descendants of the town will want to have this book. For more information, go to: The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project now has 80 titles available. To see all the books, go to: http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html We hope you find this of interest for you and your family in discovering the history of your ancestors. This would make a birthday or Passover gift for a loved one. For orders 4 or more books to one address in the US, UK, Canada or Australia, we can offer you a significantly reduced price of $25 per book including shipping (Amazon discount price is about $35 plus shipping). Email to ybip@... Email to ybip@... to get prices for other locations outside of the US. Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project |
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magyar honved c.1849
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tom
has anyone successfully traced an ancestor's participation in the 1848 rebellion against the habsburgs?
i've come across a tantalizing reference to my gggf (or his namesake), EPSTEIN Zsigmond, mentioned in a recent paper on the history of the revolution, and his involvement in an army hospital in tiszafured. it would seem to be the right time and place, more or less, but i have no indication of his rank or unit. are there any sources for looking up his military records? ....... tom klein, toronto |
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Hungary SIG #Hungary magyar honved c.1849
#hungary
tom
has anyone successfully traced an ancestor's participation in the 1848 rebellion against the habsburgs?
i've come across a tantalizing reference to my gggf (or his namesake), EPSTEIN Zsigmond, mentioned in a recent paper on the history of the revolution, and his involvement in an army hospital in tiszafured. it would seem to be the right time and place, more or less, but i have no indication of his rank or unit. are there any sources for looking up his military records? ....... tom klein, toronto |
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Re: Skeleton in my cupboard?
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Madeleine Sann
Hello Ingrid
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I've volunteered with JRI/Poland for years. While your great grandparents' ages are a little young, but not impossible (and possibly not exactly correct), what the record you see is the record of their civil marriage. They had Judka almost certainly after they'd had a Jewish marriage. The law allowed "legitimization" of the child when the couples had the state recognized wedding. My GGP had their civil wedding in Galitzia after their first 9 or 10 children were born, following a Jewish marriage. They were Hasids and certainly weren't having kids without being married... Best, Madeleine Madeleine Sann Philadelphia PA and West Bath ME On Mar 21, 2019, ingrid rockberger <ingjoyrock@...> wrote:
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Skeleton in my cupboard?
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Madeleine Sann
Hello Ingrid
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I've volunteered with JRI/Poland for years. While your great grandparents' ages are a little young, but not impossible (and possibly not exactly correct), what the record you see is the record of their civil marriage. They had Judka almost certainly after they'd had a Jewish marriage. The law allowed "legitimization" of the child when the couples had the state recognized wedding. My GGP had their civil wedding in Galitzia after their first 9 or 10 children were born, following a Jewish marriage. They were Hasids and certainly weren't having kids without being married... Best, Madeleine Madeleine Sann Philadelphia PA and West Bath ME On Mar 21, 2019, ingrid rockberger <ingjoyrock@...> wrote:
I recently obtained the marriage record of my paternal grandmother's parents. |
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Russian name for Yitchak
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Rachel
Hi
I have been searching the Belarus Revision lists for my pgggf. I only know that he was called Yitchak and was Rosh Mevita at the Yeshiva in Ruzhany where he was know as Reb Itzele. I have found a reference to him in the Ruzhany yizkor book but would love to find out more. Sadly I have no idea of a surname or his father's name. The only other thing I know is that his daughter was called Faigle. I can find nothing like Yitchak or Itzele in the Revision lists. Could someone help and suggest the Russian equivalents that I could be looking for please. Many thanks Rachel Poole Searching: LEVIN: Izabelin and Svisloch Belarus and UK. LYPCZYZ/Lifshitz/Lipshits/Lyons - Svisloch, Belarus and UK |
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Russian name for Yitchak
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Rachel
Hi
I have been searching the Belarus Revision lists for my pgggf. I only know that he was called Yitchak and was Rosh Mevita at the Yeshiva in Ruzhany where he was know as Reb Itzele. I have found a reference to him in the Ruzhany yizkor book but would love to find out more. Sadly I have no idea of a surname or his father's name. The only other thing I know is that his daughter was called Faigle. I can find nothing like Yitchak or Itzele in the Revision lists. Could someone help and suggest the Russian equivalents that I could be looking for please. Many thanks Rachel Poole Searching: LEVIN: Izabelin and Svisloch Belarus and UK. LYPCZYZ/Lifshitz/Lipshits/Lyons - Svisloch, Belarus and UK |
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Seeking Mike Jacobs
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Cynthia Spikell
I would like to contact Mike Jacobs, an attorney living in California, who
researched the SHANEDLING family. Cynthia Spikell Ohio MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately with contact information. |
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seeking Mike Jacobs
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Cynthia Spikell
I would like to contact Mike Jacobs, an attorney living in California, who
researched the SHANEDLING family. Cynthia Spikell Ohio MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately with contact information. |
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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
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Bruce Drake
"With the death of millions of Polish Jews, a vast treasure of Jewish
folklore, the product of generations of creativity, was lost as well." This week's Yizkor book excerpt (>from Chrzanow, Poland) is an attempt to preserve them ... "to save this tiny remnant >from oblivion." In the past, I've posted several chapters full "sayings" that usually, with dark humor, captured the flavor of Jewish life and reflected some of its hardships. But this collection >from "Folklore" is richer, with more detail. Rather than just brief sayings, each item - even if only a tale - provides its own window on Jewish life, often wryly told. One of my favorites was about a young man trying to get out of military service during World War I by convincing the doctor he was crazy. When he was certified as insane, someone asked him how he had done it, and he answered: "You have to be a little bit crazy to begin with and for the rest, you rely on God." URL: https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/2181620975193379?__tn__=K-R Bruce Drake Silver Spring MD Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK Towns: Wojnilow, Kovel |
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
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Bruce Drake
"With the death of millions of Polish Jews, a vast treasure of Jewish
folklore, the product of generations of creativity, was lost as well." This week's Yizkor book excerpt (>from Chrzanow, Poland) is an attempt to preserve them ... "to save this tiny remnant >from oblivion." In the past, I've posted several chapters full "sayings" that usually, with dark humor, captured the flavor of Jewish life and reflected some of its hardships. But this collection >from "Folklore" is richer, with more detail. Rather than just brief sayings, each item - even if only a tale - provides its own window on Jewish life, often wryly told. One of my favorites was about a young man trying to get out of military service during World War I by convincing the doctor he was crazy. When he was certified as insane, someone asked him how he had done it, and he answered: "You have to be a little bit crazy to begin with and for the rest, you rely on God." URL: https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/2181620975193379?__tn__=K-R Bruce Drake Silver Spring MD Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK Towns: Wojnilow, Kovel |
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The JGS of Montreal's next program
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Merle Kastner <merlebk18@...>
The JGS of Montreal, in association with the
Jewish Public Library, presents: Bruce Reisch, speaking to us on: Twenty Years of Jewish Bukovina Research: How Did we Learn So Much? *Let us Show You How we Did it!* The meeting will be held on Monday, April 01 , at 7:30 pm Gelber Conference Centre 5151 Cote Ste-Catherine/1 Carre Cummings For all information on our upcoming meetings & Sunday Morning Family Tree Workshops - JGS of Montreal Hotline - 24 hours a day: 514-484-0969 Please visit the JGS of Montreal website: http://jgs-montreal.org/ and follow us on our Facebook page Merle Kastner JGS of Montreal, Programming |
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen The JGS of Montreal's next program
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Merle Kastner <merlebk18@...>
The JGS of Montreal, in association with the
Jewish Public Library, presents: Bruce Reisch, speaking to us on: Twenty Years of Jewish Bukovina Research: How Did we Learn So Much? *Let us Show You How we Did it!* The meeting will be held on Monday, April 01 , at 7:30 pm Gelber Conference Centre 5151 Cote Ste-Catherine/1 Carre Cummings For all information on our upcoming meetings & Sunday Morning Family Tree Workshops - JGS of Montreal Hotline - 24 hours a day: 514-484-0969 Please visit the JGS of Montreal website: http://jgs-montreal.org/ and follow us on our Facebook page Merle Kastner JGS of Montreal, Programming |
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