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Commemorating the Jews of Tuchyn: A Holocaust history exhibit – by Saskia Lascarez Casanova
#holocaust
#ukraine
theresakoenigsknecht@...
For those who might be interested from the field of Public History. Main story at the link below.
"Roots of Resistance: The Tuchyn Story is a hybrid exhibition about a Jewish uprising in the Tuchyn Ghetto against Nazi occupiers in Tuchyn, Ukraine, during World War II. When nearby refugees arrived in Tuchyn, they warned Jews of the dangers coming towards the town. By arming themselves, the Jewish people of the town executed a plan to resist by setting their homes and synagogue on fire and escaping into the nearby forest. Out of 2,600 who escaped from the Tuchyn Ghetto, only 69 survived.
The exhibition originated from the personal family history of Dr. Anne E. Parsons, director of public history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Parsons discovered that some relatives had migrated to the United States from Tuchyn after World War II. Setting out to unearth her family’s larger history, she created a project for the 2022 MA in History/Museum Studies cohort." https://ncph.org/history-at-work/commemorating-the-jews-of-tuchyn-a-holocaust-history-exhibit/ Best, Theresa Koenigsknecht, MA in Public History and Family Historian |
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Progressive marriages
#general
@DavidFischler
Hi everyone. I'm new to the group, and while I've been doing genealogical research as an amateur for twenty years, there are still things I run across, don't know about, and need help with. So here's one I came upon recently: "progressive marriage." Looking for a definition of what this means, what I mostly find are either 1) references to marriages among "progressive" (i.e., Reform or Reconstructionist) Jews; or 2) usages that assume the readers already know what the term means. What does the term mean, and whAt is the difference between "progressive marriages" and ordinary ones in 19th and 20th century Poland?
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JGS Toronto. Free Hybrid Meeting. Join us to honour Henry Wellisch, our President Emeritus, on his 100th Birthday. Sunday, 18 September 2022, 10:30 AM ET.
#announcements
#jgs-iajgs
#events
Jerry Scherer
JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO Join us to honour Henry Wellisch, our President Emeritus, on his 100th Birthday
Participate in person at Sha’arei Shomayim, Toronto ON OR View from home
Henry was born in Vienna in 1922. He fled Vienna, with his parents, in December 1939, after the outbreak of World War II. They sailed down the Danube to the Black Sea, and then to the Mediterranean, trying to access British Mandate Palestine. Detained by the British, they were sent to Mauritius where they stayed for the duration of the war. In 1945 Henry joined the Jewish Brigade, and fought briefly in Europe before arriving in Palestine in 1946. He joined the fledgling Israeli army and served during the War of Independence in 1948. In 1952, age 30, Henry came to Canada where he has lived ever since. Henry will share some of his many experiences with us.
There will also be a brief presentation by Daniel Horwitz on behalf of the Israel Genealogical Research Association, outlining genealogical resources in Israel covering the 1939–1952 period.
If you will be participating in person, please let us know by e-mailing program@...
If you will be viewing from home, to register, please go to jgstoronto.ca/register.
You will then receive an immediate acknowledgement plus the link to access the event on 18 September.
The presentation will be recorded. It will be available to JGS Toronto members in the “Members Only” section of the Society website a few days after the event. It will also be available to non-member registrants for one week after the event in the “Registration” location.
To our guests, consider joining our membership for only $40.00 per year by Clicking Here or consider a donation by Clicking Here to assist us in continuing our mission providing a forum for the exchange of genealogical knowledge and information. (Canadians receive a CRA tax receipt.)
Tel 647-247-6414 twitter: jgsoftoronto facebook: Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto
Jerry Scherer Vice President, Communications
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DP CAMP VIENNA SEPTEMBER 1949
#austria-czech
Caty Zyzek
My parents flew Hungaria in september 1949. Illegally. It seems with the help of the "Bricha" Organization.
They were taken to Rothschild Hospital upon arrival.
Is there a way to discover who helped them? And the details about their flight?
As well as their stay in Vienna.
Thanks for any help possible
Caty Zyzek
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Expelled from Spain-Megourché Séfarad-Hungary
#sephardic
#slovakia
Caty Zyzek
My father told us that in his family there is a tradition that we descend from the Jews expelled from Spain.
Is there a way to find documents, proofs of this tradition? Is there a possibility to go back in our ancestry?
My father's family is ADLER from Szalakusz, Nyitra region, Slovakia
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Re: Translation from German to English
#translation
Omri Arnon
Hello, For some reason the post was mixed with another post. Please post this email again.
I've posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/responselist.asp?key=89388 The original document is here : https://tinyurl.com/yc2dh47z on pages 201-212 I would greatly appreciate any additional details in the pages mentioned, that could bring to light my ancestor Israel Wolf. Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. Omri Arnon |
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British veterans of the Spanish Civil War
#unitedkingdom
jeremy frankel
Dear Genners,
Following on from the recent discussion about the people who volunteered and fought in the Spanish Civil War, those with an interest in British veterans may like to know about an article that appeared in the most recent issue of “The Volunteer,” the newsletter of the American non-profit, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA). The article is entitled “Remembering the IB in Britain.” The IB, or, the IBMT to give it its full title — the International Brigade Memorial Trust, was set up to keep alive the memory of those British volunteers, who fought in the Spanish Civil War. The IBMT is about 20 years old. If anyone is interested in seeing the article, it can be seen here: https://albavolunteer.org/2022/08/starting-the-ibmt-is-the-best-thing-weve-ever-done-checking-in-with-albas-younger-sister-across-the-pond/ Enjoy! Jeremy G Frankel formerly Edgware, Middlesex, England now Sacramento, California, USA Searching for: FRANKEL/FRENKEL/FRENKIEL: Gombin, Poland; London, England GOLDRATH/GOLD: Praszka, Poland; London, England KOENIGSBERG: Vilkaviskis, Lithuania; London, England; NY, USA LEVY (later LEADER): Kalisz, Poland; London, England PINKUS, Poland; London, England PRINCZ/PRINCE: Krakow, Poland; London, England; NY, USA |
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Re: Who was Rashi's maternal uncle?
#rabbinic
Ittai Hershman
For completeness, from Grossman, “Rashi” (Littman, 2012), pp. 13-4
“There are numerous folk legends about Rashi's birth, especially the miracles wrought for his mother during her pregnancy, and about his father and his father's journeys outside France and meetings with various sages, including Maimonides. None of these legends is reliably documented, however, and nothing can be gleaned from them about the events of Rashi's life. They grew as a result of the widespread reverence for Rashi and the luminous halo that became part of his image. They also reflect the cultural world of Jewish society in the late Middle Ages--a time that saw the composition, in Jewish circles as in Christian, of numerous hagiographical works recounting the miracles performed for holy men.
Reliable information about Rashi's parents likewise is lacking. He appears to mention his father once in his commentary on the Talmud: 'the words of my father and teacher, may his rest be honoured' (on AZ 75a, vela peligei; but it is uncertain whether Rashi wrote that himself or it was written by his grandson, Rashbam, who was referring to his own father, Rabbi Meir). Had Rashi's father been a great and renowned sage, Rashi might be expected to have mentioned him more often in his commentaries on the Bible and the Talmud and in his hundreds of responsa, as was the practice of the sages of the time. In the passage from MS Parma quoted above, Rashi's father is referred to as the holy Rabbi Isaac';, but it is doubtful that this tells us anything about his character. Most likely he was so designated because he had a son as distinguished as Rashi. The writers appear to have been Rashi's students, as they call him the great rabbi [teacher] rather than 'the great exegete', as he was known in later times, and it is possible that they were acquainted with his father and referred to him as 'the holy' because of his qualities. In one of his acrostic liturgical poems, Rashi refers to his father as ribi yitshak (Rabbi Isaac), lending further support though hardly unambiguous proof to the premise that he was a scholar. In any case, it is evident from the sources that Rashi was not a scion of one of the distinguished Ashkenazi families of the time. It may be assumed that his father was a poor man, for he does not appear to have supported his son, as he might otherwise have been expected to do, during the latter's studies in Germany. Rashi says he struggled for food and clothing for himself and his family, as we shall see below.
We have no information about Rashi's mother either. His considerable concern for the dignity and rights of women allows us to infer, however, that his mother was devoted to her son and that he loved and esteemed her. Rashi's maternal uncle was a renowned scholar, whom Rashi referred to as 'Rabbi Simeon the Elder. It is not known for certain who he was, but chronology makes it evident it was not Rabbi Simeon ben Isaac ben Abun, the greatest liturgical poet of early Ashkenaz. The uncle studied with Rabbenu Gershom in Mainz, Germany. Rashi relied on a halakhic work he had written and probably studied with him. It is quite possible that the uncle's influence contributed to Rash's decision to travel to Mainz and study in its yeshiva. Several other of Rashi's relatives are mentioned in various manuscripts, but their identities are unclear.
No information on Rashi's wife has come down to us, and we do not even know her name. In one responsum, he writes that she sent a messenger to the synagogue on the eighth day of Passover to tell him that a non-Jew had sent him a gift of food. It is not known whether she took an active part in supporting the family, as was the practice of many Jewish women in Germany and northern France at the time. They had three or four daughters, two of whom — Jochebed (known as the pious'") and Miriam — were married to great scholars. Jochebed married Rabbi Meir ben Samuel, and their four sons, Rashi's grandsons, went on to become great scholars too. Two of the grandsons — Rashbam and Rabbenu Tam — are among the leading French tosafists. Miriam married Rabbi Judah ben Nathan (Rivan). The third daughter, Rachel, was apparently married to a Rabbi Eliezer, of whom nothing else is known, but they divorced after a brief while. There may have been a fourth daughter who died in childhood.
Over the generations, Rash's descendants played important roles in community leadership and were among the most prominent tosafists. Of particular note is his great-grandson, Rabbi Isaac ben Samuel of Dampierre, known as Rabbi Isaac the Elder (hazaken), who was the leading tosafist of the last quarter of the twelfth century. The existence of families of scholars and communal leaders, whose descenants exercised multi-generational communal leadership, was widespread in other Jewish centres in the Middle Ages and was also common within the Christian world. The fame of Rashi's family and the esteem in which it was widely held led many people over the ages to try to identify themselves with it. Many documents attesting to that pedigree record unsubstantiated traditions and cannot be relied upon.”
----- There may be some OCR errors: I did a phone scan from my paperback copy and lightly edited primarily to fix formatting. Ittai Hershman New York City |
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TUCHMAN, Jawornik Polski, Poland
#poland
Yale Reisner
ב"ה
Dear JewishGenners:
The September 6, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita carried a legal notice from the Regional Court in Przeworsk, First Civil Division, indicating that one Zbigniew Sinkowski has submitted to the Court an application on behalf of Józefa (née Kowaliło) Sinkowska to claim title over a property in the village of Jawornik Polski.
The property in contention is nr ewid. 438/1 consisting of 0.2652 hectares (0.655 acres) offered as a substitute for dz. 3492, created on the basis of land parcel 3323/5 a/k/a LWH 331 gm. kat. Jawronik. There are numerous co-owners of record, pnly one of which appears to be a Jew:
Naftali TUCHMAN.
The Court asks that anyone with information about Naftali TUCHMAN or his legal heirs contact the Court directly within three months of publication of the notice. If no heirs come forward, the applicant's request will likely be granted.
Best wishes,
Yale J. Reisner
Warsaw, Poland
JGFF #913980
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Re: Who was Rashi's maternal uncle?
#rabbinic
Dan Rottenberg
Adam, Yossi,
Many thanks for the Grossman citation and this translation from Grossman's Hebrew. To my mind, our exchange epitomizes what the JewishGen discussion group Group is all about. Thanks to the Internet, in the space of a day we have accomplished what might have taken medieval scholars years! Incidentally, my own interest in Rashi's genealogy stems from my recent discovery that Rashi was probably the ggg-grandfather of my ancestor Meir ben Baruch of Rothenburg (1215-1293). Meir's mother, Gutlin bat Eleazar of Worms, was descended from Rashi through her mother, and also from the Kalonymus family through her father, the celebrated mystic Eleazar ben Yehuda Kalonymus of Worms (1160-1238). The Kalonymus family was both prolific and ubiquitous! Dan Rottenberg Philadelphia PA USA dan@... |
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Re: Volunteer Russian Transcriber Needed
#ukraine
#translation
#russia
E Feinstein
A Dr. Joseph ASH responded to our post about Russian transcribers. However, your/his email in his response came out as gibberish.
Can you please send me another email and include your contact information again however in the text of the email so we can be in touch? Thank you. Eric FEINSTEIN Moderator note: Please send the information requested back to Eric directly instead of to the entire Discussion group. If you do not know how to reply directly to an individual, please see:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W1tIJXY80vSMUUCbifHcUFa9ao3o8MzZ7kHAGbY_qE8/edit?usp=sharing
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Re: Could two brothers both be nicknamed Alter?
#galicia
Adam Turner
That there were two wives is a possibility, also (note that it would likely have been the reverse: Chaya Rost would have been the first wife; her daughter Sossie was older than the other known children). Though that interpretation is not without its potential problems, either, given the limited information in the original post:
There is a likely match for one of Gittel Kurz's daughters, with the English name "Jennie," marrying a Morris Weissbrod in Manhattan in 1903: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24H3-ZL4 https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/view/8399994 (caution: this link may not be permanent) There is a Jennie Weisbrod who died in the Bronx in 1961 and is buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery - and the stone lists her name as Zlata bat r'Yitzchak Yosef - suggesting that she was highly likely to have been the Zlata Kern listed in the database as a daughter of Isaac Josef (Alter) Kern and Gittel Kurz of Czortkow, born in 1880. If the OP knows that Jennie Weisbrod was a sister of her great-grandfather, maybe that is sufficient corroboration that at least the "two" Alters listed in the records are actually the same person? Curiously, one of the witnesses listed on this marriage record was named Max Rost. Adam Turner  
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Re: Prezlau vs Przelav vs Przeclaw vs ??
#records
Sheryl Prenzlau
My name is Prenzlau. It is a small town in Germany and possibly what your sources are referring to.
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MAHLER, FISCHER, REINER, Mędrzechów, Poland
#poland
Yale Reisner
ב"ה Dear JewishGenners: The September 6, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court in Dąbrowa Tarnowska, First Civil Division, indicating that a man named Władysław Bzdula is seeking to claim permanent title to a property that he currently occupies. The Court is therefore seeking heirs to the owners of record - the Commune of Mędrzechów and... Feigla MAHLER and Sala (née FISCHER) REINER. The property in question is a parcel of land of 0.39 hectares (0.964 acres) designated as dz. nr 1002/2, comprised of LWH 413 & 273 gm. kat. Mędrzechów. The Court asks that anyone with knowledge of these individuals or their legal heirs contact the Court directly within three months of the publication of the notice. Otherwise, the property will be granted to the petitioner. Best wishes, Yale J. Reisner Warsaw, Poland JGFF #913980
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ViewMate translation request - Yiddish
#translation
mascardera@...
I'm requesting a translation of the Yiddish text on the back of a card. It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
https://www.jewishgen.org/view The front of the card had a picture of an unknown woman. I don't know when or where the picture was taken, though it might have been in Amdur, Russia. I am hoping to identify the woman and her relationship to my family. Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. Maria Scardera |
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Viewmate translation request - probably Yiddish
#translation
Cathy Miller
I've posted the back of a photograph with barely legible script that I think is in Yiddish for which I need a translation - anything that can be deduced from the writing will b e help[ful
It is on ViewMate at the following address
Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.
With much appreciation.
Cathy Miller -- Cathy Miller, New Zealand cathymillernz@... |
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Viewmate translation request - probably Russian
#translation
Cathy Miller
I've posted a document that I think is in Russian for which I need a partial translation - sufficient to give me the vital details of the individuals (including patronymic), relevant dates (birth, marriage) and addresses. I believe this to be a marriage record
It is on ViewMate at the following address
Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.
With much appreciation.
Cathy Miller -- Cathy Miller, New Zealand cathymillernz@... |
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ViewMate translation request - Russian
#poland
#russia
#translation
Greg Tuckman
Hello everyone,
I've posted 5 vital records in Russian for which I need translations. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ... 1. Marriage record of ZYLBERNIS - APELBAUM/MALAMET: https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM99873&data=05%7C01%7C%7Ca57b07861ac3433ebd1c08da912080c1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637981866035561414%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qJ8aQ3r8cvYI6p4gRftok3qMqnXANak6rC5%2BOcZk12c%3D&reserved=0 2. Death record of Icek ZYLBERNIS: https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM99874&data=05%7C01%7C%7C337a42f5a6374700594608da9120829d%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637981866077121216%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=74KU%2FgQj28FfAJZ1y07Cd5K12FsdSaQS69mnTFjCc1M%3D&reserved=0 3. Birth record of Jeremiasz ZYLBERNIS: https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM99875&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cbf9a4c91f2a54ff86b3008da912083fe%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637981866093370141%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=G86tnMW4oq69dcM2%2Fl8rfV4eIBluXaUTjkNsXcUNC9Y%3D&reserved=0 4. Birth record of Laja Ruchla ZYLBERNIS: https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM99876&data=05%7C01%7C%7C1c01a6b4e41846dbfb5b08da91208530%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637981866106494300%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1iKhssYYuOAu1XWWtt16DJcH5retOV8%2BzzugYN%2B9Dl4%3D&reserved=0 5. Birth record of Rywka ZYLBERNIS: https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM99877&data=05%7C01%7C%7C85d80b866a7449a1542608da912086bb%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637981866126180508%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tfuiNztQsl%2FrsmYkn%2B41cScINMBwBrQ9coUoKbyZDpg%3D&reserved=0 Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. Greg Tuckman Phoenix, Arizona USA |
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Re: Kohen Hands on Woman's grave stone
#usa
Annette Weiss
It looks like Carrie's maiden name was Kahn, which is a variation of Cohen, so it's possible that her family wanted her heritage to be recognized, even though the hand symbol is usually reserved for men.
Annette Weiss aweissny@... Researching: Weiss, Wajs, Pakula and Dziedzinsky from the Lodz area of Poland Teiksler, Zweifler, Schwartz and Kessler from Stanislawow (former Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Ivano-Frankivsk in Ukraine Siegel, Segal, Cigel, and Katz from Suwalki area in Lithuania/Poland |
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ERLICH, Łomża, Poland
#poland
Yale Reisner
ב"ה Dear JewishGenners:
The September 5, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice from the Regional Court in Łomża, First Civil Division, indicating that the Court, on behalf of the City of Łomża, is seeking the heirs to
Abram ERLICH, son of Mendel & Estera, who died in Jerusalem on February 7, 1999 where he had resided.
Anyone with knowledge of Abram ERLICH’s heirs is asked to contact the Court directly within three months of the notice’s publication. If no one contacts the Court within that time period, the Court will stipulate that there are no heirs and will grant the (unspecified) property to the City.
In contacting the Court, reference should be made to Docket No. I Ns 855/19.
Best wishes,
Yale J. Reisner Warsaw, Poland JGFF #913980 <yalereisner@...>
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