Let me add another surname to the list of "Odd" names.
My mother's(z"l) name was PITUM, >from a shtetl Aukstadvaris in Lithuania.
I'm trying to find out the origin of this name. Anybody has any idea ?
Ther is a very close Hebrew word "Pitom" which means suddenly, but I don't
think it has anything to do with the name.

Thanks in advance!
Zalman Latzkovich
Toronto, On.

Let me add another surname to the list of "Odd" names.
My mother's(z"l) name was PITUM, >from a shtetl Aukstadvaris in Lithuania.
I'm trying to find out the origin of this name. Anybody has any idea ?
Ther is a very close Hebrew word "Pitom" which means suddenly, but I don't
think it has anything to do with the name.

Thanks in advance!
Zalman Latzkovich
Toronto, On.

I understand that there is a "Berenson Building" that is part of the
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center somewhere in Boston. I'm anxious to make
contact with someone >from the BERENSON family to whom we are evidently
related. Specifically, I'd like to get in touch with the descendants of
one Richard Berenson. . . The correct name, address and phone if you have
it, of the facility itself would certainly help. Thanks to all of you.

Carol Raspler, Delray Beach, FL

I understand that there is a "Berenson Building" that is part of the
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center somewhere in Boston. I'm anxious to make
contact with someone >from the BERENSON family to whom we are evidently
related. Specifically, I'd like to get in touch with the descendants of
one Richard Berenson. . . The correct name, address and phone if you have
it, of the facility itself would certainly help. Thanks to all of you.

Carol Raspler, Delray Beach, FL

Do food habits of our ancestors offer any clues to their origns?
Had a GF ate raw ground beef on rye bread, open face sandwich style
with an onion on top.

Any ideas?
Marvin Ravis
Las Vegas, NV

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Do food habits of our ancestors offer any clues to their origns?
Had a GF ate raw ground beef on rye bread, open face sandwich style
with an onion on top.

Any ideas?
Marvin Ravis
Las Vegas, NV

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I am excited as I have just received the cemetery data I commissioned .
He has done an excellent job and I have 400 photos of tombstones with the
information on the stones translated by him. There are of course broken
stones and on some the writing is indistinct but he has done an excellent
job.
I will of course add the names to my Jekabpils page but this will take time.
The large cemetery project organised by Jewishgen will also have copies of
this data. I hope that in time they will be able to display all the photos
of the tombstones.
Please do not write to ask me for names at this stage as there is no
alphabetical list and a lot are just the name of the person as son or
daughter of someone without surnames.
This list will replace the partial list at present attached to the
Jekabpils page.
Arlene Beare
President Latvia SIG

I am excited as I have just received the cemetery data I commissioned .
He has done an excellent job and I have 400 photos of tombstones with the
information on the stones translated by him. There are of course broken
stones and on some the writing is indistinct but he has done an excellent
job.
I will of course add the names to my Jekabpils page but this will take time.
The large cemetery project organised by Jewishgen will also have copies of
this data. I hope that in time they will be able to display all the photos
of the tombstones.
Please do not write to ask me for names at this stage as there is no
alphabetical list and a lot are just the name of the person as son or
daughter of someone without surnames.
This list will replace the partial list at present attached to the
Jekabpils page.
Arlene Beare
President Latvia SIG

I am searching for a performer named Raymond SPYKE or SYKES (1905 -
1971 and 1903-1946). Has anyone ever heard of those names?
Cynthia Spikell

Shalom,

I am proud and thrilled to send the following message to descendants and
survivors of Krzepice, Poland and not only them...

An exciting event in Poland is going to happen soon... Polish and Israeli
youth are meeting in one of the most beautiful cemeteries left, last
remnants of Jewish heritage in Poland. For three days they will work
together, join hands in cleaning, maintaining, recording inscriptions from
the iron rare matzeva preserved in this lonely small cemetery in Poland.
The future will touch the past...

I translate >from the program in Polish which I got:

"Meeting - Krzepice 2000".

* Aim -
Jewish Israeli and Polish youth will meet and together they will
restore the Jewish
cemetery of Krzepice which was destroyed. The aim is to educate the
youth to
religious, social and national tolerance.

* Date -
12 - 15 September 2000

* Organizer -
The Korczak Organization, Poland,
Borzeciczki 11
63720 Kozmin Wlkp.
Telefax: 062-7217175

* Honorary Patronage:
The Prime Minister of Poland: Mr. Jerszy Buzek
The israeli Ambassador in Poland, Mr. Yigal Antebi

*Address of the meeting:
62-160 Krzepice
ul. A. Ryly 10
Tel: 034-375021

*Accommodation:
Silesiana Hotel
42799 Lubliniec - Kokotek
Telfax: 034/3562362

* Organizations Involved:
- The Family Office, Warsaw
- The Remembrance Authorities, Warsaw
- The Professional High Schools Organization - Krzepice.

* Project Coordinator:
Jerzy Fornalik,
Galazki 22
63-720 Kozmin Wlkp.
Telefax 062-7217175

Shalom Krzepice...

Ada Holtzman
Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/

Shalom,

I am proud and thrilled to send the following message to descendants and
survivors of Krzepice, Poland and not only them...

An exciting event in Poland is going to happen soon... Polish and Israeli
youth are meeting in one of the most beautiful cemeteries left, last
remnants of Jewish heritage in Poland. For three days they will work
together, join hands in cleaning, maintaining, recording inscriptions from
the iron rare matzeva preserved in this lonely small cemetery in Poland.
The future will touch the past...

I translate >from the program in Polish which I got:

"Meeting - Krzepice 2000".

* Aim -
Jewish Israeli and Polish youth will meet and together they will
restore the Jewish
cemetery of Krzepice which was destroyed. The aim is to educate the
youth to
religious, social and national tolerance.

* Date -
12 - 15 September 2000

* Organizer -
The Korczak Organization, Poland,
Borzeciczki 11
63720 Kozmin Wlkp.
Telefax: 062-7217175

* Honorary Patronage:
The Prime Minister of Poland: Mr. Jerszy Buzek
The israeli Ambassador in Poland, Mr. Yigal Antebi

*Address of the meeting:
62-160 Krzepice
ul. A. Ryly 10
Tel: 034-375021

*Accommodation:
Silesiana Hotel
42799 Lubliniec - Kokotek
Telfax: 034/3562362

* Organizations Involved:
- The Family Office, Warsaw
- The Remembrance Authorities, Warsaw
- The Professional High Schools Organization - Krzepice.

* Project Coordinator:
Jerzy Fornalik,
Galazki 22
63-720 Kozmin Wlkp.
Telefax 062-7217175

Shalom Krzepice...

Ada Holtzman
Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/

I am searching for a performer named Raymond SPYKE or SYKES (1905 -
1971 and 1903-1946). Has anyone ever heard of those names?
Cynthia Spikell

Shalom,

Every Friday there is a small flee market on Dizengoff square where I
work.
Yesterday I passed it and was drawn to one stand (out of tens), to one
which had a box and inside it some old albums and old books.
I looked and WOW... my heart missed a bit... Here I find a book of my
father's first cousin:
Rabbi Szaja ZLOTNIK of Radom: "Moderne Druszot" - "Modern Sermons",
Warsaw, 1929...
The book is stamped with the library of Poalei (Workers of) Agudat
Israel,
LODZ...
It was published by Sz. CUKIER, Warszawa, Dzelna Nr. 18.

Szaja ZLOTNIK was considered to be the "ILUI" , the genius among the
ZLOTNIK Rabbis dynasty. If not perished in the Holocaust, he surly
would become one of the leading figures of the Zionist moderate
religious movement of Polish Jewry!

For 3 years I have been searching everywhere (including the Jewish
Institute in Warsaw) for his books and could find only one,
crumbling and stored in the cellars of the Rambam library of Tel Aviv.

It is very moving to hold this book and own it, last remnant of a great
Rabbi, Szaja Zlotnik, God Revenge his Blood.

Other books I bought:

*"Machzor" - Collection of prayers, nusach Sfarad, to Rosh Hashana (the
New Year), published by Jakob Cederbaum, son of Mordechai Juda,
Piotrkow, 1930.
A handwritten singature on the first page: J. CHANOCH, 1935.

* Rabbi Shymszon Rafal Hirsz: SHABAT, edited by Meshulam Kaminer(who
lived on ul. Pawia11a Warsaw, published by "Ferlag - Hahinuch"
(Education), Warsaw 1926.
This book has the stamp of Poali Agudat Israel (Workers of Agudat
Israel) Piotrkow, call number 190.

Let me know if you are interested in one of the other two books. All the
three books
are in Yiddish.

Shalom,

Ada


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Shalom,

Every Friday there is a small flee market on Dizengoff square where I
work.
Yesterday I passed it and was drawn to one stand (out of tens), to one
which had a box and inside it some old albums and old books.
I looked and WOW... my heart missed a bit... Here I find a book of my
father's first cousin:
Rabbi Szaja ZLOTNIK of Radom: "Moderne Druszot" - "Modern Sermons",
Warsaw, 1929...
The book is stamped with the library of Poalei (Workers of) Agudat
Israel,
LODZ...
It was published by Sz. CUKIER, Warszawa, Dzelna Nr. 18.

Szaja ZLOTNIK was considered to be the "ILUI" , the genius among the
ZLOTNIK Rabbis dynasty. If not perished in the Holocaust, he surly
would become one of the leading figures of the Zionist moderate
religious movement of Polish Jewry!

For 3 years I have been searching everywhere (including the Jewish
Institute in Warsaw) for his books and could find only one,
crumbling and stored in the cellars of the Rambam library of Tel Aviv.

It is very moving to hold this book and own it, last remnant of a great
Rabbi, Szaja Zlotnik, God Revenge his Blood.

Other books I bought:

*"Machzor" - Collection of prayers, nusach Sfarad, to Rosh Hashana (the
New Year), published by Jakob Cederbaum, son of Mordechai Juda,
Piotrkow, 1930.
A handwritten singature on the first page: J. CHANOCH, 1935.

* Rabbi Shymszon Rafal Hirsz: SHABAT, edited by Meshulam Kaminer(who
lived on ul. Pawia11a Warsaw, published by "Ferlag - Hahinuch"
(Education), Warsaw 1926.
This book has the stamp of Poali Agudat Israel (Workers of Agudat
Israel) Piotrkow, call number 190.

Let me know if you are interested in one of the other two books. All the
three books
are in Yiddish.

Shalom,

Ada


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Richard, I can't comment on Made, but Sprinz (and numerous variations
thereof) was a not uncommon Jewish feminine given name along the Rhein
in the Pfalz and east into Hessen during this time period. I have a few
in my family in these areas >from this period. This use of Salomon is no
doubt a quasi-patronymic use, indicating that Sprinz' father's given
name was Salomon.

Peter Wyant
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

richard may wrote:

Richard, I can't comment on Made, but Sprinz (and numerous variations
thereof) was a not uncommon Jewish feminine given name along the Rhein
in the Pfalz and east into Hessen during this time period. I have a few
in my family in these areas >from this period. This use of Salomon is no
doubt a quasi-patronymic use, indicating that Sprinz' father's given
name was Salomon.

Peter Wyant
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

richard may wrote:

The name Sprintze appears on my family tree several times as a female
given name in the early 19th Century.

Sylvia Furshman Nusinov
Florida
Researching:
FRUCHT [FURSHMAN] - Lithuania: Vilcomir [Ukmerge], Kovno [Kaunas], Vilna
[Vilnius], Moletai. c. 1800-1945 EHRENPREIS - Austria: Lemburg [Lviv,
Ukraine]; Sweden AWNER [AVNER] - Austria: Lemburg [Lviv, Ukraine],
England; Israel FRIEDHOFFER - Lviv, Ukraine; Israel
NUSINOV/NOUSSINOV - Russia: Jitomir - Volynia guberniya [Zhitomir, Ukraine]
LENT/LENTOTCHNIK - Russia: Jitomir - Volynia guberniya [Zhitomir, Ukraine]

The name Sprintze appears on my family tree several times as a female
given name in the early 19th Century.

Sylvia Furshman Nusinov
Florida
Researching:
FRUCHT [FURSHMAN] - Lithuania: Vilcomir [Ukmerge], Kovno [Kaunas], Vilna
[Vilnius], Moletai. c. 1800-1945 EHRENPREIS - Austria: Lemburg [Lviv,
Ukraine]; Sweden AWNER [AVNER] - Austria: Lemburg [Lviv, Ukraine],
England; Israel FRIEDHOFFER - Lviv, Ukraine; Israel
NUSINOV/NOUSSINOV - Russia: Jitomir - Volynia guberniya [Zhitomir, Ukraine]
LENT/LENTOTCHNIK - Russia: Jitomir - Volynia guberniya [Zhitomir, Ukraine]

Since making my post, I have received a death certificate transcript for
Tillie LENTZNER, the apparent wife of Herman Lentzner:

Death Certificate Transcription: # 51945
Tillie Lentzner d. 12/11/1969 12:05am Female Cauc. b. 5/10/1892 Russia
Age = 77
f. Mayer Wiman, Russia
m. Nasha Wiman, Russia
Citizen of USA SS# 558-66-1001 Widowed
Housewife 50 years
Deathplace: Sharon Conv. Hospital, 8167 W 3rd St, Los Angeles [90048]
Lived in community/state 40 years
Residence: Cheswic Lane, Los Angeles [90027, Los Feliz]
Informant: Rose Rosenbaum, N Genesee, Los Angeles [90036]
Entombment: 12/12/1969 Hillside Memorial Park
Groman Mortuary

There is one Rose Rosenbaum 7 Oct 1892 - 17 May 1978, on the CA death index
who shared a SSAN with Samuel L. Rosenbaum, 15 Sep 1898 - 22 Jan 1980
(mother's maiden name Vernan). Samuel's "last residence" on the SSAN death
index was zip code 90036 (there are a number of Rosenbaums for that zip
code). So perhaps this is the informant Rose listed above.

Thanks,

H. Michael McTeer
29 Palms, Ca
mcteer@...

Since making my post, I have received a death certificate transcript for
Tillie LENTZNER, the apparent wife of Herman Lentzner:

Death Certificate Transcription: # 51945
Tillie Lentzner d. 12/11/1969 12:05am Female Cauc. b. 5/10/1892 Russia
Age = 77
f. Mayer Wiman, Russia
m. Nasha Wiman, Russia
Citizen of USA SS# 558-66-1001 Widowed
Housewife 50 years
Deathplace: Sharon Conv. Hospital, 8167 W 3rd St, Los Angeles [90048]
Lived in community/state 40 years
Residence: Cheswic Lane, Los Angeles [90027, Los Feliz]
Informant: Rose Rosenbaum, N Genesee, Los Angeles [90036]
Entombment: 12/12/1969 Hillside Memorial Park
Groman Mortuary

There is one Rose Rosenbaum 7 Oct 1892 - 17 May 1978, on the CA death index
who shared a SSAN with Samuel L. Rosenbaum, 15 Sep 1898 - 22 Jan 1980
(mother's maiden name Vernan). Samuel's "last residence" on the SSAN death
index was zip code 90036 (there are a number of Rosenbaums for that zip
code). So perhaps this is the informant Rose listed above.

Thanks,

H. Michael McTeer
29 Palms, Ca
mcteer@...