Hi all,

This past September I visited Zagare (Zhager) Lithuania to attend the
Three Day Jewish Culture Festival there. One of the films on the
program, was Uncle Chatzkel, a documentary made by Rod Freedman about
his uncle who lived in Vilnius and was a survivor of the Holocaust.

Rod's family, who had immigrated first to South Africa, and then to
Australia, had lost track of his grandmother's brother, Chatzkel. In
1997, Rod, who is an Australian filmmaker, travelled to Lithuania to
make a movie about his uncle.

Chatzkel Lemchen was an intellectual and lexicographer of international
reputation who had written three Lithuanian dictionaries. He mastered
the written language better than most Lithuanians. Besides that, he was
a charming man who touched the lives of many people.

On our annual film night on Jan. 11th, the Jewish Genealogical Society
of Montreal showed the movie "Uncle Chatzkel". The audience was
captivated by this video and it reminded me how wonderful it is. I
would like to share this with other researchers because it would be a
welcome addition to any Library, or Genealogical Group.

I have no personal or commercial interest in this video, but if anyone
would like more information about it, please e-mail me privately and
I will be glad to help you.

Jo Ann Goldwater
Montreal, and Longboat Key, FL

Hi all,

This past September I visited Zagare (Zhager) Lithuania to attend the
Three Day Jewish Culture Festival there. One of the films on the
program, was Uncle Chatzkel, a documentary made by Rod Freedman about
his uncle who lived in Vilnius and was a survivor of the Holocaust.

Rod's family, who had immigrated first to South Africa, and then to
Australia, had lost track of his grandmother's brother, Chatzkel. In
1997, Rod, who is an Australian filmmaker, travelled to Lithuania to
make a movie about his uncle.

Chatzkel Lemchen was an intellectual and lexicographer of international
reputation who had written three Lithuanian dictionaries. He mastered
the written language better than most Lithuanians. Besides that, he was
a charming man who touched the lives of many people.

On our annual film night on Jan. 11th, the Jewish Genealogical Society
of Montreal showed the movie "Uncle Chatzkel". The audience was
captivated by this video and it reminded me how wonderful it is. I
would like to share this with other researchers because it would be a
welcome addition to any Library, or Genealogical Group.

I have no personal or commercial interest in this video, but if anyone
would like more information about it, please e-mail me privately and
I will be glad to help you.

Jo Ann Goldwater
Montreal, and Longboat Key, FL

I was told by a family member that his grand-aunt (maiden name
ZOLOTAREVSKY) was married into the famous SLIOZBERG family. I started
researching it, and found out that the patriarch of the family,
Genrikh Sliozberg who died in Paris in 1937, was married to Ida Zekel

from Poltava. However, he had 2 sons who both followed him in

emigration >from Russia after 1918. Mark was a lawyer. Anatoly was a
physician, a member of French Resistance and was awarded a medal in
1947. I am looking to find out the information about their families-
wives, children etc. Perhaps one of the wives was my relative.

I appreciate your help. I have extensive experience in Jewish
genealogy of Ukraine and Lithuania, but this is my first real
excursion into Jewish genealogy of France.

Igor Schein
USA

I was told by a family member that his grand-aunt (maiden name
ZOLOTAREVSKY) was married into the famous SLIOZBERG family. I started
researching it, and found out that the patriarch of the family,
Genrikh Sliozberg who died in Paris in 1937, was married to Ida Zekel

from Poltava. However, he had 2 sons who both followed him in

emigration >from Russia after 1918. Mark was a lawyer. Anatoly was a
physician, a member of French Resistance and was awarded a medal in
1947. I am looking to find out the information about their families-
wives, children etc. Perhaps one of the wives was my relative.

I appreciate your help. I have extensive experience in Jewish
genealogy of Ukraine and Lithuania, but this is my first real
excursion into Jewish genealogy of France.

Igor Schein
USA

Boston's Public Radio station WBUR has broadcast a 4 minute interview
with former U.S. Representative Barney Frank in which Arthur Obermayer
is called a mentor to the influential Congressman and a "Renaissance
man". Obermayer was a co-founder and senior Director of GerSIG.

In the interview, Frank comments on Arthur's influence on politics in
Massachusetts and the nation.

Links to other published and broadcast coverage of Dr. Obermayer's
career are included at this WBUR website:

http://radioboston.wbur.org/2016/01/15/obermayer-barney-frank

John Paul Lowens, Suburban NYC JPL25@...

Boston's Public Radio station WBUR has broadcast a 4 minute interview
with former U.S. Representative Barney Frank in which Arthur Obermayer
is called a mentor to the influential Congressman and a "Renaissance
man". Obermayer was a co-founder and senior Director of GerSIG.

In the interview, Frank comments on Arthur's influence on politics in
Massachusetts and the nation.

Links to other published and broadcast coverage of Dr. Obermayer's
career are included at this WBUR website:

http://radioboston.wbur.org/2016/01/15/obermayer-barney-frank

John Paul Lowens, Suburban NYC JPL25@...

Dear gersigs,

I hope to find some information about Nathan Rosenberg. He was born
06.07.1861 in Luebbecke and died 29.11.1907 in Schwerte. He was a
cigarmaker, his grave is in Schwerte. His first wife died before 1902
because his son (secound marriage) Ewald was born in Schwerte
31.03.1902. His secound wife was Hedwig Frankenstein. After Nathan's
death she went to Berlin.

Did anyone know what Nathans parents are - and who was his first wife?

Regards, Mike Redel - Unna - Germany redel.mike@...

Dear gersigs,

I hope to find some information about Nathan Rosenberg. He was born
06.07.1861 in Luebbecke and died 29.11.1907 in Schwerte. He was a
cigarmaker, his grave is in Schwerte. His first wife died before 1902
because his son (secound marriage) Ewald was born in Schwerte
31.03.1902. His secound wife was Hedwig Frankenstein. After Nathan's
death she went to Berlin.

Did anyone know what Nathans parents are - and who was his first wife?

Regards, Mike Redel - Unna - Germany redel.mike@...

Title: 'Ask the Experts!'
Date and Time: Sunday, January 24, 2016, 1:30 p.m.
Location: Hadassah meeting room, 3723 Old Court Rd (Dumbarton Offices
entrance), Pikesville, MD

Please join the Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland on Sunday,
January 24, 2016, for our next program: 'Ask the Experts!'
Panelists who are experienced in Jewish genealogy research will help guide you
on ways forward in research and will give advice on places to look to
break through a brick wall.

Please send questions in advance to JGSofMD@...; a selection of
those questions will be addressed by the panel. Please be specific in
what you are looking for and what you have already tried. Give as much
background information as possible. In addition, we'll have an open
floor at the end for additional questions.

Our panelists are:

Lara Diamond - Lara is President of JGSMD and has been researching her
family for more than 25 years, since she was too young to have a
driver's license and had to rely on her mother to drive her to the
National Archives. She has traced all branches of her family back to
Europe and most lines multiple generations back using Russian
Empire-era records. Most of her research is in modern-day Ukraine,
with a smattering of Belarus and Poland. Her genealogy blog is at
http://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com.

Carol Rombro Rider - Carol has been interested in researching her
family ever since she discovered that almost no one else in the world
shared her surname. Forty years later, using every conceivable
resource, she has discovered the difficulty but delight in research.
Learning to 'think outside the box' has made all the difference in the
world. Her research areas include Baltimore, Ukraine, Lithuania,
Belarus, Poland, Mexico, Israel, and Romania. A trip to Romania
several years ago was the highlight of her research.

The program is free for paid members and $5 for non-members (applied
to membership fee when a visitor joins JGSMD) after their first
meeting. Refreshments will be available. Please check our web site at
www.jgsmd.org for late updates and for the time, location, and program
of future meetings.

Susan Steeble
Baltimore, MD
JGSMD Public Relations

Title: 'Ask the Experts!'
Date and Time: Sunday, January 24, 2016, 1:30 p.m.
Location: Hadassah meeting room, 3723 Old Court Rd (Dumbarton Offices
entrance), Pikesville, MD

Please join the Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland on Sunday,
January 24, 2016, for our next program: 'Ask the Experts!'
Panelists who are experienced in Jewish genealogy research will help guide you
on ways forward in research and will give advice on places to look to
break through a brick wall.

Please send questions in advance to JGSofMD@...; a selection of
those questions will be addressed by the panel. Please be specific in
what you are looking for and what you have already tried. Give as much
background information as possible. In addition, we'll have an open
floor at the end for additional questions.

Our panelists are:

Lara Diamond - Lara is President of JGSMD and has been researching her
family for more than 25 years, since she was too young to have a
driver's license and had to rely on her mother to drive her to the
National Archives. She has traced all branches of her family back to
Europe and most lines multiple generations back using Russian
Empire-era records. Most of her research is in modern-day Ukraine,
with a smattering of Belarus and Poland. Her genealogy blog is at
http://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com.

Carol Rombro Rider - Carol has been interested in researching her
family ever since she discovered that almost no one else in the world
shared her surname. Forty years later, using every conceivable
resource, she has discovered the difficulty but delight in research.
Learning to 'think outside the box' has made all the difference in the
world. Her research areas include Baltimore, Ukraine, Lithuania,
Belarus, Poland, Mexico, Israel, and Romania. A trip to Romania
several years ago was the highlight of her research.

The program is free for paid members and $5 for non-members (applied
to membership fee when a visitor joins JGSMD) after their first
meeting. Refreshments will be available. Please check our web site at
www.jgsmd.org for late updates and for the time, location, and program
of future meetings.

Susan Steeble
Baltimore, MD
JGSMD Public Relations

Two very useful genealogical resources are now online:

1. Kendler's "Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon ...," Vienna Austria:
F. Rollinger und Moessmer & Schulda, 1905, 1314 pp. is now accessible in full-text
free of charge and anonymously at
http://vsff.rivido.de/lb/Inhalt_en.html
as discussed in Kendler's Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon
Can Now Be Searched Online Free of Charge, "Gen Dobry!" Volume XII, No. 4 April 2011,
pp.2 - 3. and Updates on sources by Kendler and Vasmer? "Gen Dobry!,"
Volume XVI, No. 4, 30 April 2015, pp. 3-4.
http://www.polishroots.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=mBOt0T6ErMQ%3d&tabid`&mid77
The articles provide an explanation in English on how to use the website.

2. Hamburg American Packet Co. "European Rates of Fare >from the Interior of
Germany Austria and Switzerland to Hamburg and Havre in Connection with
Prepaid Passages of the Steamships of the Hamburg American Packet Company,
" January 1885, No. 20, New York and Chicago:
C. B. Richard & Co. 50 pp. Accessible in full-text free of charge at
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2009/20091023001ha/20091023001ha.pdf
as discussed in The Rich Ones Rode in Third-Class Railway Cars to Hamburg or
le Havre, "Gen Dobry!" Volume I, No. 9, 30 September 2008, pp. 2-4. .
The article provides an explanation in English on how to use the website.

Edward David Luft
Washington, DC

Two very useful genealogical resources are now online:

1. Kendler's "Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon ...," Vienna Austria:
F. Rollinger und Moessmer & Schulda, 1905, 1314 pp. is now accessible in full-text
free of charge and anonymously at
http://vsff.rivido.de/lb/Inhalt_en.html
as discussed in Kendler's Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon
Can Now Be Searched Online Free of Charge, "Gen Dobry!" Volume XII, No. 4 April 2011,
pp.2 - 3. and Updates on sources by Kendler and Vasmer? "Gen Dobry!,"
Volume XVI, No. 4, 30 April 2015, pp. 3-4.
http://www.polishroots.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=mBOt0T6ErMQ%3d&tabid`&mid77
The articles provide an explanation in English on how to use the website.

2. Hamburg American Packet Co. "European Rates of Fare >from the Interior of
Germany Austria and Switzerland to Hamburg and Havre in Connection with
Prepaid Passages of the Steamships of the Hamburg American Packet Company,
" January 1885, No. 20, New York and Chicago:
C. B. Richard & Co. 50 pp. Accessible in full-text free of charge at
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2009/20091023001ha/20091023001ha.pdf
as discussed in The Rich Ones Rode in Third-Class Railway Cars to Hamburg or
le Havre, "Gen Dobry!" Volume I, No. 9, 30 September 2008, pp. 2-4. .
The article provides an explanation in English on how to use the website.

Edward David Luft
Washington, DC

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, my friend, Michael, survived on
his own >from the ages of 8 to 14. After the war, Michael became
friends with Max (Maniek) Weisberg at an orphanage in Zakopane, in
southern Poland.

Max would be in his mid-to-late 80s now. When last contacted, he was
living in Lyon, France with his wife and two children, but that was
several decades ago. Michael is thinking of attending a Children of
the Holocaust reunion in Paris next year, and would love to make
contact with Max or his family.

If you have any ideas about how to locate Max/Maniek Weisberg or his
family, probably in France, please let me know.

Victoria Barkoff
Montreal, Canada

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, my friend, Michael, survived on
his own >from the ages of 8 to 14. After the war, Michael became
friends with Max (Maniek) Weisberg at an orphanage in Zakopane, in
southern Poland.

Max would be in his mid-to-late 80s now. When last contacted, he was
living in Lyon, France with his wife and two children, but that was
several decades ago. Michael is thinking of attending a Children of
the Holocaust reunion in Paris next year, and would love to make
contact with Max or his family.

If you have any ideas about how to locate Max/Maniek Weisberg or his
family, probably in France, please let me know.

Victoria Barkoff
Montreal, Canada

I have a complete run of the 4 volumes of this early Jewish
genealogy journal, along with duplicates of a number of issues.
They are available, for free, to a good home. Preference given
to a Jewish genealogy society or synagogue with a well maintained library.
A few dollars to cover shipping would be nice to get, but not required.

Please respond privately.

Alan Steinfeld
Scarsdale, NY
alansteinfeld@...

I have a complete run of the 4 volumes of this early Jewish
genealogy journal, along with duplicates of a number of issues.
They are available, for free, to a good home. Preference given
to a Jewish genealogy society or synagogue with a well maintained library.
A few dollars to cover shipping would be nice to get, but not required.

Please respond privately.

Alan Steinfeld
Scarsdale, NY
alansteinfeld@...

Hi all,

This past September I visited Zagare (Zhager) Lithuania to attend the
Three Day Jewish Culture Festival there. One of the films on the
program, was Uncle Chatzkel, a documentary made by Rod Freedman about
his uncle who lived in Vilnius and was a survivor of the Holocaust.

Rod' family, who had immigrated first to South Africa, and then to
Australia, had lost track of his grandmother's brother, Chatzkel. In
1997, Rod, who is an Australian filmmaker, travelled to Lithuania to
make a movie about his uncle.

Chatzkel Lemchen was an intellectual and lexicographer of international
reputation who had written three Lithuanian dictionaries. He mastered
the written language better than most Lithuanians. Besides that, he was
a charming man who touched the lives of many people.

On our annual film night on Jan. 11th, the Jewish Genealogical Society
of Montreal showed the movie 'Uncle Chatzkel'. The audience was
captivated by this video and it reminded me how wonderful it is. I would
like to share this with other Jewish Genners because it would be a
welcome addition to any Library, or Genealogical Group.

I have no personal or commercial interest in this video, but if anyone
would like more information about it, please e-mail me and I will be
glad to help you.

Jo Ann Goldwater
Montreal, and Longboat Key, FL

Hi all,

This past September I visited Zagare (Zhager) Lithuania to attend the
Three Day Jewish Culture Festival there. One of the films on the
program, was Uncle Chatzkel, a documentary made by Rod Freedman about
his uncle who lived in Vilnius and was a survivor of the Holocaust.

Rod' family, who had immigrated first to South Africa, and then to
Australia, had lost track of his grandmother's brother, Chatzkel. In
1997, Rod, who is an Australian filmmaker, travelled to Lithuania to
make a movie about his uncle.

Chatzkel Lemchen was an intellectual and lexicographer of international
reputation who had written three Lithuanian dictionaries. He mastered
the written language better than most Lithuanians. Besides that, he was
a charming man who touched the lives of many people.

On our annual film night on Jan. 11th, the Jewish Genealogical Society
of Montreal showed the movie 'Uncle Chatzkel'. The audience was
captivated by this video and it reminded me how wonderful it is. I would
like to share this with other Jewish Genners because it would be a
welcome addition to any Library, or Genealogical Group.

I have no personal or commercial interest in this video, but if anyone
would like more information about it, please e-mail me and I will be
glad to help you.

Jo Ann Goldwater
Montreal, and Longboat Key, FL

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, my friend, Michael, survived on
his own >from the ages of 8 to 14. After the war, Michael became
friends with Max (Maniek) Weisberg at an orphanage in Zakopane, in
southern Poland.

Max would be in his mid-to-late 80s now. When last contacted, he was
living in Lyon, France with his wife and two children, but that was
several decades ago. Michael is thinking of attending a Children of
the Holocaust reunion in Paris next year, and would love to make
contact with Max or his family.

If you have any ideas about how to locate Max/Maniek Weisberg or his
family, please let me know.

Victoria Barkoff
victoria.barkoff@...
Montreal, Canada

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, my friend, Michael, survived on
his own >from the ages of 8 to 14. After the war, Michael became
friends with Max (Maniek) Weisberg at an orphanage in Zakopane, in
southern Poland.

Max would be in his mid-to-late 80s now. When last contacted, he was
living in Lyon, France with his wife and two children, but that was
several decades ago. Michael is thinking of attending a Children of
the Holocaust reunion in Paris next year, and would love to make
contact with Max or his family.

If you have any ideas about how to locate Max/Maniek Weisberg or his
family, please let me know.

Victoria Barkoff
victoria.barkoff@...
Montreal, Canada