"Elizabeth" is a Greek form of Elisheva, who was the wife of Aaron and
the mother of Eleazar. She is mentioned only once: Exodus 6:23.

Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA research coordinator, GerSIG

On 4/26/2014 Barbara Algaze Algaze3@... wrote:

I found Gerhard Buck's posting interesting in that he wrote:

" ..the French Lisette, which is derived >from Hebrew Elisabeth...

I always thought that Elizabeth was a Christian name. Is it really a
Hebrew name? Does anyone know if it appears anywhere in the Bible...?"

"Elizabeth" is a Greek form of Elisheva, who was the wife of Aaron and
the mother of Eleazar. She is mentioned only once: Exodus 6:23.

Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA research coordinator, GerSIG

On 4/26/2014 Barbara Algaze Algaze3@... wrote:

I found Gerhard Buck's posting interesting in that he wrote:

" ..the French Lisette, which is derived >from Hebrew Elisabeth...

I always thought that Elizabeth was a Christian name. Is it really a
Hebrew name? Does anyone know if it appears anywhere in the Bible...?"

We invite you to read the inspiring stories in the
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We invite you to read the inspiring stories in the
latest issue of JewishGen's SUCCESS! STORIES webzine.

You can access these stories >from the "About Us" button
on the JewishGen website, or by following this link:
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/Testimonials/

Judy Simon connects with previously unknown cousins
through the JewishGen Family Finder, and learns that she
is related to the prominent sculptor, Simon Moselsio.

Marla Raucher Osborn was curious about her grandmother's
aunt, Jete Horn. Her research takes surprising twists
and turns -- and eventually leads her to Israel.

Barbara Lichtman Tayar recently learned her Latvian
great-grandmother's surname was Hummel -- a name she
hadn't heard before.
Through the JewishGen Family Finder, Barbara connects
with cousins >from the around the world.

This issue was prepared by JewishGen volunteers --
Nancy Siegel, Editor and Anna Blanchard, Webmaster.
We think you will be moved by these stories, and we
encourage you to submit your own success stories
to us at: < success@... >.

Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida
VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.

Dear all,

On ebay Germany a postcard written on 04-Dec-1941 by Dr. Arthur Weise

from Prague >from the Lodz Ghetto to an address in Prague with a full

message in German (inquiry about family, asking for money) on the back
is on sale for another 9 days. At this point in time the auction stands
at 5 Euros (after starting at 1).
The sender died in the ghetto on 14-Oct-1942.

This kind of document should be in a museum collection rather than on a
commercial site ...

Fritz Neubauer, North Germany

We invite you to read the inspiring stories in the
latest issue of JewishGen's SUCCESS! STORIES webzine.

You can access these stories >from the "About Us" button
on the JewishGen website, or by following this link:
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/Testimonials/

Judy Simon connects with previously unknown cousins
through the JewishGen Family Finder, and learns that she
is related to the prominent sculptor, Simon Moselsio.

Marla Raucher Osborn was curious about her grandmother's
aunt, Jete Horn. Her research takes surprising twists
and turns -- and eventually leads her to Israel.

Barbara Lichtman Tayar recently learned her Latvian
great-grandmother's surname was Hummel -- a name she
hadn't heard before.
Through the JewishGen Family Finder, Barbara connects
with cousins >from the around the world.

This issue was prepared by JewishGen volunteers --
Nancy Siegel, Editor and Anna Blanchard, Webmaster.
We think you will be moved by these stories, and we
encourage you to submit your own success stories
to us at: < success@... >.

Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida
VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.

Dear all,

On ebay Germany a postcard written on 04-Dec-1941 by Dr. Arthur Weise

from Prague >from the Lodz Ghetto to an address in Prague with a full

message in German (inquiry about family, asking for money) on the back
is on sale for another 9 days. At this point in time the auction stands
at 5 Euros (after starting at 1).
The sender died in the ghetto on 14-Oct-1942.

This kind of document should be in a museum collection rather than on a
commercial site ...

Fritz Neubauer, North Germany

We invite you to read the inspiring stories in the
latest issue of JewishGen's SUCCESS! STORIES webzine.

You can access these stories >from the "About Us" button
on the JewishGen website, or by following this link:
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/Testimonials/

Judy Simon connects with previously unknown cousins
through the JewishGen Family Finder, and learns that she
is related to the prominent sculptor, Simon Moselsio.

Marla Raucher Osborn was curious about her grandmother's
aunt, Jete Horn. Her research takes surprising twists
and turns -- and eventually leads her to Israel.

Barbara Lichtman Tayar recently learned her Latvian
great-grandmother's surname was Hummel -- a name she
hadn't heard before.
Through the JewishGen Family Finder, Barbara connects
with cousins >from the around the world.

This issue was prepared by JewishGen volunteers --
Nancy Siegel, Editor and Anna Blanchard, Webmaster.
We think you will be moved by these stories, and we
encourage you to submit your own success stories
to us at: < success@... >.

Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Florida
VP, Education & Special Projects, JewishGen, Inc.

3,534 additional Internal Passport records have been added to the
LitvakSIG All Lithuania Database (ALD) and the Jewishgen Lithuania
Database. These records, and many more, are also available on
the appropriate Litvak SIG District Research Group web site.

These internal passports were applied for in the following towns in
Lithuania - Panevezys, Klaipeda, Palanga, Velvirzeniai, Kartena,
Darbeniai, Andriejavas, Kuliai, Nosedis, and Plateliai.

Even if you are not interested in any of these towns, you should search
the database anyway because the records include the place of birth
which could be entirely different >from the town where the applicant
obtained their internal passport. In addition to doing a surname search,
I suggest you also do a town search if the town of your interest is a
small one. Doing a town search for Vilnius or Kaunas, as an example,
will not bring any results as it would provide a large response that
cannot be transmitted.

The internal passport records cover the period, 1919-1940. However,
do not be misled by those dates if your family left there prior to
1919. Your immediate family may have left but everyone did not leave.
Siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins, etc. remained.

Howard Margol
Founder - Coordinator - Internal Passport Project

3,534 additional Internal Passport records have been added to the
LitvakSIG All Lithuania Database (ALD) and the Jewishgen Lithuania
Database. These records, and many more, are also available on
the appropriate Litvak SIG District Research Group web site.

These internal passports were applied for in the following towns in
Lithuania - Panevezys, Klaipeda, Palanga, Velvirzeniai, Kartena,
Darbeniai, Andriejavas, Kuliai, Nosedis, and Plateliai.

Even if you are not interested in any of these towns, you should search
the database anyway because the records include the place of birth
which could be entirely different >from the town where the applicant
obtained their internal passport. In addition to doing a surname search,
I suggest you also do a town search if the town of your interest is a
small one. Doing a town search for Vilnius or Kaunas, as an example,
will not bring any results as it would provide a large response that
cannot be transmitted.

The internal passport records cover the period, 1919-1940. However,
do not be misled by those dates if your family left there prior to
1919. Your immediate family may have left but everyone did not leave.
Siblings, uncles, aunts, cousins, etc. remained.

Howard Margol
Founder - Coordinator - Internal Passport Project

I found Gerhard Buck's posting interesting in that he wrote:

..the French Lisette, which is derived >from Hebrew Elisabeth...

I always thought that Elizabeth was a Christian name. Is it really a Hebrew
name? Does anyone know if it appears anywhere in the Bible, or is it a
"common" Hebrew name?

Barbara Algaze, Los Angeles, California Algaze3@...

Gerhard Buck <buckidstein@...> Wrote:
"... S in German and Z in English) is the abbreviation of the French
Lisette, which is derived >from Hebrew Elisabeth (the same sort of s/z)."

I found Gerhard Buck's posting interesting in that he wrote:

..the French Lisette, which is derived >from Hebrew Elisabeth...

I always thought that Elizabeth was a Christian name. Is it really a Hebrew
name? Does anyone know if it appears anywhere in the Bible, or is it a
"common" Hebrew name?

Barbara Algaze, Los Angeles, California Algaze3@...

Gerhard Buck <buckidstein@...> Wrote:
"... S in German and Z in English) is the abbreviation of the French
Lisette, which is derived >from Hebrew Elisabeth (the same sort of s/z)."

It looks like Wednesday, July 30 will be the Austria-Czech SIG day at
the 34th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Salt Lake
City. To sign up for the conference, go to
http://conference.iajgs.org/2014/

The Austria-Czech SIG luncheon is on Wednesday July 30 at 12pm.

Vaclav Chvatal will be our guest speaker >from the Czech Republic and will give two lectures at the conference
Galician Jewish Refugees 1915-1919 and Their Gravestones in Western Bohemia (Tuesday 1:45pm) http://tinyurl.com/kw97fa5
Jewish Cemetery Restoration and Documentation Work in Czech Republic (Central Europe) (Wednesday 9:00am) http://tinyurl.com/mdgr9gr

I am giving a talk on Wednesday at 3:15 on Collaborative Town Projects
on Geni, using the work that many of us are doing.
http://tinyurl.com/mk4qemm If you have not looked at the Geni town
projects for Bohemia and Moravia in a while, some of them are really
taking off, with a number of collaborators and numerous family tree
profiles attached. These projects are really the best way to connect up
our families with other families >from the same town. See
http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Communities-in-Bohemia-and-Moravia-Czech-Republic/12452
for a directory. If you need help setting up a town project on Geni, just let me know.

Thanks again to Vera Finberg for once again coordinating our SIG
participation in the conference.

Randy Schoenberg
Los Angeles, CA

It looks like Wednesday, July 30 will be the Austria-Czech SIG day at
the 34th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Salt Lake
City. To sign up for the conference, go to
http://conference.iajgs.org/2014/

The Austria-Czech SIG luncheon is on Wednesday July 30 at 12pm.

Vaclav Chvatal will be our guest speaker >from the Czech Republic and will give two lectures at the conference
Galician Jewish Refugees 1915-1919 and Their Gravestones in Western Bohemia (Tuesday 1:45pm) http://tinyurl.com/kw97fa5
Jewish Cemetery Restoration and Documentation Work in Czech Republic (Central Europe) (Wednesday 9:00am) http://tinyurl.com/mdgr9gr

I am giving a talk on Wednesday at 3:15 on Collaborative Town Projects
on Geni, using the work that many of us are doing.
http://tinyurl.com/mk4qemm If you have not looked at the Geni town
projects for Bohemia and Moravia in a while, some of them are really
taking off, with a number of collaborators and numerous family tree
profiles attached. These projects are really the best way to connect up
our families with other families >from the same town. See
http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Communities-in-Bohemia-and-Moravia-Czech-Republic/12452
for a directory. If you need help setting up a town project on Geni, just let me know.

Thanks again to Vera Finberg for once again coordinating our SIG
participation in the conference.

Randy Schoenberg
Los Angeles, CA

Regarding Julius Muller's posting on Friday, April 25, 2014 regarding
Winton's List on http://www.just-powell.co.uk/winton/list.htm, I found that
this list could not opened - "Server could not be found, etc." however the
same list is available at http://www.nicholaswinton.com/WintonsList/list.htm

Frank Eisinger
Saint James, NY

Dear all,

On ebay Germany a postcard written on 04-Dec-1941 by Dr. Arthur Weise

from Prague >from the Lodz Ghetto to an address in Prague with a full

message in German (inquiry about family, asking for money) on the back
is on sale for another 9 days. At this point in time the auction stands
at 5 Euros (after starting at 1).
The sender died in the ghetto on 14-Oct-1942.
This kind of document should be in a museum collection rather than on a
commercial site ...

Fritz Neubauer, North Germany

Thanks to Jan Hellman and Rob Pearman for two more translations >from Czech to add to the growing number
online in the Jewishgen Yizkor book section for Bohemia:Die Juden und Judengemeinde Bohmens in
Vergangenheit und Gegenwart.

Luze, Czech Republic

http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/bohemia/boh394.html

Protivin, Czech Republic

http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/bohemia/boh512.html

Vera Finberg
Bohemia Yizkor Book translation Coordinator

Sir Nicholas Winton will be featured on CBS' 60 Minutes this Sunday,
April 27th at 7:00PM (eastern time) in a segment titled "Saving the
Lives of 669."

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/saving-the-lives-of-669-children/

Bob Simon will interview Sir Nicholas about his inspiring and selfless
rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children >from the hands of the Nazis.

In the late 1930s Winton used a two-week vacation >from his job as a
London stockbroker to go to Prague and see what he might do to help
refugees whose lives he knew were in danger. His background hadn't
prepared him for humanitarian work, but he tells Simon, "I work on the
motto that if something's not impossible, there must be a way of doing
it." He wound up collecting the names of hundreds of children from
their desperate parents and then returned to London to figure out a
way to get them out. His successful mission was almost unknown for
half a century.

Sir Nicholas turns 105 on May 19th. There is also a documentary film
"Nicky's Children," based on his story:
http://www.menemshafilms.com/nickys-family

You can view previous episodes of this show on the "60 Minutes"
website, so if you can't see it in real time it should be available
next week online.

Pamela Weisberger
Santa Monica, CA
pweisberger@...

Dear all,

On ebay Germany a postcard written on 04-Dec-1941 by Dr. Arthur Weise

from Prague >from the Lodz Ghetto to an address in Prague with a full

message in German (inquiry about family, asking for money) on the back
is on sale for another 9 days. At this point in time the auction stands
at 5 Euros (after starting at 1).
The sender died in the ghetto on 14-Oct-1942.
This kind of document should be in a museum collection rather than on a
commercial site ...

Fritz Neubauer, North Germany

Sir Nicholas Winton will be featured on CBS' 60 Minutes this Sunday,
April 27th at 7:00PM (eastern time) in a segment titled "Saving the
Lives of 669."

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/saving-the-lives-of-669-children/

Bob Simon will interview Sir Nicholas about his inspiring and selfless
rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children >from the hands of the Nazis.

In the late 1930s Winton used a two-week vacation >from his job as a
London stockbroker to go to Prague and see what he might do to help
refugees whose lives he knew were in danger. His background hadn't
prepared him for humanitarian work, but he tells Simon, "I work on the
motto that if something's not impossible, there must be a way of doing
it." He wound up collecting the names of hundreds of children from
their desperate parents and then returned to London to figure out a
way to get them out. His successful mission was almost unknown for
half a century.

Sir Nicholas turns 105 on May 19th. There is also a documentary film
"Nicky's Children," based on his story:
http://www.menemshafilms.com/nickys-family

You can view previous episodes of this show on the "60 Minutes"
website, so if you can't see it in real time it should be available
next week online.

Pamela Weisberger
Santa Monica, CA
pweisberger@...