Interesting. My family came from what is now Belarus. Kreplach were always filled with veggies, particularly potatoes. Since no one passed down a recipe to me, I just bought them at the deli in CT

Next Tuesday (11/17) at 3:30 pm ET, tune into the Center for Jewish History's Facebook page for the next episode of Genealogy Coffee Break. We'll demonstrate how to digitize your family photos and

Google announced it will phase out its unlimited storage on Google Photos effective June 1, 2021. Anything uploaded will count toward the new 15 GB limit imposed on Google accounts that already

Following the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917 many Russians, among them Jews. went into exile. Cairo was one of those places because it was already a refugee for many Jews who were expelled as

Dov is not David. Dov (sometimes called Dov Ber) is a different name. It appears in Yiddish with the diminutive Berel, in English as Bernard or Barney (very occasionally as Benjamin), and in Russian

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Allan, i have a couple of stones I would like pictures of at Mt Judah. Can you send me your email address, this is mine. jack.s.jacobson@... And I am happy to help with costs. Jack Jacobson

Dear Mr. D´Angelo, I would like to offer my help. Information about me and my services can be found under www.a-h-b.de Of course therre is an English site as well. Looking forward to hearing from

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Dear Moishe, I appreciate this fine tuning of the analysis. Since R' Langsam lived circa 1748-1820, and my estimated formation time of FGC56704 is between 715 CE and 952 CE, it is likely that any yDNA

Have you searched online www.familysearch.org They have specific documents for this area I believe. Janis Datz jjdatz@...

I suspect that much of what is described in “Jewish Foods in Lithuania,” from the Yizkor book of Lite, could be said about the many other Jewish communities of eastern Europe. This account starts

My great aunt Jean Glaser married a Louis Levy in New York. Louis was born around 1873. Sam Glaser Fairfax, VA

I am happy to report that the Riga Ghetto and Latvia Holocaust Museum is saved. The Riga City Council unanimously supported further development of the Riga Ghetto Museum Shamir Association 13

Hello, I am looking at my paternal family tree and have found that my Great Great Grandfather was Aaron COHNREICH born Anklam 1842, his parents were Elias Cohnreich (1816-1872) and Taubchen

Shalom friends, Some years ago, my grandfather gave me the attached letter. I have scanned it. All I know is that it was written in 1938. I would very much appreciate a translation and/or an

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Hi Courtney, I have an old recipe that my Bubbe made for us which she said was one from her Mother (early 1800's) but not sure it would be one you are looking for. I think also David that it wasn't

Scott, Perhaps it is Jevíčko in the Czech Republic, previously known as Gewitsch in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Gewitsch is a German spelling, Gevitz is a reasonable English rendering. I hope this