One of the most contentious face-offs in the Jewish shtetls of Europe was between the Hasidim and Zionists, who Hasids fiercely opposed on a variety of theological and spiritual grounds, but most

It seems that my post on my book on the Shrenzel Family was not placed in the right place. It should be a new topic. If so would you kindly fix it? Thank you Dr. Eli Brauner Levona 9 St. Zur

It took like ten years of research. It is not only a family story but also a guide to a profound genealogical research. And it is also a memorial to a major Jewish community that was perished. Dr.

My late grandmother, whom I never knew, left Australia in the late 1800’s to go and live in South Africa. Her name was Rosie Tyefield and I am trying to trace her family in Australia. Any help or

That fact that trains were available to take them away from the invading army was definitely a question of survival. I heard from my father's uncle, who heard from this siblings, that the parents told

Except in this case, it appears they are related. The parent's name Esther (tauba) Goldman and Moses Appeal (Moszko Apfel) appear to be associated with a Judko born about the same year as Jacob in

Ancestry announced on February 27 that they have digitized all available 36 million young man’s US Draft Cards. 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the end of World War ll. They worked with the US

I am in Kyiv for work and thinking of traveling to Zhytomyr, where my grandmother was born. Are there Jewish sites worth visiting in Zhytomyr? Does anyone know of any local guides? Thank

Seeking information on the Loesch family

I am looking for anyone who might be related to families from Sochaczew, Poland/Russia. The family names are Mlynarski (which was changed to Miller), Stromfeld and Nelson. My Grandparents were David

Bernard, After I replied to you, I found another Mojzesz Rottersman in my tree. I am attaching this descendants report so that you can compare it to the other one. It is possible that the Rachel in

Bernard, I am attaching a descendants report for Mojzesz Rottersman, Hirsch's father. There is not much here, and what I got was from JRI-Poland and other sources. Please check it over and send me

I would like to contact the relatives of Ann Leigh who was born HANIA HELFGOTT on 20 Aug 1936 in Piotrkow Tribunali, Poland. She is a cousin of Sir Ben Helfgott and Mala Tribich of London. She was

Hi I am looking for any family members of the Schorr family of Poland Rzeszow. Father was Chaim Schorr and mother Sara Ryfka Schorr (nee Wisnizer) born 1840. She was married to Reuven Weinmann. Necha

Hello Ellen To a dispassionate out-sider the story may seem interesting. To my mother (and hence our family) it was critical - a matter of human survival. With best wishes Dave Sydney,

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal (JGS-Montreal.org) has submitted over 60,000 records to JOWBR, about 50,000 with photos. To offer more capabilities to researchers,

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal jgs-montreal.org is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2020. The first meetings leading to the formation of the JGS of Montreal took place in late 1994,

My name is Michael Weinstein. A sister of my maternal grandmother and some members of her family had lived in Ostrog in the Volyn region of Ukraine (formerly Russia and Poland) until June 1941. The

I've posted a 4-page letter written by my grandparents probably to my grandmother's sisters in NY about coming to the US or Canada in 1930. They were unsuccessful, but ended up in Palestine in 1935.

Someone pointed out to me that I wrote "last name." I meant "first name." My apologies.