Walt Whitman, in his all-encompassing Salut au Monde (c.1870): "You Jew journeying in your old age through every risk, to stand once on Syrian ground!"

From 1516 to 1865 most of what today is Israel was then the southern portion of the Eyalet of Damascus inside the Ottoman Empire, Ric Cooper Midhurst, UK

I am asking this on behalf of someone who has contacted me and is interested in contacting the descendants of this relative (the husband of my great-aunt) regarding his time in Corsicana, TX. Ben

Thank you to everyone who showed me how to find the link to upload my FTJP submission. Unfortunately it seems they are not accepting updates. Does anyone one know if they plan to accept them in the

The place may be Wilczyn, Poland, c.50 miles from Kalisz (https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-535503) The JewishGen Family Finder (https://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/) lists a

I am looking for information on the descendants of Rabbi Menasseh ben Israel. A family story says that a child of a grandson of Menasseh ben Israel was orphaned in a plague outbreak in The Hague and

My Atlas of Times Past (John Haywood) records it as part of the Ottoman Empire after 1512,but the name of the area is down as Syria. That's an English view. I suppose what you called it depended on

At this point it still was firmly part of the Ottoman Empire.

>> In 1761, what was the name (of the Area) used for where Israel is TODAY...? << According to Wikipedia, what is now Israel was part of Ottoman Syria, specifically a subdivision of the Eyalet of

Ottoman Empire: See https://israelipalestinian.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=001109 for maps and information. BTW: https://israelipalestinian.procon.org/ is a very good and detailed

I have recently found out the names of my paternal Great, great grandparents. My Great Grandfather, Morris Cletchesky, was born in Wilschien, a department of Kalisz in Russian Poland in 1861. His

Although the Ottoman Empire suffered many military defeats during the 1700s (especially at the hands of the Russians), the area that is now Israel was part of the Ottoman Empire. The Muslims living in

During the period that all NYPL branches and research centers are closed, NYPL has arranged for some databases that are normally only available within the buildings to be accessible remotely with your

In 1761, what was the name (of the Area) used for where Israel is TODAY...? Ottoman Empire...?? Something Else...?? David Rosner Los Angeles, CA

In order to protect our members and mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus, our April 6th lecture meeting has been cancelled. This cancellations follows the directive of Federation CJA and the

I am following the discussion about 9 professors quitting the Scientific Counsel of the holocaust museum of Mechelen (Belgium). All this started when the Belgian authorities wanted the original

Alan, it looks fine to me this morning. If you are still having trouble you can email your gedcom to; ftjpsubmissions@...

JewishGen.org is pleased to announce that indices of family names of people mentioned in Yizkor Books have been added to most books. Further everyone can access these Name Indices by opening

Just to let you know that re Isaiah Abramovich, you might consider searching for Abramovici, as the name appears in the Craiova burial registry (but no Isaiah). Sam Wolff Jerusalem

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