MODERATOR NOTE: Please note especially the mentions below of Rozdil
(Rozdol) and Rozhnyatov (Rozniatow), Ukraine -- towns once in Galicia.

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providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants:

Bat Shlomo, Israel
Created by Leah Haber Gedalia
Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Richard L. Baum
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~~~

Hartuv, Israel
Created by Leah Haber Gedalia
Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Richard L. Baum
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Potchefstroom, South Africa
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~~~

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Created by Jerome Silverbush z"l
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~~~

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Bat Shlomo, Israel
Created by Leah Haber Gedalia
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~~~

Hartuv, Israel
Created by Leah Haber Gedalia
Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Richard L. Baum
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/hartuv/index.asp

Potchefstroom, South Africa
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The following webpages are "orphaned" and are available for adoption.

Brockton, Massachusetts, USA
Created by Steven Weiss z"l
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~~~

Gura Humorului (Gura Humora) (Bk), Romania
Created by Jerome Silverbush z"l
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~~~

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~~~

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~~~

Ostroleka (Ostrolenka), Poland
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Created by David Silverman z"l
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Rozdil (Rozdol) (G), Ukraine
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~~~

Rozhnyatov (Rozniatow) (G), Ukraine
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Rozhnyatov/Rozhome.html
~~~

Tetiev, Ukraine
Created by Irwin B. Margiloff z"l
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Mohyliv-Podilskyy (Mogilev-Podolskiy, Mohilev Podolsk), Ukraine
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My husband, who is 25% Jewish on paper (paternal grandfather) but 14%
by DNA testing, recently received updated results >from 23andMe which
specify his Y haplogroup as R-L266. However, Family Tree DNA, which
previously had his paternal haplogroup as R-M124, now says it's R-F1758.
Either way, the 2 companies appear to have come up with different
results. Can someone explain this in terms I might understand? Any
clarification/explanation greatly appreciated.

Sheila Coyne

My husband, who is 25% Jewish on paper (paternal grandfather) but 14%
by DNA testing, recently received updated results >from 23andMe which
specify his Y haplogroup as R-L266. However, Family Tree DNA, which
previously had his paternal haplogroup as R-M124, now says it's R-F1758.
Either way, the 2 companies appear to have come up with different
results. Can someone explain this in terms I might understand? Any
clarification/explanation greatly appreciated.

Sheila Coyne

My grandfather Alex Dersi (Sandor Dezsi) was born in Letavertes(Nagyleta) July 1897
with parents Frank and Rose Nagy(listed in naturalization papers Detroit, Michigan
U.S.A.) Record of birth located by FamilySearch- Ferencz Dezsi (reformed) and Rosa
Nagy (Roman Catholic).

I found the ship manifest that corresponds to the certificate of arrival used in
the naturalization process and it also agrees with his stated year of passage 1922.

There were rumors in the local Hungarian community, specifically >from one family
who claimed to be >from the same village as my grandfather (which I confirmed), that
my grandfather was Jewish. When I found the ship manifest, it stated he was
Hebrew. One, or the other, on its own, I might have thought to be an anomaly, but
taken together, I feel it has to be investigated before it could be discounted.

We know very little about my grandfather. He was very private and never mentioned
much of family. We did discover he had a sister who was a bit older whose last
known address was in Carei, Romania (NagykCroly). We do not know her name but her
daughter was Margit Leitner (we don't know if this was a married or maiden name)
and we know they were in communication with my grandfather last in 1978 and were
living at str. Grigoire Alexandrescu no. 2 Carei, Romania.

So my questions to the community:
When a Hungarian was applying for a visa to the US in 1921/1922, what documents did
they need to present? I would doubt, but would someone be classified as Hebrew if
they had a sister who had married a Jewish husband? I seem to recall reading
somewhere that at some point some countries were encouraging Jewish citizens to
leave (anti-Semitic in nature) so might it have been easier to obtain a visa to
leave if one was Jewish at that particular time? Could it somehow have been a
mix-up with another citizen by the same name? I found another Sandor Dezsi born in
1897 who was Jewish.
Thank you
Dr Andrea Sloan

My grandfather Alex Dersi (Sandor Dezsi) was born in Letavertes(Nagyleta) July 1897
with parents Frank and Rose Nagy(listed in naturalization papers Detroit, Michigan
U.S.A.) Record of birth located by FamilySearch- Ferencz Dezsi (reformed) and Rosa
Nagy (Roman Catholic).

I found the ship manifest that corresponds to the certificate of arrival used in
the naturalization process and it also agrees with his stated year of passage 1922.

There were rumors in the local Hungarian community, specifically >from one family
who claimed to be >from the same village as my grandfather (which I confirmed), that
my grandfather was Jewish. When I found the ship manifest, it stated he was
Hebrew. One, or the other, on its own, I might have thought to be an anomaly, but
taken together, I feel it has to be investigated before it could be discounted.

We know very little about my grandfather. He was very private and never mentioned
much of family. We did discover he had a sister who was a bit older whose last
known address was in Carei, Romania (NagykCroly). We do not know her name but her
daughter was Margit Leitner (we don't know if this was a married or maiden name)
and we know they were in communication with my grandfather last in 1978 and were
living at str. Grigoire Alexandrescu no. 2 Carei, Romania.

So my questions to the community:
When a Hungarian was applying for a visa to the US in 1921/1922, what documents did
they need to present? I would doubt, but would someone be classified as Hebrew if
they had a sister who had married a Jewish husband? I seem to recall reading
somewhere that at some point some countries were encouraging Jewish citizens to
leave (anti-Semitic in nature) so might it have been easier to obtain a visa to
leave if one was Jewish at that particular time? Could it somehow have been a
mix-up with another citizen by the same name? I found another Sandor Dezsi born in
1897 who was Jewish.
Thank you
Dr Andrea Sloan

A cousin of mine in Israel has translated the Table of Contents of the
"Talsi Jews" book by Anitra Grube that I mentioned in my last post. I'm
pasting it below. It doesn't appear that any of my family are
significantly covered, but I would certainly be interested in collaborating
if anyone wanted to go together to get it translated. Sounds like my cousin
may be able to get a digital version?

Betsy Thal Gephart
mailto:bgephart@comcast.net


%%%%%%%%%%%% TALSI JEWS
INTRODUCTION

19th CENTURY (1823-1900)
Entering and Enriching
Participation in administration, public life
Economic development
Religious and cultural life
Abram Hummels
Hill of Hershey Braun

THE 20TH CENTURY START (1900-1914)
Politics and administration
Enhancement of entrepreneurship
Cultural and social activities
Valery Brjusov affiliate Talsi

1. WWI AND FIGHT FOR FREEDOM (1915-1920)
Refugee, expulsion
Proclamation of Latvia, Freedom Fights

LATVIA COUNTRY (1920-1940)
State and local government policy
Participation in the municipality
John Tevelson
Great politics, party activities
Loyalty
Local Patriotism
Anti-Semitism
Societies
Infringements and penalties
Abram Poppert
Economic Impact and Importance
House ownership and management
Loans, financial resources
Trade
Meyer Hirsfeld
Moses Haze
Daniel Hilman
Yeruhmanov
Services
Communication and traffic
Joseph Fogts
The cinema
Production
Medicine
David Fuchs
Elfrid Berger
Moses Zakss
Schools, education
Family
Sports
Religious traditions - community
Culture

TERRIBLE YEAR (1940-1941)
Deportations

GERMAN OCCUPATION TIME (1941-1945)
Shein's Jakob's story of escaping
Events in Talsi (1941-1942)
Holocaust (Shoah)

AFTER WAR

CONCLUSION

A cousin of mine in Israel has translated the Table of Contents of the
"Talsi Jews" book by Anitra Grube that I mentioned in my last post. I'm
pasting it below. It doesn't appear that any of my family are
significantly covered, but I would certainly be interested in collaborating
if anyone wanted to go together to get it translated. Sounds like my cousin
may be able to get a digital version?

Betsy Thal Gephart
mailto:bgephart@comcast.net


%%%%%%%%%%%% TALSI JEWS
INTRODUCTION

19th CENTURY (1823-1900)
Entering and Enriching
Participation in administration, public life
Economic development
Religious and cultural life
Abram Hummels
Hill of Hershey Braun

THE 20TH CENTURY START (1900-1914)
Politics and administration
Enhancement of entrepreneurship
Cultural and social activities
Valery Brjusov affiliate Talsi

1. WWI AND FIGHT FOR FREEDOM (1915-1920)
Refugee, expulsion
Proclamation of Latvia, Freedom Fights

LATVIA COUNTRY (1920-1940)
State and local government policy
Participation in the municipality
John Tevelson
Great politics, party activities
Loyalty
Local Patriotism
Anti-Semitism
Societies
Infringements and penalties
Abram Poppert
Economic Impact and Importance
House ownership and management
Loans, financial resources
Trade
Meyer Hirsfeld
Moses Haze
Daniel Hilman
Yeruhmanov
Services
Communication and traffic
Joseph Fogts
The cinema
Production
Medicine
David Fuchs
Elfrid Berger
Moses Zakss
Schools, education
Family
Sports
Religious traditions - community
Culture

TERRIBLE YEAR (1940-1941)
Deportations

GERMAN OCCUPATION TIME (1941-1945)
Shein's Jakob's story of escaping
Events in Talsi (1941-1942)
Holocaust (Shoah)

AFTER WAR

CONCLUSION

Hi Everyone,
Trying to find any descendants of Celia Klein Goodman and Bernard (Barnett)
Goodman of NYC. Celia Klein was born about 1870 in I believe Ungvar, Hungary (now
Uzghorrod, Ukraine) to Abraham and Kati Markowitz Klein, emigrated to NY about 1890, married Bernard Goodman and had at least 5 children, Herman (who was a famous dermatologist) b. 1894, Martin b. 1897, George, Sadie and Morris. She died in 1948 in NYC and is buried in Mt Hebron Cemetery. I am related to Celia Goodman's sister-in-law, Esther Roth Klein.
Thanks for any leads to such descendants.
Richard Roth
San Francisco

Hi Everyone,
Trying to find any descendants of Celia Klein Goodman and Bernard (Barnett)
Goodman of NYC. Celia Klein was born about 1870 in I believe Ungvar, Hungary (now
Uzghorrod, Ukraine) to Abraham and Kati Markowitz Klein, emigrated to NY about 1890, married Bernard Goodman and had at least 5 children, Herman (who was a famous dermatologist) b. 1894, Martin b. 1897, George, Sadie and Morris. She died in 1948 in NYC and is buried in Mt Hebron Cemetery. I am related to Celia Goodman's sister-in-law, Esther Roth Klein.
Thanks for any leads to such descendants.
Richard Roth
San Francisco

Shalom,

It wouldn't surprise me to find you munching on matzot while reading
this month's Yizkor Book report. If you are or are not, I do hope this
finds you having a very enjoyable Passover/Pesach holiday.

And on Pesach, I hope that this report will be somewhat shorter than
the "Hagadah", although there is quite a lot to report. However, just
like in the seder, you are allowed a meal break in the middle of
reading this, if you need...

To begin with, we have added in the complete translation of yet
another Yizkor book. This time it is the Zakroczym, Poland book which
was ably coordinated by Mitchell Eisenberg. The whole translation is
indeed now online, however, we still require some financial assistance
in meeting the costs of this translation. If you are able to assist in
this matter, please look for the Zakroczym listing in the Translations
Funds link at the end of this report.

And on Translations Funds, I'm pleased to report that over the past
month, two such additional funds were set up. One for the Dynow,
Poland Yizkor book and another for the Jezierzany (Ozeryany) Yizkor
book. We are endeavoring to advance the translations of these books
and have set up these funds in an effort to achieve this goal. Once
again, if you are able to financially assist in any way to these
projects or any other for that matter, listed amongst our 80 odd
funds, please go to the link at the end of the report.

This month, we gratefully received a number of entries >from the
"Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II" and , in the near future,
all of this book will be online. For those who are interested, this
book is also available in print and purchase details can be found via
the Yizkor Books in Print Project link at the end of this report.

A further addition last month to the Yizkor Book projects was a free
download link kindly provided by Meir G, Gover to his book
"Thessaloniki Lost Jewish Cemetery". The book contains a 1,230 surname
necrology which provide basis for most all modern day Sephardic
surnames. The necrology in the last part of the book is also a
skeleton surname list for the 50,000 Thessaloniki Shoah victims. You
will find the link to this book in our Translations Index under
Thessalonaki, Greece.

I often note that the bulk of the activities that are carried out in
the Yizkor Book site are carried out by a myriad of volunteers. As
some token of appreciation, we try to note their significant
contribution by listing them in our ever-growing list of volunteers on
the main Yizkor Book Project page: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/

I was recently and rightly prompted that the list hadn't been updated
for a while and, as such, I have now added some more volunteers to the
over 600 names already appearing there. If I've missed adding any
volunteer who has worked on our project, please let me know and I will
right the wrong.

One volunteer who did assist us greatly in the Yizkor Book Project was
Toby Bird z"l and, I was recently informed that sadly, she had passed
away. Her tireless, ever readiness to assist will not be forgotten and
her memory blessed.

And now for details of all the updates and additions that were carried
out in the Yizkor Book Project in March.

We have added in 9 new entries:

- Antaliepte, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lit5_010.html

- Alsedziai, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lit5_001.html

- Balbieriskis, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lit5_020.html

- Darbenai, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lit5_032.html

- Gruzdzia, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lit5_044.html

- Inhulets, Ukraine (Jewish Farmers in Russian Fields)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/JewishFarmers/jew341.html

- Kavarskas, Lithuania (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in
Lithuania) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_lita/lit_00556l.html
[Lithuanian]

- Kavarskas, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lit5_078.html

- Raguva, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lit5_142.html

And we have continued to update 22 of our existing projects:

- Balti, Moldova (Balti Bessarabia: a memorial of the Jewish
community) http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Balti/Balti.html

- Borsa, Romania (Memorial book of Borsha, or: The beloved village by
the foot of the Carpathians)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/borsa/borsa.html

- Capresti, Moldova (Kapresht, our village; memorial book for the
Jewish community of Kapresht, Bessarabia)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Capresti/Capresti.html

- Children Train
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Children_Train/Children_Train.html

- Czestochowa, Poland (The Jews of Czestochowa)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa1/Czestochowa1.html

- Czyzew-Osada, Poland (Czyzewo Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czyzew/Czyzew.html

- Dubno, Ukraine (Dubno; a Memorial to the Jewish community of Dubno,
Wolyn) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/dubno/dubno.html

- Jonava, Lithuania (Jonava On the Banks of the Vylia; In memory of
the destroyed Jewish community of Jonava)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Jonava/Jonava.html

- Kherson, Ukraine (Jewish Farmers in Russian Fields)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/JewishFarmers/JewishFarmers.html

- Krasnobrod, Poland (Krasnobrod; a Memorial to the Jewish community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Krasnobrod/Krasnobrod.html

- Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lithuania5.html

- Miechow, Charsznica & Ksiaz, Poland (Miechov Memorial Book,
Charsznica and Ksiaz)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Miechow/Miechow.html

- Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland (Ostrowiec; a monument on the ruins
of an annihilated Jewish community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrowiec/ostrowiec.html

- Ozerna, Ukraine (Memorial book of Jezierna)
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Ozerna/Ozerna.html

- Rivne, Ukraine (Rowno; a memorial to the Jewish community of Rowno,
Wolyn) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/rovno/rovno.html

- Slutsk, Belarus (Slutsk and vicinity memorial book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Slutsk/Slutsk.html

- Smarhon, Belarus (Smorgonie, District Vilna; memorial book and
testimony) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/smorgon/smorgon.html

- Tarnow, Poland (The life and decline of a Jewish city)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tarnow/tarnow.html

- The Jacob Rassen Story
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/JacobRassen/JacobRassen.html

- We want to live http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/WantToLive/WantToLive.html

- Wyszkow, Poland (Wyszkow Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wyszkow/Wyszkow.html

- Zakroczym, Poland (My Zakroczym)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zakroczym/Zakroczym.html

Some important links to note:

- This month's additions and updates are flagged at
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to
find them.
- All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html
- Yizkor Book Translation Funds
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23
where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations
go online.

All the best,
Lance Ackerfeld
Yizkor Book Project Manager

We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to
JewishGen KehilaLinks We thank the owners and webmasters
of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these
Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable
resource for future generations of their descendants:

Bat Shlomo, Israel
Created by Leah Haber Gedalia
Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Richard L. Baum
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/bat_shlomo/index.asp
~~~

Hartuv, Israel
Created by Leah Haber Gedalia
Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Richard L. Baum
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/hartuv/index.asp

Potchefstroom, South Africa
Created by Eli Rabinowitz
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/potchefstroom

KEHILALINKS WEBPAGES RECENTLY UPDATED:

Some of our Kehila webpages were created by people who are
no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past
efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors.

Or by people who are no longer living.
May their Memory be for a Blessing

The following webpages are "orphaned" and are available for
adoption.

Brockton, Massachusetts, USA
Created by Steven Weiss z"l
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Brockton/Brockton.htm
~~~

Gura Humorului (Gura Humora) (Bk), Romania
Created by Jerome. Silverbush z"l
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/guraho/gurahumo.htm
~~~

Kopatkevichi (Kopatkevich), Belarus
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kopatkevichi/
~~~

Kosice (Kassau, Kashoi), Slovakia
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kosice/
~~~

Ostroleka (Ostrolenka)
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Ostro/ostro.html
Created by David Silverman z"l
~~~

Rozdil (Rozdol) (G), Ukraine
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Rozdol/Rozdol.htm
~~~

Rozhnyatov (Rozniatow) (G), Ukraine
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Rozhnyatov/Rozhome.html
~~~

Tetiev, Ukraine
Created by Irwin B. Margiloff z"l
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/tetiev/tetiev.htm

GOOD NEWS! The following orphaned webpage was adopted:

Mohyliv-Podilskyy (Mogilev-Podolskiy, Mohilev Podolsk) , Ukraine
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/mohyliv_podilskyy/
Adopted by Stefani Twyford
~~~

NEED TECHNICAL HELP CREATING A WEBPAGE?:
We have a team of dedicated volunteer webpage designers
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Shalom,

It wouldn't surprise me to find you munching on matzot while reading
this month's Yizkor Book report. If you are or are not, I do hope this
finds you having a very enjoyable Passover/Pesach holiday.

And on Pesach, I hope that this report will be somewhat shorter than
the "Hagadah", although there is quite a lot to report. However, just
like in the seder, you are allowed a meal break in the middle of
reading this, if you need...

To begin with, we have added in the complete translation of yet
another Yizkor book. This time it is the Zakroczym, Poland book which
was ably coordinated by Mitchell Eisenberg. The whole translation is
indeed now online, however, we still require some financial assistance
in meeting the costs of this translation. If you are able to assist in
this matter, please look for the Zakroczym listing in the Translations
Funds link at the end of this report.

And on Translations Funds, I'm pleased to report that over the past
month, two such additional funds were set up. One for the Dynow,
Poland Yizkor book and another for the Jezierzany (Ozeryany) Yizkor
book. We are endeavoring to advance the translations of these books
and have set up these funds in an effort to achieve this goal. Once
again, if you are able to financially assist in any way to these
projects or any other for that matter, listed amongst our 80 odd
funds, please go to the link at the end of the report.

This month, we gratefully received a number of entries >from the
"Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II" and , in the near future,
all of this book will be online. For those who are interested, this
book is also available in print and purchase details can be found via
the Yizkor Books in Print Project link at the end of this report.

A further addition last month to the Yizkor Book projects was a free
download link kindly provided by Meir G, Gover to his book
"Thessaloniki Lost Jewish Cemetery". The book contains a 1,230 surname
necrology which provide basis for most all modern day Sephardic
surnames. The necrology in the last part of the book is also a
skeleton surname list for the 50,000 Thessaloniki Shoah victims. You
will find the link to this book in our Translations Index under
Thessalonaki, Greece.

I often note that the bulk of the activities that are carried out in
the Yizkor Book site are carried out by a myriad of volunteers. As
some token of appreciation, we try to note their significant
contribution by listing them in our ever-growing list of volunteers on
the main Yizkor Book Project page: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/

I was recently and rightly prompted that the list hadn't been updated
for a while and, as such, I have now added some more volunteers to the
over 600 names already appearing there. If I've missed adding any
volunteer who has worked on our project, please let me know and I will
right the wrong.

One volunteer who did assist us greatly in the Yizkor Book Project was
Toby Bird z"l and, I was recently informed that sadly, she had passed
away. Her tireless, ever readiness to assist will not be forgotten and
her memory blessed.

And now for details of all the updates and additions that were carried
out in the Yizkor Book Project in March.

We have added in 9 new entries:

- Antaliepte, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lit5_010.html

- Alsedziai, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lit5_001.html

- Balbieriskis, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lit5_020.html

- Darbenai, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lit5_032.html

- Gruzdzia, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lit5_044.html

- Inhulets, Ukraine (Jewish Farmers in Russian Fields)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/JewishFarmers/jew341.html

- Kavarskas, Lithuania (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in
Lithuania) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_lita/lit_00556l.html
[Lithuanian]

- Kavarskas, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lit5_078.html

- Raguva, Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lit5_142.html

And we have continued to update 22 of our existing projects:

- Balti, Moldova (Balti Bessarabia: a memorial of the Jewish
community) http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Balti/Balti.html

- Borsa, Romania (Memorial book of Borsha, or: The beloved village by
the foot of the Carpathians)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/borsa/borsa.html

- Capresti, Moldova (Kapresht, our village; memorial book for the
Jewish community of Kapresht, Bessarabia)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Capresti/Capresti.html

- Children Train
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Children_Train/Children_Train.html

- Czestochowa, Poland (The Jews of Czestochowa)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa1/Czestochowa1.html

- Czyzew-Osada, Poland (Czyzewo Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czyzew/Czyzew.html

- Dubno, Ukraine (Dubno; a Memorial to the Jewish community of Dubno,
Wolyn) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/dubno/dubno.html

- Jonava, Lithuania (Jonava On the Banks of the Vylia; In memory of
the destroyed Jewish community of Jonava)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Jonava/Jonava.html

- Kherson, Ukraine (Jewish Farmers in Russian Fields)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/JewishFarmers/JewishFarmers.html

- Krasnobrod, Poland (Krasnobrod; a Memorial to the Jewish community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Krasnobrod/Krasnobrod.html

- Lithuania (Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - Volume II)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lithuania5/lithuania5.html

- Miechow, Charsznica & Ksiaz, Poland (Miechov Memorial Book,
Charsznica and Ksiaz)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Miechow/Miechow.html

- Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland (Ostrowiec; a monument on the ruins
of an annihilated Jewish community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrowiec/ostrowiec.html

- Ozerna, Ukraine (Memorial book of Jezierna)
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Ozerna/Ozerna.html

- Rivne, Ukraine (Rowno; a memorial to the Jewish community of Rowno,
Wolyn) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/rovno/rovno.html

- Slutsk, Belarus (Slutsk and vicinity memorial book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Slutsk/Slutsk.html

- Smarhon, Belarus (Smorgonie, District Vilna; memorial book and
testimony) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/smorgon/smorgon.html

- Tarnow, Poland (The life and decline of a Jewish city)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tarnow/tarnow.html

- The Jacob Rassen Story
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/JacobRassen/JacobRassen.html

- We want to live http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/WantToLive/WantToLive.html

- Wyszkow, Poland (Wyszkow Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wyszkow/Wyszkow.html

- Zakroczym, Poland (My Zakroczym)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zakroczym/Zakroczym.html

Some important links to note:

- This month's additions and updates are flagged at
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to
find them.
- All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html
- Yizkor Book Translation Funds
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23
where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations
go online.

All the best,
Lance Ackerfeld
Yizkor Book Project Manager

We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to
JewishGen KehilaLinks We thank the owners and webmasters
of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these
Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable
resource for future generations of their descendants:

Bat Shlomo, Israel
Created by Leah Haber Gedalia
Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Richard L. Baum
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/bat_shlomo/index.asp
~~~

Hartuv, Israel
Created by Leah Haber Gedalia
Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Richard L. Baum
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/hartuv/index.asp

Potchefstroom, South Africa
Created by Eli Rabinowitz
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The following webpages are "orphaned" and are available for
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Brockton, Massachusetts, USA
Created by Steven Weiss z"l
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~~~

Gura Humorului (Gura Humora) (Bk), Romania
Created by Jerome. Silverbush z"l
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~~~

Kopatkevichi (Kopatkevich), Belarus
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~~~

Kosice (Kassau, Kashoi), Slovakia
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kosice/
~~~

Ostroleka (Ostrolenka)
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Ostro/ostro.html
Created by David Silverman z"l
~~~

Rozdil (Rozdol) (G), Ukraine
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~~~

Rozhnyatov (Rozniatow) (G), Ukraine
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Rozhnyatov/Rozhome.html
~~~

Tetiev, Ukraine
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Mohyliv-Podilskyy (Mogilev-Podolskiy, Mohilev Podolsk) , Ukraine
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Adopted by Stefani Twyford
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Those of you with family >from Borsa, Maramaros, now Romania, will be =
interested to see new addition to Yizkor book translations >from Sefer =
Zikaron Borsha (Memorial book of Borsha: The beloved village by
the foot of the Carpathians) at =
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/borsa/borsa.html

In addition to the names of those >from Borsa who died or perished, the =
new entry offers Jerrold Landau's translation of sections on the =
history of the community. The translation includes a version of the =
story of the three brothers, which identifies them as sons of "Rabbi =
Yosef, the rabbi of Sighet".

According to Shlomo Fruchter's Igeret Shlomo - Sefer =
Hayuchasin Lemishpachot Fruchter- Stern-Adler (Jerusalem 1960),the =
brothers were sons of Rabbi Yosef haLevi of Czortkow, Galicia. R. =
Avraham Adler of Borsa/Sighet, was the eldest of three brothers, =
including R. Mordechai Stern of Salistea de Sus, b.c. 1760, and R. =
Shlomo Fruchter, of Viseu de Sus, b.c. 1762. Fruchter's book says that =
these three brothers travelled >from Tzortkov in the Ukraine to =
Nikolsburg in Moravia to their uncle R. Shmuel Shmulke Horowitz.

Vivian Kahn, Oakland, CA
<vkahn@kmort.com>

Researching families including:
BERKOVICS/BERKOWITZ/ROTH/GROSZ. Avas Ujvaros, Hung./Orasu Nou, Rom.
KAHAN/JOSIPOVITS/DUB, Sziget, Kabolacsarda, Nagyvarad, Hung./Sighet, =
Ciarda, Oradea, Rom.
KOHN/Zbegnyo/ Zbehnov, Tarnoka/Trnavka, Slov.; Cleveland =
LEFKOVITS/Kolbasa/Brezina, Slov.
MOSKOVITS/Honkocz, Szobranc, Osztro, Kassa, Hung./Chonkovce, Sobrance, =
Ostrov, Kosice, Slov., Nyiregyhaza, Hung. ELOVITS/Hornya/Horna, Slov.
NEUMANN/Szeretva, Kereszt, Nagymihaly, Miskolc, Hung./Sobrance, Kristy, =
Stretavka, Michalovce, Slov. POLACSEK/Hunfalu, Hung./Huncovce, Slov.
SPITZ/Nikolsburg/Mikulov, Prosnitz/Prostejov, Moravia/Czech. =
Kismarton/Eisenstadt, Hung./Aus., Hunfalu/Huncovce=

Those of you with family >from Borsa, Maramaros, now Romania, will be =
interested to see new addition to Yizkor book translations >from Sefer =
Zikaron Borsha (Memorial book of Borsha: The beloved village by
the foot of the Carpathians) at =
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/borsa/borsa.html

In addition to the names of those >from Borsa who died or perished, the =
new entry offers Jerrold Landau's translation of sections on the =
history of the community. The translation includes a version of the =
story of the three brothers, which identifies them as sons of "Rabbi =
Yosef, the rabbi of Sighet".

According to Shlomo Fruchter's Igeret Shlomo - Sefer =
Hayuchasin Lemishpachot Fruchter- Stern-Adler (Jerusalem 1960),the =
brothers were sons of Rabbi Yosef haLevi of Czortkow, Galicia. R. =
Avraham Adler of Borsa/Sighet, was the eldest of three brothers, =
including R. Mordechai Stern of Salistea de Sus, b.c. 1760, and R. =
Shlomo Fruchter, of Viseu de Sus, b.c. 1762. Fruchter's book says that =
these three brothers travelled >from Tzortkov in the Ukraine to =
Nikolsburg in Moravia to their uncle R. Shmuel Shmulke Horowitz.

Vivian Kahn, Oakland, CA
<vkahn@kmort.com>

Researching families including:
BERKOVICS/BERKOWITZ/ROTH/GROSZ. Avas Ujvaros, Hung./Orasu Nou, Rom.
KAHAN/JOSIPOVITS/DUB, Sziget, Kabolacsarda, Nagyvarad, Hung./Sighet, =
Ciarda, Oradea, Rom.
KOHN/Zbegnyo/ Zbehnov, Tarnoka/Trnavka, Slov.; Cleveland =
LEFKOVITS/Kolbasa/Brezina, Slov.
MOSKOVITS/Honkocz, Szobranc, Osztro, Kassa, Hung./Chonkovce, Sobrance, =
Ostrov, Kosice, Slov., Nyiregyhaza, Hung. ELOVITS/Hornya/Horna, Slov.
NEUMANN/Szeretva, Kereszt, Nagymihaly, Miskolc, Hung./Sobrance, Kristy, =
Stretavka, Michalovce, Slov. POLACSEK/Hunfalu, Hung./Huncovce, Slov.
SPITZ/Nikolsburg/Mikulov, Prosnitz/Prostejov, Moravia/Czech. =
Kismarton/Eisenstadt, Hung./Aus., Hunfalu/Huncovce=

Local Experts to Share "Aha Moments" at Jewish Genealogy Society Cleveland Meeting

Three local genealogy experts will share valuable techniques that led them
to experience "aha moments" in researching their ancestors at the April 11
meeting of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland. Sylvia Abrams,
President of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland, and two past
Presidents, Ken Bravo and Chuck Lissauer, will reveal insights >from years of
examining marriage records, census documents and school yearbooks to enhance
family research. Each will cite specific examples of breakthroughs they have
made and invite questions >from the audience on how to get the most value out
of their investigative research. The Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland
meets on Wednesday evenings starting at 7:30 P.M in the Miller Board Room of
Menorah Park, 27100 Cedar Road, Beachwood. Board members are available at a
Help Desk >from 7:00 P.M. to assist with individual research questions.
Guests are welcome.

Stewart Hoicowitz
Vice President, Programming

Local Experts to Share "Aha Moments" at Jewish Genealogy Society Cleveland Meeting

Three local genealogy experts will share valuable techniques that led them
to experience "aha moments" in researching their ancestors at the April 11
meeting of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland. Sylvia Abrams,
President of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland, and two past
Presidents, Ken Bravo and Chuck Lissauer, will reveal insights >from years of
examining marriage records, census documents and school yearbooks to enhance
family research. Each will cite specific examples of breakthroughs they have
made and invite questions >from the audience on how to get the most value out
of their investigative research. The Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland
meets on Wednesday evenings starting at 7:30 P.M in the Miller Board Room of
Menorah Park, 27100 Cedar Road, Beachwood. Board members are available at a
Help Desk >from 7:00 P.M. to assist with individual research questions.
Guests are welcome.

Stewart Hoicowitz
Vice President, Programming

We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to
JewishGen KehilaLinks We thank the owners and webmasters
of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these
Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable
resource for future generations of their descendants:

Bat Shlomo, Israel
Created by Leah Haber Gedalia
Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Richard L. Baum
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/bat_shlomo/index.asp
~~~

Hartuv, Israel
Created by Leah Haber Gedalia
Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Richard L. Baum
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/hartuv/index.asp

Potchefstroom, South Africa
Created by Eli Rabinowitz
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KEHILALINKS WEBPAGES RECENTLY UPDATED:

Some of our Kehila webpages were created by people who are
no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past
efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors.

Or by people who are no longer living.
May their Memory be for a Blessing

The following webpages are "orphaned" and are available for
adoption.

Brockton, Massachusetts, USA
Created by Steven Weiss z"l
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Brockton/Brockton.htm
~~~

Gura Humorului (Gura Humora) (Bk), Romania
Created by Jerome. Silverbush z"l
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/guraho/gurahumo.htm
~~~

Kopatkevichi (Kopatkevich), Belarus
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kopatkevichi/
~~~

Kosice (Kassau, Kashoi), Slovakia
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kosice/
~~~

Ostroleka (Ostrolenka)
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Ostro/ostro.html
Created by David Silverman z"l
~~~

Rozdil (Rozdol) (G), Ukraine
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Rozdol/Rozdol.htm
~~~

Rozhnyatov (Rozniatow) (G), Ukraine
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Rozhnyatov/Rozhome.html
~~~

Tetiev, Ukraine
Created by Irwin B. Margiloff z"l
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/tetiev/tetiev.htm

GOOD NEWS! The following orphaned webpage was adopted:

Mohyliv-Podilskyy (Mogilev-Podolskiy, Mohilev Podolsk) , Ukraine
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/mohyliv_podilskyy/
Adopted by Stefani Twyford
~~~

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We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to
JewishGen KehilaLinks We thank the owners and webmasters
of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these
Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable
resource for future generations of their descendants:

Bat Shlomo, Israel
Created by Leah Haber Gedalia
Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Richard L. Baum
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/bat_shlomo/index.asp
~~~

Hartuv, Israel
Created by Leah Haber Gedalia
Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Richard L. Baum
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/hartuv/index.asp

Potchefstroom, South Africa
Created by Eli Rabinowitz
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/potchefstroom

KEHILALINKS WEBPAGES RECENTLY UPDATED:

Some of our Kehila webpages were created by people who are
no longer able to maintain them. We thank them for their past
efforts and wish them luck on their future endeavors.

Or by people who are no longer living.
May their Memory be for a Blessing

The following webpages are "orphaned" and are available for
adoption.

Brockton, Massachusetts, USA
Created by Steven Weiss z"l
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Brockton/Brockton.htm
~~~

Gura Humorului (Gura Humora) (Bk), Romania
Created by Jerome. Silverbush z"l
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/guraho/gurahumo.htm
~~~

Kopatkevichi (Kopatkevich), Belarus
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kopatkevichi/
~~~

Kosice (Kassau, Kashoi), Slovakia
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kosice/
~~~

Ostroleka (Ostrolenka)
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Ostro/ostro.html
Created by David Silverman z"l
~~~

Rozdil (Rozdol) (G), Ukraine
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Rozdol/Rozdol.htm
~~~

Rozhnyatov (Rozniatow) (G), Ukraine
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Rozhnyatov/Rozhome.html
~~~

Tetiev, Ukraine
Created by Irwin B. Margiloff z"l
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/tetiev/tetiev.htm

GOOD NEWS! The following orphaned webpage was adopted:

Mohyliv-Podilskyy (Mogilev-Podolskiy, Mohilev Podolsk) , Ukraine
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/mohyliv_podilskyy/
Adopted by Stefani Twyford
~~~

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