Bernard Kouchel asked about the book:
"Hakla'im Yehudim be-Arvot Rusyah (1965)"
Translation: Jewish Farmers on Russian Fields

It includes history and memoirs of the Jewish Agricultural colonies in
Russia (in Hebrew).
See the site below for further material

Chaim Freedman
Petah Tikvah, Israel
chaimjan@zahav.net.il
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Colonies_of_Ukraine/index.htm

According to most manifests I have seen which encompass most all of the
shipping lines >from the 19th-20th Century period with departures of
individuals and their families >from Lithuania, Belarus, and the Ukraine to
Great Britain, and other European ports and >from Great Britain to the U.S.,
South Africa, and other places, there is inclusion of infants, toddlers,
pregnant women and children born at sea.

Examples of such >from different periods include:

Lord Fink, the press lord of Australia, who was born at sea on his way to
England in the mid-1800's.

Martin Miller's wife's cousin, Ida Olsen (Olshansky) Benderson, who was an
infant on the manifest of the S.S. Campania which came to New York in the
late 1890's.

Bessie and Isaac Fink who came to England >from the Ukraine as a toddler and
infant at the turn of the 20th Century.

Henech Pear who came >from Lithuania to America when he was three years old
along with his siblings who were also toddlers in the early 1900's.

Joseph Rabinowitz who was born on board ship coming to South Africa in the
1920's. (I am not related)

And last, but not least, I came to America >from England when I was three
months old in the 1940's.

Ann Rabinowitz
annrab@bellsouth.net

I was wondering whether the letter 'A' in front
of a surname had any meaning. I have come across
a few AGULNIK also >from Odessa but was not able
to assess whether there was any relationship to
my own surname GULNIK.

However, reading the story of Jewish Agricultural
Colonies in Russia, one of the web pages lists
people with Elcana ACOHEN as their father and
KOHAN/KOHEN as their surname.

So, what is the meaning of affixed letter 'A'?

thx/Yv
yves.goulnik@laposte.net
http://goulniky.free.fr/

Can anyone help for address & phone number of
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Zilber in Sanhedria Murchevet,Jrslm.
thanks,

Dr. Neil Rosenstein
Email: neil@tali.com
http://tali.com/neilr

MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately

This dissertation seems to hold promise for information regarding the
Ravensbruck death camp:

Schlaefer, Kristine: Judische H=E4ftlinge im Frauenkonzentrationslager
Ravensbruck : (1937/39-1942 / einger. Von Kristine Schlaefer u. Frank
Schroder. Betreuer: Prof. Dr. sc. Phil. Kurt Patzold. =AD 96 S. : Anlagen
Berlin, Humboldt-Universitat, Sekt. Geschichte, Diplomarbeit, 1987
Source: http://www.ravensbrueck.de/
Also see: http://www.ravensbrueck.de/deutsch/home/sitemap.htm

Unfortunately, I am unable to find this item--in OhioLink, WorldCat, RLIN,
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington, D.C.), Amazon.de, or
Schoenhof's Foreign Books.

Perhaps Humboldt Universitat is the only source?

Has anyone seen this dissertation?

Daniel Kazez <dkazez@mail.wittenberg.edu>
Springfield, Ohio USA
Czestochowa-Przyrow-Mstow-Janow-Zarki-Plawno-Radomsko-Lodz-Zgierz
Poland: TALMAN, ENGLANDER, JURKIEWICZ, STRAUSBERG, KIFER, CZAPNIK, BRODA,
LEWKOWICZ, SZPALTYN, OFMAN, ZYLBERBERG, KRZEPICKI, LUKS, MOSZKOWICZ, STROZ
http://www.kazez.com/~dan/talman/

In a message dated 7/16/2002 8:26:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
TBanyai78@aol.com writes:

<< I may have found a cousin I've been searching for for over 5 years. I
believe her married name is Lapides. Is this a Jewish name? >>
==Yes, indeed. It's a Biblical name, Lapidot, or Ish Lapidot. Lapid is a
torch or flame and, figuratively, a link.

Common spellings in English are Lapides, Lapidos, and Lapidus.

According to Kaganoff, the name may be a pun on the Latin word for *stone*.
It could have been taken by someone working with stones (masonry) or stones
(precious).

Michael Bernet, New York <mBernet@aol.com>

WOLFF (Pfungstadt, Frankfurt/M, Koenigsberg, Amsterdam, N.Carolina); BERNET,
BERNERT, JONDORF(Frensdorf, Bamberg, Nurnberg); FEUCHTWANGER
(Schwabach, Hagenbach & Fuerth); KONIGSHOFER (anywhere); BERG, WOLF(F),
(Demmelsdorf & Zeckendorf); Shim`on GUTENSTEIN (Bad Homburg ca 1760);
FRENSDORF/ER (anywhere); MAINZER (Lorsch); anyone in Ermreuth or Floss;
GOLDSCHMIDT (B. Homburg, Hessdorf). ALTMANN (Silesia); TIMMENDORFER

Vivian,

My grandfather opened a beauty parlor in Washington Heights in 1939. It was
called Damor. Eventually, my father and uncle took it over and it lasted
until the early 1970s.

Damor was at 813 W. 187th St. My gps lived at 250 Cabrni, which was pretty
much at 187th.

My gps had friends, the Arditti's and Benveniste's.

My gf moved a lot too, whenever they raised the rent.

Steve.

Researching:

ABOUAF, ABRAMS (NYC), ALGRANATI (ALGRANTI), CARMONA, CHASAN (any
spelling, including SCHAEZEN), FINKELSTEIN (NYC), GABAI (GABBAI - GABAY),
GREENBAUM, GREENBERG, INSKY, MUSSAF (NJ), PERLSTEIN (PEARLSTEIN),
RATOVETSKY, ROUSSO (RUSSO), SCHIMSKY (SCHETZENSKY?), SCHRAPATZ (SKROPOTICH),
SHWARTZ, (SCHWARTZ), SILVER, SPECTOR & TARANTO

Bernard Kouchel asked about the book:
"Hakla'im Yehudim be-Arvot Rusyah (1965)"
Translation: Jewish Farmers on Russian Fields

It includes history and memoirs of the Jewish Agricultural colonies in
Russia (in Hebrew).
See the site below for further material

Chaim Freedman
Petah Tikvah, Israel
chaimjan@zahav.net.il
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Colonies_of_Ukraine/index.htm

According to most manifests I have seen which encompass most all of the
shipping lines >from the 19th-20th Century period with departures of
individuals and their families >from Lithuania, Belarus, and the Ukraine to
Great Britain, and other European ports and >from Great Britain to the U.S.,
South Africa, and other places, there is inclusion of infants, toddlers,
pregnant women and children born at sea.

Examples of such >from different periods include:

Lord Fink, the press lord of Australia, who was born at sea on his way to
England in the mid-1800's.

Martin Miller's wife's cousin, Ida Olsen (Olshansky) Benderson, who was an
infant on the manifest of the S.S. Campania which came to New York in the
late 1890's.

Bessie and Isaac Fink who came to England >from the Ukraine as a toddler and
infant at the turn of the 20th Century.

Henech Pear who came >from Lithuania to America when he was three years old
along with his siblings who were also toddlers in the early 1900's.

Joseph Rabinowitz who was born on board ship coming to South Africa in the
1920's. (I am not related)

And last, but not least, I came to America >from England when I was three
months old in the 1940's.

Ann Rabinowitz
annrab@bellsouth.net

I was wondering whether the letter 'A' in front
of a surname had any meaning. I have come across
a few AGULNIK also >from Odessa but was not able
to assess whether there was any relationship to
my own surname GULNIK.

However, reading the story of Jewish Agricultural
Colonies in Russia, one of the web pages lists
people with Elcana ACOHEN as their father and
KOHAN/KOHEN as their surname.

So, what is the meaning of affixed letter 'A'?

thx/Yv
yves.goulnik@laposte.net
http://goulniky.free.fr/

Can anyone help for address & phone number of
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Zilber in Sanhedria Murchevet,Jrslm.
thanks,

Dr. Neil Rosenstein
Email: neil@tali.com
http://tali.com/neilr

MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately

This dissertation seems to hold promise for information regarding the
Ravensbruck death camp:

Schlaefer, Kristine: Judische H=E4ftlinge im Frauenkonzentrationslager
Ravensbruck : (1937/39-1942 / einger. Von Kristine Schlaefer u. Frank
Schroder. Betreuer: Prof. Dr. sc. Phil. Kurt Patzold. =AD 96 S. : Anlagen
Berlin, Humboldt-Universitat, Sekt. Geschichte, Diplomarbeit, 1987
Source: http://www.ravensbrueck.de/
Also see: http://www.ravensbrueck.de/deutsch/home/sitemap.htm

Unfortunately, I am unable to find this item--in OhioLink, WorldCat, RLIN,
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Washington, D.C.), Amazon.de, or
Schoenhof's Foreign Books.

Perhaps Humboldt Universitat is the only source?

Has anyone seen this dissertation?

Daniel Kazez <dkazez@mail.wittenberg.edu>
Springfield, Ohio USA
Czestochowa-Przyrow-Mstow-Janow-Zarki-Plawno-Radomsko-Lodz-Zgierz
Poland: TALMAN, ENGLANDER, JURKIEWICZ, STRAUSBERG, KIFER, CZAPNIK, BRODA,
LEWKOWICZ, SZPALTYN, OFMAN, ZYLBERBERG, KRZEPICKI, LUKS, MOSZKOWICZ, STROZ
http://www.kazez.com/~dan/talman/

In a message dated 7/16/2002 8:26:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
TBanyai78@aol.com writes:

<< I may have found a cousin I've been searching for for over 5 years. I
believe her married name is Lapides. Is this a Jewish name? >>
==Yes, indeed. It's a Biblical name, Lapidot, or Ish Lapidot. Lapid is a
torch or flame and, figuratively, a link.

Common spellings in English are Lapides, Lapidos, and Lapidus.

According to Kaganoff, the name may be a pun on the Latin word for *stone*.
It could have been taken by someone working with stones (masonry) or stones
(precious).

Michael Bernet, New York <mBernet@aol.com>

WOLFF (Pfungstadt, Frankfurt/M, Koenigsberg, Amsterdam, N.Carolina); BERNET,
BERNERT, JONDORF(Frensdorf, Bamberg, Nurnberg); FEUCHTWANGER
(Schwabach, Hagenbach & Fuerth); KONIGSHOFER (anywhere); BERG, WOLF(F),
(Demmelsdorf & Zeckendorf); Shim`on GUTENSTEIN (Bad Homburg ca 1760);
FRENSDORF/ER (anywhere); MAINZER (Lorsch); anyone in Ermreuth or Floss;
GOLDSCHMIDT (B. Homburg, Hessdorf). ALTMANN (Silesia); TIMMENDORFER

Vivian,

My grandfather opened a beauty parlor in Washington Heights in 1939. It was
called Damor. Eventually, my father and uncle took it over and it lasted
until the early 1970s.

Damor was at 813 W. 187th St. My gps lived at 250 Cabrni, which was pretty
much at 187th.

My gps had friends, the Arditti's and Benveniste's.

My gf moved a lot too, whenever they raised the rent.

Steve.

Researching:

ABOUAF, ABRAMS (NYC), ALGRANATI (ALGRANTI), CARMONA, CHASAN (any
spelling, including SCHAEZEN), FINKELSTEIN (NYC), GABAI (GABBAI - GABAY),
GREENBAUM, GREENBERG, INSKY, MUSSAF (NJ), PERLSTEIN (PEARLSTEIN),
RATOVETSKY, ROUSSO (RUSSO), SCHIMSKY (SCHETZENSKY?), SCHRAPATZ (SKROPOTICH),
SHWARTZ, (SCHWARTZ), SILVER, SPECTOR & TARANTO

I thought I would pass these along based on experiences over the past few
weeks-

Silverman-Weiss has about 20% of the cemetery. Their sections that I
explored do not seem to be well marked. I have not yet spoken with anyone
in this office, so my comments below are based upon Waldheim's areas.

The staff at the Waldheim office is extremely helpful and very friendly.
They are quite generous with their time, so don't hesitate to call even if
your information is incomplete! They have maps available that mark their
gates and the actual rows of graves are marked fairly well.

They also mentioned to me that they will take photos of the graves for you.
I forgot to ask about the fees involved for this service.

Once you obtain the gate #, row #, lot #, section # and grave #, they will
also give you the names surrounding the grave you requested. Make sure you
take those names with you or give them to the person who is making the trip
to the cemetery. It is very helpful, especially since some of the stones
are disintegrating, toppled over or overgrown with grass and weeds.

The surrounding names are also helpful in pinning down a grave that is
entirely in Hebrew! Unfortunately, I cannot read Hebrew, but I knew I was
photographing the right grave because I had the names of the people buried
on either side and their stones were in English & Hebrew.

If anyone is interested in making a general donation to Waldheim, they will
be happy to apply it to uncared for graves in the section you request.

The contact info for Waldheim Cemetery is 1400 Des Plaines Avenue
Forest Park, IL 60130-2598. (708) 366-4541. Outside IL (800) 222-4541.
Fax (708) 366-4575. Office hours are M-F 8:30am to 4:00pm Central time.
They are open on Sunday 9:00am-3:00pm Central time April through October.

The contact info for Silverman and Weiss: 1303 S. Des Plaines Road, Forest
Park, IL 60130. (708) 366-0125

There is some interesting information at these websites
http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/northamerica/illchgo.html
http://www.graveyards.com/waldheim/

Deborah Mann
Chicago, IL
dms1425@mac.com

b's'd
Dear People sh"y,
Can someone clarify the matter I heard of Holocaust refugees arriving in
Palestine, turned back to Europe to be killed?

Thanks to everyone who responded to my previous question about refugees in
barrels. My same writer friend is asking.

Shalom,
Elise Teitelbaum
eliseteitelbaum@hotmail.com

Dear Genners,

I would like to let you know that Tunkel Family Site has been
updated and redesigned. I invite you all to visit this renewed
Web site at URL:

http://www.geocities.com/ronatuf

Hope many of you find it interesting and educational, and
even can add some information to the existing family tree.

For those who never heard about me, I am looking for
TUNKEL-TOONKEL-TOUNKEL family members worldwide.
I already have the information about 12 branches, mostly
originated 200 years ago >from Eastern Europe. For the branch
I belong to the ancestors were tracked down to 1750.
Around 100-150 years ago we are began to spread around the
World and shortly came to China, Japan, Australia,
South-Africa, Brazil, Palestine, Canada and USA.

Again, the purpose of this letter is to invite you all to
visit my Updated Family Web site.
If you are in any way related to TUNKEL family, please feel
free to send me a request for a personal user id and a password.

Please note that our site is in continuous state of reconstruction
and improvement. Thank you all for your interest and participation.

Sincerely,
Dr. Roman Tunkel,
Arlington, MA
ronatuf@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/ronatuf

Searching for
TUNKEL / TOONKEL / TYHKE/\b (Russian)
and
TSERUCHKIN (around 1850 Glussk/Bobruisk)
NEMERZEL' (around 1880, Glussk/Bobruisk)
ERENBURG (around 1890, Bobruisk/Rogachev)
VOLKOV (around 1900, Bobruisk/Rogachev)
RABKIN (around 1900, Bobruisk/Rogachev)

My understanding is that Smiltene was totally destroyed and removed from
the maps by the Nazis. Yet I am finding current information about it
GOOGLE. Can anyone answer to this?

Barry Mandell

I thought I would pass these along based on experiences over the past few
weeks-

Silverman-Weiss has about 20% of the cemetery. Their sections that I
explored do not seem to be well marked. I have not yet spoken with anyone
in this office, so my comments below are based upon Waldheim's areas.

The staff at the Waldheim office is extremely helpful and very friendly.
They are quite generous with their time, so don't hesitate to call even if
your information is incomplete! They have maps available that mark their
gates and the actual rows of graves are marked fairly well.

They also mentioned to me that they will take photos of the graves for you.
I forgot to ask about the fees involved for this service.

Once you obtain the gate #, row #, lot #, section # and grave #, they will
also give you the names surrounding the grave you requested. Make sure you
take those names with you or give them to the person who is making the trip
to the cemetery. It is very helpful, especially since some of the stones
are disintegrating, toppled over or overgrown with grass and weeds.

The surrounding names are also helpful in pinning down a grave that is
entirely in Hebrew! Unfortunately, I cannot read Hebrew, but I knew I was
photographing the right grave because I had the names of the people buried
on either side and their stones were in English & Hebrew.

If anyone is interested in making a general donation to Waldheim, they will
be happy to apply it to uncared for graves in the section you request.

The contact info for Waldheim Cemetery is 1400 Des Plaines Avenue
Forest Park, IL 60130-2598. (708) 366-4541. Outside IL (800) 222-4541.
Fax (708) 366-4575. Office hours are M-F 8:30am to 4:00pm Central time.
They are open on Sunday 9:00am-3:00pm Central time April through October.

The contact info for Silverman and Weiss: 1303 S. Des Plaines Road, Forest
Park, IL 60130. (708) 366-0125

There is some interesting information at these websites
http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/northamerica/illchgo.html
http://www.graveyards.com/waldheim/

Deborah Mann
Chicago, IL
dms1425@mac.com

b's'd
Dear People sh"y,
Can someone clarify the matter I heard of Holocaust refugees arriving in
Palestine, turned back to Europe to be killed?

Thanks to everyone who responded to my previous question about refugees in
barrels. My same writer friend is asking.

Shalom,
Elise Teitelbaum
eliseteitelbaum@hotmail.com