Several BOF (Birds of a Feather) sessions relating to Polesie (southwestern Belarus) are scheduled for the 2016 IAJGS Conference in Seattle: The Jewish Polesie BOF group will meet on Thursday August 1

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Yishar Ko'akh to Rabbi Avrohom Marmorstein for documenting the questionable basis for the Horowitz origin myth. See: http://www.avotaynuonline.com/2016/03/does-the-horowitz-family-from-bohemia-really-

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Yishar Ko'akh to Rabbi Avrohom Marmorstein for documenting the questionable basis for the Horowitz origin myth. See: http://www.avotaynuonline.com/2016/03/does-the-horowitz-family-from-bohemia-really-

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Yishar Ko'akh to Rabbi Avrohom Marmorstein for documenting the questionable basis for the Horowitz origin myth. See: http://www.avotaynuonline.com/2016/03/does-the-horowitz-family-from-bohemia-really-

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Yishar Ko'akh to Rabbi Avrohom Marmorstein for documenting the questionable basis for the Horowitz origin myth. See: http://www.avotaynuonline.com/2016/03/does-the-horowitz-family-from-bohemia-really-

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Several BOF sessions relating to Polesie (southwestern Belarus) are scheduled at the 2015 IAJGS Conference: The Kobrin Uyezd Jewish Research Group (KUJRG) is will meet on Thursday July 9th at 12:30 PM

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Several BOF sessions relating to Polesie (southwestern Belarus) are scheduled at the 2015 IAJGS Conference: The Kobrin Uyezd Jewish Research Group (KUJRG) is will meet on Thursday July 9th at 12:30 PM

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Under "MyOrigins" I am identified by FTDNA as "100% Ashkenazi Diaspora". I am not surprised, but I want more. I want to know to what extent my (and my matches') Ashkenazi atDNA indicates SE European,

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Under "MyOrigins" I am identified by FTDNA as "100% Ashkenazi Diaspora". I am not surprised, but I want more. I want to know to what extent my (and my matches') Ashkenazi atDNA indicates SE European,

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Stephen, The basic reference is Gvurot heAri by Efrayim Mordechai Epstein

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Stephen, The basic reference is Gvurot heAri by Efrayim Mordechai Epstein

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Debbie, All of you are probably Ashkenazi Jews and your DNA analysis did not change. It is FTDNA that changed its designations. According to FTDNA: One of my sisters is 100.00% Middle East (Jewish) An

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Debbie, All of you are probably Ashkenazi Jews and your DNA analysis did not change. It is FTDNA that changed its designations. According to FTDNA: One of my sisters is 100.00% Middle East (Jewish) An

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To learn more about John Kerry's Jewish roots read http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/10/12/ten-years-later-revelation-john-kerry-ancestry-has-new-chapter/89pyoQEfOJs8PqvazCYqHO/story.html or

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To learn more about John Kerry's Jewish roots read http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/10/12/ten-years-later-revelation-john-kerry-ancestry-has-new-chapter/89pyoQEfOJs8PqvazCYqHO/story.html or

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Sorry, Lunna is too far to the Northwest and Slutsk is too far to the Northeast. Itzhak Epstein "At 09:49 PM 7/31/2013, Suanne Levin Ray wrote: Dear Itzhak, I had never heard of the BOF Polesie until

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Sorry, Lunna is too far to the Northwest and Slutsk is too far to the Northeast. Itzhak Epstein "At 09:49 PM 7/31/2013, Suanne Levin Ray wrote: Dear Itzhak, I had never heard of the BOF Polesie until

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Dear all, The IAJGS conference will offer two meeting opportunities (see below) for genealogists who are researching families in Southwestern Belarus. The Jewish Polesie BOF covers a wider area, while

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Dear all, The IAJGS conference will offer two meeting opportunities (see below) for genealogists who are researching families in Southwestern Belarus. The Jewish Polesie BOF covers a wider area, while

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Milton, To begin with, why do you think that you are related to these Kochs? What do your Y-DNA tests indicate? Ashkenazi Jews. We Ashkenazim are endogamous and we share much of the same genetic cockt

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