I recommend the book by my wife Professor Emerita Harriet Pass Freidenreich entitled Female, Jewish, Educated, The Lives of Central European University Women, published by Indiana University Press. Ph

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My uncle had a Jewish wedding in our home because he was both a Kohen marrying a divorcee and because he was an atheist. Phil Freidenreich Yardley, PA

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It could be "Bar Reb." If the father were a rabbi, it should have been Bar HaRav. Phil Philip Freidenreich JewishGen Researcher #1797 pfreidenreich@...

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My maternal grandfather was Aron Eliyahu Wysoker, but he was born in Wysokie Litovsk in 1891. I've always understood that families never took the surname of the town in which they lived. His father wa

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David Daiches, the son of Rabbi Dr. Daiches, wrote a memoir entitiled "Two Worlds, A Jewish Childhood in Edinburgh," Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1954, Library of Congress Number 56-6656. Ph

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David Daiches, the son of Rabbi Dr. Daiches, wrote a memoir entitiled "Two Worlds, A Jewish Childhood in Edinburgh," Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1954, Library of Congress Number 56-6656. Ph

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The name Chaim in a double name is often a special case. There is a custom to change a person's name when that person becomes gravely ill. The thought is that the Angel of Death will not be able to lo

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The name Chaim in a double name is often a special case. There is a custom to change a person's name when that person becomes gravely ill. The thought is that the Angel of Death will not be able to lo

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I have found LDS birth records of interest to me on the database. However, few list parents. Why are the names of parents not being entered onto the database? Phil Freidenreich mailto:pfreidenreich@ya

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I have found LDS birth records of interest to me on the database. However, few list parents. Why are the names of parents not being entered onto the database? Phil Freidenreich mailto:pfreidenreich@ya

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