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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
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Sent from Mail for Windows 10 I was told there were fewer cases among Jews because they washed their hands before eating.
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Sent from Mail for Windows 10 I was told there were fewer cases among Jews because they washed their hands before eating.
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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
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In the 19th century there were regular outbreaks of Cholera at European ports. In 1892 there was a major one in Hamburg. In 2012 my colleague Howard Wolinsky of Chicago made a programme for the BBC on
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In the 19th century there were regular outbreaks of Cholera at European ports. In 1892 there was a major one in Hamburg. In 2012 my colleague Howard Wolinsky of Chicago made a programme for the BBC on
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Jill Whitehead
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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
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I may be mistaken (and you can correct me if I am wrong} but during the Black Plague fewer Jews than gentiles died and that was due to the fact of bathing in the Mikveh.
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I may be mistaken (and you can correct me if I am wrong} but during the Black Plague fewer Jews than gentiles died and that was due to the fact of bathing in the Mikveh.
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David Cherson
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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
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Bruce, Thanks for the reminder! I had the honor and privilege of creating web pages for that book. Max Heffler
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Bruce, Thanks for the reminder! I had the honor and privilege of creating web pages for that book. Max Heffler
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Max Heffler
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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
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“The epidemic was halted thanks to the supervisory efforts of the authorities over hygiene and meticulous cleanliness, as well as to the fact that no person was permitted to travel from city to city w
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“The epidemic was halted thanks to the supervisory efforts of the authorities over hygiene and meticulous cleanliness, as well as to the fact that no person was permitted to travel from city to city w
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Bruce Drake
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More Yizkor Books in translation at reduced prices by ordering directly from JewishGen
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Yizkor Books in Print Project is happy to add more books to the list of those being offered at reduced prices by ordering directly from Jewishgen. They are: Ostrow Mazowiecka: Memorial (Yizkor) Book o
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Yizkor Books in Print Project is happy to add more books to the list of those being offered at reduced prices by ordering directly from Jewishgen. They are: Ostrow Mazowiecka: Memorial (Yizkor) Book o
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Joel Alpert
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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook Page
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One theme I’ve seen across many Yizkor book excerpts is how crucial children were to the survival of their families and towns as they tried to survive under the boot of the Nazis whether in towns or g
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One theme I’ve seen across many Yizkor book excerpts is how crucial children were to the survival of their families and towns as they tried to survive under the boot of the Nazis whether in towns or g
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Bruce Drake
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5 New Translations of Yizkor Books now available from Yizkor-Books-In-Print: Smorgon, Wyszków, Tovste, Miechov, Czestochowa
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Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project is proud to announce the publication these 5 new translations of these Yizkor Books: Smorgonie, District Vilna; Memorial Book and Testimony, 780 pages, $39 Wyszków Memori
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Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project is proud to announce the publication these 5 new translations of these Yizkor Books: Smorgonie, District Vilna; Memorial Book and Testimony, 780 pages, $39 Wyszków Memori
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Joel Alpert
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Time to order the translation of Yizkor Book of your ancestral Shtetl
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Can we suggest that now is the time to see if your ancestral shtetl is one of the more than 90 Yizkor Books that the Yizkor-Books-In-Print has published. Go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.h
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Can we suggest that now is the time to see if your ancestral shtetl is one of the more than 90 Yizkor Books that the Yizkor-Books-In-Print has published. Go to: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.h
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Joel Alpert
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Skala Podolska Yizkor Book
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https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Skala.html Just recently I connected with Joel Alpert, one of the coordinators who run the Yizkor Book site. Even though our book was produced independently
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https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Skala.html Just recently I connected with Joel Alpert, one of the coordinators who run the Yizkor Book site. Even though our book was produced independently
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Tony Hausner
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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
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Up until 1919 and the WW1 Peace Settlement, and for most of the 19th century, Kalvaria was part of the Suwalki Lomza gubernias in NE Poland. Many people from Kalvaria and the other main towns in Suwal
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Up until 1919 and the WW1 Peace Settlement, and for most of the 19th century, Kalvaria was part of the Suwalki Lomza gubernias in NE Poland. Many people from Kalvaria and the other main towns in Suwal
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Jill Whitehead
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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
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There are two threads that run through “My Home Town, Kalvarija” from the Yizkor book of that town in Lithuania: an account of the reasons that so many people started to emigrate elsewhere and how mem
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There are two threads that run through “My Home Town, Kalvarija” from the Yizkor book of that town in Lithuania: an account of the reasons that so many people started to emigrate elsewhere and how mem
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Bruce Drake
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Name Indices added to most Yizkor-Books-in-Print Books
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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 the Yizko
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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 the Yizko
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Joel Alpert
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Yizkor Book Project Update - March 2020
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Hello Mr Siegel, The book will be published free of charge. The price for the book covers the cost of publication and any future projects or upgrades to the YBIP project (Yizkor Book In-Print). We are
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Hello Mr Siegel, The book will be published free of charge. The price for the book covers the cost of publication and any future projects or upgrades to the YBIP project (Yizkor Book In-Print). We are
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Binny Lewis
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Yizkor Book Project Update - March 2020
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What I am looking for is the book in English for purchase similar to the other yizkor books on Jewishgen. Herb siegel
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What I am looking for is the book in English for purchase similar to the other yizkor books on Jewishgen. Herb siegel
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Yizkor Book Project Update - March 2020
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I translated the Suwalki yizker bukh many years ago and it is avaiabele from the New York Public Library. Ida Selavan Schwarcz Jerusalem
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I translated the Suwalki yizker bukh many years ago and it is avaiabele from the New York Public Library. Ida Selavan Schwarcz Jerusalem
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Ida & Joseph Schwarcz
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Yizkor Book Project Update - March 2020
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When will the Yizkor book of Suwalki be available to be purchased now that it is complete. Thank you for your work in doing this and i would like to make a donation to this project. Please give me the
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When will the Yizkor book of Suwalki be available to be purchased now that it is complete. Thank you for your work in doing this and i would like to make a donation to this project. Please give me the
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HERBERT SIEGEL
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Yizkor Book Project Update - March 2020
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Dear JewishGen Community, The JewishGen Yizkor Book Team is always active starting, continuing, and completing Translation Projects. Here are some successes from this past month. See All Active Projec
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Dear JewishGen Community, The JewishGen Yizkor Book Team is always active starting, continuing, and completing Translation Projects. Here are some successes from this past month. See All Active Projec
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Binny Lewis
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Yizkor Book Project Update - February 2020
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Dear JewishGen Community, The JewishGen Yizkor Book Team has been very active in the past month. Here are some highlights of what we have accomplished and are continuing to work on: Addition to the Yi
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Dear JewishGen Community, The JewishGen Yizkor Book Team has been very active in the past month. Here are some highlights of what we have accomplished and are continuing to work on: Addition to the Yi
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Binny Lewis
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Yizkor Book Project Update - February 2020
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Dear JewishGen Community, The JewishGen Yizkor Book Team has been very active in the past month. Here are some highlights of what we have accomplished and are continuing to work on: Addition to the Yi
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Dear JewishGen Community, The JewishGen Yizkor Book Team has been very active in the past month. Here are some highlights of what we have accomplished and are continuing to work on: Addition to the Yi
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Binny Lewis
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