I went to Habonim Camp Kvutza in California in the 50's and 60's, was also a madricha (counsellor),so if you are interested I would be happy to participate. Shimona Yaroslavsky Kushner Haifa, Israel (

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I just found the link to this lecture and clicked on it. I have read the book and also seen the Ephrussi Palace in Odessa (our guide was shocked that I had read the book and heard of the family) in ad

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My grandmother was born in the town of Romny (I think this is in the Sumy district). Her father, Abraham Gordon, was married to Minna (Miriam)--don't know her maiden name. Abraham owned a print shop i

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Dear Irene and anyone else who can help. In the past I asked about the book on the Jewish History of Byelaya Tserkov which I wanted to purchase. Irene kindly gave me the e mail address of Natella Andr

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Dear Herman, though it is impossible to know for sure if it is the same person without more definite information, the name Leyvik is a dimunitive form of Levi. It is very accepted. As for Srol it is t

Dear Steven: There is an obvious error in the headstone. There is no Hebrew name with those letters. The letters as written are "nun", "tzadi", "kaf", "tzadi". The word you wrote would mean that the s

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I think Miriam is right. It looks like the Yiddish transliteration of "Joe" and the woman's name is "Galieh". Shimona Kushner Haifa, Israel

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Malka's correction is an error. The name is Reb Matityahu (or in Ashkenazi pronunciation Matisyahu) This is for Mollie's headstone. Shimona Kushner Haifa, Israel

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I hope someone can help me. Yesterday I was looking at this site (I think) and saw an announcement of a book about the Jewish history of Byelaya Tserkov, Ukraine, which came out in English (the origin

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Sheintche the daughter of Reb Reuven. It is Yiddish and probably the diminutive of Sheineh. Sheine means beautiful in Yiddish and the Hebrew equivalent would be "Yaffa".

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Renier, I am copying a message from a good friend of mine whose family is from Oradea originally, then moving to France. She has some good hints for finding the information that you need. She says tha

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Made a terrible mistake. This grandfather that was in Gorodok came from a village in the region called Kopach/Kopache, not Trellisy. Got confused between my grandfathers. Sorry. All the other informat

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My grandfather came from a village in the region near Gorodok. The village was called Trellisey. My brother and I visited the whole area (including Gorodok) in 2008. My grandfather, Shimon Soloveichik

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