My paternal great-grandmother, Tsarna Bernstein, was born in Teleneshti. My maternal grandmother, Chave Spiwak (changed from Glattstein) was born in Shukelten (sp). I was told that is now Cioceltani.

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My Bessarabian (Orgiev, Kishinev) Grandmother referred to an aunt who helped raise her after her mother died as the Meemah. I always thought it referred to a treasured aunt. I've asked Yiddish speaker

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I grew up hearing that my maternal grandfather was a gaucho on the Argentine pampas. Though my grandmother's brother did go from Bessarabia to near Mendoza, my grandfather ultimately operated a furnit

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