This is from Jewish Personal Names by Rabbi Shmuel Gorr: "Alter is one of the amuletic names. If a male child died soon after birth or very young, the next born male child was sometimes given the name

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Kuna is derived from the Old Spanish word for cradle, therefore as a name it implies "childish". The surname Kunin has the same derivation. Joe Hirschfield Portage, MI U.S.A. Minowicki, Minowitzki, Mi

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I went to my local FedEx store where they will print your tree as a banner. You need to transfer the tree document to a thumb drive and bring it to FedEx or send it as an email attachment. Talk to the

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This is from the Operation Benjamin website: "The aim of Operation Benjamin is to locate Jewish personnel at American military cemeteries all over the world who, for various reasons, were buried under

Menachem has a biblical origin (Menacheim). Melakhim II, 15:14. He was the sixteenth king of Israel. Menachem Mendel is a common combination. Source:"Jewish Personal Names" by Rabbi Shmuel Gorr. Josep

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Menachem has a biblical origin (Menacheim). Melakhim II, 15:14. He was the sixteenth king of Israel. Menachem Mendel is a common combination. Source:"Jewish Personal Names" by Rabbi Shmuel Gorr. Josep

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Hersh is Yiddish and Tzvi and Naphtali are Hebrew--all refer to "deer". I believe a Hebrew name on a gravestone is more commonly used. Sometimes a person has both a Hebrew name and a Yiddish name and

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Hersh is Yiddish and Tzvi and Naphtali are Hebrew--all refer to "deer". I believe a Hebrew name on a gravestone is more commonly used. Sometimes a person has both a Hebrew name and a Yiddish name and

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Salke, alternatively spelled Tzalke, is derived >from Betzaleil (in the shade of the Lord). Joe Hirschfield Portage, MI HIRSCHFELD, HERZFELD, LINDENBAUM, BUXBAUM, BUCHSBAUM-Skwarzawa,, Sielec Bienkow,

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Salke, alternatively spelled Tzalke, is derived >from Betzaleil (in the shade of the Lord). Joe Hirschfield Portage, MI HIRSCHFELD, HERZFELD, LINDENBAUM, BUXBAUM, BUCHSBAUM-Skwarzawa,, Sielec Bienkow,

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Photos >from the Lodz Ghetto https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/03/06/i-buried-my-nega tives-in-the-ground-in-order-that-there-should-be-some-record-of-our-tragedy -henryk-ross/?hpid

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Photos >from the Lodz Ghetto https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/03/06/i-buried-my-nega tives-in-the-ground-in-order-that-there-should-be-some-record-of-our-tragedy -henryk-ross/?hpid

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The Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, a non-profit organization, has hundreds of thousands of Yiddish Books. http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/ I don't believe hard copies are for sale, ho

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The Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, a non-profit organization, has hundreds of thousands of Yiddish Books. http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/ I don't believe hard copies are for sale, ho

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Hadasah is the Hebrew name for Queen Ester. I am not familiar with Hudesa. Joe Hirschfield Portage, MI, USA Hirschfeld, Lindenbaum, Buxbaum, Buchsbaum-Skwarzawa, Gliniany, Jaryczow Nowy, Sielec Bienko

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Hadasah is the Hebrew name for Queen Ester. I am not familiar with Hudesa. Joe Hirschfield Portage, MI, USA Hirschfeld, Lindenbaum, Buxbaum, Buchsbaum-Skwarzawa, Gliniany, Jaryczow Nowy, Sielec Bienko

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A Crime Involving Moral Turpitude. Joe Hirschfield Portage, MI HIRSCHFELD-Skwarzawa, Sielec Bienkow, Gliniany, Jaryczow Nowy-GALICIA MINOWITZKI, MINOFF,MINOWICKI-Brest Litovsk, Wysoko Litovsk-BELARUS

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A Crime Involving Moral Turpitude. Joe Hirschfield Portage, MI HIRSCHFELD-Skwarzawa, Sielec Bienkow, Gliniany, Jaryczow Nowy-GALICIA MINOWITZKI, MINOFF,MINOWICKI-Brest Litovsk, Wysoko Litovsk-BELARUS

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There were three partitions of Poland: 1772, 1793 and 1795. Poland was divided between Prussia, Austria, and Russia. Poland was not an independent country until it was partially reunited under the pea

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There were three partitions of Poland: 1772, 1793 and 1795. Poland was divided between Prussia, Austria, and Russia. Poland was not an independent country until it was partially reunited under the pea

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