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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on JewishGen's Facebook page
“The next morning, the Brzeziner ghetto was empty of children.” This one sentence from “There Once Was a Jewish Shtetl Brzezin” from the Yizkor book of Brzeziny, Poland is one of the heart-stopping re
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“The next morning, the Brzeziner ghetto was empty of children.” This one sentence from “There Once Was a Jewish Shtetl Brzezin” from the Yizkor book of Brzeziny, Poland is one of the heart-stopping re
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Bruce Drake
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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen facebook page
The phrase “turning back the clock” takes on a whole new meaning in this week’s chapter, “In Mezritch,” from the Yizkor book of Miedzyrzec Podlaski, Poland. Brush-making was one of the big industries
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The phrase “turning back the clock” takes on a whole new meaning in this week’s chapter, “In Mezritch,” from the Yizkor book of Miedzyrzec Podlaski, Poland. Brush-making was one of the big industries
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Bruce Drake
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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
In the 1930s, Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Sea Gate in Brooklyn was home to many Yiddish speakers. (In more recent years, Brighton Beach has become more known for its large population of Russian i
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In the 1930s, Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Sea Gate in Brooklyn was home to many Yiddish speakers. (In more recent years, Brighton Beach has become more known for its large population of Russian i
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Bruce Drake
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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
As if suffering through the horrors of the Nazi occupation was not enough, many of those who survived grappled with sorrow and loss when they returned to their home towns and found little or nothing l
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As if suffering through the horrors of the Nazi occupation was not enough, many of those who survived grappled with sorrow and loss when they returned to their home towns and found little or nothing l
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Bruce Drake
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New records online: the New York City *Geographic* Birth Index, late 19th and early 20th century,
I appreciatge the work and new offering from Reclaim the Records as well, but I found it hard to use
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I appreciatge the work and new offering from Reclaim the Records as well, but I found it hard to use
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Bruce Drake
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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
“My Shtetle Vizna,” from the Yizkor book of Slutsk in Belarus presents a vivid and wonderful slice of daily life during a week in the town — from the bustling of the market place to the celebration of
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“My Shtetle Vizna,” from the Yizkor book of Slutsk in Belarus presents a vivid and wonderful slice of daily life during a week in the town — from the bustling of the market place to the celebration of
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Bruce Drake
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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
As the Nazis began to liquidate the ghettos, one of the ways Jews tried to hold on to life was to set up labor camps to do work for the Germans. One such community of Jews who did so in 1942 was Skala
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As the Nazis began to liquidate the ghettos, one of the ways Jews tried to hold on to life was to set up labor camps to do work for the Germans. One such community of Jews who did so in 1942 was Skala
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Bruce Drake
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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
#YizkorBooks
#JewishGenNews
You’re living in a small shtetl in Belarus, or anywhere else in the Pale, and you get sick. Or have a toothache. Or get something in your eye. You need a doctor. A dentist. A pharmacy to duck into and
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You’re living in a small shtetl in Belarus, or anywhere else in the Pale, and you get sick. Or have a toothache. Or get something in your eye. You need a doctor. A dentist. A pharmacy to duck into and
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Bruce Drake
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Replying individually to someone who has posted a message
Barbara ... Does this work in the digests? I just clicked on your name in your reply to me and it showed nothing. The digests are the only way I see these messages as my inbox is too busy to received
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Barbara ... Does this work in the digests? I just clicked on your name in your reply to me and it showed nothing. The digests are the only way I see these messages as my inbox is too busy to received
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Bruce Drake
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Replying individually to someone who has posted a message
I'm sure the answer to this is staring me right in the face, but on the old listserv, when someone posted a message you could see his/her email address is you wanted to send a reply that might not be
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I'm sure the answer to this is staring me right in the face, but on the old listserv, when someone posted a message you could see his/her email address is you wanted to send a reply that might not be
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Bruce Drake
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Zlotnick
Odeda ... This is the first time I saw a message on this list from a Zlotnick so i couldn't resist getting in touch to see if we have any genealogical connection. Here is a short summary of my family'
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Odeda ... This is the first time I saw a message on this list from a Zlotnick so i couldn't resist getting in touch to see if we have any genealogical connection. Here is a short summary of my family'
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Bruce Drake
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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
#YizkorBooks
As a young girl, Esther Brand was “Saved by Righteous Gentiles” — the title of her account from the Yizkor book of Turka, a town that sat by the Stryj River in western Ukraine. At times, she walked th
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As a young girl, Esther Brand was “Saved by Righteous Gentiles” — the title of her account from the Yizkor book of Turka, a town that sat by the Stryj River in western Ukraine. At times, she walked th
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Bruce Drake
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Settings
I thought when I initially signed in here that I had chosen to get one daily digest of messages. However, I am getting all the individual emails which are crowding my personal email account, especiall
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I thought when I initially signed in here that I had chosen to get one daily digest of messages. However, I am getting all the individual emails which are crowding my personal email account, especiall
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Bruce Drake
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Yizkor Book
Binny.... Did you in fact create a topic called Yizkor Book. If so, I’ having a difficult time understanding the structure of this .o app. There’s a button for new topic but not an obvious one to find
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Binny.... Did you in fact create a topic called Yizkor Book. If so, I’ having a difficult time understanding the structure of this .o app. There’s a button for new topic but not an obvious one to find
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Bruce Drake
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