Perhaps we should be thankful to the pandemic for putting at least a temporary halt to travel to Poland, Ukraine, et.al. What appeared to me most cynical were the developments in Poland in having "cel

#holocaust #poland

Well my maternal grandmother lived with us and Zaslav was her original home town. After she married she moved to Proskurov. I have fond memories of her kreplach which she would make once in a while. S

#general

This may not help you at all but at the Kehillath Israel (Brookline MA) Hebrew School, several years ago, we had a third grade teacher named Avraham Gomborow and he was also a survivor. In fact half o

#ukraine #general

A few people out there might remember me when I was more active in all things Proskurov. That was my mother's hometown and she and her family (miraculously) survived the 1919 pogrom. I had always hear

#ukraine

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.

#yizkorbooks #poland

Hi, Personally I am glad to see Germany move further in reconciliation, etc., and I have always maintained that they are far ahead of Austria in this regard. However I find it absurd and a little bit

#germany

Barbara, Correct on Robert Briscoe. But I thought that there was a David O'Cohen who was Lord Mayor? David

#lithuania

Re: Shapiro What about a Hebrew origin such as Sapir? I've always been under the impression that this is the "root" of Shapiro. David Cherson

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Re: Shapiro What about a Hebrew origin such as Sapir? I've always been under the impression that this is the "root" of Shapiro. David Cherson

#ukraine

It may seem anecdotal but it has long been the custom to use the names of our Father and Mother (as in the Jewish people), i.e. Avraham and Sarah in place of a "missing" name or those who were convert

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It may seem anecdotal but it has long been the custom to use the names of our Father and Mother (as in the Jewish people), i.e. Avraham and Sarah in place of a "missing" name or those who were convert

#ukraine

Hi, Well double stone and your father's name is Yehoshua Leib ben Mordechai, and your mom is Sarah bat Avraham. She passed on Lamed Zion of the month of Av, and your dad passed on Kaf Vav of Av also (

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Hi, Well double stone and your father's name is Yehoshua Leib ben Mordechai, and your mom is Sarah bat Avraham. She passed on Lamed Zion of the month of Av, and your dad passed on Kaf Vav of Av also (

#ukraine

double first name >to a child If your family are Leviim (Levites), or even if not, then it would be quite natural to give the baby the name Moshe-Aaron. Hey just read your Chumash, Bamidbar. Moshe Rab

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double first name >to a child If your family are Leviim (Levites), or even if not, then it would be quite natural to give the baby the name Moshe-Aaron. Hey just read your Chumash, Bamidbar. Moshe Rab

#ukraine

Hi, there is a one rather large problem in this in that one can not watch these films outside of the UK due to licensing restrictions. David Cherson

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Hi, there is a one rather large problem in this in that one can not watch these films outside of the UK due to licensing restrictions. David Cherson

#southafrica

For those of you who use Chrome and Gmail, you can have Google Translate embedded in Gmail. In Chrome settings under language just turn on 'Offer to translate pages that aren't in a language you read'

#ukraine

For those of you who use Chrome and Gmail, you can have Google Translate embedded in Gmail. In Chrome settings under language just turn on 'Offer to translate pages that aren't in a language you read'

#ukraine

Just a last word regarding "nachalnik tzekha na zavode". I was the person who mentioned Siberia as I learned this word >from our late Rabbi,Moshe Holcer, who "escaped" >from his hometown to the Soviet

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