For what does OSE stand? Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Retired Developmental Pediatrician Rochester, New York xet, xem, xeir yekkey@... Tone can be misinterpreted in email. Please read my words w

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It is either a small world or a large world well managed as per Rabbi Ed Feinstein. I have two sets of S(c)henkmans in my family tree. My grandmother's brother Aaron Bendersky married Sadie Schenkman

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The Bucks County Farm School became the National Farm School. That may help your search. Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Retired Developmental Pediatrician Rochester, New York xey, xem, xeir yekkey@aol

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You should check with the American Jewish Military History Museum in Washington, D.C. It is run by the Jewish War Veterans> Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Retired Developmental Pediatrician Rochester,

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In the American military of that period only officers wore swords. Was that true of the Russian military of that period? Does that mean the subject was an officer? Was that unlikely for a Jew? Daniel

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Some bodies were not recovered. Perhaps David's body was one of those not recovered. Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Retired Developmental Pediatrician Rochester, New York xey, xem, xeir yekkey@...

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Michael, Do you mean Prikuki or Priluki? Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Retired Developmental Pediatrician Rochester, New York xey, xem, xeir yekkey@... Tone can be misinterpreted in email. Please

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My parents, may they rest in peace, had a home wedding in my maternal grandparents', may they rest in peace, apartment in Brooklyn, New York in 1939, because nobody involved could afford anything else

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Karen, Obtaining German citizenship and a German passport is fairly easy. Contact the nearest German consulate. That is what I did. It will help if you still have your father's citizenship papers, but

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Hi Danielle, My mother's second cousin Jean Goroff married a man named Barnet Lazerson from New York. Both Jean and Barnet died a long time ago. However, they had two daughters Paula and Louise. Both

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Nancy, The term Grand Uncle is preferable to Great Uncle because it signifies that the person in question is in the same generation as the grandparent. Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Retired Developme

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Jeremy, The term grand-uncle is preferable to great-uncle. Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Retired Developmental Pediatrician Rochester, New York yekkey@... Tone can be misinterpreted in email. Ple

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The Leo Baeck Institute in New York might like a copy. Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Retired Developmental Pediatrician Rochester, New York yekkey@... Tone can be misinterpreted in email. Please

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The Russian Empire still followed the Julian calendar until it was destroyed by the Russian revolution. When people immigrated to western countries that used the Gregorian calendar there was frequentl

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At the outbreak of the First World War, Adolph Hitler was an Austrian living in Munich. He volunteered for and served in the Bavarian Army. Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Retired Developmental Pediatr

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EdrieAnne, Naming children after grandparents whether a live or dead is also a custom among non-Ashkenazic Jews. It is a pattern first male child after paternal grandfather, second male child after ma

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Judging by the clothes and frame, I would say 1890-1910. Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Retired Developmental Pediatrician Rochester, New York yekkey@... Tone can be misinterpreted in email. Pleas

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Yetta is Yiddish and short for Yentl which in turn is a German/Yiddish translation of Gentle or noble as in Gentleman with the "G" becoming a "Y." A Hebrew name would be אדירה. Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D

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According to Alexander Beider it means curly corresponding to the name Kraus. Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Retired Developmental Pediatrician Rochester, New York yekkey@... Tone can be misinterp

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In the King James version of the תנ׳׳ך (Bible) יוכבד is translated as Jochebed. Daniel Nussbaum II, M.D., FAAP Retired Developmental Pediatrician Rochester, New York yekkey@... Tone can be misinte

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