In much of Orthodox Judaism, Torah study is a way of life for males who forgo other occupations and study Torah full-time, something that is a current cause of controversy surrounding Israel’s Haredis

Hi, I was told by long deceased relatives that my gg grandmother was born in 1840 in a town called Kruydon on the Dnuevtr River. Her name was Hinda Podgaitz. She eventually married my gg grandfather E

Before WWI Mielnica was part of Galicia in Austria, the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Between WWI and WWII Mielnica was part of Poland. So I suppose the people spoke German in your 1907, and the surname Sz

a Would someone please translate these for me completely? Thanks. Steve Lasky

Good Morning, Back in March of 2017 this group was very helpful in locating the marriage of one Madeleine Kaminsky and Joseph Biegeleisen from March 17 1930. In addition this group located the birth i

The (UK) National Archives will commemorate on January 27 International Holocaust Memorial Day, an annual event to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions o

January 27, 2023 is International Holocaust Memorial Day. It commemorates “the six million Jews who were systematically and savagely murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust

My great grand father Levi Yitzhak Zalmanson who possibly was born in Belarus had a son [Herman Israel (Srol) my grandfather] with his first wife Bella Measroch. He then relocated to Rokiskis where he

Just found out in All Hungary DB the name of Chaja APOTHEKER in a 1921 death record of Dora REIZMAN in Tesco/Tyachiv. Dora died at the age of 52 and was the daughter Of Chaja APOTHEKER and Jozsef REIZ

Dear Przytyk Researcher, I am writing to update you on the progress of the Jewish Records Indexing Poland Przytyk Phase 3 project. When you search for your Przytyk ancestry on JewishGen, the results y

Founded in 1897, the Forverts was a leading Yiddish language newspaper in the United States throughout the 20th century. Most of this newspaper is available to browse digitally for free through the on

For a tree I am currently building, several members of the families in question live or have lived in Bnei Brak, Israel. Generally, the patriarch of the branch is no longer alive, and I am having some

Trying to find info on Norman Kline, born Aug 3, 1928 in Phila, Pa. Parents were William "Billy" Kline and Florence Sherman. Norman had two children-- Ellen and Carol. Wife or wives unknown. Norman wa

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What can Ashkenazi and Sephardic genealogy learn from each other, and do these very different pursuits belong under a single umbrella? ‘Jewish genealogy’ is often seen as a synonym for Ashkenazi genea

I had a second cousin, the fifth child in his family, who was born when his mother was 52. His siblings were 24-, 23-, 19- and 13-years older than him. __________________________________________ Mel C

I am very new to trying to trace my German Jewish ancestory. My grandfathers brother was very good at tracing our family tree to Germany but unfortunately he is no longer with us. I am trying desperat

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Hello, Can someone please help me translate birth record #339? I understood that the town is Kaluszyn, and the father is Gerszon Warshawsky 22 y, a tailor, and the mother is Chana Rozenberg 20 y. Son

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