Girls raised by Jewish parents are 23 percentage points more likely to graduate college than girls with a non-Jewish upbringing, even after accounting for their parents’ socioeconomic status. Girls ra

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My half great great uncle's tombstone has a spot for a photo which is no longer there. He was buried in Waldheim in Chicago in 1918. Is there any way to get a copy of that missing photo? It may be my

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I've posted 1875 Uman, Ukraine census records for which I need translations. I believe the entries I have indicated contain information for the surname LITVAK. The records are on the ViewMate at the f

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Can anyone guide me to emigrant records from Antwerp as early as 1885? I've seen material for later years but not that early. I have a particular interest in the SS Noordam (Antwerp/NY) but others wil

My father's uncle and aunt reportedly died in Warsaw Ghetto in August of 1942. In 1946, the Administrative Secretary for the Uncle's pre-war business presented the court in Warsaw with hand-written La

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Two days ago, there were reported attacks against five railway stations in Ukraine, including the rail line in Rivne. Dmytro -- our translator for the Ukrainian-language version of the Yizkor Book of

Hi, I am currently researching a branch of my Lehman[n] family that lived in Buffalo, New York. Searching on JewishGen, I found a burial record for Meyer Lehman, who died in April 1887 and is buried i

Do you have a brick wall in your Sephardic genealogical research? This week we are putting on our doctors’ white coats and invite you to share your problems! If possible, please post your questions in

Thank you David. Yes, I just ran it off Stephen Morse and also found the census page it should be on as well. As you mentioned, the 4110 building was never enumerated. Has anyone ever seen that before

A recording of the Siauliai and Suwalki Birds of a Feather presentation on Sunday, April 24th, is now posted on the homepage of litvaksig.org. It will be freely available until May 24th, and after tha

I am searching without luck for marriage and/or immigration documents re Pesach “Peter” Goldman (born 1881 in Olesk, Volyn, Ukraine) and his wife Cheyka "Ida" Silverman (born either 1883 or 1887 in Bo