The largest academic (fee-based) conference on Jewish Studies takes place this week in Jerusalem Hebrew University on Mount Scopus, from Monday August 8 to Thursday August 11. Hundred of sessions on a

I've posted a WW-2 certificate in Russian concerning Mania Kozak from Kowel, Ukraine, for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/vie

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Frieda Atkin was my great great grandmother ( born About 1835). Her maiden name was Moshinsky. She was married to Abraham Josef Atkin. Their only child was Rachmiel Atkin ( B. about 1857) . Frieda and

In the 1920s, Paul Seidner born in Hungary and Johanna Klein born in Romania sailed from Europe to Havana, Cuba, at a time when there was a large influx of Jews into the island. It is rumored they may

The Weekly News Nosh JewishGen Weekly E-Newsletter Phil Goldfarb, Editor Date: August 7, 2022 “A Family Without The Knowledge Of Their Past History, Origin And Culture Is Like A Tree Without Roots” A

Hi All, I am including a table that I created, based on information found in the Russian State Military Historical Archive, entitled "List of Special Representatives of the Petrograd Jewish Committee

My great-grandmother Molly's 1929 South African death notice states she was born in WARSAW. Her son, my grandfather Samuel's UK 1921 census states he was born in WARSAW. Earlier UK censuses state her

We wish all those observing Tisha B’Av, or the Ninth of Av, (this year on the 10th of Av because the 9th falls on Shabbat) an easy and meaningful fast. Photo: Jewish women praying on Tisha B'Av in Pol

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JewishGen is pleased to announce that over 45,000 records have been added to our Sub-Carpathia Vital Records collection, which can be searched via JewishGen's Hungary and Ukraine databases, as well as

Any ideas for decent databases for birth records, etc for someone born in Bucharest in 1891, also for subsequent school matriculation. Haven't been able to find much on JewishGen or Ancestry. Thanks -

I am trying to confirm the birth town of my grandmother, Rose (nee Krugloff) Mofshowitz. The name shown in her Petition for Naturalization is not clear. It looks like Diristizin or Biristizin. Could i

My friend Dmytro Aladko, translator for the Ukrainian language version of Yizkor Book of Mizoch, sends news of his colleague Maksym Gon. Professor Gon has produced materials commemorating the Shoah in

Hello Exactly 78 years ago, on 5 August 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising, insurgents from Armia Krajowa batallion „Zoska” captured the Warsaw Concentration Camp (KL Warschau) called „Gęsiówka” in Wars

Does anyone know of a documented record of the children of Pinchas Halevi Horowitz and wife Miriam? I can only find a couple of individuals' family trees with conflicting information. In particular I

Hello JewishGen Community! Does anyone know if there is any resource out there that can provide listings of pre-Soviet Union street names for Minsk? Anything from the 19th century or early 20th centur

Can anybody tell me the contents of the document. It may be a document from the Jews of Spain or Portugal, or their descendants. -- Angel Kosfiszer Richardson, Texas

Dear friends, researchers, Here is an update for the Bessarabia SIG projects for the month of July 2022. See also at What's New at Bessarabia website. Bessarabian Databases. Updates: Revision Lists, p

Hi Friends - there are many cases on record of Jewish people going through a pro-forma conversion to Roman Catholic to save their lives during and before the Holocaust. There is at least one in my fam