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I have found some interesting names: Nathan Funt ( a partisan whom I
met ), Zalman Toker (I have Toker family in Grodno, but no Zalman),
Kosowski (I am interested in Kosowski from KAMENKA, that's my parents'
shtetle, not too far from Grodno. Kosakowski is my father's surname
and Sidranski my mothers'), Eliashberg (of Ruth marcus from Luna with
whom I am in touch about our research since her ancestors are from
Kamenka)

ze'ev sharon <zeevsharon@013.ne->

Looking for information as I am trying to flesh out my family tree and finally
made a connection back to Latvia. It looks like they were on the Dvinsk list
of 1875. I am decendent of Scholom Jacobs who was married to an Esta Golda.

Janekl Kwasnik Unkown DOB father of
Scholom Kwasnik 1841 approx DOB Scholom immigrated around 1906
with his five of his children. Scholom son Harry Benjamin was my Grand father.
He died in early 1960's.

Arbram Kwasnik 1846 approx DOB
Isorel Kwasnik 1830 approx DOB
Wulff Kwasnik 1850 approx DOB

Sorry don't have much else to go on as we are just starting out. It took a
while to find the original Name Kwasnik, Which was changed to Jacobs when they
immigrated.

Thank you
harry jacobs
yenkin2001 at yahoo

The 1912 through 1914 issues of the Vilna city directory "Vsia Vilna" are
available to Vilna researchers. Vilna researchers interested in accessing
these city directories can receive the links to the files by joining the
JewishVilna GoogleGroup. An e-mail addressed to me indicating your interest
in joining JewishVilna will get you an invitation to join as well as the
links necessary to access the city directories. These directories are
pre-1917 and are therefore in Cyrillic.

Joel Ratner

Dear Eilat!
Turov monograph was successfully published in July 2008. It's full title is "Jews in Turov. History of a shtetl in Mozyr Polesye region", Jerusalem, 2008. The volume is in Russian, but with a Table of contents and Introduction in English. It is excellent illustrated, has a large Name and Geographical indexes, 200 pictures of old and modern Turov, rare maps and plans of Turov, Mozyr district, Minsk gubernia as well as Turov residents, its rabbis, synagogues, believers, victims of pogroms, list of Turovers killed by Nazis.

Please, note about Turov book to all your colleagues and friends interested in Belarus shtetl history.

My additional papers in English dedicated to Belarus Jewish history is possible to see at:

http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/newsletter/authors.htm

Faithfully yours,

Leonid Smilovitsky, Ph.D.

smilov@zahav.net.il

Jews in Turov (download a .pdf file)

The outbreak of WWI cause Russia to forcibly evacuate the population
of much area on the front lines into the interior of Russia. This
exodus included what is now Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania. Millions
of civilians became refugees. The Russian Revolution following WWI
resulted in many of these refugees not returning home for several
more years. If they were not able to immigrate to the US before 1920,
their departure was further delayed by the US's 1920 anti-Semitic
Immigration Law which established meager quotas for Eastern European
countries.

In my own family, my mother and sisters and their mother could not
rejoin my grandfather in America until 1928, when their quota assignment
was reached, even though my grandfather had been here since 1913.

For those wishing to read the details of this era there is a fine scholarly
book: A Whole Empire Walking -Refugees in Russia During World War I by Peter
Gatrell.

Joe Hirschfield

MINOWICKI, MINOWITZKI, MINOFF, TOBIASZ-Brest Litovsk, Wysokae, BELARUS
HIRSCHFELD, HERSZFELD, BUXBAUM, BUCHSBAUM, TOPPERMANN, LINDENBAUM-Skwarzawa
(Skavaryava), Seliec Bienkow (Selets), Glinyany, Jarzczow, GALICIA

In a message dated 7/18/2008 10:54:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
tracie ....Family lore has it that they came to attend my gm's
wedding in N.J. and intended to return to Russia after
the wedding, but that they were unable to return due to
political unrest in Russia. At the same time, my ggf
and the remaining children were apparently "stuck" in
Russia and could not join my ggm in the U.S. until 1923 --
9 years later.
Does anyone know whether there were travel restrictions --
in either direction -- during this time period?
I believe that Russia /Germany war started
in August 1914, which might corroborate family stories
about my ggm not being able to return, but would that have
prevented my ggf from leaving Russia?

I am a genealogist researching the "KATZ" family of Brooklyn NY. The
oldest info
I have is the burial of Joseph Katz in the Mt Carmel Cemetery. He is in the
Lieder Brueder Society Section. My research indicates he was a member of a
group that came from "Lida, Byel". Currently in Belerus. I see from this web
site there are a number of Katz families in Lida. Joseph (Yosef) came to the
USA in 1898 and from his death certificate his father was Harry Katz and his
mother was Shanie Cohan. Both parents were born around 1848 and did not come to
the USA. Joseph was born in DEC 1867 in Russia. His wife's name was Mary.

Any information and/or corrections would be greatly appreciated.
Bob Lofquist (robert.p.lofquist@snet.net) Connecticut, USA

Agatha phiri (Agthaphiri@gmail.com)
I saw your page when i was browsing pictures of my good friend ariel
salati who visted malawi in africa last year.

Amir Dekel (adekel@bellsouth.net) on Saturday, August 23, 2008

Home Page: http://dream-of-genea.blogspot.com

I came across your wonderful site while doing a google search for my ancestors.
My grandmother, Zipora Smorgonski was from Dolhinov as were her sisters Hanna
and Pesia and her half brother Shlomo (Shamgar). From what I can figure out the
rest of the family died in the Dolhinov ghetto*. I pieced most of it together
from the Yizkor Books, Yad Vashem site and family stories.

While looking through your site I think I spotted my grandmother in the two
'Hachalutz' pictures. I know she was a member of 'Hachalutz' and later went to
Kibbutz Lida and then to Israel.

Any other information would be terrific.

Thanks for the great site!
Amir Dekel

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Amir,
Your grandmother' half brother: Shlomo Shamgar ( nee Smorgonski), a survivor
gave reports:
Smorgonski Chaia

Chaia Smorgonski was born in Dolhinov in 1925 to Avraham and Henia nee Sigalchik. She was a pupil and single. Prior to WWII she lived in Dolhinov, Poland. Chaia perished in 1942 in Dolhinov, Poland at the age of 17. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 20-Jul-1999 by her brother, a Shoah survivor

Smorgonski Henia

Henia Smorgonski nee Segalchik was born in Dolhinov in 1892 to Yaakov and Ita. She was a housewife and married to Avraham. Prior to WWII she lived in Dolhinov, Poland. Henia perished in 1942 in Dolhinov, Poland at the age of 50. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by her son, a Shoah survivor
Smorgonski Yosef

Yosef Smorgonski was born in Dolhinov in 1928 to Avraham and Henia nee Sigalchik. He was a pupil and single. Prior to WWII he lived in Dolhinov, Poland. Yosef perished in 1942 in Dolhinov, Poland at the age of 14. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 20-Jul-1999 by his brother, a Shoah survivor.

Smorgonski Abraham

Abraham Smorgonski was born in Poland in 1880. He was married. Prior to WWII he lived in Dolhinow, Poland. During the war he was in Dolhinow, Poland. Abraham perished in Dolhinow, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 22-Nov-1957 by his daughter
Smorgonski Esther

Esther Smorgonski was born in Poland in 1879 to Yaakov and Ita. She was married. Prior to WWII she lived in Dolhinow, Poland. During the war she was in Dolhinow, Poland. Esther perished in Dolhinow, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 22-Jan-1957 by her daughter

Smorgonski Yta

Yta Smorgonski was born in Poland in 1920 to Avraham. She was single. Prior to WWII she lived in Dolhinow, Poland. During the war she was in Dolhinow, Poland. Yta perished in Dolhinow, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 22-Jan-1957 by her sister
Lenkin Leduscha

Leduscha Lenkin nee Sigalchik was born in Dolhinow to Yaakov and Ita. She was married. Prior to WWII she lived in Dolhinow, Poland. During the war she was in Dolhinow, Poland. Leduscha perished in Dolhinow, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 22-Jan-1957 by her cousin. More Details...
Lenkin Ita

Ita Lenkin was born in Poland to Yosef and Lidia. She was married. Prior to WWII she lived in Dolhinow, Poland. Ita perished in Dolhinow, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 22-Jan-1957 by her cousin. More Details...

Smargonski Chaia

Chaia Smargonski was born in Poland to Avraham. She was married. Prior to WWII she lived in Dolhinow, Poland. During the war she was in Dolhinov, Poland. Chaia perished in Dolhinow, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 22-Jan-1957 by her sister

*Some others from the family survived and gave Yad Vashem repots.
Levi Kotton
Kotton Mina

Mina Kotton nee Smorgonski was born in Dolhinow in 1887 to Shmariahu and Frida. She was a owner of a shoe factory and married to Eliezer. Prior to WWII she lived in Dolhinow, Poland. During the war she was in Dolhinow, Poland. Mina perished in 1942 in Dolhinow, Poland at the age of 45. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 01-May-1999 by her son, a Shoah survivor

Liba Chaia Sagalchik nee Smorgonski was born in Dolhinow in 1885 to Shmariahu and Frida. She was a housewife and married to Yosef. Prior to WWII she lived in Dolhinow, Poland. She perished in 1942 in Dolhinow, Poland at the age of 57. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 01-Jul-1999 by her nephew, a Shoah survivor

Tebel Yonah Ginsburg nee Smorgonski was born in Dolhinov in 1892 to Shmariahu and Frida. She was married to Yehuda. Prior to WWII she lived in Dolhinov, Poland. She perished in 1942 in Dolhinov, Poland at the age of 50. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 01-Jul-1999 by her nephew, a Shoah survivor.

Fridman Dvora

Dvora Fridman nee Smorgonski was born in Dolhinow in 1889 to Shmariahu and Frida. She was married to Shmuel. Prior to WWII she lived in Dolhinow, Poland. Dvora perished in 1942 in Dolhinow, Ghetto at the age of 53. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 01-Jul-1999 by her nephew, a Shoah survivor. More Details...

Smorgonski Yermiyahu

Yermiyahu Smorgonski was born in Dolhinow in 1894 to Shmariahu and Frida. He was a merchant. Prior to WWII he lived in Butrimonys, Lithuania. Yermiyahu perished in 1942 in Butrimonys, Lithuania at the age of 48. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 01-Jul-1999 by his nephew, a Shoah survivor. More Details...

Fridman
Yosef Fridman was born in Dolhinov in 1923 to Shmuel and Dvora Fridman nee Smorgonski . Prior to WWII he lived in Dolhinov, Poland. Yosef perished in 1942 in Dolhinov, Poland at the age of 19. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 01-Jul-1999 by his cousin, a Shoah survivor

The DNA Shoah Project
Elaine, thank you for your contribution and your enthusiastic support of our project. I really appreciate you encouraging your friends to participate.

My correct email address is: lkdavis@email.arizona.edu, or people can simply write to info@dnashoah.org.

All the best,
Lynn Davis

Information Specialist
The DNA Shoah Project
P. O. Box 210240
Tucson, AZ 85721
(520) 626-6203
toll-free: (866) 897-1150
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August 21, 2008
... on my own brother Allan's 70th birthday--i gave a GIFT to the Holocaust survivors-
-it did not cost me anything to do this--& during the 30 seconds i did this, i realized how important this gift was, and how vital it is for each one of us to do this--whether or not we are Jewish, and whether or not we had holocaust victims in our families
the gift i gave was a sample of my own DNA, it took just 30 seconds for a painless cheek swab from my mouth--there was NO COST TO PARTICIPATE
and it will never be publicly published by the DNA SHOAH PROJECT--the data is protected by a multi-level security system and federal laws--the UNIVERSITY of ARIZONIA is trying to build a genetic database
which when established can assist European governments with forensic identifications, can reunite families,
& can help people who are still searching for lost family members,
you can order a FREE DNA TEST KIT by e-mailing Lynn Davis [i met her yesterday] at lkdavis@mail.arizona.edu or call her at 1-866 897 1150
this foundation was begun by Syd Mandelbaum, a scientist & philanthropist, the son of two Holocaust survivors, Dr. Michael Hammer U of Ariz staff geneticist, & Howard Cash founder of Gene Code Forsensics
my DNA will be matched with survivors, & i will get an e-mail from the DNA SHOAH PROJECT each time they find a match,
it is important to notify them if the e-mail address is changed
you will need the address, phone number and email address of another person who can represent your family in case you die--i gave information for my daughter and u will have to sign a release form that it is ok to use your DNA for the project--i signed the form--i felt this was very important--i felt that if i never in my life did anything to help anyone that this was the most important thing that i could do--i might never meet any of these people who are matches--but for the
survivors who are a match, for each of them who lived through those terrible terrible times, or for their decendants just having a relative,
even if it is a very remote cousin, is so psychologically comforting to know,
that somewhere in the world they have a "FAMILY"
Elaine

From: Barry Rubin <profbarryrubin@yahoo.com>

I have been doing extensive research into the history of
Dolhinov's Jews and especially into that of the , and Hefetz families.
In cooperation with Harold Rhode and Leon Rubin, who has done so much
for the Dolhinov community, we are setting up a Dolhinov Research
Project and invite you to participate and to share your information.
This includes the following efforts:
--A survey of documents on Dolhinov in Vilna, Vileika, and
Minsk with the aim of copying as many as possible.
--Recording the inscriptions of the 400 gravestones in the
Jewish cemetery.
--Creating an email list of Dolhinov descendants to exchange
information. Please send me your email if you would like to be
included..
--Trying to build a Rubin and Grossbein family trees which will
obviously include a lot of other people as well.
--DNA testing of Rubin family members.
I hope that we can report to you on progress and to get your help.
Let me start with the DNA testing which is still going on.
Evidence from a few tests seems to indicate the following:
1. All Dolhinov Rubins come from a single family, taking that
name in the early 1700s.
2. The original location of the family was in eastern Anatolia
which coincides with the origins of Abraham's tribe in Ur.
We will know more as additional people are tested and more detailed
tests are done.

Please feel free to write me at profbarryrubin@yahoo.com.

Here is my family tree of Rubins as best as I can reconstruct it:

Yermiya Rubin born before 1743 (the first known Rubin)
\
Gabriel Rubin (1763- )
\
Yankel Rubin (1791-1833)
+Sora ? (1805- )
\
Zalman Rubin (1820s?-after 1870)
\
Yankel (1838-1889 or after) and Chaya Rubin (1837 or
1839-1889 or after) (daughter of Itzko ____). They had three sons:

1.Leib (March 15, 1865-January 10, 1949)
Married Sarah ((November 25, 1872-November 9, 1944)
A. Philip 1890
B. David 1895
C. Bessie 1897
D. Anna 1899
E. Alexander 1901
F. Ida 1903
G. Evelyn 1909

2. Haim Shimon (1867- 1920 or after?)
Ma: Faiga Rivka Heifetz (daughter of Tankhel Heifetz; sister of Natan
Heifetz). They had two children:

A. Yaakov Yeramiyahu (1890-1933)
Ma. Chaya Grossbein
David (1913-1974) married Helene: Barry Rubin
Lillian: (1921- ) married Melvin Kramer: Joan, Richard, Susan,

B.
C. Chaya Doba (1906-1942)
Ma: Aharon Perlmutter
Haim
Yaakov

C and D: there were two other sons but I cannot find their names. I
would be grateful for help here.

3.. Zalman-Ber Rubin (1860-?), drafted into the Czarist army in 1879,
fate unknown.

The following pre-WWII directories are newly searchable on my site
kalter.org/search. Some have been previously discussed on JewishGen and SIG
mailing lists, while I believe others are not well known, and would benefit
from analysis by those with relevant geographic and linguistic expertise.

1894 Commercial Directory of the Jews of the United Kingdom (Harfield)
1904 Poland Manufacturers' Directory
1938 Economic Directory of Kielce, Krakow, Silesia Provinces
1914 Upper Silesia Trade Directory
1924 Poznan Telephone and Business Directory
1930 Poznan (City) Address Directory
1826 Warsaw Directory
1932 Bialystok Address Directory
1914/1915 Krakow War Refugees Address Directory
1914/1915 Lwow War Refugees Address Directory
1913 Lwow Address Directory
1910 Lwow Address Directory
1902 Lwow Address and Business Directory

Because of the large number of directories now searchable on the site, and
the large number that will be added in the near future, I will soon be
reorganizing the site and making other improvements. Stay tuned, and please
continue to tell me about online directories you think should be added.
(Note that I am now including even directories with name indices, because of
the benefits of making them full-text and soundex searchable.)

As usual, the result of a search will include a list of numbers,
corresponding to the images where matches to the search term can be found.
If you have never used the site and do not know how to view those images,
read the answer to the first frequently asked question at
kalter.org/searchfaq.html (or click the FAQ link on the site, just above the
search area).

If you find information useful to your research with this tool, please tell
me.

Best regards,

Logan Kleinwaks
http://www.dbhd.org/search.php

Message: I need information about TROP family from Skidel, and Kolinski
family from Warsaw who perished by the Nazis. I could´not find information
about them. My grandfather Avraham Kolinski came in 1931 to Argentina, from Warsaw,
with his wife, Jana and Sara, Perla (my aunts) and Chana, my mother. My father
Izaak and Iosef came from Skidel, but many perished from this family. Please,
help me with information. Are there any archives from Skidel, Province of Grodno?
Thanks,
José Trop from Rosario, Argentina

From Yad Vashem:
Trop Nachum

Nachum Trop was born in Skidel in 1910 to Yakow and Lyuba nee Tarlovski. He was a clerk working at his father ' factory and married to Khaia nee Rosenthal. Prior to WWII he lived in Skidel, Poland. During the war he was in Skidel, Poland. Nachum perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 01-Jan-1997 by his spouse Chaia Myberger of Hedera/ Beit Eliezer, Israel
Trop Jacob

Jacob Trop was born in Skidel. He was a manager of a turpentine factory and married to Lyuba. Prior to WWII he lived in Skidel, Poland. During the war he was in Skidel, Poland. Jacob perished in Grodno, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by his daughter-in-law. Chaia Myberger of Hedera/ Beit Eliezer, Israel

Lyuba Trop nee Tarlovski was born in Grodno. She was a shop owner and married to Yakov. Prior to WWII she lived in Skidel, Poland. During the war she was in Skidel, Poland. Lyuba perished in Grodno, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 01-Jan-1997 by her daughter in law; Chaia Myberger of Hedera/ Beit Eliezer, Israel
Kotok Roza

Roza Kotok nee Trup was born in Skidel in 1920 to Yakow and Lyuba nee Tarlovski. She was married. Prior to WWII she lived in Skidel, Poland. During the war she was in Skidel, Poland. Roza perished in Grodno, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 01-Jan-1997 by her sister-in-law. More Details... Chaia Myberger of Hedera/ Beit Eliezer, Israel


Pnina Pylevsky nee Trop was born in Skidal in 1899 to Shmuel and Nekha. She was a housewife and married to Shalom and had children; Zila ( perished at age 17) and (Yosef (perished at age 15). Prior to WWII she lived in Skidal, Poland. During the war she was in Skidal, Poland. Pnina perished in Skidal, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 10-Jun-1956 by her sister Rivka Pesel? of Kiryat Bialik
Trop Necha

Necha Trop nee Kaplan was born in Grodno to Yosef and Rivka. She was a housewife and married to Shmuel. Prior to WWII she lived in Skidal, Poland. During the war she was in Skidal, Poland. Necha perished in Skidal, Poland at the age of 65 Shmuel Trop perished at age 70. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 10-Jun-1956 by her daughter
Varnovsky Ester

Ester Varnovsky nee Trup was born in Skidal in 1897 to Shmuel and Nekha. She was a housewife and married to Efraim and had Moshe age 18, Yosef age 12 and Chaim age 15 . Prior to WWII she lived in Skidal, Poland. During the war she was in Skidal, Poland. Ester perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 10-Jun-1956 by her sister. More Details
Trop Jhoshua

Jhoshua Trop was born in Skidel in 1905 to Shmuel and Nekhama. He was a merchant and married and had children: Ida age 18 , Rachel age 15 and Yocheved age 12. Prior to WWII he lived in Skidel, Poland. During the war he was in Skidel, Poland. Jhoshua perished in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 10-Jun-1956 by his sister
Tropp Ber

Ber Tropp was born in Skidel to Yaakov and Khaia. He was married and had a leather factory. Prior to WWII he lived in Skidel, Poland. During the war he was in Skidel, Ghetto. Ber perished in the Shoah at the age of 62. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by his daughter in law; Regina Trop nee Weinberger
Tropp Yitzkhak

Yitzkhak Tropp was born in Skidel in 1914 to Bela and Ber/ Berko . He was an accountant and single. Prior to WWII he lived in Skidel, Poland. During the war he was in Skidel, Poland. Yitzkhak perished in Grodno, Ghetto. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by his sister-in-law Regina Trop nee Weinberger
Tropp Bela

Bela Tropp nee Jerzewska was born in Oran ( Lithuania) . She was a housewife and married to Ber. Prior to WWII she lived in Skidel, Poland. During the war she was in Skidel, Poland. Bela perished in Grodno, Ghetto at the age of 60. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by her daughter-in-law Regina Trop nee Weinberger
Rabinowicz Pola

Pola Rabinowicz nee Tropp was born in Skidel in 1909 to Bela and Berko. She was a housewife and married with a baby girl born in 1939. Prior to WWII she lived in Skidel, Poland. During the war she was in Skidel, Poland. Pola perished in Grodno, Ghetto. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by her sister-in-law Regina Trop nee Weinberger

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Kolinski Lisa

Lisa Kolinski was born to Leizer and Khana. She was married. Prior to WWII she lived in Warsaw, Poland. During the war she was in Warsaw, Poland. Lisa perished in the Shoah at the age of 26. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 20-Mar-1957 by her relative
Place of Residence (or Place of Birth)
Name Town District Region Country Birth Date
Source

Name Town District Region Country Birth Date Source
Kolinski Shlomo PSHASNISH PRZASNYSZ WARSZAWA POLAND 1900 Page of Testimony
Kolinski Sheindl PRZASNYSZ PRZASNYSZ WARSZAWA POLAND 1904 Page of Testimony
Heller Hela
WARSZAWA WARSZAWA WARSZAWA POLAND Page of Testimony
Kolinska Emilie
WARSZAWA WARSZAWA
1856 List of Theresienstadt camp inmates
Kolinska Helena 1879 List of Theresienstadt camp inmates
Kolinsky Ern
Name Town District Region Country Birth Date Source
Kolinski Jakov PRZASNYSZ PRZASNYSZ WARSZAWA POLAND Page of Testimony
Kolinski Shlomo PRZASNYSZ PRZASNYSZ WARSZAWA POLAND Page of Testimony
Kolinski Josef PRZASNYSZ PRZASNYSZ WARSZAWA POLAND Page of Testimony
Kolinski Meir PRZASNYSZ PRZASNYSZ WARSZAWA POLAND Page of Testimony
Kolinski Hana PRZASNYSZ PRZASNYSZ WARSZAWA POLAND Page of Testimony
Kolinski Shajndl PRZASNYSZ PRZASNYSZ WARSZAWA POLAND Page of Testimony
Kolinski Gitel PRZASNYSZ PRZASNYSZ WARSZAWA POLAND 1903 Page of Testimony
Kolinski Majer PRZASNYSZ PRZASNYSZ WARSZAWA POLAND 1900 Page of Testimony
Kolinski Chana PRZASNYSZ PRZASNYSZ WARSZAWA POLAND 1900 Page of Testimony
Kolinski Meir PRZASNYSZ PRZASNYSZ WARSZAWA POLAND Page of Testimony
Kolinski Hersz PRZASNYSZ PRZASNYSZ WARSZAWA POLAND 1872 Page of Testimony
Kolinski Majer PRZASNYSZ PRZASNYSZ WARSZAWA POLAND 1903 Page of Testimony
Kolinski Chana PRZASNYSZ PRZASNYSZ WARSZAWA POLAND 1924 Page of Testimony
Kolinski Lisa WARSAW WARSZAWA WARSZAWA POLAND Page of Testimony
Kolinski Moshe PRZASNYSZ PRZASNYSZ WARSZAWA POLAND 1900 Page of Testimony
st PRAHA
PRAHA HLAVNI MESTO

BOHEMIA CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1879 Page of Testimony
Kolinsky Ernst PRAGUE PRAHA HLAVNI MESTO BOHEMIA CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1879 Page of Testimony
Kolinsky Robert PRAGUE PRAHA HLAVNI MESTO BOHEMIA CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1905 Page of Testimony
Kolinsky Oskar PRAG PRAHA HLAVNI MESTO BOHEMIA CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1883 Page of Testimony
Kolinsky Arnost 1879 List of Theresienstadt camp inmates
Kolinsky Josef 1909 List of Theresienstadt camp inmates
Kolinsky Helene PRAGUE PRAHA HLAVNI MESTO BOHEMIA CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1879 Page of Testimony
Kolinsky Helene PRAGUE PRAHA HLAVNI MESTO BOHEMIA CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1879 Page of Testimony
Kolinsky Robert PRAHA PRAHA HLAVNI MESTO BOHEMIA CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1905 Page of Testimony
Kollinska Gertruda 1901 List of Lodz ghetto inmates
Kollinska Greta 1892 List of Theresienstadt camp inmates
Kollinska Marie 1913 List of Theresienstadt camp inmates
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Moshe Mones (Moshemones@gmail.com) on Monday, June 23, 2008
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Message: Thank you for this great site

I am trying to find out if anyone knows more about my Paternal family 'Mones'.
I finally traced my great Grandfather Wolf Girsh Mones to his father Zelman
Chaim Mones in Kovna. I do know that Wolf Girsh married Lena Eliashevitz who
had a number of brothers and sisters. Wolf and Lena moved to the U.S. in the
early 1900's and gave birth to my grandfather (obm) Leon Eliezer Mones. I
also know Great Grandmother Lena's father's name was Joseph or Yosef and his
wife was Frieda.

thank you so much
kol tov
Moshe Mones

From Yad Vashem:
Mones Miriam and Emanuel

Miriam perished in Kowno, Lithuania at the age of 11. Emanuel perished at the age of 6. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 01-Jan-1970 by their mother; Chaja Bobkir ( nee Mones) , a survivor who lived in Canada.

Leon Rubin (rubinlj@netvision.net.il) on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Eilat,
As it was advertised, the Dolhinov annual Memorial Meeting "Askara" took place
in Tel-Aviv on the 17.06.08. More than 150 people attended this year special
event.
A documentary film devoted to Nikolay Kiselov was shown. Nikolay Kiselov was
the partisan commander who led us, the Dolhinov Ghetto survivors, over the
occupied territory and eventual crossing the frontier of the German-Russian
lines in November 1942. It was a long and very exousting, dangerous 2 month
march, and many people died in the German attacks on the way. The Memorial
meeting lasted over 3 hours. We had guests from abroad. It was a very moving,
and very successful event.
Leon Rubin,
rubinlj@netvision.net.il

Message: Dear Lewitan family,
My father's sister, (Sala) was married to a man named Avraham Lewitan. He was
born in Warsaw, Poland. 
Avraham's father, named Yeshayahu was  born in Siaului, Lithuania (if I'm not
mistaken) and settled in Warsaw. Avraham is the only member of the family,to
have survived(he survived the Warsaw ghetto uprising together with his wife and
daughter, only to be caught in a burning building (Aprill 1943), to be sent to
Treblinka(he survived this camp and several others) this is how we know who and
how they perished. Avraham had a sister who emigrated to Israel(early 1930's),
and they were in the construction business. Avraham settled in Eretz Yisrael
after the war and remarried. 
Would Avraham Lewitan be any relation? 
He passed away only a couple of years ago. I recently was told this story and
I'm sorry I never met him.

Geri Levine (geri@levinecorp.com)

(Mathias (Mattityahu) Strashun, picture from the Jewish Encyclopedia
Message: My grandmother was from a family that was permitted to live in St.
Petersburg during the czarist time or so I have been told. One of her ancestors
was involved in some capacity with building or financing the Trans-Siberian
Railroad. She was also a Strashun of the Strashun Library in Vilna. Do you know
any resources for me to look at that might help me figure out my family's
connection to the building of the Railroad?

Thanks,
Marilyn Tebor Shaw
Marilyn Tebor Shaw (matshaw1@mac.com) on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 18:07:32
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Strashun family;

Samuel ben Joseph Strashun (1794–March 21, 1872) (Hebrew: ????? ??????? ??????), known also as Rashash (??"?) was a Russian Talmudist born in Zaskevich, government of Wilna. He was educated by his father, and became known as a proficient Talmudist. He married at an early age, and settled with his wife's parents in the village of Streszyn, commonly called Strashun (near Wilna), and assumed the latter name. The distillery owned by his father-in-law was wrecked by the invading French army in 1812, and the family removed to Wilna, where Samuel established another distillery and became one of the most prominent members of the community. His wife conducted the business, as was usual in Wilna, and he devoted the greater part of his time to studying the Talmud and to teaching, gratuitously, the disciples who gathered about him. The Talmud lectures which for many years he delivered daily at the synagogue on Poplaves street were well attended, and from the discussions held there resulted his annotations, which are now incorporated in every recent edition of the Babylonian Talmud (Hagahot v'Chiddushei HaRashash). His fame as a rabbinical scholar spread throughout Russia, and he conducted a correspondence with several well-known rabbis.
Strashun was offered the rabbinate of Suwalki, but he refused it, preferring to retain his independence. His piety did not prevent him from sympathizing with the progressive element in Russian Jewry, and he was one of the few Orthodox leaders who accepted in good faith the decree of the government that only graduates of the rabbinical schools of Wilna and Jitomir should be elected as rabbis. He wrote good modern Hebrew, spoke the Polish language fluently, was conspicuously kind and benevolent, and was highly esteemed even among the Christian inhabitants of Wilna. Besides the above-mentioned annotations, he wrote others to the Midrash Rabbot, which first appeared in the Wilna editions of 1843-45 and 1855. Some of his novellæ, emendations, etc., were incorporated in the works of other authorities. He died in Wilna on March 21, 1872.
Mattityahu, son of Rabbi Samuel Strashun was born in 1817 and passed away in 1886. He had a brother: Eliyahu.
Mattityahu' books and house were bequeathed to the Vilna Kehilah to become a public library.
Shmuel Strashun (( 1840- 1895)  son of Eliezer, brother of  Mattityahu, took over the running of the library- after he passed away his son Isaac took over and headed the library for 35 years. ( from Yahadut Lita)
Mattityahu (Mathias) Strashun (1817-1885):
Scholar, Leader and Book Collector
http://www.yivoinstitute.org/exhibits/strashun/strashunlibrary.htm
Introduction
Mattityahu Strashun's Biography
A Brief History of the Strashun Library
The Story of Hebrew Printing
Samuel and Mattityahu Strashun: Between Tradition and Innovation
By Dr. Mordechai Zalkin
Mattityahu Strashun's Biography
Excerpted and translated from Ir Vilna by Hillel Noah Maggid
Steinschneider (Vilna 1900)
Mattityahu, son of Rabbi Samuel Strashun was born on Hoshana Rabbah
Day of the year 578 (1817). Since childhood he showed evidence of
exceptional memory and great talent in the study of Talmud. His father
employed an excellent tutor, Rabbi Yeshaya David of Lebedev,for him
and his older brother Eliyahu. One day the great Gaon, Rabbi Menashe
of Ilya, a relative, visited the Strashun family. All the dignitaries
of Vilna came to meet Rabbi Menashe and hear his Torah learning. Rabbi
Menashe examined young Mattityahu about his studies in the presence of
this large crowd, and he replied correctly and accurately to every
question.
At age sixteen, he started to study science and mathematics on his
own. Soon he began to correspond with several maskilim, such as the
writer Isaac Ber Lebensohn and Samuel Joseph Fuenn, who quoted him in
their articles. Strashun, often writing under a pseudonym, also became
a regular contributor to several scholarly Hebrew periodicals that
began publication in the 1850s.
When he was 14 years old, Mattityahu married Sarah Hanah, daughter of
the wealthy Yosef Eliyahu Eliasberg (1798-1881). The couple had two
daughters, Gita and Itta, who both died at a very young age. With the
help of his father-in-law, Strashun started a business, which was
mostly managed by his wife and her brother. The Russian Census report
of 1851 lists Strashun's capital as at least 8000 rubles.
Strashun's economic success enabled him to purchase thousands of
books, which he read avidly and memorized. His house became a
destination for scholars, who flocked to hear his erudition and to
consult his books. In 1848, he was appointed head of the Burial
Society, whose records were in disarray. Strashun hired someone to
take care of the account books and record the names of the deceased. A
few years later, he became the head of the Charity Committee of the
Vilna Community, Tsedakah Gedolah, which was in charge of all
community affairs. In 1868, he was appointed member of the Vilna
branch of the State Bank, and was honored ten years later for his
exemplary service with a gold medal (17 February 1878). In addition,
he served in the Vilna City Council (Duma). Mattityahu died childless
in December 1885, and his wife died a few months after him.
In his will, Strashun left 5000 rubles to the Tsedakah Gedolah, 1500
to the Old Age Home, 1000 to the Yeshiva in the Butchers' Kloyz, and
500 rubles each to four Talmudic schools. His books and house were
bequeathed to the Vilna Kehilah to become a public library. He also
left an endowment to pay the salaries of a librarian and an assistant.
Following are a few excerpts from the introduction by his nephew and
executor, David Strashun to Likute Shoshanim, Being the catalogue of
books collected by Mathias Strashun of Vilna, published in Berlin,
1889:
[The Title] Likute Shoshanim [Selections of Roses] was chosen by my
late uncle while he was still alive...the numerical value for Likute
Shoshanim is 861; the numerical value of Mattityahu is also 861, as is
the value of Strashun. This is the reason why I called this catalogue
Likute Shoshanim, and this will be the title of all his collected
writings, which, with the help of God we will begin to publish...
[My uncle] strived throughout his life to bring honor to God and to
his people and share with them his learning and his fortune... Such
people are great not only during their lifetime, but also in their
death, when they leave their lifelong legacy and the fruit their
learning to the entire community. These are the heroes whose memory is
a blessing for ever and ever. My uncle, the genius Rabbi Mathias
Strashun was one of these great sages.
A unique man, who had the two-fold privilege of being both a great
Torah scholar and a great communal leader. He chose to leave his great
book collection, comprising of thousands of volumes, full to the brim
with delicious food for mind. In addition, blessed be he who had the
privilege to see the commentaries and annotations to 63 books that he
wrote during his lifetime. His wisdom shines like stars and his memory
and good name will be of glory and blessing forever and ever.
I promised my dear uncle that after his death I would take good care
of his books and see that they serve the entire House of Israel. When
I made my promise, I thought that this would be an easy assignment.
But soon I learned that, in addition to there being difficulties
involved in obtaining a license to open a library, my uncle had left
his library unorganized and uncataloged. It took us many months to
prepare this catalogue. Since cataloging is a skill rather than a
wisdom, the people who did this work asked me not to mention their
names... I pray that my genius uncle's memory will enable us to open
the library as soon as possible...
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In the shulhoyf [courtyard] of the Great Synagogue of Vilna stood a
two-story building. The sign on its door read: "The Library of Rabbi
Mattityahu son of Rabbi Samuel Strashun." For forty years before the
Holocaust (1901-1941), this building served as one of the most
important cultural institutions of Jewish Vilna. The library was
established through the generosity of Rabbi Mattityahu Strashun
(1817-1885), a renowned Vilna philanthropist, communal leader,
scholar, and bibliophile. It included many rare Hebrew books and
manuscripts, which Strashun had painstakingly collected over a period
of 50 years, beginning with his bar mitzvah. By the time he died in
1885, the magnificent library had amassed 5739 books and manuscripts.
In his will, Strashun, who was childless, bequeathed his books and his
home to the Vilna Kehilah [Community] and appointed his nephew David
Strashun as the executor. David Strashun hired scholars to catalog
this collection. The catalogue was published in 1889 under the title
Likute Shoshanim [A Gathering of Roses]. In 1892, the Strashun library
was opened to the public in Mattityahu's former home. However, it soon
became clear that the building was too small for its purpose, and, in
1899, the trustees of the library decided to erect a new building
inside the synagogue courtyard. The document authorizing construction
of the new building is displayed in this exhibition.
In 1901, the library moved to its new building in the shulhoyf. The
original Strashun collection of rare books was housed in a special
room, while the main reading room served the general public. The Vilna
Community assumed responsibility for the property in perpetuity. The
Strashun Library immediately became a popular place for study and
leisure reading. The average daily number of readers was more than
200, mostly high school and seminary students, and there was always a
line of readers outside the door. In the evenings the Library served
as a Jewish cultural center.

The Library directors were Samuel Strashun and, later, Isaac Strashun.
The chief librarian was Khaykl Lunski, who served in this post until
the demise of the Library under the Nazis in 1941.
The collection continued to grow, primarily through gifts and bequests, since there
was little or no budget for new acquisitions. Beginning in 1928, the
Library received from the Vilna University Library all Hebrew and
Yiddish books published in Poland. In the 1930s, the number of books
was reported to be 35,000.
The Nazis occupied Vilna on June 23, 1941 and, soon thereafter,
ordered the Jews to move into a ghetto. Both the YIVO Library and the
Strashun Library were taken over by the Einsatzstab Rosenberg, a Nazi
task force assigned to systematic looting of Jewish cultural
treasures. The Nazis forced the librarian and a few others to select
and crate hundreds of thousands of Jewish books and archives. The
wooden crates were shipped to Frankfurt-am-Main, where they were
stored in a huge warehouse, waiting to be incorporated into the future
"Library of the Extinct Race." In 1945, the American army discovered
three million Jewish books in the Offenbach warehouse, among them
25,000 books from the Strashun Library collection and 15,000 books
from the YIVO Library collection. These volumes were rescued from the
ruins of Europe and brought back to YIVO in New York in 1947.
In the 1970s, the YIVO Library hired the well-known bibliographer,
Rabbi Chaim Lieberman, to catalog the rabbinical portion of the
Strashun collection, while the secular portion remained to be done. In
early 1999 YIVO moved to its new home at the Center for Jewish
history. Later that year it received a generous grant form the
descendants of Mattityahu Strashun in the United States, that enabled
the YIVO Library staff to computerize Lieberman's catalog cards, as
well as catalog the books which were never cataloged before. We are
very pleased to offer greater access to this important historical
collection and to display some of its treasures for the first time.

Strashun Street

Sharon Alexander (dreyfalex@aol.com) on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 12:08:44
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Message: Thank you for this site. All of my grandparents were born in the US
around 1900 and I cannot manage to track my family back in any direction. My
grandmother's parents came from Vilna. Their names were Moshe Rosenblum and
Ruchel Silberman (or Silberstein). My grandmother's American name was Belle
(Scheyne?) She was born in upstate NY in 1900 and had 5 younger siblings: Jack,
Lou, Dorothy, Sarah, and (?) I saw that there are listings for the Reosenblums
in Zarki. I also saw a Silverman listing in Riga with a grandmother called
Scheine. If my grandmother's family story seems to jibe with yours, please get
in touch.

Sharon Alexander
dreyfalex@aol.com

Dear Genners,
Four months ago, a French Jewish genner asked me:
"it is said that Sam Marx, father of the Marx Brothers was born in
Strasbourg, France. But nobody didn't proof it. What do you think?"
Here the result of my query, pointing out that that searching was only
possible when it admitted that the father of the Marx brothers was not
educated, as his parents were peddlers...
During all the search, a Jewish genner was also my patient listener ...
The 1885 certificate of marriage of the parents of the MARX Brothers,
Simon MARX (declared Samuel MARKS) married Miny SCHONBERG ( Minnie
SCHOENBERG) :
they were joined in marriage in the City of New York on "Sondog day of 18
Jaen. 1885", by "Rev Dr. G.Londsberg".
The witnesses were related with the bridegroom.
The husband, 24, was born in Elsas, Frank, (i.e.Alsace, France).
His parents were said MARKS Mark and Honne ( Hanna) - only a surname !
The wife was Mini SCHONBERG (Minnie SCHOENBERG), born in Prusye (i.e;
Prussia),
Her parents were Lewi Schonberg and Fanny Schonberg.
1°) Simon MARX, father of the Marx brothers:
was born on Oct. 23, 1859, in Mertzweiller (in French: Mertzwiller), Alsace.
(Mertzwiller-Pechelbronn is interesting because oil sands were mined there
from 1745 ).
He died in Los Angeles, CA, on May 11, 1933, and was interred in New Mount
Carmel, New York. "The only other interment is that of Minnie MARX, interred
September 15, 1929".(ref. Mount Carmel Cemetery Assoc./Mrs V.S. Goldfinger)
2°) the parents of Simon MARX were "hawkers", (in german:"Hausierer")
His father, Simon MARX , was born in Hochfelden (Alsace ) on 1830 and, his
mother, Adel LEVI, 24, (in 1859), both living in Hochfelden.
Adel, not Adele, was probably born in Prussia, as i didn't find her birth
and marriage records, as supposedly not registered in France...
Later, she appears as Haennchen, Johanna ISAAK, born on 1839 in Lorsch
(Hesse), Prussia.
She died on July 10, 1910, as her husband and one of their sons, Heinrich,
1866-1898, at the jewish hospital from Strasbourg.
They were buried in Strasbourg. Pictures of the tombstones.
3°)
The grandfather was also named Simon MARX , married to Babet WEIL, both 26,
on 1830, and lived in Hochfelden.
Simon, the father of the Marx brothers, had 7 siblings born in different
Alsatian villages. I established a family tree. In addition, perhaps
another son, Moritz.
As the family tree chart of Minnie was established in the States, i didn't
search it again.
In conclusion,
Simon MARX, alias Samuel MARKS 1859-1933 was the father of the Marx Brothers
Simon MARX 1830-1901 was their grandfather
Simon MARX 1804-? was their ggfather
for establishing the life of Simon MARX, alias Samuel MARKS, 1859-1933, it
is necessary to try to imagine his life in accordance with the conditions
prevailing in Europe at that time, where poorest Jews among the poorest
population were living as peddlers, beggars, ragmen, having large families.
They were illiterated, persecuted...
In those circumstances, not astonishing that Simon MARX was not well up in
his registrations ....
At the municipal buildings when registering the birth of his children, it
was written: "cannot read nor write"!
For that motive, the names and surnames were whimsical...
A last exemple:
one of their children was born Henriette in 1862 but died as Jeannette in
1870.
When reading the domiciliary record of the different moves of Simon, father
of the Marx brothers, and his family:
Adel LEVI was alias Haennchen, Johanna ISAAK, born in Prussia.
An other proof, one of their children was declared son of Simon MARX and
Anna ISAAK, not of Adele or Haennchen and that registration wasn't the first
or the last of their children!
Simon born Marx in Alsace became Samuel Marks in the States and why not ,
without identification papers, declaring that the father was MARKS MARK?
Settling in the States after 1878, before becoming theatrical manager,
Simon, Samuel was tailor, making clothes without taking measures....
"Honne," mother of Simon, as named at the 1885 wedding was certainly Adel,
then Haennchen (little Hanna), Anna.
I hope this story is as interesting to you as it was exciting to me - in
hope that my demonstration is correct. My wish would be that more people
would be interested in the restoration of the XIX Century Jewish cemetery of
Strasbourg-Koenigshoffen, devasted by WWII, bad weather, neglected.
Numerous descendants were deported, numerous heirs settled to New World.
Sad to see that a part of that Jewish heritage is abandonned.
A timely chance for having discovered again the place where the parents of
Simon, father of the Marx Brothers, were buried.
Pierre Kogan
THE MARX FAMILY
Groucho, Gummo, Minnie (nee Schönberg), Zeppo, Frenchie ( Sam's affectionate family nickname) , Chico and Harpo (originally named Adolph after his famous uncle Abraham Elieser Adolph "Al" Shean, Al Shean, born Adolph Schönberg and younger brother of the Marx Brothers' mother Minnie, was together with Edward Gallagher one of most famous male teams in Vaudeville.

Claims Conference to compile database of Holocaust memories

By Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany is soliciting
Holocaust survivors to write memoirs and donate their personal diaries
to a new digital database, the group announced during a press
conference in New York on Tuesday.

The project was planned in part by Professor Shaul Friedlander, a
renowned Israeli historian and researcher who won a Pulitzer this year
for his book "The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews
1939-1945."

Friedlander said Tuesday that "the worldwide Shoah memories collection
will rescue and preserve a first hand account of the genocide that
claimed 6,000,000 Jews in World War Two. It will be vital to future
generations' understanding of the Holocaust when there are no
survivors left to tell of their experiences in concentration camps,
ghettos and hiding from Nazis."
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Elie Wiesel is the honorary chairman of the program. He has said of it
that, "I repeat now what Dubnov said to his companions when they went
to their deaths. Write, write, write. And I am saying it to you now,
please write. This is the last chance. Thirty years from now, who will
still be here?"

Holocaust survivors from former Soviet Union awarded NIS 19 million

By Hila Raz

A Tel Aviv District Court on Sunday awarded NIS 19 million to 1,365
Holocaust survivors who had escaped to the former Soviet Union before
emigrating to Israel.

Judge Oded Modrik ruled that the Claims Conference - which negotiates
compensation and is responsible for transferring funds from Germany to
Holocaust victims - neglected to inform survivors from the former
Soviet Union that they were entitled to a one-time restitution payment
upon their arrival in Israel.

The lawsuit was filed in 2002 by the organization Children of War,
which represented 1,915 Holocaust victims who sued the Claims
Conference. The claimants argued that the committee, operating in
Israel, set additional criteria for compensation that did not appear
in the German government's original decision.
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The committee argued that the claimants were not entitled to sue
because they did not meet the criteria and hadn't proven that they had
been persecuted. As a result, their claims expired.

Judge Modrik rejected three of the committee's claims and ruled that
550 out of the 1,915 plaintiffs' claims had expired.

Attorney Yoram Sheftel, who represented the Holocaust survivors, said
"I am satisfied with the ruling that applies to two-thirds of the
claimants." But Sheftel said he was shocked that the court accepted
that the argument that the other 550 claims had expired and is
planning to appeal to the Supreme Court on behalf of those whose
claims were denied.

The committee's attorney Uri Keidar also intends to appeal the ruling,
and has requested that the decision be delayed until the court renders
its final rulings

Gunter Kremtz (gunni-k@web.de)
Message: this sites are always interesting. I`m looking for my family
name "Kremtz". one of them married Benjamin Alpert (Meier-Kremtz) and
came from Vilnius. In 1906 she`s traveled by ship to the united states and was living in New
York.
Do you have photos from Benjamin Alpert and this wife?
greetings from Germany
Gunter Kremtz

for Alperovitz/ some who changed to Alpert family go to http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/k_pages/alperovitz.html

from Lili Haber <lili@lyhaber.com>
Irena Sendler, Warsaw, February 2007, aged 97

IRENA SENDLEROWA
has passed away
Today (12.05.2008) Irena Sendler died at 8:45 in a Warsaw hospital on P?ocka

The hero of the time of the Holocaust is gone.

In extreme conditions, her attitude, conduct,
and actions became an unattainable model
of humanity, courage, and people's solidarity.

She saved 2500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto.

May She rest in peace
During World War II she was an activist in the Polish Underground and the ?egota Polish anti-Holocaust resistance in Warsaw. She helped save some 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto by providing them false documents and sheltering them in individual and group children's homes outside the Ghetto

During the World War II German occupation of Poland, Sendler lived in Warsaw (before that she lived in Tarczyn) while working for the city's Social Welfare Department. She started helping Jews a long time before the Warsaw Ghetto was established. Helping Jews was very risky — in German-occupied Poland, all household members were punished by death if a hidden Jew was found in their house. This was the most severe punishment compared to those applied in other occupied European countries.

In December 1942, the newly created Children's Section of the ?egota Council for Assistance to the Jews, a council to aid Jews, nominated her (under her cover name Jolanta[3]) to head its children's department. As an employee of the Social Welfare Department, she had a special permit to enter the Warsaw Ghetto, to check for signs of typhus, something the Nazis feared would spread beyond the ghetto.[4] During the visits, she wore a Star of David as a sign of solidarity with the Jewish people and so as not to call attention to herself.

She cooperated with the Children's Section of the Municipal Administration, linked with the RGO (Central Welfare Council), a Polish Relief Organization tolerated under German supervision. She organized the smuggling of Jewish children from the Ghetto, carrying them out in boxes, suitcases and trolleys.[2] The children were placed with Polish families, the Warsaw orphanage of the Sisters of the Family of Mary or Roman Catholic convents such as the Sisters Little Servants of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Mary[5] at Turkowice and Chotomów. Some were smuggled to priests in parish rectories where they could be further hidden. She kept lists of the names, hidden in jars, in order to keep track of their original and new identities.

Arrested in 1943 by the Gestapo, she was severely tortured and sentenced to death. The ?egota saved her by bribing the German guards on the way to her execution. She was left in woods, unconcious and with broken arms and limbs.[2] Officially, she was listed on public bulletin boards as among those executed. Even in hiding, she continued her work for the Jewish children.

Postwar awards

In 1965, she was recognized by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations, which was confirmed in 1983 by the Israeli Supreme Court. She also was awarded the Commanders Cross by the Israeli Institute.

In 2003, Pope John Paul II sent a personal letter to Sendler, praising her altruistic wartime efforts.

On 10 October 2003, Irena Sendler received the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest civilian decoration. Sendler was also awarded the Jan Karski Award "For Courage and Heart", which is given by the American Center of Polish Culture in Washington.

On 14 March 2007, Sendler was honoured by Poland's Senate. Polish President Lech Kaczynski stated that she "can be justly named for the Nobel Peace Prize" (nominations are supposed to be kept secret, though). At age 97, she was unable to leave her nursing home to receive the honour, but she sent a statement through Elzbieta Ficowska, whom Sendler saved as a baby.

Sendler was the last survivor from the Children's Section of the ?egota Council for Assistance to the Jews, which she headed from January 1943 until the end of World War II.

Nobel nominee

Sendler was a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, but lost out to Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States.

Life in a Jar

In 1999, Norm Conard, a high school teacher from Pittsburg, Kansas, encouraged four students at the Uniontown, Kansas, school where he taught to investigate the life of Irena Sendler.

Based on their findings, the students created a play, Life in a Jar (after her hiding place for documents), which re-enacted Sendler's heroic acts. As of March 2008, there had been over 240 performances: first in Kansas, then all around the United States, in Canada, and finally in Europe.

In 2006, in Kansas, March 10 was declared Irena Sendler Day.

Marlene Mlawski (m.mlawski@rogers.com) on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 16:50:57
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Message: I am interested in information about Mlawski from Warsaw, ciepla 26
and Grossman from Belz

Julio Hochberg (drhamburger@gmail.com) on Monday, April 28, 2008 at 20:29:32
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Message: I am loocking for my family in Kiev. My cousin Ienta Fitermam her
single name was Hochberg. She had a sister ,a brother in law and a niece and a
nephew living in the city of Kiev. During WWII they run from the city of
Sterdyn Poland. If you have any information about them write to me

Julio Hochberg E-mail Drhamburger@gmail.com

I have just had researchers based in Russia comb through all the
archives in to look for any Mendelson's in hope of inding more
information on my great-great-grandfather Morduhk MENDELSON who was
born in Shklov about 1852. I have had research done previously which
only focused on him and his children of which I have names of 11. With
the new research I now have the name of his father and siblings.
Hopefully through this new information I find more connections.

If I have read the researh report correctly Mosvha-Shlema born about
(1825-1826) also listed as Shlema-Movsha in the records that were
found is Morduhk's father. In later records of Morduhk's children it
lists his father as Movsha-Leiba and I am not sure of how that came
about or why. Anyways, Mosvha-Shlema was the son of Itzka Mendelson
who was born about 1806. Itzka was married twice. the first wife is
unknown, but the second wife's first name was Enta. Through that
second marriage Itzka had a son Israel.

I have been in contact with a another person who was also reserching
his Mendelson roots which stem from Israel. We already thought that we
had to have a connection somewhere down the line. Now, that I have
this information I can most definately confirm that connection. Movsha-
Shlema & Israel were brothers and any children they had would have
been first cousins.

I am excited to have all this information. I would to talk with anyone
who feels they may also have Mendelson roots from Shklov & Mogilev. I
will most gladyly share my information and hopefully find more
connections.

Sarah Greenberg(USA-CT

The following is from Vitalija Gircyte of the Kaunas Regional Archives
regarding an exhibition on Kaunas Guberniya Jews

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The Kaunas Regional Archive has opened an exhibition on Kaunas Guberniya
Jews. Mostly records - the thick old volumes are impressive. They are also
exhibiting photographs of army draftees and melameds that they have in
their holdings and also drawings of synagogues.

A few people from the Kaunas Jewish Community and Kaunas Religious Jewish
Community participated and seemed quite interested.

But the exhibition will be more interesting to Lithuanians and may serve to
dispel a few stereotypes about the Jews. Even some of my colleagues were
surprised that Jews used to be farmers and serve in the army. We used the
calligraphy of the Book of Esther in the shape of a bear by your (David Hoffman')
great-grandfather Shliomovich to decorate our exposition. Everyone
admired it.

Vitalija

Julio Hochberg (drhamburger@gmail.com) on Monday, April 28, 2008 at 20:29:32
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Message: I am loocking for my family in Kiev. My cousin Ienta Fitermam her
single name was Hochberg. She had a sister ,a brother in law and a niece and a
nephew leaving in the city of Kiev. During WWII they run from the city of
Sterdyn Poland. If you have any information about them write to me

Julio Hochberg E-mail Drhamburger@gmail.com

Michael Perlin (mlperlin@g on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 22:15:44
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Message: I stumbled on this website tonight, and I am staggered. I knew
NOTHING
about almost all of these Perlins... I was in Vilnius nearly three
years ago..
had I only known then!

I saw no mention of my paternal grandfather, Max Perlin, who died in
Perth
Amboy, NJ, in about 1922. His brother was the father of Marshall Perlin
who is
discussed extensively on the first Perlin webpage (I am Michael Perlin,
listed
a few under Marshall [whose daughter, Jan, is a friend of mine]).

\Thank you for making this wonderful resource available

From: claudia libo clavedesol53@hotmail.com

is possible to you, to give me some information about family
LEIBOWICZ, from VOLKOVYSK, bielorrussia? When my grandfather came to
argentina, his last name was changed to LIBOVICH, so that is now my
last name. but I am trying to find some members of the family, in
somewhere. thank you very much and greetings, from Córoba, Argentina.

Claudia Libovich

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from Yad Vashem;
Lwowicz Zyla

Zyla Lwowicz was born in Wolkowysk in 1914 to Arie and Beila. She was
a seamstress and single. Prior to WWII she lived in Wolkowysk, Poland.
During the war she was in Wolkowysk, Poland. Zyla perished in the
Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on
left) submitted on 15-Jan-1956 by her sister Batia BOROVIK of Givaat
Rambam, Israel

Lwowicz Bejla

Bejla Lwowicz nee Goldberg was born in Pruzana to Shlomo and Batia.
She was a housewife and widow of Arie. Prior to WWII she lived in
Wolkowysk, Poland. During the war she was in Wolkowisk, Poland. Bejla
perished in the Shoah at the age of 67. This information is based on a
Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 15-Jan-1956 by her
daughter Batia BOROVIK of Givaat Rambam, Israel
Lwowicz Mowsza
Mowsza Lwowicz was born in Wolkowysk in 1912 to Arie and Beila. He
was a clerk and married to Khaia and had a boy Arie who was born in
1939. Prior to WWII he lived in Wolkowysk, Poland. During the war he
was in Wolkowysk, Poland. Mowsza perished in the Shoah with his
family. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on
left) submitted on 15-Jan-1956 by his sister Batia BOROVIK of Givaat
Rambam, Israel
Lwowicz Hirsz

Hirsz Lwowicz was born in Wolkowysk in 1916 to Arie. He was a clerk
and single. Prior to WWII he lived in Wolkowysk, Poland. During the
war he was in Wolkowysk, Poland. Hirsz perished in the Shoah. This
information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left)
submitted on 15-Jan-1956 by his sister Batia BOROVIK of Givaat Rambam,
Israel.

Shelkovitz Ester

Ester Shelkovitz nee Libovitz was born in Wolkowisk to Mordekhai Zvi
and Tzipora Feiga.. Prior to WWII she lived in Zelwa, Poland. During
the war she was in Zelwa, Poland. Ester perished in the Shoah at the
age of 50. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed
on left) submitted on 10-Aug-1999 by her nephew Arie Borkovski of
Rishon Lezion ( he is the son of her sister: Rivka nee Libovitz).

Borkovski Mnashem
Mnashem Borkovski was born in Wolkowysk in 1926 to Yeshua Borkovski
and Rivka nee Leibovitz. He was a pupil and a child. During the war he
was in Wolkowysk, Poland. Mnashem perished in 1942 in Treblinka,
Poland at the age of 16. This information is based on a Page of
Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by his brother Arie Borkovski
of Rishon Lezion
Borkovski Avraham
Avraham Borkovski was born in Wolkowysk in 1922 to Yehoshua and
Ester. He was a worker. Prior to WWII he lived in Wolkowysk, Poland.
During the war he was in Wolkowysk, Poland. Avraham perished in 1942
in Treblinka, Poland at the age of 20. This information is based on a
Page of Testimony submitted by his brother Arie Borkovski of Rishon
Lezion

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Leybovich Isak

Isak Leybovich. Prior to WWII he lived in Volkovysk, Poland. During
the war he was in Volkovysk, Poland. Isak perished in the Shoah. This
information is based on a List of Persecuted
Leibowicz Pesach
Pesach Leibowicz was born in Ruzany in 1889 to Isar and Jenta. He
was a teacher and married. Prior to WWII he lived in Zelwa, Poland.
During the war he was in Zelwa, Poland. Pesach perished in 1942 in
Zelwa, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony
(displayed on left) submitted on 12-Nov-1956 by his niece ( daughter
of his brother) Leah Leibowicz of Nachlat Yizhak, Israel.

Boris Feldblyum (boris@bfcollection.net)

Home Page: http://www.bfcollection.net

Message: Eilat,
you are using broken links to my web site. The web site has long been updated.
PLease use home page address only.

Thanks,
Boris Feldblyum

Your own site is amazing

Nissan (Nathan) EVIAN/Evens (or possibly some other similar spelling,
born c 1859 and died c. 1904, married Sora (Sadie/Hassa) FARB, born c.
1864 and died c. 1918 possible in Crimea from the plague. As far as I
know they were from Panevezys, Kovno, Lithuania.

They had at least 6 children:
Samuel (Shumel ben Nissan) Evens born c. 1897 (my Zeida) married Pearl
Kramer in Krugersdorp
Yossel/Joseph Evans who married Alka Katz
Hescel/Hessel Evian/Evans who married Henna. He died in Krugersdorp
Hinda Ruchel Evens born c 1892 who married Karpel Gulin,
Yockel/Jockel/Jokkel Evans born c. 1889 who married Sarah/Sora
Morris/Maurice b. c 1891 who died during WW1. It is possible that his
wife and 2 of his children were shot dead while running away from the
front line

All, except for Hinda and possibly Maurice, emigrated to South Africa.
Hinda emigrated to USA and I have her family history. I am missing
information on her son Nissan who was at Odessa in a Yeshiva when the
rest of the family emigrated to America. He later emigrated to
Argentina

I have a full history of my Zeida's line and some information on his
sibilings. But I know nothing about his parents.

Hoping someone can help me with information or suggestions on this
family

Michelle
EVIAN/EVENS/EVANS/EWAN (Lithuania, South Africa, UK, America, Israel)
FARB (Lithuania, South Africa, UK, America, Israel)
KRAMER (Lithuania, South Africa, UK, America, Israel)
GREEN (Lithuania, South Africa, UK, America, Israel)
JACOBSON (Lithuania, South Africa, UK, America, Israel)

I am searching for the family of Luisa TORBE, of
Krakow, who submitted Pages of Testimony in the 1950s.
At the time she was living in Kiryat Ono, Israel. She
was related to the GRUN and WETSHTEIN families of
Krakow.

Please reply privately.

Sincerely
Ben Weinstock

Message: This is a great site!

I am researching LAPIDES - any additional information would be appreciated.

Louis Lapides
birth: Riga, Latvia
died: abt 1936 Manhattan, NY, USA
wife: Sarah (no birth info, also died in Manhattan, NY)

One of Louis & Sarah's children is Samuel Lapides ...

Samuel Lapides
Born: 15 Jun 1885
Place: Dolhinov, Russia
Immigrated to USA: 1902
Married: 1 April 1907 in Manhattan, NY to Molly Hebenstreit
died: 7 Sep 1957
Place: Manhattan, NY, USA

Molly Hebenstreit
Born: 1 Jan 1885
Place: Belz, Austria
Died: Dec 1978
Place: Brooklyn, Kings, NY, USA

One of Samuel & Molly's children is Maurice Lapides ...

Maurice Lapides
born: 4 Jan 1917
Place: Manhattan, NY, USA
Died: 14 Dec 1977
Place: Queens, NY, USA

Thank you in advance for any additional information.
Janis (janis_3kids@charter.net)

Laura Miner (finemine2000@Hotmail.com) on Friday, March 14, 2008 at 14:58:15
Message: I made a typo in the spelling of the family name on the description of
Fanny Scolnik Stein. I must have been tired when I wrote it. The whole point
of spelling the name Scolnik when they arrived in America was so that they/we
could find each other again. For example, the Lewiston, Maine Scolniks and I
are all cousins through my late grandmother Fanny Scolnik Stein, daughter of
Wolf Gdaly Scolnik.

Alan Barasch (olim@barasch.com) Home Page: http://www.barasch.com

Message: I am pretty sure we are related. The Kantorovich from Utena, Ukmerge,
Lithuania is probably my gr-gr-grandfather. That side of MY family immigrated
to Scotland, South Africa, and Alabama.

Kim Shuck Cowan (lkstar@roadrunner.com) March 11, 2008 at 13:54:24
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Message: My son and I are researching our family roots. My mother Linda Wayne
Shuck is the descendant of Laizor Weinzweig. His son Behr immigrated to the US
(NY then PA) in 1899. His wife Lea (Sugarman) Weinzweig (also shown as
Wainzug) immigrated with 3 of her children from England in 1902, although they
were married and lived in Lebedows (Lebedevo) before Behr emigrated from there.
Behr ultimately came to be named Barnet Weinsweig in the United States in
Uniontown PA. He is my great grandfather. Laizor, his father, is the last
known relative. I don't know Behr's mother's name or even the proper spelling
of Laizor's name (first and last since these things change so much). Is there
any information out there on these people? I do know that Behr was born around
1975 and Leah (called Elizabeth in the US) Sugarman was born around the same
time. Thank you.

I am very happy to find your page, I am from Argentina, my name is Claudia Libovich Kunitza, and for some time i am trying to look for information about the family of my grandparents, and to know if i still have some relatives in Slonim or other parts of the world.
when saw all these photos I cried a lot, I discovered my grandmother in one of them, when she was young, in the Ha shomer ha tsair number- slnm28-, there are a few girls standing, and one sitting . I have the original photo with my boby who is sitting!!!!
i also have few more photos she gave me to keep. I loved her as my best friend, not only as a grandmother. so I am trying to keep her memories alive.
so, when you want I can send you the photos for your page, and if you have some information for me I will be very grateful.
Greetings Claudia Libovich

Your LitvakSIG Online Journal is pleased to announce the e-publication of
"The Life and Times of Ellen and Jacob Cohen: 1871-1950" by Marvin L.
Simner, Ph.D.

Ellen Slasovitch Cohen was born in 1871 in Veisiejai, Lithuania, and her
husband Jacob Cohen was born in 1871 in Vilnius. In the 1890s, they
emigrated to America, where "Between the time of his arrival in 1896 and
his death in 1940, Jacob served as chazzan, mohel, and/or schochet in at
least five synagogues."

Mr. Cohen's first American appointment was in Plymouth, PA. He also
worked in Shamokin, PA, Lynchburg, VA, Charleston, SC, and Scranton, PA.
This article delves into Jewish life in Veisiejai, Lithuania, as well as
in various places in Pennsylvania and Virginia.

To read this new article, please visit
http://www.jewishgen.org/Litvak/HTML/OnlineJournals/lifeandtimes_cohen5.htm

And to read the wealth of additional articles available to you via the
LitvakSIG Online Journal, including "What's in a Name? The Problem of
Name Changes in the Search for Family Roots," "Memorials for Lithuania
Shtetls in Cholon, Israel," "Another Surinamer Surfaces," "Box-Tax
Paperwork Records" and more, please consult the Table of Contents at
http://www.jewishgen.org/Litvak/HTML/OnlineJournals/Journal.htm

Shalom,
Judi Langer-Surnamer Caplan
Editor, LitvakSIG Online Journal

Joan Lidestri (kajajuel@frontiernet.net) on Wednesday, March 05, 2008
at
19:24:16
My mother's family was from Kossov, and my grandparents belonged to
the Kossover Society in New York.. I have been told that Kossov is in
Austria,
Poland and Russia, at various times. I had maternal DNA analysis done
last
year, and the DNA report stated that I was predominantly ashkanazi
Polish and
Russian. Does anyone have any further information regarding Kossov,
and/or the
Kossover Society? My grandmother passed away in 1964, and my
grandfather died
in the flu epidemic of 1919, so there's no one to ask any longer. My
mom
passed away 7 years ago and was not particularly interested in her
ancestry.
My grandmother was Pauline Drucker Buchner and my grandfather was Max
Buchner,
and settled in the Bronx around 1910. Thanks for listening...

Below are some of the Email List-serve groups I have created to bring people together. Perhaps one of them is relavant for people in our group. The groups all archive. One can post or send around pictures and emails are hidden. You can pass them around or post to sites.
Best,
Raanan S. Isseroff - New York City

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EishyshokFamilyHistory/ Eisyshok Lithuania Families

http://lists.topica.com/lists/scolnikfamilycircular/ Scolnik Family History Group

http://lists.topica.com/lists/Baalshemtovfamily Baal Shem Tov Families Group

http://lists.topica.com/lists/mezibuzfamilies/ Mesibuz (Belarus) Families Group

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YaninaFamlyHistory/ Yanina (Greece) Family History

http://lists.topica.com/lists/dauberfamilyhistorycircular Dauber Family History Group
(Chernowitz)

http://lists.topica.com/lists/kalishfamilyhistory/ Kalish / Kalushiner Family History Group

http://lists.topica.com/lists/pushinskyfamilyhistorygroup/ Pushinsky Family History Group
(Also: Pusinsky)

http://lists.topica.com/lists/reiflerfamilyemailcircular/ Reifler Family History Group
(Bukovina / Chernowitz / Romania)

http://lists.topica.com/lists/sonisonfamilyhistoryemailgroup/ Sonison Family History Group

sam (samigalbabe@hotmail.co.uk) on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 17:07:48
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Message: hello
I wonder if you can help me?
My family name in England is Alperovitch. I do not know if this has been spelt
incorrectly because of maybe a language barrier?
I have been told that a David or Davis Alperovitch came from Kiev and his wife
Rachel Milchenson came from Minsk. I do not know this for sure. I think they
left Russia to come to England at the end of the 1800's. Their marriage is
recorded in England 1899.
Is this any relation to the alperovich or alperovitz please?

You have saved this record to My Ancestry (Shoebox).
You have saved this record to My Ancestry (People I'm Looking For).
This record has been added to your shoebox.
England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983
about Davis Alperovitch
Name: Davis Alperovitch
Year of Registration: 1899
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Mile End Old Town
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1c
Name: Rachel Miltsensohn
Year of Registration: 1899
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Mile End Old Town
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1c

Hello! I am looking for any information about the GORDIN family.
This is what is known:
Morduch (Mark) GORDIN - the head of the family
Esther GORDIN (nee SCHEPSCHELEVITCH) - his wife. Children:
1. Nikolai (b. 1888) probably in Liepaja, Latvia, killed by Nazis in 1941
in Tallinn, Estonia
2. Anna (b. 1892) probably in Liepaja, Latvia, lived in Tallinn, Estonia.
Probably killed by nazis in 1941/2
3. Leopold (b. 1893) probably in Liepaja, Latvia, lived in Estonia and in
UK
4. Dora (b. probably 1895 in Liepaja, d. 1991 in London) - the famous
sculptor
Would appreciate any additional information.
Mark Rybak, Israel
http://eja.pri.ee/
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Dora Gordine: self-taught sculptor, designer, collector and society figure, provides a worthy foil to Epstein. Beginning her career in Paris, where she was encouraged by Maillol, she travelled widely, concentrating from the outset on models of non-European origin. Her bronze bust, The Chinese Philosopher (1926, Dorich House), won her instant acclaim when exhibited in Paris in 1926, and was followed by The Mongolian Head (1927), now in the Tate collection. Her first solo exhibition at the Leicester Galleries in London in 1928, included heads of Indian, Chinese, Cingalese [sic], Javanese, Malay, Iranian and Greek models, and was a complete sell out. Between 1929-35 she lived and worked in the Far East, carrying out a commission from the city of Singapore in 1930 to sculpt six heads representing its constituent races. Dorich House, Kingston Vale, the home she designed in 1936 with her husband Richard Hare, an aristocratic academic, shows her awareness of European Modernsim, but her work, unlike Epstein's, remains classically-inspired.

The exhibition will explore the sculptors shared contacts and interests: both regular exhibitors at the Leicester Galleries, London, and founder-members of the Society of Portrait Sculptors, they also both attracted patronage from the prominent collector Michael Sadler.

Loans will be drawn from the Ben Uri permanent collection and both private and public sources, including the Tate. Particular support has come from the Garman Ryan Collection at the New Art Gallery, Walsall, and from Dorich House, now part of Kingston University, and home to the Gordine/Hare collection of Russian art and the Gordine archive. Many of Gordine's works have remained unseen for more than fifty years.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully-illustrated, colour catalogue with contributions from scholars including Dr. Jonathan Black and Brenda Martin of Kingston University.

Curators: Sarah MacDougall and Rachel Dickson
The Hon Richard Hare (1907-1966) and Dora Gordine (1895-1991)

Dora Gordine at Exhibition in 1949

Richard Hare
Dora Gordine at Exhibition Richard Hare

The newly married Hon Richard Hare and his Latvian born wife, the sculptor Dora Gordine, moved in to Dorich House when it was barely finished in November 1936. The couple designed it themselves and built it with the help of a surveyor/builder, Henry Ivor Cole. It is listed Grade II. The studios, gallery and living spaces they created were unique, providing the perfect environment for a lifestyle devoted to making and collecting art. Achieving a First at Baillol College,Oxford, Richard Hare started a career as a diplomat, but in the mid 1940s he embarked on an ambitious project to built a collection of the then unfashionable art from old Imperial Russia for public ownership. Encouraged by Dora, the collection and study of Russian art and culture became a lifelong passion as he turned to academia, lecturing for the School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies at the University of London and writing five books and numerous articles on the subject.

Head of a Chinaman (1926)

Trained in Paris in the 1920s, Dora Gordine achieved overnight fame with a Head of a Chinaman exhibited at the Salon des Tuileries in 1926. The cultures of China and South East Asia were she worked from 1930 – 1935 were constant inspirations for Dora Gordine, influencing both the decoration of her home and her work. Her studies of the human form and portraits in bronze subsequently gained her international fame. She was made a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors in 1949 and has four heads in the Tate Gallery collection. Following Gordine's death in 1991, Dorich House has become a showcase for Dora Gordine's work and their collection of Russian Imperial Art.
Dora Gordine, was a noted Russian-British sculptress, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (she was never prepared to reveal her year of birth).
She came to Paris to study music and art. Then, surrounded by galleries and salons, she "instinctively felt a correlation between the rhythms of music and sculpture" and developed her sculptural vision.
In 1925 Gordine worked as a painter on a mural for the British Pavilion at the Decorative Arts Exhibition. It provided the means to cast a bronze for exhibition at the Beaux Arts Society. The following year she was invited to exhibit at the Salon des Tuileries where a Torso and head of a Chinese Philosopher received enthusiastic reviews; The Straits Times in 1932 wrote that: - "Like Byron, one morning Dora Gordine woke up famous".
The Leicester Galleries in London presented Gordine's sculpture in a solo show in 1928. It was a huge success and all her work was sold, amongst which Javanese Head was bought by Samuel Courtauld for the Tate Gallery collection.
She married Richard Gilbert Hare (5 September 1907 - 1966), son of Richard Granville Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel and Freda Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone on 21 November 1936. They lived at Dorich House, London. Her husband introduced her to London society figures, many of whom sat for her, Dame Edith Evans, Dame Beryl Grey, Dorothy Tutin, Sian Phillips, Emlyn Williams, Sir Kenneth Clark, John Pope-Hennessy and Professor F. Brown, Head of the Slade School of Art. Each portrait head had its own patina according to Gordine's vision of her sitter. The sculptor commented when interviewed by the BBC in 1972 (Gordine commented that "[w]hen you do portrait busts of somebody you do their noses and mouth - but it is nothing. You have to imagine what they are like inside and bring out their inner feeling and then put it in a form").
During the 40's and 50's Gordine's work was exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, the Society of Portrait Sculptors and elsewhere. Bronzes from this time have ironic or humorous titles, relating to the pose, such as Great Expectations or Mischief and, of an RAF Officer, Above Cloud. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1949. She occasionally did exotic or "adult" pieces (e.g. for Elizabeth Choy).
In 1960 Esso commissioned a 7' x 5' bas-relief - Power - for their new Milford Haven Refinery, which was unveiled by the Duke of Edinburgh. Gordine's last public commission, the 8' long Mother and Child was made for the entrance hall of the Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, in 1963.
Richard Hare's sudden death in 1966 from a heart attack left Gordine to live out her life alone in Dorich House. They had had no children. She never fully recovered emotionally and her career ended in the 1970s. She died in Dorich House in December 1991.
[1] Ben Uri Gallery
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/12019 1930 Nationality and Naturalisation:
Gordin, Leopold, from Latvia.
Resident in London. Certificate
19025 issued 25 November 1930
EMBRACING THE EXOTIC: JACOB EPSTEIN & DORA GORDINE. Ben Uri Gallery, London Jewish Museum of Art, 2006. Published in association with Papadakis Publisher, London. Distributed in the U.S.A. by Antique Collectors' Club, Easthampton. 80 pp. with 83 ills. (56 col.). 30 x 22 cm. ISBN 1901092631. In English.
Artist(s): Epstein, Jacob; Gordine, Dora
Indexing: _Western_ _Europe_ _Great Britain_ _1900-1945_ _Sculpture_ _Drawing/Watercolor_ _Women Artists_
Plans: 73 75
Worldwide Number 067523
As Dora Gordine and Richard Hare died without an heir,the executors of their estate entrusted the house and its contents to Kingston University to provide a permanent home for the sculpture of Dora Gordine and the Russian art collection of Richard Hare.
From Yad Vashem all "Gordins" from "Estonia":
Gordin Yaakov
Yaakov Gordin was born in Kuldiga in 1930 to Jeschajahu and Jetty. Prior to WWII he lived in Tallin, Estonia. During the war he was in Tallin, Estonia. Yaakov perished in 1941 in Tallinn, Estonia. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 12-Sep-1999 by his cousin
Gordin Yetty
Yetty Gordin nee Lemchen was born in Kuldiga to Baruch and Raina. She was a housewife and married to Jesajahu. Prior to WWII she lived in Tallin, Estonia. During the war she was in Tallin, Estonia. Yetty perished in 1941 in the Shoah at the age of 32. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 13-Sep-1999 by her relative, a Shoah survivor who lives in Berlin;
Submitter's Last Name RAGOLSKY
Submitter's First Name BETTY
Gordin Sheva
Sheva Gordin nee Goldberg was born in Parnu, Estonia in 1893 to Zusman and Rokhl. She was a housewife and married to Iakov. Prior to WWII she lived in Parnu, Estonia. During the war she was in Novosibirsk, Russia (USSR). Sheva perished in 1944 in Novosibirsk, Russia (USSR) at the age of 51. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by her daughter Chaia GORDINA
Results of search for victims whose family name (including synonyms) is 'Gordin' , and whose location (including synonyms) is 'Latvia' :
Displaying 1 - 82

Place of Residence
Name Town District Region Country Birth Date Source
Gordin Aharon DAGDE DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1870 Page of Testimony
Gordin Mikhael RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1918 Page of Testimony
Gordin Zeev RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1894 Page of Testimony
Gordon Keila DVINSK DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1935 Page of Testimony
Gordin Zalman DAUGAVPILS DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1915 Page of Testimony
Gordin Nadja RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1911 Page of Testimony
Gordin Rakhel RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1895 Page of Testimony
Gordin Khana RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1877 Page of Testimony
Gordin Ester DAGDA DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1880 List of Persecuted
Gordin Raiza DAGDA DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1902 List of Persecuted
Gordins Elle RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA List of Persecuted
Gordins Rakhile RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1884 List of Persecuted
Gordins Khayme RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1888 List of Persecuted
Gordins Zara RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1912 List of Persecuted
Gordins Yudits RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1926 List of Persecuted

Shlyakhter Yudif REZEKNE REZEKNES LATGALE LATVIA Page of Testimony
Gordin Bunia RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1926 Page of Testimony
Gordin Dina RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1910 Page of Testimony
Gordin Zeev RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA Page of Testimony
Gordin Sonya RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA Page of Testimony
Gordin DVINSK DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1938 Page of Testimony
Janowski Roza RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA Page of Testimony
Gordin Hirsh DVINSK DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1934 Page of Testimony
Gordin Zelda DVINSK DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA Page of Testimony
Gordin Yudel RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1913 Page of Testimony
Gordin Yaakov RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1879 Page of Testimony
Gordin Gershon DVINSK DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1900 Page of Testimony
Gordin Yaakov TALLIN HARJUMAA ESTONIA 1930 Page of Testimony
Gordin Yetty KULDIGA KULDIGAS KURZEME LATVIA Page of Testimony
Gordin Aron DAGDA DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1881 List of Persecuted
Gordin Solomon RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1909 Page of Testimony
Gordin Tzera REZEKNE REZEKNES LATGALE LATVIA Page of Testimony
Gordin Wolf RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1888 Page of Testimony
Gordin Bertha RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1881 Page of Testimony
Gordin Ela DVINSK DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA Page of Testimony
Gordin Gershon DVINSK DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA Page of Testimony
Gordin Jacob RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1879 Page of Testimony
Gordin Sara RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1910 Page of Testimony
Gordin RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA Page of Testimony
Gordin Khaia DVINSK DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA Page of Testimony
Gordin Esther DAGDE DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1870 Page of Testimony
Gordin Judith RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1925 Page of Testimony
Gordin Matl RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA Page of Testimony
Gordin Shmuel DVINSK DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA Page of Testimony
Gordin Chajim DVINSK DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA Page of Testimony
Gordin Tzila KRASLAVA DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1929 Page of Testimony
Gordin Yaakov RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1871 Page of Testimony
Rich Rakhel RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1912 Page of Testimony
Gordin Genadia RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1910 Page of Testimony
Gordin Khaia KRASLAVA DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1902 Page of Testimony
Gordin Sara VARAKLANI REZEKNES LATGALE LATVIA 1902 Page of Testimony
Blekhman Sara RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1878 Page of Testimony
Gordin Ela DAUGAVPILS DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1903 Page of Testimony
Gordin Ida DAUGAVPILS DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1920 Page of Testimony
Gordin Nissel RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1881 Page of Testimony
Gordin Golda VILANI REZEKNES LATGALE LATVIA Page of Testimony
Gordin Monja LATVIA Page of Testimony
Gordin Penekh KRASLAVA DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1932 Page of Testimony
Gepshtein Slava REZEKNE REZEKNES LATGALE LATVIA 1907 Page of Testimony
Gordin Pesia VARAKLANI REZEKNES LATGALE LATVIA 1926 Page of Testimony
Gordin Sara VARAKLANI REZEKNES LATGALE LATVIA 1896 Page of Testimony
Gordin Kopel VARAKLANI REZEKNES LATGALE LATVIA 1930 Page of Testimony
Gordin Kopel VARAKLANI REZEKNES LATGALE LATVIA 1930 Page of Testimony
Gordin Moshe VARAKLANI REZEKNES LATGALE LATVIA 1901 Page of Testimony
Gordin Moshe VARAKLANI REZEKNES LATGALE LATVIA 1896 Page of Testimony
Gordin Shimen KRASLAVA DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1926 Page of Testimony
Gordin Hessa VARAKLANI REZEKNES LATGALE LATVIA 1928 Page of Testimony
Gordin Rakhmiel LATVIA 1918 Page of Testimony
Gordin Zevulun KRASLAVA DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1936 Page of Testimony
Aronowicz Henia RIGA RIGAS VIDZEME LATVIA 1870 Page of Testimony
Gordin David LENINGRAD LENINGRAD LENINGRAD RUSSIA (USSR) 1887 Page of Testimony by daughter; Submitter's Name; GORDIN DINA
Gordin Hesa VARAKLANI REZEKNES LATGALE LATVIA 1928 Page of Testimony
Gordin Motl KRASLAVA DAUGAVPILS LATGALE LATVIA 1900 Page of Testimony
Gordin Pesia VARAKLANI REZEKNES LATGALE LATVIA 1926 Page of Testimony
Gordin Tzalel REZEKNE REZEKNES LATGALE LATVIA Page of Testimony

Monica Starkman Schteingart (starkman@umich.edu)
I am writing here because my roots lie in Kossow. My mother was born there,
to Zundel Asher Rawicz and his wife Malka Weinstock. Zundel Asher's mother was
Gute Malkeh Karelitz (a relative of the Chazon Ish). Sadly, both Zundel Asher
and Malka died when my mother was 5 years old, she first of cholera, and he
the next year of pneumonia (likely related to the influenza of 1918.) The 6
children moved to Brisk (Brest-Litovsk) to live with the mother's parents. So
I know little of the Rawicz family and of Kossow.
Please include me in any emails for descendents of Kossow. And if anyone has
any information about the people I mention, I would appreciate your sending it
to me. Thanks, and I look forward to checking this website.
Sincerely, Monica
In the Ellis Island site you find;
First Name: Zundel
Last Name: Rawicz
Ethnicity: Russian, Hebrew
Last Place of Residence: Kossowa
Date of Arrival: Nov 07, 1906
Age at Arrival: 40y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Kowno
Port of Departure: Liban
Manifest Line Number:

0026

going with family of;
Dereczinsky, Zawel M 36y M Russian, Hebrew Kossowa
0021. Dereczinsky, Chache F 38y M Russian, Hebrew Kossowa
0022. Dereczinsky, Todre M 10y S Russian, Hebrew Kossowa
0023. Dereczinsky, Schlema M 2y S Russian, Hebrew Kossowa
0024. Dereczinsky, Jenta F 11y S Russian, Hebrew Kossowa
0025. Dereczinsky, Sora F 7y S Russian, Hebrew Kossowa
to their brother in law and his cousin; A. Korelitz 91 River street, Hoverhill, Mass.
last name- first- place of origin- year- age
Rawicz, Zundel Kossowa 1906 40
Rawicz, Keile Kassowo1897 19

30 Rawitz, Beile Kosewe, Russia 1912 11
31 Rawitz, Berel Kosewe, Russia 1912 6
32 Rawitz, Elke Kosewe, Russia 1912 9
33 Rawitz, Freide Kosewe, Russia 1912 35
34 Rawitz, Matche Kosewe, Russia 1912 10
Rawicz, Manuse Ruzana 1902 21

Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz (popularly known by the name of his magnum opus Chazon Ish),was born in Kosavo in 1878.

Karelitz received his education from his father who was head of the local Beth din.He moved to Vilna in about 1920, and became close to Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, consulting with him in all religious and communal matters. Encouraged by Grodzinski and with Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook's help, the Chazon Ish settled in the Palestine in 1933. His house in Bnei Brak became the address for thousands who sought his guidance. Karelitz manifested unusual talent and diligence from an early age. He devoted his life to the study of the Torah and Talmud, although also learning such sciences as astronomy, anatomy, mathematics, and botany, since he felt that knowledge of these subjects was necessary for a full understanding of various aspects of Jewish law and practice. After his marriage, he continued to lead an extremely modest life, his wife providing for their needs while he spent day and night in deep Talmudic study. He did not have any children. The reputation of the Chazon Ish for saintliness and knowledge was widespread and people from all walks of life would frequent his home, for scholarly discussions or to seek advice on religious, business, or personal problems, or simply to receive his blessing
Holding no official position, the Chazon Ish nevertheless became a recognized worldwide authority on all matters relating to Jewish law and life. He was not appointed as communal leader, yet he exerted an enormous influence on the life and institutions of religious Jewry, especially in Israel. He did not publish many responsa, but became a supreme authority on halakha.
He had an immense influence on Haredi Judaism in Israel, whose formative period coincided with his leadership.
David Ben-Gurion, the prime minister of Israel, visited him once to discuss political-religious issues. The Chazon Ish argued that the secular community's needs should defer to those of the religious community. He used the Talmudic discussion (Sanhedrin 32b) of two camels which meet on a narrow mountain pass as a metaphor. A camel without goods was expected to defer to a camel laden with goods; similarly, the Chazon Ish expected secular society to defer to religious society, which bore the "goods" of tradition. [1]
(To this Ben-Gurion responded that the "secular" camel was not in fact "without goods", since secular Zionism had led to the establishment of a state and the physical protection of Israelis. The Chazon Ish replied that this was unimportant, when combined with widespread rejection of Jewish tradition. The story is often misquoted to be about two wagons not two camels; however, the Talmud mentions camels, and witnesses at the meeting have said that the Chazon Ish quoted the Talmud correctly.)
In 1911 he published his first work on Orach Chayim and other parts of the Shulchan Aruch in Vilna, anonymously under the title Chazon Ish, meaning "Vision of Man", the name by which he became almost exclusively known.
Although essentially an academic scholar, he applied himself to practical problems, devoting much effort to the strengthening of religious life and institutions. His rulings on the use of the milking machine on Shabbat and on cultivation by hydroponics during the sabbatical year are two illustrations of his practical approach. A model of modesty and kindness, the Chazon Ish wrote over 40 books in clear Hebrew, in polished and precise style, which are models of lucidity and brilliance.
In contrast to other great Achronim such as R' Chaim Soloveitchik, the Chazon Ish is known for avoiding formulaic or methodical analysis of Talmudic passages, instead preferring a more varied and intuitive approach similar to that of the Rishonim.
The true legacy of the Chazon Ish is the promotion of clarity in Talmud study, devotion in the worship of God, and loving-kindness in human interactions.
A powerfully moving portrait of Chazon Ish by his onetime disciple, the Yiddish poet and novelist Chaim Grade, is to be found in Grade's epic novel "Tsemakh Atlas: Di Yeshive" (New York & Los Angeles: Yiddish Natzyonaln Arbeiter Farband, 1967-1968); translated in English as "The Yeshiva" [Curt Leviant, tr.] (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1976-1977). Chazon Ish appears there as "Rav Yeshayahu Kossover."
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avrohom_Yeshaya_Karelitz"
Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz (better known as his magnum opus, Chazon Ish) was Born in Kosavo in 1878. Karelitz received his education from his father who was head of the local Beth din.
He moved to Vilna in about 1920, and became close to Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, consulting with him in all religious and communal matters. Encouraged by Grodzinski and with Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook's help, the Chazon Ish settled in Palestine in 1933. His house in Bnei Brak became the address for thousands who sought his guidance.
Karelitz manifested unusual talent and diligence from an early age. He devoted his life to the study of the Torah and Talmud, although also learning such sciences as astronomy, anatomy, mathematics, and botany, since he felt that knowledge of these subjects was necessary for a full understanding of various aspects of Jewish law and practice. After his marriage, he continued to lead an extremely modest life, his wife providing for their needs while he spent day and night in deep Talmudic study. He did not have any children.
The reputation of the Chazon Ish for saintliness and knowledge was widespread and people from all walks of life would frequent his home, for scholarly discussions or to seek advice on religious, business, or personal problems, or simply to receive his blessing
Holding no official position, the Chazon Ish nevertheless became a recognized worldwide authority on all matters relating to Jewish law and life. He was not appointed as communal leader, yet he exerted an enormous influence on the life and institutions of religious Jewry, especially in Israel. He did not publish many responsa, but became a supreme authority on halakha.
He had an immense influence on Haredi Judaism in Israel, whose formative period coincided with his leadership.
David Ben-Gurion, the prime minister of Israel, visited him once to discuss political-religious issues. The Chazon Ish argued that the secular community's needs should defer to those of the religious community. He used the Talmudic discussion (Sanhedrin 32b) of two camels which meet on a narrow mountain pass as a metaphor. A camel without goods was expected to defer to a camel laden with goods; similarly, the Chazon Ish expected secular society to defer to religious society, which bore the "goods" of tradition. [1]
(To this Ben-Gurion responded that the "secular" camel was not in fact "without goods", since secular Zionism had led to the establishment of a state and the physical protection of Israelis. The Chazon Ish replied that this was unimportant, when combined with widespread rejection of Jewish tradition. The story is often misquoted to be about two wagons not two camels; however, the Talmud mentions camels, and witnesses at the meeting have said that the Chazon Ish quoted the Talmud correctly.)
In 1911 he published his first work on Orach Chayim and other parts of the Shulchan Aruch in Vilna, anonymously under the title Chazon Ish, meaning "Vision of Man", the name by which he became almost exclusively known.
Although essentially an academic scholar, he applied himself to practical problems, devoting much effort to the strengthening of religious life and institutions. His rulings on the use of the milking machine on Shabbat and on cultivation by hydroponics during the sabbatical year are two illustrations of his practical approach. A model of modesty and kindness, the Chazon Ish wrote over 40 books in clear Hebrew, in polished and precise style, which are models of lucidity and brilliance.
In contrast to other great Achronim such as R' Chaim Soloveitchik, the Chazon Ish is known for avoiding formulaic or methodical analysis of Talmudic passages, instead preferring a more varied and intuitive approach similar to that of the Rishonim.
The true legacy of the Chazon Ish is the promotion of clarity in Talmud study, devotion in the worship of God, and loving-kindness in human interactions.
A powerfully moving portrait of Chazon Ish by his onetime disciple, the Yiddish poet and novelist Chaim Grade, is to be found in Grade's epic novel "Tsemakh Atlas: Di Yeshive" (New York & Los Angeles: Yiddish Natzyonaln Arbeiter Farband, 1967-1968); translated in English as "The Yeshiva" [Curt Leviant, tr.] (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1976-1977). Chazon Ish appears there as "Rav Yeshayahu Kossover."
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avrohom_Yeshaya_Karelitz"

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A documentary film featuring a South-African / English family with
roots in Lithuania, Latvia and Belarus is being produced by
Wall-to-Wall Television for the British Broadcasting Corporation for
its series "Who Do You Think You Are?" and will be broadcast later
this Year.

We believe that most researchers would want to contribute to the
success of this documentary if they had the chance and so we are
writing to you on behalf of the producers.

Some of you may have already received an individual message from Alex
Lowe who is researching the SUCHEDOWITZ / SHOKHET family and related
families from Kretinga and elsewhere for this documentary. She would
like to hear from anyone who has additional information that could
contribute to telling this story.

The information known thus far is as follows:

Arnold JARCHY , born 4th June 1858 in Dunabourg, Russia (Dvinsk- now
Daugavpils in Latvia), son of Lippmann JARCHY and Mathilde TOUROFF ,
both parents living in Dunabourg in 1883. Arnold emigrated to Paris
at some point before this.

Amelie SOLOMON , born 15th Jan 1860 in Grodno, Russia (now Hrodna,
Belarus), daughter of Miles/Meyer SOLOMON (died 15th May 1867 in
Grodno) and Rebecca LEVINSCHTEIN, living in Grodno in 1883. Amelie
also moved to Paris at some point before this date, possibly with her
brother the Rabbi Moise SOLOMON (25th Aug 1852 in Grodno) who moved to
London in 1877 and then on to Paris in 1879.

The SUCHEDOWITZ family (originally named SHOKHET), including
first-names Isidor, Joseph, Benjamin, Hoda Feiga, Pera, Beila and
Jacob, sons born in Kretinga in the 1870s, and family living in Memel
(now Klaipeda, Lithuania) around the turn of the century. The family
were possibly from elsewhere in the surrounding area. They emigrated
in various groups to South Africa around the turn of the century.

The GELFER / HELFER family, living in Zidikai (or a village sounding
similar to "Zadik") near Klaipeda in the 1880s and 1890s.

The following individuals married into the SUCHEDOWITZ family, so
family groups with these names that occur near Kretinga and Klaipeda
are of interest too:

Abel KLUGMAN , born in Ratova in 1876.
Uriah HURWITZ

Ms. Lowe would also be interested in hearing from anyone who has
visited any of these towns in the last 10 years.

If you have any information you would like to contribute please
contact Alex at alex.lowe@walltowall.co.uk

Many thanks,

Susan

Susan E. King
Founder/President
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We have begun a Latvia DNA Project with Family Tree DNA (FTDNA;
http://www.familytreedna.com/).

The Latvia Project is a dual Y-DNA / mtDNA project created for
individuals descended from families that have their earliest-known
origins in what is now Latvia. The Project will allow those who have
a family geographic origin in Latvia to compare their DNA with that
of their geographic neighbours and, possibly, find family matches.

After discussion with FTDNA advisors, we decided to create a
geographic group rather than a surname-specific group mainly because
we have already documented many of the descendents of our earliest
ancestor, Elia TRUPIN, born before 1800 in or around Daugavpils. Our
surname is rare, and a Y-DNA surname project would only duplicate the
links we have already found within solid documentary evidence held by
the Latvian State Historical Archive. The Latvia Project will give
a broader latitude by permitting both Y-DNA and mtDNA matching and
will permit anyone with family origins in what is now Latvia to
participate.

We hope that LatviaSIG members will consider joining the Latvia DNA
Project.

Please get in touch with us if you have any questions.

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Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
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From: Shirley Lee sabl@sbcglobal.n

I am looking for information re: Leah and Chaim Yudel Matzkin, born
around 1840 possibly in Lintep or Swensiony. Thank you.

Shirley Lee

Barney Ross
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barney Ross, born Dov-Ber Rasofsky (December 23, 1909–
January 17, 1967), was a Jewish American three-time world boxing champion and a war hero during World War II.
Dov-Ber (or Beryl) Rasofsky was born in New York City to Isidore "Itchik" Rasofsky and Sarah Epstein Rasofsky. His father was a Talmudic scholar who had emigrated to America from his native Brest-Litovsk after barely surviving a pogrom. In America, Isidore became a rabbi and store owner.
The Rasofsky family later moved from New York to Chicago, living on its west side, which at the time was a Jewish ghetto. The young Beryl Rasofsky grew up on Chicago's mean streets, ignoring his beloved father's admonition that Jews do not fight back.
"'Let the atheists be the fighters,'" Ross later recalled being told by his father. "'The trumbeniks, the murderers - we are the scholars.'