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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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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
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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
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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

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We have begun a Latvia DNA Project with Family Tree DNA (FTDNA;
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After discussion with FTDNA advisors, we decided to create a
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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.'" Ross' ambition in life was to become a Jewish teacher and a Talmudic scholar, but his life was changed forever when, at the age of 13, his father was shot dead resisting a robbery at his small grocery. Prostrate from grief, his mother Sarah suffered a nervous breakdown and his younger siblings -- Ida, Sam and George -- were placed in an orphanage or farmed out to other members of the extended family. Barney and his brothers Maurice and Benjamin were left to their own devices.
In the wake of the tragedy, Beryl became vindictive towards everything and turned his back on the orthodox religion of his father. He began running around with local toughs (including another wayward Jewish ghetto kid, the future Jack Ruby), developing into a street brawler, thief and money runner; for a time he was even employed by Al Capone. Image:Barney Ross.jpg
Thinking that he would need good money to try to get his family back together, the young Rasofsky became an amateur boxer. He pawned a series of awards and set the money aside for his family. Before he turned professional, his mother had returned to her senses and, as she deeply opposed boxing, he started using the name of "Barney Ross" as an alias. Strong, fast and possessed of a powerful will, Ross was soon a Golden Gloves championship and went on to dominate the lighter divisions as a pro.
Boxing career
His first paid fight was on September 1, 1929, when he beat Ramon Lugo by a decision in six rounds. After ten wins in a row, he lost for the first time, to Carlos Garcia, on a decision in ten.
Over the next 35 bouts, his record was 32–1–2, including a win over former world champion Bat Battalino, and, interestingly enough, one over a boxer named Babe Ruth, like the legendary baseball player. Another legendary bout included former world champion Cameron Welter. Then, in March 26, 1933, Ross was given his first shot at a world title, when he faced world Lightweight and Jr. Welterweight champion and fellow three divisions world champions club member Tony Canzoneri in Chicago. In only one night, Ross became a two division world champion when he beat Canzoneri by a decision in ten rounds. It should be pointed out that Ross campaigned heavily in the city of Chicago. After two more wins, including a knockout in six over Johnny Farr, Ross and Canzoneri boxed again, and Ross won again by decision, but this time in 15.
Ross was known as a smart fighter with great stamina. He retained his title by decision against Sammy Fuller to finish 1933, and against Peter Nebo to begin 1934. Then he defended against former world champion Frankie Klick, against whom he drew in ten. Then came the first of three bouts versus Jimmy McLarnin. Ross vacated the Jr. Welter title to go after McLarnin's belt and won by a 15 round decision, joining the three division world champions club. However, in a rematch a few weeks later, McLarnin beat Ross by a decision recovering the title, and after that, Ross went back down to the Jr. Weterweights and reclamed his title in a fight for the belt left vacant by himself, with a 12 round decision over Bobby Pacho. After beating Klick and Henry Woods by decision to retain that title, he went back up in weight for the last fight in his trilogy with McLarnin, and recovered the title by outpointing McLarnin again over 15 rounds. He won 16 bouts in a row after that, including three over future world Middleweight champion Ceferino Garcia, and one against Al Manfredo. His only two defenses, however, on that stretch were against Garcia and against Izzy Jannazzo beaten on points in 15.
In his last fight, Ross defended his title, on May 31, 1938, against the fellow member of the three division world champions' club Henry Armstrong who beat him by a decision in 15.
Ross retired with a record of 72 wins, 4 losses, 3 draws and 2 no-contests, with 22 wins by way of knockout.
U.S. Marine
Barney Ross
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Marine Corps
Battles/wars World War II — Battle of Guadalcanal
Awards Silver Star
In retirement in his early thirties, Ross decided to fight in World War II and joined the United States Marine Corps. However, the Marines wanted to keep him stateside, because they wanted him to teach boxing to the trainees. He waived off the licensing, however, choosing to go to training instead, and, upon graduation, he was sent to fight overseas. He was sent to Guadalcanal, where one night, he and three other comrades were trapped under enemy fire. All three of his fellow Marines were wounded, as was Ross, but he withstood the attack, shooting about 400 bullets and throwing 22 grenades at his attackers, killing 20 of the enemy. Two of the Marines with him had died in the battle, but he carried the remaining man on his shoulders to safety; the other man weighed 230 lb (104 kg) compared to Ross' 140 lb (64 kg). Because of his heroism, Ross was awarded America's third highest military honor, the Silver Star.
[ Drug addiction and recovery
During his recovery at the hospital from his wounds suffered in that battle, Ross developed a habit for the morphine administered for pain. This habit became so bad he would sometimes spend $500 a day on the drug. Ross went to a recovery center and beat his addiction. He gave lectures to high school students about the dangers of drug addiction. In 1957, Ross' life and battle with addiction were depicted in the film Monkey on My Back, directed by André De Toth and starring Cameron Mitchell as Ross.
Final days
Ross spent his last days doing a few things outside boxing. He was happy he reached the two goals he had set to reach: reunite his family and become a world champion in boxing. He wrote an autobiography titled No Man Stands Alone, and he had a role as an actor in the movie Requiem for a Heavyweight. He was also a strong advocate for the creation and survival of the State of Israel.
Ross died in his hometown Chicago when he was 57 years old. He is a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame
Barney Ross nee Razofsky
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Reb Yitzchok and Sarah Razofsky immigrated from Brest-Litovsk, a city near the Russian-Polish border ( today in Belarus), to the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Reb Yitzchok studied the Bible and Talmud. Unable, despite his erudition and piety, to find steady employment as a Hebrew teacher, "Reb Itchik," as he was known, earned his livelihood by selling fruits, vegetables, and eggs from a pushcart. On December 23, 1909 Barney was born. Some two years after Barney's birth, the family--father, mother, and his older brothers--moved to the Maxwell Street ghetto of Chicago, where they took up residence on 1310 Jefferson Street. To feed his family, Reb Itchik slaved nineteen hours a day, rarely sleeping except on Friday nights and Saturday afternoons, when his store always closed for any business on Shabbat.
The Razofsky home was strictly Orthodox, as Douglas Century describes it in his carefully researched study. On Thursdays, Sarah prepared flour for baking the Sabbath challahs, or loaves, in addition to "peeling and pounding out potatoes for the cholent," a concocted delicacy of meats, beans, and barley, for the luncheon following Sabbath morning services. No less significant were the moral lessons the father, in his "black Sabbath caftan, reddish-brown beard and sideburns," would convey to Barney and his siblings at those sumptuous meals. Among them, ironically, was his frequent admonition: "A devout Jew should never raise his fists against a stranger, even in self-defense; to act that way is sinful and shameful." Furthermore, he would reiterate that, as born members of the priestly Aharonic tribe, the most physical act they could ever perform nobly was to bless the congregation during the Festival holidays.
Barney, called Beryl (the diminutive of his Yiddish name, Ber) a good student in Hebrew school, would participate in Saturday afternoon study classes in Talmud at the local synagogue, to a point where his father actually believed that he might one day become a Hebrew teacher. But, as so often happens, the proverbial "street" interfered, so that despite his father's vehement disapproval, Beryl engaged in the usual street fisticuffs, resulting in some beatings at home, which at times surpassed those of the street. Beryl learned quickly that despite such lopsided experiences, he was "fast on his feet and very agile." He adjusted well to ghetto life.
All those frivolous escapades changed on December 13, 1923, ten days short of his fourteenth birthday, when two bums entered Reb Itchik's store to rob him of his money but, instead, shot him in cold blood. Told by a friend of the noise coming from the store, Beryl ran in and saw the gun and his father's skullcap lying on the floor, the result of a botched holdup. The gunmen escaped. In the hospital he heard his father recite the Sh'ma--the sacred Hebrew prayer affirming the unity of God--for the last time, just before his soul left him.
After the traditional week of formal mourning, Uncle Sam, his mother's brother, placed Beryl and now, in addition, his three...
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and seven, and an extended family that loves her deeply. She has a
full life ahead of her. My father also has a loving family and
desperately wants to see his grandchildren grow up. I was determined
to do something to try to help them battle this disease but the
question was what?

I made the decision to raise money to support lung cancer research.
So that is what I will be doing this April when I run the 2008 Boston
Marathon.

The money I raise will go directly into a research foundation that has
been set up in my sister's name at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in
Houston, TX. The goal of the foundation is to find a cure for the
types of lung cancer that my sister and father have. (Arielle was
diagnosed with adenocarcinoma and my father was diagnosed with a rare
type of lung lymphoma.)

The research will focus on identifying bio-marker targets. "Silver
bullet" chemo-therapies will then be developed against these targets
with the goal of destroying the cancer. M.D. Anderson is already
doing cutting-edge research on all types of cancers and was ranked #1
in cancer care by U.S. News & World Report in the January 24, 2008
issue. We are extremely hopeful that they will succeed in this quest.

Any contribution to this effort will be greatly appreciated. Please
click on this link to find my fund raising page and additional
information: http://www.firstgiving.com/irahart

Please feel free to forward this page on to anyone whom you think
might be interested in donating as well.

My family and I thank you.

Ira Hart

-- Deborah Horwitz Harrison Kuperman (kupedeb@yahoo.com)
Message: Does anyone have any memories of Razofsky and Gabrilowitsch families
of Russia (Ossip was married to Clara Clemens) and do you have a family tree of
Solomon Gabrilowitsch, as well as Benjamin and Morris Horwitz who came in the
1890s to Lee Avenue, Brooklyn, NY and then to Jersey City. Also, what about
Gershon Davis and Segals of Belarus? They came to Bayonne, NJ and are part of
the family of Frank, Grodberg, and Wein.
Deborah Horwitz Harrison Kuperman
---------------------------------------- Ossip Gabrilowitsch ca. 1906

Ossip Gabrilowitsch (§°§ã§Ú§á §³a§Ý§à§Þ§à§ß§à§Ó§Ú§é §¤§Ñ§Ò§â§Ú§Ý§à§Ó§Ú§é, Osip Salomonovich Gabrilovich; he used the German transliteration Gabrilowitsch in the West) (o.s. 26 January/n.s 7 February 1878 ¨C 14 September 1936) was a Russian-born American pianist and conductor.
He was born in St Petersburg. He studied the piano and composition at the St Petersburg Conservatory, with Anton Rubinstein, Anatoly Lyadov, Alexander Glazunov and Nikolai Medtner among others. After graduating in 1894, he spent two years studying piano with Teodor Leszetycki in Vienna.
In July 1905 he recorded 10 pieces for the reproducing piano Welte-Mignon, one of the first pianists to do so.
From 1910 to 1914 he was conductor of the Munich Konzertverein. He settled in the USA, and in 1918 was appointed the founding director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, while maintaining his life as a concert pianist. Before accepting the conductor's position, he demanded a new auditorium be built, and this was the impetus for the building of Orchestra Hall.
In 1909, he married Mark Twain's daughter Clara Clemens, a singer who appeared with him in recital. He composed a few works, primarily short piano pieces for his own use. He died in Detroit in 1936 and, along with Clara and her father, is buried in the Langdon plot of the Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, New York.
The New York Times, October 7, 1909
MISS CLEMENS WEDS MR. GABRILOWITSCH
Mark Twain, in Scarlet Cap and Gown, Sees His Daughter Married to Russian Pianist.
AVOIDS "CEREMONY DELAYS"
Humorist in Prepared Interview Says a Happy Marriage is One of the Tragically Solemn Things of Life.
WEST REDDING, Conn., Oct. 6. - Miss Clara L. Clemens, daughter of Samuel L. Clemens, (Mark Twain,) was married at noon today to Ossip Gabrilowitsch, the Russian pianist. The wedding took place in the drawing room at Stormfield, Mr. Clemens's country home, with the Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Twitchell of Hartford, a close friend of Mr. Clemens, as officiating clergyman. The bride was attended only by her sister, Miss Jean Clemens, but her cousins, Jervis Langdon of Elmira, N. Y., and Mrs. Julia Loomis, wife of Edward Loomis, Vice President of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad, were present.
Miss Ethel Newcomb of New York City played a wedding march as the bridal party entered the drawing room. This room was prettily decorated with evergreens. Autumn leaves, and roses, and the bride and bridegroom stood beneath a bower of white roses and smilax.
While the ceremony was being performed Mr. Clemens was attired in he scarlet cap and gown which he wore when the Degree of Doctor of Literature was conferred upon him by Oxford University. After the wedding he wore a white flannel suit.
Forty guests from New York City were present and attended a wedding breakfast which followed the marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Gabrilowitsch left for New York this afternoon. After remaining that city about a week they will go to Berlin, where Mr. Gabrilowitsch has taken a house. Later Mr. Gabrilowitsch will make a tour of Germany in concerts.
The New York Times, January 19, 1966
Nina Clemens Gabrilowitsch, 55, Twain's Last Direct Heir, Dies
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18 (AP) - The county Coroner's office reported today that Miss Nina Clemens Gabrilowitsch, the last direct descendant of Mark Twain, had died Sunday. She was 55 years old.
Miss Clemens was found dead in her room at a Los Angeles motel where she often stayed. Several bottles of pills and alcohol were found in the room, the police said. An autopsy was planned.
A Los Angeles bartender said today that Miss Clemens had quipped to him on Saturday night: "When I die, I want artificial flowers, jitterbug music and a bottle of vodka at my grave."
She was the granddaughter of Twain, whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. She preferred to use the writer's family name rather than her own.
Miss Clemens, who was born four months after her grandfather died, once said that although she had never known him she knew his works "backwards and forwards."
Miss Clemens was the daughter of Twain's daughter, Mrs. Clara Langhorne Clemens Samoussoud, and Clara's first husband, Ossip Gabrilowitsch. Mr. Gabrilowitsch was conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 1919 until his death in 1936. Miss Clemens's mother died in San Diego on Nov. 19, 1962.
A family attorney, Al Matthews, said Miss Clemens had lived on the income of Twain's estate, which he estimated at about $2-million. He said Miss Clemens had an income of $1,500 a month after taxes.
The body is to be sent for burial to Elmira, N. Y., where Twain lived for many years.

David Peltin (libby.nisenbaum@gmail.com) on Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Message: My Name is David Peltin, son of Basya Genya (Abramzon) and Zalman. I
was born in Druya in December of 1931. My father and I survived the Holocaust. I
know that 2 of my aunts immigrated to USA before World War II. Their names are
Dvoira and Sora. One of them became Cooper after marriage. My family moved to
Chicago area in December of 1993. I was very happy to see pictures of the
survivors reunion. Thank you.
David Peltin

Survivors at the Druya killing field (grave) after the war Amongst
them; Chaim Peltin, Korin Leib, Kissin Arje - Lejb Rybak Jakow - Lejb
Peltin Basya

Basya Peltin was born in 1900 to Leyb. She was a housewife. Prior to WWII she lived in Druya, Poland. During the war she was in Druya, Poland. Basya perished in Druya, Poland. This information is based on a List of Persecuted
Peltin Yankel

Yankel Peltin was born in 1878 to Leyb. Prior to WWII he lived in Druya, Poland. During the war he was in Druya, Poland. Yankel perished in Druya, Poland. This information is based on a List of Persecuted
Peltin Meer

Meer Peltin was born in 1906 to Yakov. He was a worker. Prior to WWII he lived in Druya, Poland. During the war he was in Druya, Poland. Meer perished in Druya, Poland. This information is based on a List of Persecuted
Peltin Brayna

Brayna Peltin was born in 1934 to Yankel. She was a school pupil. Prior to WWII she lived in Druya, Poland. During the war she was in Druya, Poland. Brayna perished in Druya, Poland. This information is based on a List of Persecuted
Peltin Khaya

Khaya Peltin was born in 1905 to Naum. She was a housewife. Prior to WWII she lived in Druya, Poland. During the war she was in Druya, Poland. Khaya perished in Druya, Poland. This information is based on a List of Persecuted. More Details...

I am doing research on my grandfather, Jake (Yankel) Maskileison which
became "Bender" when he immigrated to the U.S. Jake was born in Ivye in the
1880s. His father was Kalman Maskileison. If anyone reading this comment is a
descendant of the Maskileison family, I would appreciate hearing from you.
Thanks to the creator of this web site for their hard work in putting it
together

--
from Yad Vashem;

Maskilejson ( Maskil Leitan) Ludwika

Ludwika Maskilejson nee Przysuskier was born in Warsaw in 1890 to Mendel and Yehudit. She was married. Prior to WWII she lived in Warsaw, Poland. During the war she was in Warsaw, Poland. Ludwika perished in 1942 in Warsaw, Ghetto. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 06-Jul-1955 by her daughter
Submitter's Last Name MONDLAK
Submitter's First Name KHANA
Maskileison Leib

Leib MEIR Maskileison was born in Novozybkov. Was a svyashchennosluzhitel and married. Prior to WWII lived in Kursk, Russia (USSR). During the war was in Kursk, Russia (USSR). Leib perished in 1943 in Kursk, Russia (USSR) at the age of 70. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 05-Feb-2007 by the victim's grandson ALEKSANDR KALININ
Maskileison Ahuva

Ahuva Maskileison nee Przysuskier was born in Warsaw to Menakhem. She was a housewife and married to Nison. Prior to WWII she lived in Warsaw, Poland. During the war she was in Warsaw, Poland. Ahuva perished in 1943 in Warszawa, Ghetto. Her husband survived ( went to Israel before the war- daughter survivor of the ShoahThis information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 17-May-1999 by her family friend, a Shoah survivor
Dr. Bender Avraham

Dr. Avraham Bender was born in Iwje to Kalman. He was a lawyer and married. Prior to WWII he lived in Lido, Poland. During the war he was in Iwje, Poland.Dr. Bender perished in Iwje, Poland at the age of 55. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by his relative
Bender Yitzkhak

Yitzkhak Bender was born in Iwje to Kalman and Pua. He was a hairdresser and married to Ester nee Zlobinski. Prior to WWII he lived in Iwje, Poland. During the war he was in Iwje, Poland. Yitzkhak perished in the Shoah at the age of 45. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by his relative


Ludwika Maskilejson nee Przysuskier was born in Warsaw in 1890 to Mendel and Yehudit. She was married. Prior to WWII she lived in Warsaw, Poland. During the war she was in Warsaw, Poland. Ludwika perished in 1942 in Warsaw, Ghetto. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted on 06-Jul-1955 by her daughter

From: Michael Shteiman mishteiman@yahoo.com

Shalom,
My name is Michael Shteiman. i am a grandson of Yosel Baksht and Badana Gordon - Dolhinov natives.
They passed away before i started the search of our family herritage.
Today i am IDF officer and after i visited Poland sights of holocaust i started to search my familys history. I took part in Heritage Tour to Dolhinov and surroundings-2007 .

Now i am looking for my granfather brother; Alter Baksht.
After Shifra Shapiro (Gordon) death he is last who may remember something.

I know only that he was living in USA in 1975-1977 (my gf visited him).
May be you may help me?

Thank you in advance.
I`ll be glad to get any information about my family.

I have stumbled upon a small, but seemingly valuable piece of
genealogical information and was hoping the readers could advise me
how to best make us of it.

It is the document listing the division of the possesions of ancestor
who died in 1785. The deceased died in France and had 3 sons. One son,
himself deceased lived in Slonim, Grodno, Belarus.

This is what is mentioned about his family:

Wolf LION, deceased before 1785, whose descent lives in Slonima (area
of Grodno, Belarus). His younger sons Hayem WOLF and Cerf WOLF, and
grand-daughter Selda (Zelda?), daughter of the elder son, the late
Ezechiel WOLF, all represented in by Isaac Moyse, envoy of the
rabbinical court of Slonima.

It seems clear that the family adpoted the name WOLF, after their father.

As well, i had always heard of decendancy from the great rabbi of
Prague, Ezechial Landau. The name popping up here is exciting.

Is there somthing i could do to follow this up? Who are all these
people and what happened to them? Their children Etc? Who is Issiac
Moyse?

Any advice or help greatly appreciated,

Thanks

Robert Rover
Baltimore, USA.

LEVY, BLOCH, WOLF (of slonim).

Torontonians help reclaim cemetery in Belarus
By ANDY LEVY-AJZENKOPF, Staff Reporter
Thursday, 17 January 2008
http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13867&Itemid=86
A town that was once home to little more than 3,000 Jews in prewar Russia now has its shtetl's cemetery back.

Celia Siegerman Denov contemplates the new monument she helped erect at the Sharashova cemetery [Robert Bell photo]

Thanks to the efforts of Toronto couple Celia Siegerman Denov and Robert Bell, the Jewish descendants of families from Sharashova, Belarus, now have a physical reminder of what was once the town's Jewish minority.

Siegerman Denov, a retired social worker, told The CJN her father and his family immigrated to Canada from Sharashova in 1905.

The restoration of the cemetery was officially completed in September 2007 at a ceremony that was attended by Sharashovans, local politicians and dignitaries.

Siegerman Denov first became interested in restoring the cemetery after a cousin, who was working in Moscow in 1990, visited Sharashova in the early days of glasnost – when Russia opened up for renewed tourism – and discovered there were still some Jews living in the town.

At the time, she said, "the cemetery had been completely abandoned and was in very poor condition. In fact, it was so overgrown the [headstones] had fallen into the ground."

But it was still not as desecrated as other Jewish cemeteries of the region had been, she said.

Siegerman Denov visited her ancestral home for the first time in 2000, while on a trip with her cousins.

"When I first got to the cemetery area, I couldn't find it. I was actually standing on it, but cows were grazing on it," she said.

On a return visit in 2005, Siegerman Denov had the good fortune to befriend Franklin Swartz, an American Jew living in Minsk, Belarus, who also happened to be the executive director of Voluntas: The East European Jewish Heritage Project – a charity that negotiates with the Belarus government to allow Jewish cemeteries to be listed as protected historic sites.

According to Siegerman Denov, Swartz quickly became an essential guide and interpreter and helped to obtain permits for the eventual restoration.

She also acknowledged the help and guidance of Michael Lozman, head of the charitable Eastern European Jewish Cemeteries Project Inc. in Albany, N.Y. (www.restorejcem.org ), who also travelled to Sharashova with her.

The project, funded by the United Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York, collects contributions from the community to help "restore cemeteries… destroyed by the Nazis."

However, the cost of restoring the cemetery proved prohibitive until recently, when the Siegerman family was able to put nearly $20,000 together to privately finance the construction of a new metal gate and perimeter fence – about 1,500 metres long – and the erection of a cenotaph commemorating the Jews buried there and those lost to the atrocities of the Holocaust.

Its inscription reads: "In loving memory of the once vibrant Jewish community, with fervent hopes for a peaceful and just world for all. In memory of those who were deported to Auschwitz January 30 - February 2, 1943."

Though Bell and Siegerman Denov had to run all their wording and construction plans by a municipal "ideology monitor," they managed to get the work done by enlisting the help of the local townspeople.

Bell noted that Sharashova is still a small village in which many buildings are still without modern plumbing and people continue to use outhouses as the norm.

As such, the townsfolk relied on horse-drawn carriages to transport segments of the new fence to and fro and used scythes to clear the cemetery grounds of weeds.

"The local authorities advised us against using wood for the fence," Siegerman Denov said. "Because it could be taken down and used for fuel."

for the rest got to; http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13867&Itemid=86

Fred FRENKEL (genfred@arcor.de) on Friday, January 18, 2008 at 16:58:28
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on your HELBERG family page I read:
"Leibel Rakower was the son of Rabbi Eliakim Getzel Rakower/ Rakowski 1759-
1838 and Hinda bat rabbi Shimon Pesach (consul of Krakow) 1763- 1840"

According to Dan HIRSCHBERG's Krakow page Getzel RAKOWER was married to Hinda
Samsonowicz. This is based on the Krakow census 1795 information. Samson
Herszlowicz was ancestor of my family. After his death in c1810 his given name
reappeared in the RAKOWER family as well as in other Krakow families rooting
from Samson.

This is why I am rather interested where you have the information on Hinda
which looks controversial to the facts listed on Dan's pages.

Looking forward to your gentle reply

Fred FRENKEL

For any of you who are researching WALDMAN from Panevezys, I happened to
find an 1891 British Census record for:

Naxkem (Nachem?) WALDMAN, age 31, born Panevezys, his wife Sarah, age 26,
born Swansa, Glamorgan, Wales, and daughter Hilda, age 2, born Swansea,
Glamorgan, Wales, and son David, age 11 months, born Swansea, Glamorgan,
Wales. He was a picture frame maker.

I am NOT related this family and have no further information on them.

Subject: VINER families from Riga

Dear All,
I recently discovered many families of VINER "cousins" in Leeds, Yorkshire, UK, my
birthplace.
1) My maternal grandfather Joseph (Joe) Viner born 1869-died 1938 (buried in Leeds)
married to Betsy BESINSKY (BERSHANSKY)
2) John (Yona,Zalman) Viner born 1858-died 1938 (buried Leeds) married to Rachel
(Rochel,Basyah bat Aryeh) These men were probably cousins. They both had fathers
bearing the same name Binyomin: I have no proof that they were brothers as of yet.

Both men raised families in Leeds. Over the past month I have managed to contact and
"bring together" by e-mail, grandchildren and great-grandchildren from Leeds,
Liverpool, London, Middlesborough and Rhode Island, US, this is, obviously "the
researchers dream" ! The question that nobody knows, from where did the VINER
families originate? Now I hear, it could have been RIGA.

Here is a list of names of siblings who were possibly named after their ancestors:
Children of Joseph Viner: Annie (Channa): Dinah: Sam/Solomon/Shmuel: Rebecca(Rivka)
Children of John (Yona) and Rachel Viner: Fanny:Amelia:Edith(Etel): Leah/Lily :Rosa (Raisel)
Maurice (Moshe Yosef): Louis (Aryeh)

Anyone with Viner families recognising these names are invited to write to contact
me.
Brenda Habshush, Kibbutz Sde Boker,Israel
brentsi@sde-boker.org.

I am pleased to announce that the Belarus SIG has launched a significant
effort to translate and index birth, marriage, divorce, and death records of
the Minsk Guberia contained on the FHL CDs (see the lower right hand corner
of the Belarus SIG home page). The first phase of this project focuses on
the Minsk Uyezd, the area immediately around "The Mother City." Subsequent
phases of the indexing effort will focus on the remaining uyezds in the
Minsk Gubernia. This multi-year effort will result in the addition of
hundreds of thousands of new records to the existing consolidated Belarus
database. David Price, who added a million Polish records for JRI, is
responsible for the translation and indexing effort. The Belarus SIG is
extremely fortunate in having David's services; I expect that within a short
time, we will be able to make a significant number of records available to
those of you who trace your ancestry to the Minsk area. I will periodically
report to you on our progress.

At this time I also want each of you who have roots in the Minsk Gubernia to
join us in this effort by making a tax deductible donation to JewishGen's
fund for the "Minsk Gubernia Revision Lists and Metrical Records." Your
contributions, as little as $10, are absolutely vital to translating and
indexing existing records, recovering new records, and expanding
genealogical research in the Minsk Gubernia.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Michael Kaltman
Minsk Gubernia Coordinator

mkaltman1940@msn.com

Researching KALTMAN, ARONOFF, and KRAVITZ in Belarus

From the Latvia sig;
...My grandfather, Stephan KOSSMAN, had a business -- it was a firm
that had international clientele but it was based in Riga.
Besides, my impression, from various memoirs I read, was that many
Jews had businesses in Riga.

Nina Kossman

Original message:
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> From: "Bea"
> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 07:46:37 -0000
> I was told recently that the area outside of Riga called Slokas, was
the
> only part of Latvia where Jews of Riga were allowed to have/run their
own
> businesses, and that any Jews living in Riga never mind how long were
not
> allowed to run businesses there, for the period of 1920-1939.
--

From: Alan Tapper <sabaalan@comcast.net>

I am looking for any descendants of Gabriel MENDELOVICH from either
Slonim or Byten. Gabrile was born between 1850 to 1870. I am told
that some of his descendants may have survived Shoah and that they
may have emigrated either to the US or Israel. I do know that some
of them stayed in Byten and are listed in the Byten Yizkor Book.
Gabriel had four brothers, one of which is my wife's great
grandfather. His father was Schmuel Meyer MENDELOVICH
(MENDELEWICZ). His youngest brother was Naphtali who lived in
Slonim. Some of Naphtali's family, when they emigrated to Israel,
changed the name to BEN MENACHEM. This may have been true for
Gabriel as well.Any help would be greatly appreciated.Alan Tapper
Ashburn, VAResearching

MENDELOVICH, MENDELEWICZ, MENDELOWITZ , MENDELOVITZ from Slonim and
Byten; MENDOZA from Kobryn, Livorno and Seville
GORMAN from Vilna and Baranovichi
HOCHBERG and KATZ from Iasi; TAPPER from Snitkov and Kishinev
BURDMAN , STUCKELMAN and FAHRER from Tulchin
NEMIROVSKY from Lipovets and Argentina

Re: Druya Yizkor books and much information

Dear Mama Levitan!
Yes, my father and I saw all references which were in your email.
When we first joined facebook we saw the pictures ( of the Druya site) but the other references were new for us.

We found 3 striking coincidence in the Libe Levitanus' story http://www.jewishgen.org/Y izkor/Druya/dru201.html
.
The first, my father remembers Libe Levitanus a little.
The second, my father remembers the brothers Galperin. Some time they were in the same partisan detachment.
The third, Libe Levitanus says that after the war "...I married Shlomo Ziadlin, who had also survived with two of his sons. At the end of 1945, we left Druya for the land of Israel...."
Shlomo Ziadlin was a man whom we were looking for. He was my grandmother's cousin. I wrote in my message http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=5582068363&topic=3302 that he and his two sons left after the war for Israel.
If I understood the situation true he was Meir Levitanus' stepfather and his sons were Meir's brothers.
Please write me if I understood this true - then Meir might know something about our relatives. In fact he is our relative too.

It's curious for me but I found many my grandfather's relatives in Yad Vashem but no one grandmother's relatives. She had many brothers and sisters and almost all of them were killed in the Shoah. Their surname was Leviman (reading about Levitan's family which had beginning from Avrohom Leviyan I thought that we could have common roots). If you meet such surname please tell me about it.

If you have some questions for my father we'll try to help you.
If our pictures are useful for you we'll be happy.
As I understood it true he is one of a few alive people who lived in Druya before and during the war.

Sorry for my English.
Thank You and best regards.
Julia
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Julia has shared a link with you. To view it or to reply to the message, follow this link:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?inbox/readmessage.php&t=8146201699
you could read the story of Libe ( mother of Meir who belongs to the group) who survived with her son http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Druya/dru201.html

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Druya survivors of the Shoah near the place were others were perished and buried.
1946, April.

-- Added by Julia Sherman
to the group "We are from Druya" Teachers of the Jewish school, 1931

David Suurland (david@synthex.net) on Thursday, November 29, 2007 at
10:05:56
: My family originated in Globokie, their orignal surname was
VAKSMAKHER but after their flight to England they had it changed to
WARMAN. I
am looking for people who have any information regarding this family or
are
just looking to get in touch with others who can trace their ancestry
back to
this shtetl.
Yad Vashem reports;
-- Vaksmakher Leiba
Leiba Vaksmakher was born in Poland in 1863 to Ester. He was married
to Nikhama. Prior to WWII he lived in Glubokoye, Poland. During the
war he was in Glubokoye, Poland. Leiba perished in 1941 in Glubokoye,
Poland at the age of 78. This information is based on a Page of
Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by his grandaughter; ESTER
ROMANOVSKI

Vaksmakher Chaim Meer
Chaim Meer Vaksmakher was born in Glubokie to Leibe and Nikhama.
Prior to WWII he lived in Glubokie, Poland. During the war he was in
Glubokie, Poland. Meer perished in 1941 in Glubokie, Poland at the age
of 45. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (submitted on
01-Jan-1990 by his niece Submitter's Last Name ROMANOVSKI
Submitter's First Name ESTER

Vaksmakher Shmuel
Shmuel Vaksmakher was born in Glubokoye in 1893 to Leibe and
Nikhama. Prior to WWII he lived in Glubokoye, Poland. During the war
he was in Glubokoye, Poland. Shmuel perished in 1941 in Glubokoye,
Poland at the age of 48. This information is based on a Page of
Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by his niece; ESTER ROMANOVSKI

Vaksmakher Velvul
Velvul Vaksmakher was born in Glubokoye in 1897 to Leibe and
Nikhama. Prior to WWII he lived in Glubokoye, Poland. During the war
he was in Glubokoye, Poland. Velvul perished in 1941 in Glubokoye,
Poland at the age of 44. This information is based on a Page of
Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by his niece; ESTER
ROMANOVSKI

Vaksmakher Nikhama
Nikhama Vaksmakher was born to Reizl. She was married to Leibe.
Prior to WWII she lived in Glubokoye, Poland. During the war she was
in Glubokoye, Poland. Nikhama perished in 1941 in Glubokoye, Poland.
This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left)
submitted by her granddaughter ESTER ROMANOVSKI

Vaksmakher Sarah Dyna
Sarah Dyna Vaksmakher was born in 1906 to Leibe and Nikhama. She was
a seamstress. Prior to WWII she lived in Glubokoye, Poland. During the
war she was in Glubokoye, Poland. Dyne perished in 1941 in Glubokoye,
Poland at the age of 35. This information is based on a Page of
Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by her niece ESTER ROMANOVSKI

Vaksmakher Tishe
Tishe Vaksmakher was born in Glubokoye in 1909 to Leibe and Nikhama.
Prior to WWII he lived in Glubokoye, Poland. During the war he was in
Glubokoye, Poland. Tishe perished in 1941 in Glubokoye, Poland at the
age of 32. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed
on left) submitted by his niece ESTER ROMANOVSKI

Waxmacher Chaya
Chaya Waxmacher was born in Glubokie in 1895 to Tzvi and Rivka Glas.
She was married to Yoel. Prior to WWII she lived in Glubokie, Poland.
During the war she was in Glebokie, Poland. Chaya perished in 1943 in
Glubokie, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony
(displayed on left) submitted on 09-Dec-1956 by her sisters'
daughter;Ester Michelson

Waxmacher Walf
Walf Waxmacher was born in Glebokie in 1893. He was a grocer and
married to Khaia nee Glas. Prior to WWII he lived in Glebokie, Poland.
During the war he was in Glebokie, Poland. Walf perished in 1943 in
Glebokie, Ghetto. This information is based on a Page of Testimony
(displayed on left) submitted on 09-Dec-1956 by his niece
Vaksmakher Zakhar
Zakhar Vaksmakher was born in Disna in 1897 to Ytzkhak. He was a
dentist and married to Ida. Prior to WWII he lived in Odessa, Ukraine
(USSR). During the war he was in Odessa, Ukraine (USSR). Zakhar
perished in 1941 in Odessa, Ukraine (USSR) at the age of 44. This
information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left)
submitted by his nephew
Vilnius year 1851 revision list for Glubokie;
VAKSMAKHER Meyer son of Noson Head of Household 30 3 387 Revision
List
Disna January LVIA/515/15/878

14 173

VAKSMAKHER Rocha Riva Meyer' Daughter age 3

Vaksmakher, Moris (translator)

Vaksmakher, Moris Nikolayevich (1926-1994), literary translator from
French. Had a Ph.D. in contemporary French Literature from the Moscow
Pedagogical Institute. His best known translations include
Saint-Exupery'sNight Flight , Alain Furnier'sThe Big Molne , novels by
Andre Robert, Margarite Jussenar, Robert Merly, and many others. He
introduced to the Russian reader such poets as Louis Aragon, Guilliome
Appolinaire, Paul Elluar, Egen Guelvik, Jean Brelle. Vaksmacher also
translated poetry from Belgium, Germany, Greece, Jugoslavia, Africa,
and Latin America. In 1995, a prize for the best translation from
French was named after him.

Gustavo Lumer Rakower (gustavolumer@gmail.com)

Message: My mother's family was Rakower from Poland, then they
emigrated to
Argentina and now I am in the US, how do I get in touch with them? To
see if
there is a connection
The Rakowers from Krakow;
-http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/k_pages/rakower.html -

I'm searching for a RABINOWITZ family from or near Siauliai (Shavel, Shavli)
Lithuania. Father was Rabbi Boruch Mordechai RABINOWITZ, and his wife was
named Sarah (she was born ~1835). According to the 1910 Census, Sarah was
a widow and living in Washington, D.C. with her daughter Mary LEVITAN (nee
Miriam Bracha RABINOWITZ, 1864-1937) and the LEVITAN family. These
LEVITANs came to the States around 1885-1890. Also according to the 1910
Census, Boruch Mordechai RABINOWITZ and his wife Sarah had 8 children. In
the 1910 Census, Sarah was going by the name ROBBINS. I have not yet found
Sarah in the 1900 or 1920 censuses.

I am not directly related to this RABINOWITZ family, but am related to the
LEVITANs. I cannot find "my" LEVITANS before 1900, so am hoping
I can find a lead by following the wife, Mary nee RABINOWITZ.

Anyone have this family on their tree? I've looked for info online, but
can't find anything that I can definitively trace back to this particular
RABINOWITZ/ROBBINS family.

Thanks for any help,

Joe Lonstein

East Lansing, MI

Lisa Leja Mankita (lisamanakitafay@yahoo.com) on Friday, December 07,
2007
http://

Message: If anyone reading this note knows anything about a family by
the last
name of Mankita, and more specifically about Josel Mankita who was
married to
Leja or Lega (we are not sure of the spelling) Pimtova, please be kind
enough
to give me the info. This was my grandfather and grandmother. My
father's
name was Rachmiel Mankita.

My father's family, from the little bit I know, came from Czezawo (not
sure of
spelling), Poland.

My parents, my brother and I came to the US in 1962.

Many thanks. Lisa (Leja-named for my grandmother).

I spoke today with Dr. Shalom Eilati (formerly KAPLAN), who is a child
survivor from the Kovno Ghetto. Shalom wrote his memoir, Crossing the
River,
(Carmel and Yad Vashem, November 1999) and in May 2007, the English
translation of the book was approved for publication by The Alabama
University Press, slated for release in mid-2008.

Shalom is hoping to find other child survivors of his own age, born
circa
1933. He is making an attempt to document Lithuanian child survivors,
especially, but not only from Kovno, in order to add this information
to the
Yad Vashem archives. He asked me to help circulate this information on
this
list, as he is not very computer literate. I am happy to pass on any
responses generated by this message.

Varda Epstein
Efrat, Israel

--
Eilat Gordin Levitan

I want to compliment you on your attractive and very informative website. I am particularly interested in postcard 11, "the four Ceitel sisters and a cousin". They are my grandmother Rebecca's four younger sisters, Zelda (Zhenia), Miriam (Mania), Braine (Berta) and little Chana (Ania). When this picture was taken in 1913, my grandmother had already immigrated to the United States with her husband and youngest son, my father. She never again had contact with her sisters who remained in Poland (Russia), but after the fall of Soviet Russia, her descendents renewed contact with her sisters' descendents. I sent copies of the pictures to Vava, Miriam's son, who now lives in New Jersey, to Leah, Chana's daughter, who now lives in Israel and to Max Gutkin, the cousin's nephew,who has lived in Israel since the establishment of the State. Since none of my relatives know the source of this picture, I wonder if you could provide some information as to how this picture got on your website. Looking forward to hearing from you - Janice Kaufman (I was born in New York but made aliya in 1970 with my husband and four sons)

Gail Shneyer Nussbaum (grsn@prodigy.net) on Monday, December 17, 2007 at
13:52:06
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Message: I found your site very interesting. My son-in-law translated the
correct spelling of my family name as Shneer and thus gave me another way to
search for relatives. When I searched this way I found your web-site which

included the names of other families I knew I was related to but could never
determine so...Gordin, Judah Leib and Katler ( my grandmother was Irene Kotler)
all appeared together on the same page with Shneer.

Salomon Tawrycky and Sara Rosansky had four
children, between 1895 and 1904 in Minsk.
The children emigrated: Jacobo was born in 1902 en
Minsk, arrives at Chile in 1923 from Argentina, his
wife Chassya Mayzel, born Wilna, arrives at Chile in
1927.
Daniel was born in 1898 emigrated to Chile in 1938,
with his wife Jaie Yudelevich Trichimisky born in
Gorodische in 1892.
Other two children Moshe was born 1904 y Harry
emigrated to the United States.
I need to ratify the genealogy information of
Salomon Tawrycky family and of his children, he lived
in the zone of Lyakhovichi, Baranovichi,
Gorodysche and of I novate Mysh. I do not speak
English, only Spanish.
I hope to have luck and to find more antecedents.

Marietta Jimenez
Chile

mariettajimenez@yahoo.com
mariettajimenezbrumelle@gmail.com

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LAJA RIFKA THOMAS writes:

>
> (mikolayla@hotmail.com)
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> How could anybody find out if there is family left in Polen that may
belong to me? My cousin found somebody from her family side. I am still
hoping that maybe there is somebosy that survived in Czenstochau or
Rakow that maybe my flesh and blood. MOSHE GOLDMAN and RIFKA from Rakow,
and ABRAHAM and LAJA LEWKOWICZ from Czenstochau. I have submitted many
letters to the jewish gen finder but nothing was ever found. thank you
> Laja R Thomas
> Germany

According to history.com the late Jack Benny (d. in 1974) was a
litvak. His
name was Benjamin Kubelsky. Does anyone know more about his roots?

From Jack Benny' Passport Applications, ..the name was Ben Kubelsky
[Jack Benny]
Birth Date:14 Feb 1894
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois
Residence:Hotel Hargrave, New York
Passport Issue Date:12 Jul 1923
Father Name:Meyer Kubelsky
Father's Birth Location:Russia
Father's Residence:Lake Forest, Illinois
Passport Includes a Photo

From other information;
Father: Mayer Kubelsky born abt 1864 Lithuania Home in 1930: Lake
Forest, Lake, Illinois ( 1930 census)
Mother: Emma Sachs, died before 1930
sister; Florence Fenchel born 1901 her husband; Leonard L Fenchel
born abt 1893
Wife: Mary Livingstone (Stage name , related to the Marx brothers,
married 24-Feb-1927 )
Daughter: Joan Naomi (adopted)
There was another Kubelsky family in Chicago that is most likely
related. Most Kubelsky family members came from Lithuania.

Name Residence Age Born* Arrived
1 Kubelskas, Petras Czarna Krinetza, Russia 21 1891 1912
2 Kubelskay, Anna Kawarws 23 1883 1906
3 Kubelskay, Michalina Kawarws 3 1903 1906
4 Kubelskay, Wincenty Kawarws 1 1905 1906
5 Kubelski, Benjamin Meroslav, Lithuania 18 1903 1921
6 Kubelski, Dine Lodzieje, Russia 18 1890 1908
7 Kubelski, Dweira Meroslav, Lithuania 48 1873 1921
8 Kubelski, Freide Balbirischki, Russia 17 1896 1913
9 Kubelski, Jonas Kranica, Russia 32 1880 1912
10 Kubelski, Owsey Lodzieje, Russia 17 1891 1908
11 Kubelski, Piotr Nowawies 31 1874 1905
12 Kubelski, Sara Meroslav, Lithuania 17 1904 1921
13 Kubelski, Stanislaw Wezdrzymby, Russia 19 1888 1907
14 Kubelski, Tony 26 1895 1921
15 Kubelski, Tony 24 1896 1920
16 Kubelski, Tony 28 1896 1924
17 Kubelski, Tony 28 1896 1924
18 Kubelski, Vinc. 20 1872 1892
19 Kubelski, Wladyslaw Bakalaszewo, Russia 18 1892 1910
20 Kubelskis, Adolpas Talnisge, Russia 19 1888 1907
21 Kubelskis, Yurgis Blantyre, Scotland 21 1890 1911
22 Kubelsky, Josef Czerona Kranica, Russia 22 1890 1912
23 Kubelsky, Mathias Kawarws 19 1887 1906
24 Kubelsky, Miholy Suwalk 31 1870 1901
25 Kubelsky, Tong 28 1895 1923
26 Kubelsky, Tony 24 1897 1921
27 Kubelsky, Tony 24 1897 1921
28 Kubelsky, Tony 29 1895 1924
29 Kubelsky, Tony 28 1896 1924
30 Kubelsky, Wincenty Palnica 28 1876 1904
Yad Vashem list;
Results of search for victims whose family name (including synonyms)
is 'Kubelsky ' , and whose location (including synonyms) is
'Lithuania' :
Displaying 1 - 15 of 87

Place of Residence
Name Town District Region Country Birth Date Source
Kovalski Gershon ALYTUS ALYTUS LITHUANIA 1924 Page of Testimony
Kovalski Israel LAZDEI SEINIAI - LAZDIJAI LITHUANIA Page of
Testimony
Saalkind Khana KOENIGSBERG GERMANY 1904 Page of Testimony
Kabalski Avraham VISHAY SEINIAI - LAZDIJAI LITHUANIA 1924 Page
of Testimony
Kovalski Ester ALYTUS ALYTUS LITHUANIA 1920 Page of Testimony
Kovalski Arie ALITTUS ALYTUS LITHUANIA 1917 Page of Testimony
Kovalski Khaim ALYTUS ALYTUS LITHUANIA 1926 Page of Testimony
Kovalski Yaakov ALYTUS ALYTUS LITHUANIA 1926 Page of Testimony
Kowalsky Khana MARKINE ALYTUS LITHUANIA 1911 Page of Testimony
Kovalski Khaia ALYTUS ALYTUS LITHUANIA 1930 Page of Testimony
Kowalski David PRENI KAUNAS LITHUANIA 1885 Page of Testimony
Kowalsky David MERKINE ALYTUS LITHUANIA 1911 Page of Testimony
Kabalski Zalman VISHAY SEINIAI - LAZDIJAI LITHUANIA 1890 Page
of Testimony
Kowalska Liba MARIAMPOL MARIJAMPOLE LITHUANIA 1890 Page of
Testimony
Kowalski KOVNO KAUNAS LITHUANIA Page of Testimony
Place of Residence
Name Town District Region Country Birth Date Source
Kovalski Dov UTENA UTENA LITHUANIA 1907 Page of Testimony
Kowalski Dow SEJNI SUWALKI BIALYSTOK POLAND 1918 Page of
Testimony
Kowalski Pesach MARIAMPOLE MARIJAMPOLE LITHUANIA 1890 Page of
Testimony
Kovalski Golda UTENA UTENA LITHUANIA 1883 Page of Testimony
Kovalski Dvora UTENA UTENA LITHUANIA Page of Testimony
Kovalski Ahuva KUPISHKI PANEVEZYS LITHUANIA 1890 Page of
Testimony
Kovalski Moshe KUPISHOK PANEVEZYS LITHUANIA 1890 Page of
Testimony
Kovalski Khaim KUPISHKIS PANEVEZYS LITHUANIA 1919 Page of
Testimony
Ester ALITTUS ALYTUS LITHUANIA 1916 Page of Testimony
Kovalski Avraham ALITTUS ALYTUS LITHU