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Chadash Family
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THE ONLY ISRAEL CHODOS WHO IS LISTED IN CALIFORNIA' DEATH RECORDS;
Name: CHODOS, ISRAEL
Social Security #:
Sex: MALE
Birth Date: 11 Nov 1905
Birthplace: POLAND
Death Date: 27 Dec 1963
Death Place: LOS ANGELES
Mother's Maiden Name: ABRAMSON
Father's Surname:
OTHER CHODOS ON THE LIST;
Name Death Date Death Place Social
Security
Number Gender Birth Date Birthplace Mother's Maiden Name
ARNON, DAVID NISON 5 Jan 1985 SAN FRANCISCO 547268083 MALE 16 May 1915 OTHER COUNTRY Mother's Maiden Name CHODOS
BRODY, SOPHIA 16 Jun 1954 LOS ANGELES 0 FEMALE OTHER COUNTRY Mother's Maiden Name CHODOS
CHODOS, FAY 3 May 1997 LOS ANGELES 550091961 FEMALE 22 Jul 1906 NEW YORK SPRINTZ
CHODOS, HAROLD S 11 May 1948 LOS ANGELES 472033897 MALE 11 Jul 1912 MINNESOTA FURMAN
CHODOS, ISRAEL 27 Dec 1963 LOS ANGELES MALE 11 Nov 1905 POLAND Mother's Maiden Name ABRAMSON
CHODOS, JACOB B 5 Oct 1961 LOS ANGELES MALE USSR
CHODOS, MARIAN 26 Nov 1973 LOS ANGELES FEMALE 7 Dec 1907 MINNESOTA
CHODOS, MAX 25 May 1949 LOS ANGELES 548078603 MALE OTHER COUNTRY PORTNICK
CHODOS, MORRIS 16 Mar 1978 LOS ANGELES 063010056 MALE 15 Apr 1892 OTHER COUNTRY
CHODOS, NATHAN LEO 18 Nov 1988 LOS ANGELES 548077890 MALE 26 Mar 1912 NEW YORK WECHTERMAN
CHODOS, REUBEN 4 Jul 1986 LOS ANGELES 565362291 MALE 3 Aug 1898 OTHER COUNTRY FINE
CHODOS, SAMUEL 11 May 1948 LOS ANGELES 472033897 MALE 11 Jul 1912 MINNESOTA FURMAN
CHODOS, SARAH R 1 Apr 1966 LOS ANGELES 63010056 FEMALE 15 Sep 1894 USSR
CHODOS, SARA 10 Nov 1983 LOS ANGELES 063010056 FEMALE 13 Nov 1907 OTHER COUNTRY STERN
GREENFIELD, JERRY S 22 Nov 1985 LOS ANGELES 546244257 FEMALE 13 Mar 1911 NEW YORK CHODOS
MILSTEIN, BETTY L 2 Jan 1988 LOS ANGELES 548440405 FEMALE 23 Apr 1913 MISSOURI CHODOS
SPIELMAN, IDA 9 Feb 1991 LOS ANGELES 356224871 FEMALE 5 Jul 1895 OTHER COUNTRY LOIFERMAN
TARAIL, ROBERT 4 Aug 1989 SAN MATEO 192280391 MALE 1 Aug 1919 NEW YORK CHODOS
Database: California Death Index, 1940-1997
ANOTHER NEWS PAPER WITH YOUR GRANDFATHER;
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israel chodos California Van Nuys Van Nuys News 25 June 1959
GUEST SPEAKER WOULD BE RABBI ISRAEL CHODOS OF SINAI TEMPLE

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israel chodos California Van Nuys Valley News 17 November 1955

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David Chadash the founder of Tarbut School in Oshmany

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Dear Eilat Gordin Levitan;
I was informed by Mr Randy Daitch that you might be able to assist me in tracing my Jewish family roots in Belarus.   Though my name now is Takahashi, I was born Saul Israel Chodos, in the United States. My grandfather, Israel Chodos, was born in either 1899 or 1900, and emigrated to the United States with his family when he was five years old. My understanding is that my grandfather originated in a community of (I believe Polish speaking) Jews in the Myadel region of Belarus. My great grandfather was named Schrage Feyvush Chodos, and it appears that in Belarus he was somewhat of a scholar, and a rabbinical student (my grandfather eventually became a rabbi in the United States, keeping with the family tradition).  Unfortunately, that is really all the information I have. My grandfather passed on before I was born, and nobody in the family appears to have any more detailed information. The only other “factoid†I can provide is that both my great grandfather and my grandfather were (like all their offsprings, myself included) very big men; generally over 190 cm tall and broad shouldered.  I am sure you must be extremely busy with these kind of queries, and am very mindful that this is not much information to go on. The lack of concrete information on my family history has been somewhat of a source of frustration for me as well; unfortunately however, this is all there appears to be. I really would be most grateful for any information you may be able to provide, no matter how general. Conversely, if there is another source better situated to help me, I would be most grateful if you could point me in that direction. FYI, I am currently living in Vienna, and, if possible, am hoping to pay a visit to Belarus this summer, if only to take a quick look at my grandfather’s old home town.
Yours sincerely,  Saul Takahashi
Dear Mr. Takahashi,
Thank you so much for writing. Chadash/ Chodos / Hodes was a very common name in Myadel.
I will start with the list of the perished during the holocaust in Myadel;
Chadash, Avram Leib son of Yankel* born; 1884 - killed; 30 August 1941 (Among the first killed)  - House # 64
Chadash, his wife Freide daughter of  Benes Chadash** born; 1894 - killed; 23 September 1942
Chadash, his daughter Etke** 1930 - 23 September 1942
Chadash, his son Aron** 1926 - 23 September 1942
Chadash, his son Benes - 1941 Russia
Chadash, his daughter Dvora 1919 - 1941 (Among the first killed)
Chadash, his son Yankel - killed at the front
Chadash, his son Hershel - killed at the front
Chadash, Ruvke son of  Yankel* 1924 - killed at the bridge - 30 August 1941 (Among the first killed)
Chadash, his brother David son of Yankel - killed at the front
Chadash, his brother Shalom son of Yankel - killed at the front
Chadash, Leibe son of Chaim Velvel (the butcher) 1874 - 21 September 1941 Kobylnik  - House # 69
Chadash, his second wife Asne** 1868 - 21 September 1942
Chadash, Motke's wife Beile bat Shlomo Istrin** 1900 - 23 September 1942  - House # 51Chadash, their son Zalman** 1927 - 23 September 1942  - House # 51
Chadash, Berl (Chaim) Velvel (the butcher) - killed in the woods date unknown  - House # 16Chadash, his second wife Keile bat Efraim Matzkevich -1941 - House # 16Chadash, their son Maishe Yoshke* - 30 August 1941 (Among the first killed)  - House # 16Chadash, his son Motke* 1896 - 30 August 1941 (Among the first killed)  - House # 62Chadash, his wife Soshya Chadash (no information as yet) Her sister Sore Chadash (see Pearlman)   - House # 62Chadash, his daughter Sore Rivka 1929 - killed in the woods, date unknown Chadash, his daughter Adle (see Zelig Istrin below)
Chadash, second wife of Chaim Velvel Sore Freida** 1880 - 23 September 1942
Chadash, their daughter  Zelda bat Chaim Velvel** - 23 September 1942  - House # 14
Chadash, their son Yoshke ben Chaim Velvel** 1905 - 23 September 1942  - House # 14
Chadash, his wife  Roche bat Shlomo Katz** 1913 - 23 September 1942  - House # 14
Chadash, his daughter Leah** 1939 - 23 Perished on 30th of August, 1941;
9. Chadash Avraham Leib
10. Chadash Zalman
11. Chadash Motke son of Berl.
12. Chadash Motke son of Leib
13. Chadash Moshe Yoshke
14. Chadash Ruvke

Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Kostzevsky and twenty other Myadel Jews are buried in four mass graves in the cemetery in old Myadel and their names are etched on the tombstone that was put into position in 1993. These Jews were tortured and murdered on the 30th of August, 1941 by the Germans and their local associates, may their name be erased. They were murdered near the bridge just outside the shtetl in the swamp area. Before they were murdered, they were forced to dig their own graves. After two weeks they were buried at the cemetery with the help of some Gentiles that had the grace to help and retrieve the bodies from the boggy mud.  Among those that brought the bodies for burial to the four mass graves in the cemetery were the late Yerachmiel Chadash (whose father was among the ones murdered) and Mr. Arie Geskin, may he live long! - Chaya Lupinsky
Notes:Yerachmeil ben Motka Chadash survived the war and died 1998 Lepel, Belarus
Chaya Lupinsky lupinsky@netvision.net.il
has conducted exhaustive research creating this list with cooperation of the survivors of Myadel. This small community in Israel, Canada and the United States meets yearly in October. For further information contact Chaya or Meyer Svirsky. manager@interprom.co.il
I translated a story about the war time in the area and I am pasting here a few lines;
...On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany's attack on the Soviet Union took us by surprise. At the time, I was living in Myadel, a shtetl situated on the shore of the Narutz Lake, where I had moved the previous year after marrying a native girl. The next morning, I left the area with 9 other youths from Myadel in an attempt to escape the rapidly approaching Nazi Army. With great rapidity we walked all the way to the Kanhanina train station, and in the last moment managed to push our way into the very last train car. As it turned out, the train was to be the last Soviet train to leave the area for some years.The train was full of soldiers and officers of the Red Army, as well as some local civil servants for the USSR. There were also some prisoners of the Soviets who were taken from Vilejka's (aka Vileyka) jail. Also, some locals (mostly Communists and Jews) who wanted to flee the Nazi occupation had crowded the train. The young people who came with me from Myadel were Moshe Hadash/ Chodesh, Hirsch Hadash, Yitzhak Alperovicz, Yoshue Leib Yanovsky, Yitzhak Keller, Shimon Kotzer, Yosef Rubin, Zalman Kaplan, and Nahum Perelman from Dokshitz. We barely found a spot to stand as the train departed. The ride was very peaceful until we reached Karlovisziczina, where about a dozen Luftwaffe Foch-Wulfes appeared. There were no Soviet forces in the area to repel them, so they rained their gifts down freely upon us. One of their huge bombs exploded right by the train and derailed the last three cars of the train, including the one we were on.To our great fortune, we were not physically hurt, but we were very anxious since we could not continue on our journey. When we got out of our car we realized that the rest of the train was long gone. After a moment to gather ourselves, we decided to walk to Dokshitz, a place where we thought we would have easier access to cross the border of Poland and the Soviet Union (the pre-partition border from 1939).Dokshitz was situated on the outskirts of the border. After arriving at Dokshitz, we found hundreds and I might not be exaggerating if I said thousands of refugees by the side of the road. Some came by horse and buggy, some by foot. They were running back and forth, looking for a place to cross to the other side and save themselves from the disaster to come. However, Soviet guards stood with weapons ready at every crossing point. They demanded that everyone go back, saying that we were all causing unnecessary panic, and that we must return to our proper places.We had no choice but to return to our homes, but first I decided to visit Dolhinov (aka Dolginovo), the place where I was born and raised. My mother and my married sister with her children lived there, and I wanted to help them. As it turned out, although I was able to help out many and save their lives from the hands of murderers, I was unable to save my mother, my sister, or her children. My sister on the other hand, saved my life from a certain torturous death at the hands of the Gestapo, as I will tell you later. Back to my visit to Dolhinov. Shortly after I arrived, on Saturday the 28th of June 1941, the first German scouts entered the town. They didn't hurt anyone at first, they just shot at a few farmers. We then decided that it was time to go back to Myadel, where our wives and children were.Four young people from Dolhinov walked with me to Myadel. On the way we didn't see any Germans. We avoided the main roads, sticking to more out-of-the-way routes and we safely arrived at the village Nyavia, a few kilometers from Myadel. Here we had to cross the river using a boat since German planes had demolished the bridge. We saw a few farmers taking out the bridge debris from the river. After begging, pleading and bribing, we were able to convince one of them to take us with his boat across the river for a large amount of money.At home, my wife and father-in-law received me with great delight. "The husband and son-in-law has returned," they said. However, after a few moments of discussion of the situation of the Jews, I realized, "What did I really achieve? Why did I leave and then come back?"Forthwith I was told that there was already carnage in town, and blood was flowing like a river here. As soon as the German troops arrived, they appointed some local collaborators to take charge of the police department. Most of the youths in the police force were local Polish people, amongst them about 20 hooligans and thugs who were full of animosity toward the Soviets, and showed even greater repugnance towards the Jews. They declared, "All the Jews were Communists." That statement launched the first event in a series of tragedies and tortures that I would experience. Immediately I realized that we must organize young people to fight the enemy, though the road to achieving that goal was very long and there were many twists and turns on the way to accomplishing that lofty idea.At the head of the local police in Myadel, there were two corrupt, cruel and bloodthirsty goons. The head of the police was Baginisky, and Koprevicz was his assistant. As soon as the Nazis appointed them to the job, together with the gendarme of Vilejka they started torturing the Jewish community, which was totally without defense and had never committed any crime. In some ways, the local assistants were many times crueler than their German bosses. The First Massacre and Its VictimsOne Sunday, in the first weeks of the occupation, two bodies of prisoners from the Vileyka jail were brought to Myadel. When the Soviets started retreating from Vileyka, they killed a few political prisoners that they thought were too dangerous to be taken to the Soviet Union. Those executions of those sentenced to death were done near the village Ravoni, which was in the vicinity of the jail. When later the bodies were found, one of the thugs who found them was from Myadel, and he recognized two of the bodies as of natives of Myadel.The locals said, "Who is guilty? The Jews. They were the cause of these people's imprisonment, and now they were the cause of their death." They soon organized a majestic burial ceremony that paid great homage to the deceased in which they made fiery speeches laden with malevolence called for retribution on the Jews. They also invited some Germans from the engineering troops that were rebuilding the local infrastructure to take part in the ceremony. The Germans who were responsible for the improvement of the infrastructure decided to exploit the Jews to do the hard labor as slaves. They started kidnapping Jews and forced them to build the roads. One day for no clear reason they gathered 22 young Jews from Myadel and ordered them to walk. At the head of the procession they put the Rabbi and kosher slaughterer (shochet). Soon after, they started tormenting them and moments later they begun torturing them. The tortures were executed methodically and brutally. They used clubs and attack dogs that tore at their victims' limbs and flesh. I saw everything with my own eyes, since in all the panic around I was able to escape and hide in a house not far from this tragic event. I saw an agitated German officer holding a ferocious dog ordering it to attack the rabbi, who was already too weak to stand on his feet. The dog pushed him on the ground and started eating his flesh, which was bleeding profusely. The killers ordered the other victims to put the rabbi's body, which was still twitching, on a wheelbarrow and to take him outside of the town. Others were also tortured mercilessly, and at the end, they ordered the few survivors who were still able to walk to take shovels and to start marching. Soon after, they were told to dig holes. When they had finished digging, they were shot on the spot and buried in the holes that they had just dug. In outrage, I escaped from my hiding place and took with me Berl Chodesh, my father-in-law, who was also hiding out there. ....
You should read the rest of the story if you want to know more details about the amazing story of survival of many families who escaped from the ghetto of Myadel.
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/dolginovo/dol274.html
HOW MYADSIOL ADOPTED FAMILY NAMES;
The surname Hodosh is said to have been bestowed upon the latter settlers of Myadsiol to denote their recency; Hodosh, meaning "new" in Hebrew. -
but they were not so "new"as you could see in the list (at  about the time that Jews in the Russian empire chose last names); Householder Surnames in Myadel Revision Lists years; 1811 - 1850 H=Households or Family Groupsh=Male head of family
  1811 1816/1818 1834 1850
Gordon 4H 4H/19h 8H/9h 9H/22h 12H/28h
Chodash 20H 21H/26h 23H/39h 30H/95h 33H/95h
Svirdler 2H 2H/5h 6H 5H/10h 5H/11h
Smytski 2H 2H/3h 2H 2H/5h 2H/2h
Kopelevich 3H 3H/4h 2H/3h 1H/16h 7H/8h
Maleschevich 3H 3H 2H 1H/3h 4H/4h
Svirsky     1H/ 2H/
Taits   1H 1H/ 2H/2h
Sheven  
1923 Business Directory for MIADZIOL NOWY;
Apteczne sklady (drogueries): Chodas L.
Rozne  towary  (articles  divers) :Chodes Jank.; Chodes Joch.; Chodes S.; Chodes T.; Chodes, Z.; Spozywcze artykuly (comestibles) : Chodos B.

Szewcy (cordonniers) : Chodes N http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Myadel/households_in_myadel.htm (between 1921- 1939 the region of Vilna became part of Poland- at the time of your family residing there it was part of the Russian empire (1795-
1915) and Yiddish was the language the Jewish people used. If they were well educated they spoke Russian. I will write more later....
             Eilat
Personal Information
Name:   Israel Chodos
SSN:   058-36-9434
Last Residence:   11235  Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America
Born:   11 Sep 1900
Died:   Jun 1969
State (Year) SSN issued:   New York (1961-1962 )
1930 Census; I checked one family who had a son ; Israel/ Isidor born in 1900 (September) and came to the country in 1906 -must have been during the first months of the year since a sister was born in New York in 1906 and the father left Russia in 1904 ;
William Chodos Bronx, Bronx, NY 53 BirthYear(1930, '53');1876 Russia White Head married at age 20 came to the country in 1904 was a carpenter
Esther Chodos Bronx, Bronx, NY 55 BirthYear(1930, '55');1874  Russia     Wife married at age 22 came to the country in 1906
Isidor Chodos Bronx, Bronx, NY 29 BirthYear(1930, '29');1900 Russia    Son came to the country in 1906
Sam Chodos Bronx, Bronx, NY 27 BirthYear(1930, '27');1902 Russia      Son came to the country in 1906
Yetta Chodos Bronx, Bronx, NY 23 BirthYear(1930, '23');1906  New York   Daughter bookkeeper
Joseph Chodos Bronx, Bronx, NY 19 BirthYear(1930, '19');1910 New York    Son
owned their home on Brayant Ave. $ 17,600
I found the same family in 1920 and the son Isador is Israel here. They lived in Manhattan, were Jewish
1920 U.S. Census - New York
1920 U.S. Census • New York • New York • Manhattan • ED# 1181                         let me know if it is the right family.
others;
Name Home in 1920
(City,County,State) Age in
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Chodos, A Sterling Evans, Columbia, GA 43 BirthYear(1920, '43');1876 Georgia White
Chodos, Virgina Indianapolis, Marion, IN 60 BirthYear(1920, '60');1859 Indiana White
Chodos, William S Des Moines, Polk, IA 47 BirthYear(1920, '47');1872 Illinois White
Chodos, Joseph Crystal Falls, Iron, MI 31 BirthYear(1920, '31');1888 Russia White
Chodos, James Stuntz, St Louis, MN 27 BirthYear(1920, '27');1892 Greece White
Chodos, James W Pike, Stoddard, MO 44 BirthYear(1920, '44');1875 Missouri White
Chodos, Clevin B Denver, Adams, NE 47 BirthYear(1920, '47');1872 Nebraska White
Chodos, Frank A Greenwich, Warren, NJ 21 BirthYear(1920, '21');1898 Pennsylvania White
Chodos, William Bronx, Bronx, NY 29 BirthYear(1920, '29');1890 Russia White
Chodos, Maxwell Brooklyn, Kings, NY 27 BirthYear(1920, '27');1892 Russia White
Chodos, Sadie Brooklyn, Kings, NY 25 BirthYear(1920, '25');1894 Russia White
Chodos, Alex Manhattan, New York, NY 19 BirthYear(1920, '19');1900 Russia White
Chodos, Philip Manhattan, New York, NY 60 BirthYear(1920, '60');1859 Russia White
Chodos, Philip Manhattan, New York, NY 40 BirthYear(1920, '40');1879 Russia White
Chodos, Sarah Manhattan, New York, NY 38 BirthYear(1920, '38');1881 Russia White
Chodos, William Manhattan, New York, NY 42 BirthYear(1920, '42');1877 Russia White
Chodos, Malcolm W Reedsport, Douglas, OR 45 BirthYear(1920, '45');1874 Iowa White
Chodos, Benjamin P Salisbury, Lancaster, PA 34 BirthYear(1920, '34');1885 Russia White
Chodos, Gaddie Jackson, Madison, TN 32 BirthYear(1920, '32');1887 Tennessee White
Chodos, F J Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX 49 BirthYear(1920, '49');1870 Tennessee White
Chodos, Sue Peter Vancouver, Clark, WA 26 BirthYear(1920, '26');1893 Greece White
Chodos, John Roosevelt, Taylor, WI 32 BirthYear(1920, '32');1887 Poland White
1910;
Name
Age in 1910


Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Race Home in 1910
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Jacob Chodos 40 BirthYear(1910, '40');1869   White 3-WD MINNEAPOLIS, HENNEPIN, MN Male
Wolf Chodos 29 BirthYear(1910, '29');1880   White 11-WD MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, NY Male
Morris Chodos 38 BirthYear(1910, '38');1871   White 7-WD MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, NY Male

Name Home in 1930
(City,County,State) Age in 1930 Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Race Relation to head-of-house
Norma Chodos Columbia, Houston, AL 39 BirthYear(1930, '39');1890 Alabama White Daughter
Charles Chodos Columbia, Houston, AL 9 3/12 BirthYear(1930, '9 3/12');1920     Son
Guy Chodos Columbia, Houston, AL 8 2/12 BirthYear(1930, '8 2/12');1922     Son
Max Chodos Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 42 BirthYear(1930, '42');1887 Russia White Head
Mannie Chodos Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 36 BirthYear(1930, '36');1893     Wife
Katha Chodos Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 18 BirthYear(1930, '18');1911     Son
Sylvia Chodos Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 14 BirthYear(1930, '14');1915     Daughter
Adolph Chodos Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 8 BirthYear(1930, '8');1921     Son
Abraham Chodos Denver, Denver, CO 38 BirthYear(1930, '38');1891 Poland White Lodger
Jacob Chodos Bristol, Hartford, CT 38 BirthYear(1930, '38');1891 Poland White Head
Francis I Chodos Bristol, Hartford, CT 30 BirthYear(1930, '30');1899     Wife
Muriel Chodos Bristol, Hartford, CT 10 BirthYear(1930, '10');1919     Daughter
Marvin Chodos Bristol, Hartford, CT 30 BirthYear(1930, '30');1899     Son
William Chodos South Bend, St Joseph, IN 70 BirthYear(1930, '70');1859 Indiana Negro Head
Fanny Chodos South Bend, St Joseph, IN 68 BirthYear(1930, '68');1861     Wife
Salina Chodos South Bend, St Joseph, IN 27 BirthYear(1930, '27');1902     Daughter
Sam Chodos Chelsea, Suffolk, MA 38 BirthYear(1930, '38');1891 Poland White Head
Rose Chodos Chelsea, Suffolk, MA 37 BirthYear(1930, '37');1892     Wife
Barney Chodos Chelsea, Suffolk, MA 12 BirthYear(1930, '12');1917     Son
Morris Chodos Chelsea, Suffolk, MA 9 BirthYear(1930, '9');1920     Son
Thank you so much for your prompt replies, and for already doing so much work on this. I really am very grateful.
 
I hadn't even thought of American population data -- which is why I neglected to mention that my great grandfather apparently took the name Philip after coming to the United States. I see there are a couple of Philip Chodoses in the data you've dug up, both of whom lived in Manhattan. This would definitely make sense, as my grandfather's family lived in NY after immigrating to the United States. As nobody in my family remembers my great grandfather's approximate year of birth, it's impossible to say whether either one of the two Philips could be him; conceivably either one.
 
The Israel you've found unfortunately isn't my grandfather; he did live in NY for many years after immigrating to the United States, but moved to LA after becoming a rabbi and passed on there. My father and all his brothers were very small when the family moved west, so they wouldn't remember their old addresses or the like.
 
Still, you have given me some very concrete leads, which I will do my best to follow up. As I am sure you know, with this kind of quest, any sort of information is very valuable; each piece fits in, somehow.
 
Best wishes,    Saul
 
  It is most likely;
Chodos, Philip Manhattan, New York, NY 60 BirthYear(1920, '40');1879 came from Russia in 1907 White he had a son Israel.
His wife was Anna and she had another first name  (Kellie or Nellie?)
she was also 40 years old in 1920 and came from Russia in 1910 with son Israel who was born c 1905 (was 14 in 1905) also a daughter who was 12 and her name start with an E and hard to read- almost looks like my name (Eilat)
son Israel would be right for; CHODOS, ISRAEL died; 27 Dec 1963 LOS ANGELES MALE born; 11 Nov 1905 POLAND Mother's Maiden Name ABRAMSON
There was another son; Abraham who was born in New York and was age 2
they rented a home and owned a butcher store
This is definitely the family; just as you sent your e mail I actually got the same data (with just a little bit more detail on the siblings and the address in NY) from another researcher, and checked it over the phone with my grandmother (who is still alive).
 
According to that information, the family came from the community of Breslaw Kovno. I'm not sure where this is; there is a Braslav in Belarus, so that is probably my best bet, but it is quite far from the Myadel region, where I had always understood my grandfather to be from. Perhaps I am missing something fundamental; would you happen to know anything about this particular place in Belarus?
 
Incidentally, thanks very much for the newspaper article; indeed, this is my grandfather. He helped set up the Sinai synagogue in West LA.
 
Best wishes,     Saul

Krystyna Chodos <kchodos@olsztyn.gddkia.gov.pl> to me
I am Krystyna Chodos. I live in Polen Olsztyn. I am the wife Krzysztof
Chodos. My husband ' grandfather is Jacub Chodos married to Augustyna
Zabionok/Zhabionok. He lived in Belarus - born in Leonowce /Rejon
Braslaw - Miory. In Polen live only one family Chodos. Interesting
for me is the family Jacub Chodos his brothers and sisters family.
Thank You very much .
Sorry my English is not good.

Krystyna Chodos kchodos@olsztyn.gddkia.gov.pl
Results of search for victims of the Holocaust whose family name
(including synonyms and maiden names) is 'Chodes'

Chodes Chaim GOMBIN GOSTYNIN WARSZAWA POLAND 1887 Page of
Testimony
Chodes Hinda GOMBIN GOSTYNIN WARSZAWA POLAND 1916 Page of
Testimony
Chodos Masa WILNA WILNO WILNO POLAND 1922 Page of Testimony
Chodes David WARSZAWA WARSZAWA WARSZAWA POLAND 1921 Page of
Testimony
Hinda WARSAW WARSZAWA WARSZAWA POLAND 1905 Page of Testimony
Chodes Shloma WARSZAWA WARSZAWA WARSZAWA POLAND 1918 Page of
Testimony
Chodes Mojsie WARSAW WARSZAWA WARSZAWA POLAND Page of Testimony
Chodos Jser WILNA WILNO WILNO POLAND 1927 Page of Testimony
Chodos Mowsza DONILOWICE LWOW LWOW POLAND 1911 Page of Testimony
Chodos Civje WILNA WILNO WILNO POLAND 1923 Page of Testimony
Chodes Chaya WARSZAWA WARSZAWA WARSZAWA POLAND 1886 Page of
Testimony
Chodos Beniamin ISTRA ISTRA MOSKVA RUSSIA 1913 Page of Testimony
Chodos Leb WILNA WILNO WILNO POLAND 1890 Page of Testimony
Chodos Sara WILNA WILNO WILNO POLAND 1890 Page of Testimony
Khodes Yehuda DOLGINOV WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1918 Page of
Testimony
Khodos Fania GRODNO GRODNO BIALYSTOK POLAND 1916 Page of
Testimony
Khodos Saveli DNEPROPETROVSK DNEPROPETROVSK DNEPROPETROVSK UKRAINE
1922 Page of Testimony
Khodos Miriam GRODNO GRODNO BIALYSTOK POLAND 1939 Page of
Testimony
Khodes Moisei 1890 Page of Testimony
Khodosh* Zalman MIADEL POSTAWY WILNO POLAND 1890 Page of
Testimony
Khodosh* Mira MIADEL POSTAWY WILNO POLAND Page of Testimony
Khodes Lev KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1857 Page of Testimony
Khodosh* Rakhel MYADEL POSTAWY WILNO POLAND 1917 Page of
Testimony
Perlman Sara MIADEL POSTAWY WILNO POLAND Page of Testimony
Khodes Isaak ODESSA ODESSA ODESSA UKRAINE 1917 Page of Testimony
Khodos Grigori MARIUPOL MARIUPOL CITY STALINO UKRAINE 1910 Page
of Testimony
Khodos Isaak LENINGRAD LENINGRAD LENINGRAD RUSSIA 1923 Page of
Testimony
Chudes Fajga list of deportation from France
Khodosh* Reuven MIADEL POSTAWY WILNO POLAND 1924 Page of
Testimony
Khodes Shulamit* 1912 Page of Testimony

Khodoss Suzanne PARIS SEINE - SEINE ET OISE FRANCE 1880 Page of
Testimony
Khodos MARIUPOL MARIUPOL CITY STALINO UKRAINE 1904 Page of
Testimony
Khodos Mark MARIUPOL MARIUPOL CITY STALINO UKRAINE 1929 Page of
Testimony
Khodos Iosif WILEJKA WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1902 Page of Testimony
Khodos Iche NIWKI WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1875 Page of Testimony
Unknown Rakhel NIWKI WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1918 Page of Testimony
Khodos Rozalda MARIUPOL MARIUPOL CITY STALINO UKRAINE 1875 Page
of Testimony
Khodos Vulf MARIUPOL MARIUPOL CITY STALINO UKRAINE 1868 Page of
Testimony
Khodoss Berka PARIS SEINE - SEINE ET OISE FRANCE 1872 Page of
Testimony
Khodos MYADEL POSTAWY WILNO POLAND 1860 Page of Testimony
Unknown Basya NIWKI WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1910 Page of Testimony
Khodos Lyova NIWKI WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1920 Page of Testimony
Khodos Edlya NIWKI WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1878 Page of Testimony
Khodos Abram MYADLER ZAPOROZHYE UKRAINE Page of Testimony
Khodas Perl KRIVOY ROG KRIVOY ROG CITY DNEPROPETROVSK UKRAINE
1917 Page of Testimony

Khodos Arie DOLHINOW WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1890 Page of Testimony
Khodes Khana 1892 Page of Testimony
Khodos Grigori MARIUPOL MARIUPOL CITY STALINO UKRAINE 1918 Page
of Testimony
Khodos Nekhama NIWKI WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1913 Page of Testimony
Chodes Abram WARSZAWA WARSZAWA WARSZAWA POLAND 1923 Page of
Testimony
Chodes Awrom WARSZAWA WARSZAWA WARSZAWA POLAND 1930 Page of
Testimony
Unknown Polina RECHITSA RECHITSA GOMEL BELORUSSIA 1941 Page of
Testimony
Khodos Zina MARIUPOL MARIUPOL CITY STALINO UKRAINE 1911 Page of
Testimony
Khodos Lazar 1921 Page of Testimony
Khodos Pavel MARIUPOL MARIUPOL CITY STALINO UKRAINE 1899 Page of
Testimony
Khodos Moisei STALINO STALINO CITY STALINO UKRAINE 1900 Page of
Testimony
Khodos Sofya MARIUPOL MARIUPOL CITY STALINO UKRAINE 1936 Page of
Testimony
Khodos Khava MARIUPOL MARIUPOL CITY STALINO UKRAINE 1906 Page of
Testimony
Rozenblyum Mira BORISOV BORISOV MINSK BELORUSSIA 1868 Page of
Testimony
Khodos Solomon MARIUPOL MARIUPOL CITY STALINO UKRAINE 1928 Page
of Testimony

Khodos Dora ZELENOPOL ZAPOROZHYE UKRAINE 1924 Page of Testimony
Khodos Semion MARIUPOL MARIUPOL CITY STALINO UKRAINE 1903 Page
of Testimony
Khodos Rakhil MARIUPOL MARIUPOL CITY STALINO UKRAINE 1932 Page
of Testimony
Khodos LENINGRAD LENINGRAD LENINGRAD RUSSIA 1907 Page of
Testimony
Gorelik Polia RECHITSA RECHITSA GOMEL BELORUSSIA 1908 Page of
Testimony
Khodos Grigory WILEJKA WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1931 Page of
Testimony
Khodos Sofia WILEJKA WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1932 Page of Testimony
Khodos Iosif WILEJKA WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1900 Page of Testimony
Khodos Gita WILEJKA WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1905 Page of Testimony
Khodos Iosif BORISOV BORISOV MINSK BELORUSSIA 1895 Page of
Testimony
Khodos Malka RADOSHKOVITZ MOLODECZNO WILNO POLAND 1903 Page of
Testimony
Khodos Elya WILEJKA WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1933 Page of Testimony
Khodos Sofa WILEJKA WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1931 Page of Testimony
Khodos Gita WILEJKA WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1904 Page of Testimony
Khodos LENINGRAD LENINGRAD LENINGRAD RUSSIA 1907 Page of
Testimony


Khodes Basya KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1862 Page of Testimony
Khodes Sofiya ODESSA ODESSA ODESSA UKRAINE 1890 Page of Testimony
Khodosh* Yeshayahu MIADEL POSTAWY WILNO POLAND 1880 Page of
Testimony
Khodosh* Pesia* MIADEL POSTAWY WILNO POLAND 1918 Page of
Testimony
Khodosh* Yosef MIADEL POSTAWY WILNO POLAND 1905 Page of Testimony
Khodosh* Lea MIADEL POSTAWY WILNO POLAND 1939 Page of Testimony
Gumpert Bertha BERLIN BERLIN BERLIN GERMANY 1878 list of victims
from Germany
Chodes Chaja 1890 Page of Testimony
Hodes KURENETS WILEJKA WILNO POLAND 1914 Page of Testimony
Khodos Semion ZELENOPOL ZAPOROZHYE UKRAINE 1927 Page of
Testimony
Khodos Lazar ZELENOPOL ZAPOROZHYE UKRAINE 1895 Page of Testimony
Khodos Khana ZELENOPOL ZAPOROZHYE UKRAINE 1896 Page of Testimony

Khodes Veniamin KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1905 Page of Testimony
Gumpert Bertha BERLIN BERLIN BERLIN GERMANY 1878 list of
deportation from Berlin
Khodosh* Zalman MIADEL POSTAWY WILNO POLAND Page of Testimony
Chodes Nysen LODZ LODZ LODZ POLAND 1872 list of Lodz ghetto
inmates
Chodes Ryfka LODZ LODZ LODZ POLAND 1932 list of Lodz ghetto
inmates
Chodes LODZ LODZ LODZ POLAND 1874 list of Lodz ghetto inmates
Chodes Malka 1920 list of ghetto inmates
Chodes Abram 1941 list of ghetto inmates
MIADEL POSTAWY WILNO POLAND 1894 Page of Testimony
MIADEL POSTAWY WILNO POLAND 1895 Page of Testimony
Geskin MIADEL POSTAWY WILNO POLAND 1893 Page of Testimony
1900 Digital Page of Testimony
1900 Digital Page of Testimony
1900 Digital Page of Testimony
Chodes Dawid WARSZAWA WARSZAWA WARSZAWA POLAND 1928 Page of
Testimony

Khodes Alenushka KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1937 Page of Testimony
Khodes Kira KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1901 Page of Testimony
Khodes Mark KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1897 Page of Testimony
Khodes Zhenya KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1929 Page of Testimony
Khodes Rita KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1939 Page of Testimony
Khodes Sabina KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1905 Page of Testimony
Shteinberg Rakhil KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1918 Page of Testimony
Khodes Isaak 1935 Page of Testimony
Khodes Zhanna KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1932 Page of Testimony
Khodes Semen KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1921 Page of Testimony
Khodes Bella VINNITSA VINNITSA VINNITSA UKRAINE 1901 Page of
Testimony
Khodes Semen KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1921 Page of Testimony
Khodes Lyonechka KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1935 Page of Testimony
Khodes KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1892 Page of Testimony
Khodes Mikhail KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1929 Page of Testimony
Khodes Yefim KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1924 Page of Testimony
Khodes Dora KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1913 Page of Testimony
Khodes Roza KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1928 Page of Testimony
Khodes Aron KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1894 Page of Testimony
Kleiner Polina KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1907 Page of Testimony
Khodes Iosif KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1910 Page of Testimony
Khodes Marik KIYEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1933 Page of Testimony
Rozenblat Khanna KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1917 Page of Testimony
Grinshtein Genya KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1903 Page of Testimony
Feldman Golda KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1899 Page of Testimony
Khodes KIYEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1919 Page of Testimony
Khodes Sulamif KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1924 Page of Testimony
Khodes Marya KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1900 Page of Testimony
Shpilman Ester KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1891 Page of Testimony
Khodes Mashenka KIEV KIEV KIEV UKRAINE 1931

 I'm trying to find connections to my CHODOSH / CHODASCH family from Myadel
and Postavy.

Four brothers, Abraham, Louis, Saul and Samuel, emigrated and settled in
Carteret, NJ. Their sister Sarah (Sora) married Harry GOZ and lived in Ohio
and then Carteret,NJ. Their sister Sophie married Samuel WEXLER and also
settled in Carteret, NJ.

Somewhere between 1925 and 1930 they brought their father Itzhak (born about
1854) to NJ from Kurenitz, where he was then living.

Family lore has it that there were at least 6 other children, some of whom
came to the States and settled in other locations. Other relatives lived in
Ponevezh.

If any of these names or locations sound familiar, I look forward to hearing
from you.

Stephanie Weiner

hi saw the name Chodosh settled in Carteret Nj My name is Edward
Schwartz, my father was Louis Schwartz my grandfather was Isador Schwartz of
Carteret. A Dr. Chodosh was my pediatrician when I was a child in the 50's. He
had an office in Woodbridge Nj He recently died. There was another chodosh in
the oil business in Carteret. thanks ,Ed garcoininc@aol.com

From: Shirley Sapire <shirlsap@g.....com>
Date: Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 5:13 AM
Subject: Todres and Chodosh families from Kobylnik.
To: egl.comments@gmail.com

I am looking for any information about the Todres and Chodosh families from Kobylnik.  My father was Noach Todres - his parents were Arye Leib Todres and Sarah Chodosh.  I have a few photos but would like to have any further information about the families.
Kind Regards,
Shirley Todres Sapire. (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Kobylnik
Shane Weksler nee Todres was born in Kobylnik in 1916 to Arie and Sara nee Khadash. She was married to Schneur. Weksler. She perished in the Vilna ghetto another picture of her(she is standing) http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/kobylnik/kob_pix/kob_front/030817_21_b.gif  
Kobylnik

Yehudit nee Todres the wife of Shaul Kaplan perished in the Vilna ghetto. She was born to Arye Leib Todres and Sara nee Chodes