The Obermayers: A History of a Jewish Family in Germany and America, 1618—2009, by Kenneth Libo and Michael Feldberg. The book contains histories and genealogies of the Obermayer, Lehmann, Sinsheimer, and Oberndoerfer families from Creglingen, Augsburg, Furth, and other towns […]
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Avotaynu Contributing Editors: Fall 2010
AUSTRALIA (Caplan) Australian Jewish Genealogical Society (Sydney) e-Report, October 2010. On October 31, 2010, as part of the Day of Jewish Culture and Heritage organized by B’nai B’rith, the society displayed books and CDs documenting the history of Jewish communities […]
Ask the Experts, Fall 2010
The following message was sent to AVOTAYNU editor, Sallyann Amdur Sack-Pikus—Ed. I am seeking information about Radute or Redutka, a small community just outside of Rokiskis, Lithuania. Did all the families who lived in Redutka share something in common? A […]
Little Man in A Big Hurry: The Life of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, Uranium King and Art Collector, by Gene Hirshhorn LePere
Little Man in A Big Hurry: The Life of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, Uranium King and Art Collector, by Gene Hirshhorn LePere. This is the remarkable story of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, who donated the largest private art collection ever accumulated to […]
Ask the Experts: Winter 2009
by Randy Daitch and Eileen Polakoff My great-grandfather, Meshullem Yankov ben Yitzkok Gottesman, married Rachel Fleischer (b. circa 1860, died 1918 USA), in the town of Sniatyn, Ukraine, and died there circa 1891–1901. He had a sister, Belima, […]
JGS Newsletter Summary: Winter 2009
by Diane Goldman To read an article or news release excerpted in U.S. Update, order the issue of the publication in which it appeared from the appropriate JGS. A list of Jewish Genealogical Societies can be found at <iajgs.org/members/members.html>. A […]
Jewish Migration to South Africa: Passenger Lists from the UK, edited by Saul Issroff
Jewish Migration to South Africa: Passenger Lists from the UK. Two large-format volumes, edited by Saul Issroff. Volume 1: 1890 to 1905. £10; $16.50. Volume 2: 1906 to 1930. £10 ; $16.50. Ordering from http://www.kaplancentre.uct.ac.za/kaplan/publications/books These two volumes offer extracts from passenger lists […]
From Our Mailbox, Fall 2008
Comments on Rosenstein Article Neil Rosenstein’s article, “JRI-Poland Database and Rabbinic Data Merging,” discusses a topic that has interested me considerably. When JRI-Poland made available on its database indexes for records of three of the Gerer Rebbes, I ordered copies […]
JGS Newsletter Summary: Fall 2008
by Diane Goldman To read an article or news release excerpted in U.S. Update, order the issue of the publication in which it appeared from the appropriate JGS. A list of Jewish Genealogical Societies can be found at <iajgs.org/members/members.html>. A […]
Avotaynu Contributing Editors: Fall 2008
AUSTRALIA (Sharpe) Jewish Genealogy Downunder Vol. 10, Nos. 2 & 3, May-August 2008. Australia’s first national Jewish genealogical conference was held in Canberra, October 26–29 (see <www.ajgs.org.au/conf08/>). <> The Australia Jewish Historical Society website documents Australians’ graves the world […]
From Our Mailbox: Summer 2008
Correct Article In my article “Age Makes a Difference,” (AVOTAYNU, Vol. XXIII, No. 4, Winter 2007), a clarification is necessary. BL, the woman who made herself five years younger to remain with her sister, has informed me that the change […]
Avotaynu Contributing Editors: Summer 2008
AUSTRALIA (Caplan) Six Australians traveled to Arolsen with Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Sack to view the International Red Cross Tracing Service records on Holocaust victims. These included Rieke Nash, president of the Australian Jewish Genealogical Society in Sydney; her husband […]
JGS Synopses: Summer 2008
by Diane Goldman To read an article or news release excerpted in U.S. Update, order the issue of the publication in which it appeared from the appropriate JGS. A list of Jewish Genealogical Societies can be found at <iajgs.org/members/members.html>. A […]
From Our Mailbox: Spring 2008
Looking for Information On Grandfather in New York Jeffrey Arkin’s recent story, “My Faceless Grandfather,” touched a nerve because my grandfather, Samuel Solomon, also was involved in the paper box industry in Brooklyn in the 1920s. He was a partner […]
Highlights from JGS Newsletters: Spring 2008
Diane Goldman To read an article or news release excerpted in U.S. Update, order the issue of the publication in which it appeared from the appropriate JGS. A list of Jewish Genealogical Societies can be found at <iajgs.org>/members/members.html>. A list […]
Avotaynu Contributing Editors: Spring 2008
From Our Contributing Editors (Australia) First National Jewish Genealogy Conference, The Great Synagogue: A History of Sydney’s Big Shule, Insurance policy registers, German Jewish Cemetery Database project; (Canada) Jewish farming colonies, earliest Jews of Montreal, genealogical research and financial identity, […]
From Our Mailbox: Fall 2007
Do You Tell Adopted Children? I read with great interest Richard Sobel’s article on privacy, “Guidelines for Respecting Privacy in Jewish Genealogy (AVOTAYNU, Vol. XXIII, No. 1, Spring 2007). An additional situation about which I would appreciate some comment concerns […]
Interview with Mathilde Tagger, Recipient of 2007 IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award
The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) registered two “firsts” when it conferred its Lifetime Achievement Award on Jerusalemite Mathilde Tagger at the 26th annual IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Salt Lake City, July 22, 2007. The […]
Postsecondary Study of Genealogy: Curriculum and Its Contexts, by Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG
College degrees in genealogy should be commonplace. The field’s pursuit is more demanding than many academic endeavors, peer-reviewed journals publish advanced genealogical scholarship,[1] and credentialing programs since 1964 have certified genealogists whose work meets high standards.[2] The field has its […]
From Our Mailbox: Summer, 2007
Writes About Status of Search Bureau Records AVOTAYNU wrote to the Central Zionist Archives (CZA) in Israel asking why the database of the Jewish Agency’s Search Bureau for Missing Relatives, created many years ago under the direction of Batya Unterschatz […]
Book Review: A Practical Guide to Jewish Cemeteries
A Practical Guide to Jewish Cemeteries, by Nolan Menachemson. Hardcover, 248 pages + vii. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu, 2007. As becomes apparent from the pages of this tome (pun intended), there is richness even in death. This is the most concise […]
U.S. Update: Spring 2007
by Diane Goldman To read an article or news release excerpted in U.S. Update, order the issue of the publication in which it appeared from the appropriate JGS. A list of Jewish Genealogical Societies can be found at www.jewishgen.org/jgs. A […]
Ask the Experts: Spring 2007
by Randy Daitch & Eileen Polakoff My great-grandmother’s maiden name was Lena Asher. I have managed to accumulate copies of many records for her, but all indicate that her place of birth was “Galicia,” “Austria” or “Poland”— with no town […]
From Our Mailbox: Spring 2007
Exhibit on the Jews of Poznan, 1793–1939 For the first time since before 1939, an exhibition was held January 13, 2007, to March 15, 2007, on the life of the Jews in the city of Poznań, Poland, in the Poznań […]
The Feuchtwanger Stammbaum, by Susan Edels
The Feuchtwanger Stammbaum, by Susan Edels, is the family tree of the Feuchtwanger family from Fuerth, Bavaria, Germany, of Seligmann and Fanny Feuchtwanger and their 18 children. It includes information on the family from 1769 to 2009, plus some articles […]