Carol Hoffman

Simcha Goldenberg’s Journey from the Czar’s Army through Paris to New York

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Post published:May 3, 2022
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By Ellen Stepak nee Goldenberg Simcha Goldenberg was my paternal grandfather. He was born in September 1889 and died in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1948, when I was too young to…

In Spite of it all, do not despair! “af al pi khen lo l’hitya’esh” in Hebrew

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Post published:March 8, 2022
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We sailed in May 1940 from a Czechoslovakian port on a Bulgarian freighter flying the flag of Panama. Our goal was to arrive in Palestine within three weeks. This journey…

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A Request for Help, by Rosemary Eshel

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Post published:March 6, 2021
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IGRA the Israel Genealogy Research Association receives a variety of enquiries and requests for help from those looking to find out more about their family history. Some may be simple…

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The Jews of Lebanon: History and Records, by Alain Farhi

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Post published:August 8, 2020
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IGRA thanks AVOTAYNU for permission to reprint this article that appeared in AVOTAYNU Volume XXVIII, Number 4, Winter 2012 As Webmaster of the website des Fleurs (see page 19 Avotaynu,…

The Brothers Tissenbaum: Discovering Drama Dostoevsky Didn’t Write

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Post published:July 5, 2020
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Shortly after our father passed away in June, 1995, my brother Mitch alerted me to informationhe had just received that our maternal grandfather was not the first member of our…

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