Ada Holtzman (1951-2016) was born on Kibbutz Evron, where she was buried. She had a tremendous influence on the Jewish genealogical community, mainly thanks to her extensive research of many…
Simferopol is the largest city in the Crimean peninsula with a Jewish community dating from 1240. Esther Rechtschafner, the author, has researched it in full. "The story of why I decided…
Beginning with the history of my maternal ancestors In Hesse, I will follow my maternal family though generations, and migrations, until my parents, Lorry Brenn and Hy Goldenberg, who lived…
The Jews are known as the People of the Book = עם הספר = Ahlil-Kitab. Are they worthy to be called also "The People of the Books and Libraries". This…
Until the founding of the State of Israel the Jewish and Arab populations had separate ruling bodies under the British government. This is the reason why separate censuses and voters’…