About Me

Eli Rabinowitz
eli@elirab.com

Eli Rabinowitz was born in Cape Town and has lived in Perth Australia since 1986.

Eli, a filmmaker, researches family and Jewish cultural history. He travels extensively and writes about Jewish life and travel on his website, Tangential Travel and Jewish Life, http://elirab.me

Eli writes and manages 88 Jewish KehilaLink websites for JewishGen.org, the world’s largest Jewish genealogical organisation , with a database of 500000 followers.

His KehilaLinks include sites in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Germany, Russia, China, Mauritius, Mocambique, South Africa and Australia.  http://elirab.me/kehila

Eli’s articles have been published in numerous international Jewish and genealogical websites and publications. Eli has lectured in numerous countries, at Limmud, and at International Jewish Genealogical Societies’ conferences in the USA, Israel and Poland.

A Tragic Romance: From One Photograph to a Journey of Discovery – Success! Stories of Connection

Personal Journeys: From One Photograph to Journeys of Research and Discovery

Personal Journeys: From One Photograph to Journeys of Research and Discovery

Source: avotaynuonline.com/2016/08/from-one-photograph-to-journeys-of-research-and-discovery/

Personal Journeys: Finding Mr. Katz

Personal Journeys: Finding Mr. Katz

Source: avotaynuonline.com/2016/12/personal-journeys-finding-mr-katz/

Source: www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/testimonials/a-tragic-romance/

80 Years After Her Fiance Died in a Car Crash, Their Descendants Found Each Other – MyHeritage Blog

80 Years After Her Fiance Died in a Car Crash, Their Descendants Found Each Other – MyHeritage Blog

Source: blog.myheritage.com/2021/03/80-years-after-her-fiance-died-in-a-car-crash-their-descendants-found-each-other/

Finding My Cousin Zara Smushkovich

Finding My Cousin Zara Smushkovich

Source: elirab.me/finding-my-cousin-zara-smushkovich/

Watch Eli on MyHeritage’s Facebook Live – April 2021:

Eli’s passion for working with schools in the Former Soviet Union and South Africa has led him to establish the Partisan Song Project, a global initiative.

The Meaning And Significance Of The Partisans’ Song

The Meaning And Significance Of The Partisans’ Song

Source: youtu.be/NRcGcNGrYWo

The WE ARE HERE! Foundation

WE ARE HERE!

Human Rights project For Upstanders  was founded by Eli Rabinowitz in 2018, and received a funding grant from the US government. Funding has also been received from the Federal German Government, and from Gandel Philanthropy.

Source: wah.foundation

Virtual Shtetl  – Polin Museum
https://sztetl.org.pl/en/towns/o/682-orla/104-cultural-texts/139505-eli-rabinowitz-talks-about-his-family-orla

Eli is the only international member of the IAJGS Board https://iajgs.org/about/current-board/

Board of Directors – IAJGS

elirab digital storytelling
http://elirab.com

Board of Directors – IAJGSwww.iajgs.org/about/current-board/

SKILLS & EXPERTISE
Photographer and documenter
Accessing the past through photographs & blogs

EDUCATION
B.Bus.Sc (Hons) Economics
University of Cape Town 1971-1974
Sea Point Boys’ High 1969

2 Replies to “About Me”

  1. Can you tell me how to conatct Abel Levitt or provide his email address. My father in law was from Birzai

    Also we were married in the Gardens Shul in 1958 do you still want to have wedding photos

  2. My grandmother’s sister emigrated from Belarus with her new husband, Moshe Rabinowitz, relocating in Rhodesia. Her name was Esther and their children included Jack, Hymie, and Sarah. Sarah married Bill Margolis. I also know that Hymie changed the last name to Robbins. Wondering if there is a connection.

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