and Jewish Life
includes my images of St Albans
Here are some photos taken last weekend at and around St Albans, outside London. …
Source: elirab.me/st-albans-england/
St Pancras railway station (/seɪnt ˈpæŋkrəs/ or /sənt ˈpæŋkrəs/), also known as London St Pancras and since 2007 as St Pancras International, is a central London railway terminus located on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden.
Coordinates: 51°31′46″N 0°07′37″W / 51.52944°N 0.12694°W / 51.52944; -0.12694
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide (German pronunciation: [ˈviːnɐ ]); is the world’s oldest institution devoted to the study of the Holocaust, its causes and legacies. Founded in 1933 as an information bureau that informed Jewish communities and governments worldwide about the persecution of the Jews under the Nazis, it was transformed into a research institute and public access library after the end of World War II and is now situated in Russell Square, London.[2]
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Library_for_the_Study_of_the_Holocaust_and_Genocide
The West End of London (commonly referred to as the West End) is an area of Central and West London in which many of the city’s major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings and entertainment venues, including West End theatres, are concentrated.
Selfridges is a Grade II listed retail premises on Oxford Street in London. It was designed by Daniel Burnham for Harry Gordon Selfridge, and opened in 1909.[1] Still the headquarters of Selfridge & Co. department stores, with 540,000 square feet (50,000 m2) of selling space,[2] the store is the second largest retail premises in the UK,[1] half as big as the biggest department store in Europe, Harrods.[2] It was named the world’s best department store in 2010,[3] and again in 2012.[4]
First Bunnings in the UK. Bunnings was started in Perth, Australia. Ten minute walk from Neil
Read the character names on these pages – amazing coincidence – Roly Poly Bird saves Jill! Roly Poly is what the grandkids call me!
St Albans /sənt ˈɔːlbənz/, /seɪn … / is a city in Hertfordshire, England, and the major urban area in the City and District of St Albans. It lies east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, about 19 miles (31 km) north-northwest of London, 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Welwyn Garden City and 11 miles (18 km) south-southeast of Luton. St Albans was the first major town on the old Roman road of Watling Street for travellers heading north, and it became the Roman city of Verulamium. It is a historic market town and is now a dormitory town within the London commuter belt and the Greater London Built-up Area.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Albans
Hi All
I have added new items to my Jewish Partisan Song portal.
Click on the link – Zog Nit Keynmol below
I have additional resources thanks to the numerous people who wrote to me after I posted messages on JewishGen. Thanks so much.
Have a look at Other Resources as well as Our Vision for this project.
Please share this site with your contacts. You are welcome to subscribe to elirab.me.
Regards
Eli
On 15 February I gave a couple of workshops at the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre.
One session was for survivors and the other for staff and members.
(L-R). Eli Rabinowitz & Don Krausz
This was the first time I had presented specifically to a group of survivors, although I had filmed several survivors’ testimonies in the past.
I showed photos from my trips to the Baltics & Eastern Europe as well as some videos from my Zog Nit Keynmol project for King David & Herzlia Schools.
The most noticeable outcome was the positive reaction to my initiative to get our youth learning and singing Zog Nit Keynmol, the Partisan Song.
(L-R). Eli, Veronica Phillips, Barbara Berman
For more details on Zog Nit Keynmol, please visit:
The two key videos to watch are:
the Phillip Maisel Interview
Herzlia’s Vocal Ensemble Sings:
Below is a video of Freidi Mrocki reciting the poem in English. Freidi is the teacher at Sholem Aleichem College in Melbourne, who recorded the interview with Phillip Maisel in 2015.
(L-R). Shirley Sapire, Betty Slowatek, Eli, Margaret Hoffman
Slideshow:
Zog Nit Keynmol – the partisan song
A simple request from King David High School in Johannesburg has now snowballed into an international project involving schools in South Africa, Australia, Lithuania, Ukraine and Moldova.
This is an amazing opportunity for this beautiful and inspiring song to be heard. Sung by young students, it rekindles hope for their and future generations.
Please contact me at eli@elirab.com to find out how your school or organisation can become involved.
Click on the link below and read more details about this anthem and how this project developed.
King David Linksfield
King David Linksfield
King David Victory Park
My radio interview on ChaiFM on 7 February.
Click here Zog Nit Keynmol for more details on the project and videos used in the presentation.
ORT Solomo Aleichemo, Vilnius, Lithuania
On 11 January 2017, I was asked by Rabbi Craig Kacev, head of Jewish Studies at King David Schools, Johannesburg, South Africa, whether I could make a presentation to the students at the Linksfield…
Click here to continue with more details: elirab.me/zog-nit-keynmol/
Sunday 5 February at 7.30pm
Please join us for a presentation by
ELI RABINOWITZ
Traces and Memories of Jewish Life
Connecting to our Litvak Shtetls
Traces and Memories of Jewish Life
Connecting to our Litvak shtetls
Eli Rabinowitz’s presentation has been compiled from six visits to Litvak lands
His collection of photos and stories showcases:
– the shtetl, where most South Africans originated
– the people on the ground memorialising the shtetl
– the Tolerance Education Centres in schools
– the use of online resources to advance your own heritage research
Gardens Synagogue – Nelson Mandela Auditorium
8 February 2017 at 7:30 pm
Traces and Memories of Jewish Life Connecting to our Litvak shtetls The Great Park Synagogue RCHCC, Johannesburg 5 February 2017 at 7:30pm and The Nelson Mandela Auditorium at the Gardens Shul, C…
Hi from Perth, Australia.
I start my long 24 hour trek early tomorrow from Perth to Seattle.
I will be in Seattle until Tuesday evening.
I am giving a presentation at a South African Tea Party this Saturday afternoon. This will be of interest to those wanting to connect with their shtetl.
This talk is being held within walking distance from the Sheraton.
For more details, see:
http://elirab.me/litvak-portal
I plan to spend most of Monday and Tuesday meeting up with the many people I have communicated with via the 70 JewishGen KehilaLinks I write and manage.
These Jewish websites cover many countries and regions – Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Germany, Belarus, Russia, South Africa, Australia and China.
The list is here:
http://elirab.me/litvak-portal/kehilalinks/
If you would like to catch up with me to discuss these, your shtetl, heritage travel or just to say hello, email me at eli@elirab.com. I am likely to be near the lobby.
See you soon!
Best regards
Eli Rabinowitz
Perth, Australia
eli@elirab.com
In honour of the Jewish Pedlar or Smous – see Graaf Reinet KehilaLink
My article about the Shanghai KehilaLink has been published in the April 2016 edition of Shemot, the publication of the JGS of Great Britain.
http://www.jgsgb.org.uk/shemot
My interest in family history started in 1992, after my cousin wrote seven ancestors’ names down on a scrap piece of paper.
I have had many genealogical success stories since then. This is due to my often unorthodox, multi focused approach, described by my daughter in law as “tangential”!
In 2011 I visited Eastern Europe for the first time. My heritage travels have taken me back four additional times. I have visited Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, Hungary, Germany, the Czech Republic and Turkey.
I started writing KehilaLinks in 2011, the first being for Orla, near Bialystok in Poland in 2011.
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/orla
What is a KehilaLink:
JewishGen KehilaLinks (formerly “ShtetLinks”) is a project facilitating web pages commemorating the places where Jews have lived. KehilaLinks provides the opportunity for anyone with an interest in a place to create web pages about that community. These web pages may contain information, pictures, databases, and links to other sources providing data about that place.
Kehila קהילה [Hebrew] n. (pl. kehilot קהילות): Jewish Community. It is used to refer to a Jewish community, anywhere in the world.
Sites are hosted by JewishGen, the world’s largest Jewish genealogical organisation, an affiliate of the Jewish Heritage Museum in New York City. JewishGen provides amateur and professional genealogists with the tools to research their Jewish family history and heritage.
People are invited to send in their own stories, photos and memoirs. There is no cost in participating in a KehilaLink and it is a great way to share one’s family history
My list has grown to 63 websites with 3 more in the pipeline.
The full list and links are available at
http://elirab.me/litvak-portal/kehilalinks/
The Shanghai KehilaLink
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/shanghai/Home.html
Ironically, the one place I have not been to is Shanghai! Yet, I have been drawn to it by its connection to the Jewish people and especially because of the story of Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese consul in Kovno, the capital of Lithuania during WWII. Against his government’s wishes, Sugihara issued transit visas to Jews, enabling them to get to Shanghai, and therefore saved many lives. The story only surfaced in the 1970s. See Rabbi Levi Wolff of Sydney Central Synagogue:
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/shanghai/Australia.html
The video:
Sugihara also appears on several of my other KehilaLinks: Mir in Belarus, Kedainiai in Lithuania, and Sydney and Melbourne in Australia.
See also:
http://elirab.me/australia/sugihara-house-museum/
Four New South African KehilaLinks
This week we went live with:
Please visit the sites. If you have connections to these towns or cities, please contact me.
There are already some interesting contributions:
Read about the tribute to the Jewish pedlar (smous) from Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft
Photos of the Wertheim family from Amanda Katz Jermyn: Read Amanda’s story:
Amanda’s grandfather’s uncle, Hermann Wertheim, his wife Mathilde, and children Julius, Max, Fanny and Fritz who lived in Graaff-Reinett. It was taken in about 1892
The general store, Wille & Wertheim, formerly Baumann Bros., where Amanda’s grandfather, August Katz came to work for his uncle Hermann Wertheim.
August Katz, Amanda’s grandfather, in his British Boer War uniform
Grave of Fritz Wertheim, son of Mathilde and Hermann Wertheim. Hermann was a brother of Amanda’s great-grandmother, Mathilde Wertheim.
Kol Tuv
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Hi All
Do you want to experience an inspirational tour of Latvia, Lithuania & Belarus, led by highly respected and experienced guide, South African Hugh Raichlin, together with local English speaking guides?
Eddie’s Kosher Travel is offering the following excellent tour next June. All Eddie’s Kosher Travel tours are kosher.
I am helping to promote this tour for Eddie’s Kosher Travel and I am available to answer your queries.
Please contact me at eli@elirab.com as soon as possible to register your interest, as there are limited spaces available.
There are several other KOSHER tours that Eddie’s Kosher Travel offers, so please ask me about these.
Best regards
Eli
