and Jewish Life
For those in Melbourne and Sydney interested in connecting to their roots, learning more about their Litvak heritage, this is for you ………..
your invitation to join me on a photographic journey of the Litvak shtetls.
Below is the advert for Melbourne for this Sunday, 1 November at 8pm.
I will be giving the same presentation at Sydney Central Synagogue next week Thursday, 5 November at 7pm.
Address: 15 Bon Accord Ave, Bondi Junction NSW 2022
(Map – my thanks to Dovid Katz)
We can then update you on the activities in those towns.
For example, there are numerous Jewish projects currently taking place in Seduva, Zagare, Birzai, Plunge, Kedainiai, Joniskis, Kupiskis, Kaunas and Vilnius.
We are also interested in the towns that your Litvak forefathers settled in, after leaving.
Please email your list together with your family names associated with the particular towns and shtetls to:
You can also visit our Facebook pages:
South African Shtetl on Facebook
If you wish, we can put you in touch with others with the same connections.
I look forward to hearing from you.
PS – If you are in Jo’burg tonight, I am giving a talk at the SA Jewish Genealogical Society at the HOD.
http://elirab.me/genealogy/two-talks-in-joburg-cape-town/
It would be great to see you there!
Best regards
Eli
elirab.me/litvak-portal facebook.com/pages/Litvak-Portal/1014205898589973
I have now added South African Shtetl pages:
http://elirab.me/south-african-shtetl
facebook.com/pages/South-African-Shtetl/714975411941007
If you have links to the following shtetls, please contact me:
Lithuanian KehilaLinks (Jewish websites)
Alytus
Arad
Aran (Varena)
Birzai
Druskinkinkai
Kedain
Kibart (Kybartai)
Kopcheve (Kapciamiestis)
Koshedar (Kaisiadorys)
Mariampol
Memel (Klaipeda)
Meretch
Naishtot
Naumiestis
Pilvsk
Ponievez
Pen
Plungyan
Salant
Serey
Shaki
Stokishok
Sudarg
Tavrig
Telz
Utena
Vikovishk
Virbain
Vishey
Aizpute
Mir
Navahrudak
Brest
Vysokaye
Orla
I have set up a gateway to anything Litvak on Facebook. A website will also be added.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Litvak-Portal/1014205898589973
This Facebook page and its associated website will be dedicated information gateways (portals) to aspects of Jewish life, past and present, in Lithuania and those parts of Belarus, Latvia and Poland regarded as Litvak.
Alytus
Arad
Aran (Varena)
Birzai
Druskinkinkai
Kedain
Kibart (Kybartai)
Kopcheve (Kapciamiestis)
Koshedar (Kaisiadorys)
Mariampol
Memel (Klaipeda)
Meretch
Naishtot
Naumiestis
Pilvsk
Ponievez
Pen
Plungyan
Salant
Serey
Shaki
Stokishok
Sudarg
Tavrig
Telz
Utena
Vikovishk
Virbain
Vishey
Aizpute
Mir
Navahrudak
Brest
Vysokaye
Orla
I look forward to your suggestions.
If you are in the Herzlia, Israel area on Sunday night, 5 July, don’t miss this presentation at Beth Protea at 7:30pm:
A virtual heritage tour and contemporary photographic journey to unlock the mysteries of Jewish life in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.
Discover how to share your family stories and cultural yiddishkeit.
For more details, visit:
http://www.telfed.org.il/elirab_bethProtea_2015
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen KehilaLinks
We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting
memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a
valuable resource for future generations of their descendants:
Druskininkai (Drosknik, Druskiniki), Lithuania
Created by Eli Rabinowitz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/druskininkai
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GOOD NEWS! The following webpages were adopted:
Created by Joseph Rosin z”l (webmaster: Joel Alpert)
Adopted by Eli Rabinowitz
I have updated Birzh
Birzai (Birzh)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/birzai/Home.html
The others will follow:
Alytus (Olita)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Alytus/alite.html
Kaisiadorys (Koshedar)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Koshedar/Koshedar.html
Kapciamiestis (Kopcheve)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kopcheve/kopcheve.html
Klaipeda (Memel)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/memel/Home.html
Kybartai (Kibart)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kibart/Kibart.html
Marijampole (Mariampol)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/mariampol/mariampol.html
Kudirkos Naumiestis (Naishtot)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Naishtot/naishtot.html
Panevezys (Ponavesh)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Panevezys/ponievez.html
Varena (Aran)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/aran/aran.html
This is the full list of the 25 sites adopted:
The Birzh ShtetLink has been upgraded to a KehilaLink
Visit: http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/birzai
Read:
I have four talks coming up:
Perth, Australia
Beth Protea, Herzlia, Israel
IAJGS International Jewish Genealogical Conference, Jerusalem, Israel
Gitlin Library, Cape Town, South Africa
Limmud Oz Sydney has finished.
A most successful Festival of Jewish Ideas with 200 presenters over 2 ½ days.
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Hi All
I am pleased to advise that I will be giving a presentation at CHABAD of Markham in Toronto, Canada this Wednesday, 6 May 2015 at 8:30pm
This will be of special interest to those of Litvak and Polish heritage, to ex pat South Africans, to anyone who would like to connect to their roots, and about travelling in the Baltics and Poland.
It is also relevant to those who are keen to leave a legacy for their children and grandchildren.
A special thanks to Denise Hummel and Rabbi Plotkin for organising this event.
I will also be previewing the highly successful Memories of Muizenberg Exhibition which is coming to Toronto this fall.
I look forward to catching up with old friends in Toronto.
Should you wish to contact me, please use this contact form (not the one at the bottom of this page)
Shavua Tov & regards
Eli
In just under 12 hours, Jill & I will be jetting across Australia, the Pacific & the USA.
30 hours after leaving Perth, we should be in Long Island City with its magnificent views of Manhattan.
Click on this interactive Google map below showing my planned stops.
Here is a more detailed map of my Lithuanian leg, where I will be driving around as I did last year.
These are my planned stops:
New York
Toronto
London
Warsaw
Vilnius
Utena
Daugavpils (Dvinsk)
Rokiskis
Kupiskis
Birzai
Bauska
Rundale
Salaspils
Riga
Siauliai
Plunge
Rietavas
Kelme
Kedainiai
Seduva
Kaunas
Marijampole
Kalvarija
Alytus
Vilnius
Warsaw
If you have any questions about these places, please fill out this contact form.