and Jewish Life
It is pleasing to see how many of you have responded to my previous post about your shtetl names.
Please keep sending your emails to eli@elirab.com
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The Jewish Historical and Genealogical Society of Western Australia is launching its new website this weekend. Please visit:
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I always enjoy my visits to Beyachad in Johannesburg
With Rabbi Moshe Silberhaft, Elona Steinfeld, Rose Norwich and Adrienne Kollenberg
More on Beyachad to follow.
Best regards
Eli
(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
Article in today’s Maccabean Weekly newspaper, Perth, Australia
Rabbi Sam Thurgood giving a lesson.
My interview with Philip Goldman on 22 December 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvcWtWv8Mng
The plaque in memory of Lily Segall, mother of Bubbles and daughter of Israel Kellner.
The shul website:
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 HDSA Habonim Dror Southern African History Project aims to collect, archive and honour the history of Habonim Dror in Southern Africa since 1930.
The project has exciting goals, including:
The organisers are appealling to ex-members of Habonim Dror Southern Africa to donate or loan precious memorabilia to the project so that they can digitize, index and protect HDSA’s history forever. These mementos will be stored on an online database in an easily accessible format, enabling members from all over the world to share and enjoy, as well as possibly being included in the coffee table book and permanent exhibition.
If you have photographs, vdeos, stories, articles, uniforms, t-shirts, interviews, publications or any other memorabilia related to HDSA that you would like to add to the History Project collection, please contact Keren Setton at hdsahistory@habo.org.za or hdsahistory@ctjc.co.za .
Add your experiences of the movement to ensure that the richest version of the history of Habonim Dror Southern Africa is remembered.
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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
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Look out for the Johannesburg Kehilalink – coming soon!
Please send me your photos.
Click on images to enlarge
Photo: thanks to Richard Altschuler
From Selwyn Brenner, Perth
This is a picture of the Northcliff Shul (Shabbat) Choir – we used to have a larger choir for the high holidays. The picture was taken about 1974/5.
Back Row: Steven Rubenstein, Louis Neutel, Bennie Berkowitz, Selwyn Brenner, Mooly Geben, Harold Nakan,
Seated: Saul Neutel, Farrel Brenner, Rabbi Louis Reichenberg, Richard Altschuler (Choir Master), Jerome Geben
This picture used to hang in the shul’s cheder / committee room, but when the room was converted into a ‘little shul’ it was redecorated. I don’t know where the pictures were placed. There are other pictures of the various committees of the shul that I would love to have copies of. Louis Neutel, who is in the picture took on the job of ‘secretary of the shul some years ago… haven’t been in touch for ages, if he is still there he would know.
A meeting of Irgun Chazonim 1980 – 1985
Cantors and Choirmasters Association of SA
Rimer, Rosen, Kolman, Bagley, Rosenberg, Davidowitz, Rabinowitz, Hummelstein, Gluck
Davidowitz, Stern, Rabinowitz
Vos Is Gevoren Fun Mein Shtetele – click on the link:
