My dad, Cantor Harry Rabinowitz , was born on 28 September 1914 in Volksrust, Transvaal, The Union of South Africa.
He would have been 100 today. He passed away on 15 October 2002.
This post is in his honour.
Here are few items to remind us about Harry:
His birth certificate
With his parents and siblings
Top: Aryeh Leib, Isaac andHarry
Bottom: Rachel, Chana Chesha Miriam, Nachum Mendel, Sarah
His ancestral tree
Ancestor Chart Hirsh Zvi Rabinowitz (PDF)
The performer
His LP on HMV Red Label
Charlie Bernhaut’s interview in New York on 14 November 2011 with my brother Michael and myself:
http://www.charliebernhaut.com/archive/archive7.html (scroll to the bottom) or download and listen here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/880kj6q6cs89i9c/Charlie%27s%20Interview.mp3?dl=0
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1914..????
Hi Eli, happy birthday for your Late Dad, xx Ant xx
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What a wonderful record of his achievements…and tribute to him. Malcolm Navias
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Time flies ….Harry joke
From his loving son,
Michael
Very interesting
Regards
SOLLY
What a wonderful legacy! Thank you for sharing this, and for sharing especially your wonderful tourism aids to Jewish New York. We can’t wait to trace your footsteps!
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Best wishes for a happy and healthy new year,
Irene Saunders Goldstein Fulton, Maryland
Dear Eli,
If I’m not mistaken the photo you put of the Rabinowitz family in this mail is from my mother’s memoirs. And if I’m not mistasken the original photo doesnot have the three brothers but rather your father and Uncle Issac and where Uncle Leib is , there is our parents’ Uncle Moshe, Zaida’s younger brother who was kiolled in the accident. My mother a”h had asked my son-in-law Shilo, the photographer, to superimpose the picture of Uncle Leib nstead of Uncle Moshe and have him “disappear” from the photograph. She mentions something to this effect in the preface to her memoirs, thanking Shilo.
Wishimg you and Jill Gmar Hatima Topva and well over thet fast.
Hadara
What a lovely tribute to your father! But surely he was born in 1914 rather than 2014. Joyce
You have big shoes to fill, but I’m sure you are doing a good job filling them, and your father would be very proud of you. Estelle
elirab posted: ” My dad, Cantor Harry Rabinowitz , was born on 14 September 2014 in Volksrust, Transvaal, The Union of South Africa. He would have been 100 today. He passed away on 15 October 2002. This post is in his honour. Here are few items to remind us a”
Thanks for sending that…..beautiful photos and a lovely commemoration!
Wishing you long life, also shana tova and well over the Fast,
Leon
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Gee he looks like you in the bottom pic. I hope you have a copy of his recordings. V special.
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Hi Eli, very interesting, but according to your email, your dad is only 15 days old, only kidding I realise it was a slip up…. regards, Barney.
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A beautiful tribute – thanks for sharing!
I remember how your dad use to drum-beat on the steering wheel of his car. I have given one of the characters in my book that trait. az
Amend yr blog to record yr dads correct birth date. 1914? Wonderful memories! Regards Debby Myers