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COORDINATOR’S CORNER TABLE OF CONTENTS By Shelley Kellerman Pollero Topic Page Gesher Galicia members were highly visible at the L.A. Seminar July 12-17, all sporting a hot pink label Report on the Los Angeles Seminar ...... 2 Galicia SIG on their Seminar nametag. We wanted Book Review: Finding your Jewish Roots in Galicia everyone to know who were the Galitzianers--and it reviewed by Barbara Khait...... 2 worked! We were indeed a presence in L.A.! Highlights of the SIG Meeting ...... 3 The L.A. Seminar was a great success! SIG members Be a town Historian...... 4 participated in the varied offerings of concurrent sessions and programs, profited from the library and Przemsyl Group Update...... 5 maps in the Resource Room, and searched the many JewishGen Family Finder - Connections...... 6 databases on JewishGen and other software programs Burstyner Cemetery List - Riverside Cemetery, in the Computer Center. The syllabus served as a Saddlebrook, NJ ...... 5 valuable resource, for it included a research guide, speaker biographies, speaker presentation summaries Jewish Cemetery in Lezajsk ...... 7 and handouts, local information, and a 39 page two- Jewish Taxpayers in Nadworna - 1932...... 8 part Family Finder by surname and by location. Delyatin and Dora - Web Site ...... 10 Networking is the name of the game. SIG members International Family Visits Galicia ...... 11 examined every nametag, especially those with our Galicia SIG label, informally serving as Gesher Editor's Message...... 12 Galicias good will ambassadors, spreading positive Corrections to the Bader List, Part 1...... 12 comments and information about the SIG to Index of Names from Gershom Bader’s prospective members, and sharing ideas and A LAND AND ITS SCHOLARS (part 2)...... 13 successes about our own research. Seminar attendees picked up all 300 copies of our new Gesher Galicia Member Contact - Corrections & Updates ...... 19 handout, which included our updated info file and Four Members join Steering Committee ...... 23 membership form, maps of Galicia, and a listing of Rogatin Yizkor Book On-Line ...... 23 our SIG Steering Committee. Landsmanschaften Contacts in Israel...... 23 Our SIG events were very well received by all, with Steering Committee...... 24 good attendance, despite the schedule conflicts with other SIG meetings and sessions. We got off to a good start with a Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) session on Monday, where about 35 of us introduced In Memoriam ourselves, shared our surnames, placenames, and research findings in an informal setting. It is with deep regret that we note the passing of Sam Elpern, just four days before the Summer Seminar on (continued on page 3) Jewish Genealogy. He suffered a massive heart attack while jogging. Sam was a member of Gesher Galicia and a driving force in our sister organization, Rom-SIG. His absence was felt, and commented upon, throughout the Seminar.
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REPORT ON THE LOS ANGELES Book Review SEMINAR FINDING YOUR JEWISH ROOTS IN BY MARIAN RUBIN GALICIA: A RESOURCE GUIDE, For Gesher Galicia, the Seminar provided the By Suzan Wynne opportunity for members of the Steering Committee Avotaynu, Inc., Teaneck, NJ 07666 to meet each other and to begin to make plans for the (ISBN 1-886223-08-4), 220 pages projects that will be emphasized during the coming Reviewed by Barbara Khait months. These include the expansion of our web site and the possibility of an online discussion group. In addition, everyone gained a better understanding of The product of a twenty-year immersion in Galician the functions of JewishGen’s Yizkor Book research, Suzan Wynne has written the definitive Translation Project, led by Joyce Field, who has guide to finding your roots in the area of Poland that joined Gesher Galicia’s Steering Committee. It is was once known as Galicia, now contained within the expensive to translate entire books, and until the full borders of Poland and the Ukraine. funding is raised, the immediate goal is the translation of indexes, tables of contents, photo In an easy-to-follow format, the book begins with an captions and memorial lists. overview of the history of Jewish life in Galicia, followed by a discussion and list of available Jewish Stanley Diamond of Montreal made a presentation of vital records, organized by districts and towns within JRI-P, (Jewish Records Indexing-Poland), the project them, indicating which records are available from the that indexes Mormon films. It is difficult for Polish State Archives in Warsaw and the Lviv Galitzianers to be involved in this project as of this Archives in the Ukraine. Of course, many other time, as the Mormons hold films from only a few sources add to the vitality of our research. Suzan towns in Galicia. However, it may be possible to use devotes the next section to census documents, notary the JRI-P format as we index the records we have records, school records, military records, and individually obtained. More information will appear holdings of specific repositories. Holocaust sources in future issues of the Galitzianer. There is a definite are addressed in the following chapter. More than a movement toward indexing material that we hold book about archival resources, this “how-to” also individually and making it accessible to others. covers reference works, travel guides, directories, web sites, organizations, translators, even a sample Approximately 700 people attended the Seminar, and letter to the Polish State Archives. There is also a there were many exciting meetings of people who section that lists researchers who have done extensive had never met, but who had communicated by e-mail, work on particular towns whom you can contact for regular mail and phone-over the past year. It was more information. An important note that Suzan apparent that there is a momentum toward working makes early in the book is the widespread use of closely with those researching the same shtetls. Many mother’s surname in Galician vital records—a “must have records, lists and other documents which they know” for researchers. are sharing with others as they organize their small groups by using Gesher Galicia’s Family Finder and Peppered throughout the book are helpful document the JewishGen Family Finder to find researchers samples, photographs, and antique postcards. Add from their towns, or from nearby towns. this book to your JGS and personal collections. To order a copy of this 240 page book at US$39.95 each, send your check/money order to Avotaynu, Inc., P.O. Box 900, Teaneck, NJ 07666. NJ residents add 6% sales tax. To order by credit card (VISA and Master Card only), call toll free 1-800-286-8296. In Israel, contact Lexicom, Ltd., P.O. Box 10053, 91100 Jerusalem or phone (02) 679 7730.
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Coordinator's Corner (continued) GESHER GALICIA HIGHLIGHTS Thursday was our self-named Galicia Day at the FROM THE SIG MEETING Seminar. About 85 people attended our informative, lively SIG meeting, with introductions of the Steering ! GOALS: Committee members and members from other " to broaden the way we communicate with each countries (Australia, Israel, United Kingdom, other Canada) recognition of member contributions, short " to continue to promote individual and group presentations by several SIG members, and research of Galicia statements of SIG goals, accomplishments, and new ! ACCOMPLISHMENTS: initiatives. Following the SIG meeting, we held " -The Galitzianer another BOF session where about 40 of us shmoozed MARIAN RUBIN, Editor over veggies and dips, while networking and sharing " -Gesher Galicia Family Finder with each other. During this time, SUZAN WYNNE, PETER ZAVON, Finder Editor founder and founding editor of Gesher Galicia, " Gesher Galicia website on Jewish Gen signed copies of her new book, Finding Your Jewish MARK HECKMAN, Webmaster Roots in Galicia: A Resource Guide. " Shtetl Networking Groups SUZAN WYNNE then presented a very successful " Cemetery Projects session on Finding Your Jewish Roots in Galicia. ! MEMBERS WHO PRESENTED A She provided beginning researchers with an overview SUMMARY OF THEIR PROJECTS: of Galicia: its geographic boundaries, its history, and " HELENE KENVIN some examples of Jewish records from Galicia, Skala Zbrucz (Podolskaya) Town Historian discussing what is known of where vital records are " MELODY KATZ located today. She then opened the discussion to Ulanow Networking Group and Cemetery Project issues and problems raised by audience members. " MARIAN RUBIN Rzeszow Networking Group (new) Seminars allow us the opportunity to network face- " BARBARA URBANSKA-YEAGER to-face. We met so many Galitzianers (and others, of Przemysl Networking Group (and website) course!) whom we had previously known only by e- " PHYLLIS GOLDBERG mail, postal mail, or through our publications. It was Kolbuszowa/Mielec/SokolowNetworking Group (new) wonderful to be able to put a face to a name, to see " MARK HECKMAN some friends from previous seminars, and to hear Gorodenka (and website) some wonderful speakers. It was inspiring and " PHYLLIS KRAMER motivating! It was so great to meet so many of you Zmigrod Nowy and to welcome our newest members! Have a great " GAYLE RILEY year! See you in New York in August 1999! Tarnobrzeg (and website); Austrian Census (new) -- Shelley ! RECOGNITION: " Presentation of plaques to SUZAN WYNNE, (Founder, Editor, Author) andMARIAN RUBIN (Editor of The Galitzianer) for their outstanding contributions to Gesher Galicia. " MARIAN RUBIN thanked those who had contributed to The Galitzianer. (continued on page 4)
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Meeting Highlights (continued from page 3) ! Publications Committee ! SPECIAL THANKS TO: " Be part of the Editorial Team " GAIL STERN RUDOLPH who donated to the " Assist the Editors of The Galitzianer and SIG a 98 page copy of the 1891 Galician Family Finder Business Directory (organized first by German " Coordinate production and distribution occupation, then by town,then by name) ! SIG Liaison Contacts to Local JGS Groups " PHYLLIS KRAMER who has translated the " Represent Gesher Galicia at your local JGS German occupations into English and is in the " Make announcements process of entering all the data into a searchable " Bring our InfoFile/Membership Forms to JGS database (by the end of 1998, she hopes). meetings " PETER ZAVON who made the GALICIA SIG " Report to the SIG any new Galician labels and photocopied the SIG handout for the developments that you hear about through your Seminar. JGS " SHEIALA MOSKOW, Treasurer, who ! RENEE STEINIG has volunteered to be SIG provided a financial report at the meeting liaison to JGS of Long Island. ! NEW INITIATIVES: ! At the SIG meeting, a few others volunteered to " Town Historians do the same for their JGSs, but we misplaced ! SOPHIE CAPLAN is Town Historian for the paper. Our apologies. Please contact Dolina, Novitsa, Landestreu, Zavadka (all near Shelley Pollero. Kalush) " Galician Yizkor Book Translation Project - ! SPECIAL AWARD JOYCE FIELD, Coordinator At the banquet, SIG member ADA GREENBLATT ! Let Joyce know if you have a Galician Town won an award for being the very first person to Yizkor Book and/or any part translated register for the L.A. Seminar! It pays to be the early " JRI-Poland Shtetl Co-ops (Records Indexing) - bird! BARBARA KRASNER-KHAIT, Coordinator ! Judie Ostrow-Goldstein is project coordinator for Krakow. Be a Town Historian " 1891 Galicia Business Directory Project - BARBARA KRASNER-KHAIT,Coordinator HELENE SCHWARTZ KENVIN explains the role ! PHYLLIS KRAMER-Translation; Searchable of Town Historian as one who: Database ! serves as a clearinghouse for those who are " Galicia SIG Online Discussion Group - researching a specific town. BEVERLY SHULSTER, Moderator ! is knowledgable about available resources NEW COMMITTEES FORMED - ! provides guidance for new researchers VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - ! maintains a list of researchers and family CONTACT Shelley Pollero surnames for the town ! shares reports of trips taken to the town ! Research Committee " Serve as liaison between the Steering Town researchers report to the Town Historian, who Committee and the various SIG research and serves as a liaison to GesherGalicia. networking groups, report to the SIG OPTIONS: Coordinator, and work with the editor of The ! Town website Galitzianer ! Informal e-mail list ! Computer Committee ! Yizkor Book Translation Project " Implement the SIG On-line Discussion Group, Volunteer to be the Town Historian for your town! develop an archive of discussion group Contact Helene Kenvin or Shelley Pollero. If you messages, create an email list for contacting volunteered at the Seminar, PLEASE contact Shelley. members, perform other tasks as needed We lost track of the signup sheets.
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PRZEMYSL GROUP UPDATE dni Wehrmachtu w Polsce (55 days of Wehrmacht in By GG member and coordinator Poland), a book by Szymon Datner, Warsaw, Barbara Urbanska-Yeager, Chicago, IL 1967(pp 400-401). The Przemysl group enables Gesher Galicia members According to the book, starting on Sept. 15, 1939, an researching Przemysl to share their research. The unknown formation of the German army in Przemysl group members come from diverse backgrounds in killed about 500 unidentified Jews. It is mentioned terms of their expertise and involvement in Przemysl that the executions took place in Pratkowice, history. As of June 1, the group has received 22 Bakonczyce, Krutel, Zasanie and near Medyka. The messages, amounting to over 20 pages of text. Since list of names also includes birth and death dates. February, 12 researchers have either submitted Please contact Rita Margolis or me to obtain research material or posted messages to Przemysler information for individuals you are interested in. Corner, our informal e-mail link with each other. Partial List of Murdered Jews of Przemysl Since the last issue of the Galitzianer, the group A footnote below the list suggests that the following received the following messages: information was taken from stones covering a mass grave at the Jewish cemetery in Przemysl. 11. Przemysl bibliography -- continuation of list published in the January 1998 issue of the ADLER, Mojzesz Burech KESTNER, Wolf Galitzianer ARM, Jozef KRONFELD, Lajb 12. Przemysler Corner ARTEG, Abraham KUNKE, Edward 13. Video about trip to Galicia -- information about BAKON, Izrael LESSING, Lajb "Return to My Shtetl Delatyn", by Willy BER, Meier LEWENTAL, Samuel Lindwer. The video shows the following towns: BETAUER, Oswald, dr. NELKEN, Jechjel Krakow, Przemysl, Lvov, Stryj, Bolechov, BRUCH (no first name or dates) OSARMAN, Lajzor Delatyn. Message also includes address of video CWINGERMAN, Henryk OSTER, Dawid, LAJB, M.D. distributor. Submitted by myself DEUTSCH PRIZNER (no first name) (no first name or dates) 14., 15. & 16. Administrative DINGOT, Mozes Lajzor PROBSZTAJN, lawyer 17. Reise nach Galizien. Grenzlandschaften des (no first name or dates) alten Europa, by Verena Dohrn. A synopsis of a FENSTER, Naftali RICHTER, Adolf chapter about Przemysl. Written by myself, FIRR, Lien RING, Samuel based on translation of the material by George FISZLER, Herman RUBINFELD, Abraham Rosenfeld FLIKZON, Ajzik SALZBERG 18. Przemysler Corner (no first name or dates) 19. A book about siege of Przemysl. Information FRENK, Pinie SALZBERG syn (son) about Dziennik z oblezonego Przemysla 1914- (no first name or dates) 1915 (Diary from Besieged Przemysl FRIDMAN, Mozes SILBER, Abraham Mozes 1914-1915), by Helena Jablonska nee Seifert. FROJER, Mendel SILBER, Aron Submitted by Sandi Goldsmith. Includes GITER, dr. SZEFEL, Maks (no dates) translation of Table of Contents and address of (no first name or dates) GLAZER, Rabin SZEFER, Mandes (no dates) publisher (rabbi?, no dates) 20., 21. & 22. Przemysler Corner GOLDFARB, Jozef SZERF, Nate (no dates) Just as a reminder -- Przemysler Corner is a place for GOLIGER, engineer TRAUM, Izak researchers to post their own messages to the group. (no first name or dates) To post a message, researchers should send it to me GRAUB, Kiwa WAJS, Ajzik and I will forward it to everyone on the list. GROSMAN, Mojzesz WAJS, Rubin HIRSZ, Mozes WEGMAN, Izrael It has been a very rewarding experience for me to see KASTNER, Lajb ZIBENER, Pesel so much material being shared by group members. KESEL, Szmul Unknown, Baruch We will try to publish information pertinent to a (grave destroyed) wider group of researchers in the Galitzianer. (Update continued on page 6) However, due to space limitations, we can do so only sporadically. The following is a partial list of murdered Jews of Przemysl in 1939. It comes from Przemysl Group message #3. This information was submitted by GG member Rita Margolis, Rockville, MD (see Yad Vashem File 033/1567). The list was published in 55
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PRZEMYSL GROUP UPDATE Houston, TX 77046 (continued from page 5 ) We no longer need a volunteer who would coordinate BURSTYNER (BURSHTYN) CEMETERY LIST communication with researchers who have no access RIVERSIDE CEMETERY, SADDLE BROOK, NJ to e-mail. Instead, we have developed an "Adopt a Sent by GG member David Sotkowitz, Sharon, MA. Researcher" program, which will allow them to First Progressive Benevolent Society, Inc. (originally receive our messages. To date, 7 group members the Progressive Burstyner Lodge), Block G, Section have volunteered to "adopt" those without access to 11 Riverside Cemetery, 12 Market St., Saddle Brook, e-mail. So far, two "non e-mail" researchers have NJ 07663 requested assistance and have been matched. If you need help to receive our messages, please send me a The Block and Section is the location of the plots. SASE, and I will match you with a volunteer. New Iboly V. Barany Adolph Liebeskind Gesher Galicia members with interest in Przemysl are Abraham Benenson Bessie Marcus also welcome. If you do have access to e-mail, please Alice Benenson Nathan Marcus Annie Berger Morris Moskowitz send me the address and I will include you in the list Rose Chodokoff Rosalyn Nussbaum so that you could receive our messages. Helen Cohn Anna Pedolsky Leo David Max Pedolsky Please let me know if you would like to volunteer to Nonnie David Monica Pedolsky help me coordinate the group and generate ideas, Betty Glaser Florence Perlman provide feedback, etc. I am also interested to hear Belle Glatzer Lawrence M. Perlman about what language (and other) skills you might Benjamin Glatzer Annie Poris have. Celia Glatzer Benjamin Poris Helen Glatzer Bertha Poris It has been very exciting to hear about all the projects Ida Glatzer Jacob Poris that Gesher Galicia has been involved in over the last Irving Glatzer Max Poris months. One of the most thrilling things for me is that Israel Glatzer Morris Poris we now have a webpage and may soon have an Joseph Glatzer Philip Poris Joseph P. Glatzer Rosalyn Poris electronic mailing list. Julius Glatzer Sallie (Sally) Poris
Louis Glatzer Bette Raskin Morris Glatzer Rose Raskin MANY GESHER GALICIA MEMBERS ABSENT Regina Glatzer Baby Richman FROM JEWISHGEN’S FAMILY FINDER Rose Glatzer Selma Robert You May Be Missing Connections Sol Glatzer Samuel Rosenkrantz By Marian Rubin Gerald Glazer Louis Storm Morris Glazer Irving Scheer A random check comparing Gesher Galicia Bella Gross Dora Schmier members’ entries in our Gesher Galicia Family Edmond Gross Benjamin Schmier Esther Gross Pauline Schmier Finder with the JewishGen Family Finder reveals that Henry Gross Samuel Schmier many Gesher Galicia members have not entered their Marion Gross Celia Schreiber names in JewishGen’s Family Finder, (separate from Mendel Gross Lee Schulman Gesher Galicia’s Family Finder) and are missing Samuel Gross Max Schulman opportunities to be “found”. There are hundreds of Sophie Hausler Anna Singer people researching Jewish roots in Galicia who are Jack Hausler Bessie Smith not members of Gesher Galicia. They search the Esther Hirsch Samuel Smith Israel Hirsch Abraham Vann JewishGen Family Finder online or on paper at JGS Gladys Hochman Sarah Vann meetings., and they can’t find you. Submit your Fannie Hutt Morris Wechsler names and towns so that they can make a connection William Jacobowitz Yettie Wechsler with you. And be sure to check the JewishGen Fannie I. Johnson Rhoda Wein Family Finder every month for the many new entries Frances Johnson Samuel Weinstein that are being submitted. Harry N. Johnson Charles Weissbrod Annie Kopeloff Irene Wolf You can get a paper application from your JGS, or Frances Lachinski Jeanne Wolf you can send for a paper application by regular mail, Bessie Leibowitz Leo Wolf or you can follow the instructions from the Sam Leibowitz Regina Yener (or Yetter) Annie Levin JewishGen web site and submit your entries online. For a paper application, ask your JGS or write to: JewishGen Family Finder Application 12 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1100
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JEWISH CEMETERY IN LEZAJSK NAME DATE OF DEATH By Leon Gold, GG member, Naperville, IL 9 Sara Devora bas Slomo 9 Sivan 5680 © Leon Gold Zalman This material is not to be used by any other group, newsletter, 10 wife of Moshe HaCohen 4 Teves 5666 etc.,without written consent. Rappaport 11 ? bas Yaacov ? 5679 The Jewish cemetery in Lezajsk is located two blocks 12 Hensha bas Naftali Zvi 5 Kislev 5675 south of the rynek (market square). The entrance is 13 Claril bas Yosef ? 17 Cheshvan 5679 along a dirt path a short way south of Gorna Street 14 Feiga Sheindel bas Yosef 3 Iyar 5679 which was the center of Jewish life in Lezajsk before 15 Chaya Rochel bas Chaim 21 Cheshvan 5695 WWII. The cemetery has a gate around the perimeter 16 Menachem ? ben 2nd day Rosh Hashanah 5694 that was erected in approximately 1993 by the Nachman Katz Nissenbaum Foundation. The key to the cemetery is 17 Raizel Leah bas Baruch 16 Elul 5681 kept by Krystyna Kiersnowska who lives at 12 Gorna 18 Esther Rifka bas David ? Street. 19 Hinda bas Yaacov Leib 28 Cheshvan 5691 20 Sara Breindel bas Hersh 24 Adar 5696 Once inside the cemetery a brick path leads to the Yosef (Spitz ?) ohel of the famous chassidic rabbi, Elimelech who 21 ? 19 Shevat 5696 spent the last 11 years of his life in Lezajsk (1777- 22 Baruch ben Sholom 20 Sivan 5679 1788). The ohel was enlarged in the early 1990s by 23 Naftali ben Binyamin 3rd day Chol Hamoed Succot the Nissenbaum Foundation. Prayer rooms were 5666 added on either side of the grave to accommodate the 24 Iser ben Chaim Erev Rosh Chodesh Elul 5633 frequent chassidic tours. 25 Male bas Yisroel Zvi 1st day Pesach 5639 26 David ben Yitzchak 3 Elul 5630 From the entrance of the ohel it is approximately 5- 27 Esther bas Chaim 21 Adar 5693 10 yards to those gravestones that are still standing. 28 Miriam bas Eliezer Shlomo Erev Rosh Chodesh Elul 5678 There are 56 standing stones in this area. Of these 29 Chaya bas Yosef ? most were in good enough condition to read the 30 Necha bas Yehuda Leibish 3 Nisan 5684 names without difficulty. A few stones were broken 31 Yosef Shlomo ben Baruch ? 5668? with the top portions missing. Listed below are the 32 Hinda bas Aaron Rosh Chodesh Adar II names and dates I was able to make out on 53 of 33 Esther Malka bas Aaaron 17 Tammuz 5677 these stones. Only five of the inscriptions included Zvi family names. The others had only patronymics. 34 Shlomo ben Mordecai 16 Tammuz 5696 Most of the stones date from the years 5675-5696 35 Yitzchak ben Moshe 17 Shevat 5680 Chaim (1915-1936), although there are seven that have dates 36 ? ben ? 28 ? 5648 between 5630 (1870) and 5666 (1906). Question 37 Chaim Yaacov ben 2 or 3 Iyar 5685 marks indicate that additional names or dates on the Mordechai stone were undecipherable. 38 Esther bas Moshe 21 Sivan 5657 In addition to these stones there are approximately 20 39 Rochel bas Zvi 9 Nisan 5693 stones lying face up to the west of the standing 40 Yosef Binyamin ben 4 Teves 5685 stones. According to Ms. Kiersnowska these stones Yehuda 41 Yechiel Michel ben Moshe 6 Teves 5694 were taken from the cemetery during or after the war Yishai and have recently been returned. Most were 42 Esther Malka bas ? Hersh 21 Adar ? unreadable. 43 Esther bas Moshe haLevi 6 Tammuz 5685 All inscriptions were in the Hebrew. I was assisted in 44 Mindel bas Pinchas? 3rd day Chol Hamoed Succot the translations shown below by my nephew Daniel ? Gordon. 45 Yosef Zvi ben Klonimus 13 Tammuz 5688 46 Yuta bas Yehuda ? Cheshvan 5684 NAME DATE OF DEATH 47 Surel bas Mordechai 18 Adar 5691 1 Muttel ? ben Yosef Rosh Chodesh Kislev 569? 48 Avraham ben Bezalel 5 Shevat 5680 2 Sara bas Menachem 1 Rosh Chodesh Elul 5683 (continued on page 8) 3 Ettel bas ? ? Kislev 5689 4 Tillah Mindel bas Aaron 5 Tammuz 5688 5 Zelda bas Yehuda Leibish 25 Shevat 5675 6 Gittel bas Asher Zelig 27 Shevat 5685 7 Toiva bas Eliezer, wife of 17 Adar 5696 Moshe Gross? 8 Yehudit bas Eliezer 9 Adar I ?
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Lezajsk Cemetery When I was in Stanislau in July 1996, I had a (continued from page 7) photocopy made of this list and fortunately was able NAME DATE OF DEATH to compare it against Rabbi Kolesnik's better copy. 49 Chana(or Henna) bas ? ? Teves 5689 As my Ukrainian guide read the names from Rabbi 50 Yuta(Hanfling ?) bas ? Nisan 5675 Kolesnik's copy, I marked up my photocopy so that Aharosh the names would be as legible as the original. I was 51 Leib ben Fishel 7 Cheshvan 5682 familiar with many of the surnames on the list 52 Feiga Sara bas Yitzchak 9 Adar 5694 because of the prior work that I had done in 53 Dena bas Zalman 9 Iyar 5695 "cataloguing" the 617 burials in New York's Nadworna landsmannschaft plots. Ha'Rav Elimelech ben 21 Adar Eliezer Lippman One can see in comparing this 1932 list of taxpayers with the Yiddish index of names that I recently Photographs of the stones are available. If interested send translated from the Nadworna Yitzkor book, that as $1 per photo requested along with a self-addressed stamped would be expected, a large number of these people envelope large enough to hold a 4"x 6" picture to: and their families lost their lives less than a decade Leon Gold later. My great grandfather, #199 on the 1658 Estate Circle Naperville, IL 60565 Nadworna taxpayers list, had the good fortune to pass away in 1939, two years before the destruction of the Nadworna Jewish Community. JEWISH TAXPAYERS IN NADWORNA - 1932 Susannah Juni and Joyce have recommended that Gesher Galicia members create a pool of contributors By GG member Ada Greenblatt, New York, NY so that these documents can be released to the public. In the April 1998 issue of "The Galitzianer", Joyce In that spirit, below are the 333 names on the 1932 Field listed a number of documents that Rabbi Nadworna taxpayer's list. Although what I was Moishe-Leib Kolesnik of Stanislau had in his working with was definitely more legible than the possession. One of the documents was an 11-page list poor quality that Alexander Dunai reported to Joyce, of taxpayers of the Jewish Community for my please note that there are still approximately 20 ancestral town of Nadworna, which copy was of a names where either the surname or the first name poor quality. This is a 1932 list consisting of 333 could not be determined for sure. I am also names, plus occupation and amount of tax that they unfamiliar with the names of the small villages paid. The first 244 names were from Nadworna itself, around Nadworna and do not know if I have spelled with the remaining 89 from surrounding villages. their names correctly. 1932 list of the Taxpayers of the Nadworna Jewish Community (333 individuals) 11 pages in original form
NAME NAME NAME 1. Abosch Abraham 24. Bittman Scheindel 46. Dachs Jeruchim 2. Adlersburg Szymon 25. Blau Wolf 47. Deutscher Pinkas 3. Arzt Leon, Dr. 26. Binder Moses 48. Dirnfeld Jakob, Dr. 4. Awner Izak 27. Bodner Mojzesz 49. Diamond Abraham 5. Ball Simche Leib 28. Bodner Leizor 50. Drimer Chaim s. Izaka 6. Ball Chaim Ber 29. Bodner Juljusz 51. Drimer Feiga 7. Ball Uscher 30. Bodner Salomon 52. Dunejer Henich (or Benich) 8. Ball Jakob 31. Bodner Jozef, Dr. 53. Dreilinger Berisch 9. Ball Hersch 32. Berger Kiwa s. Ruchli 54. Durer Juda 10. Ball Wolf s. Uschera 33. Berger Moses 55. Durer Jozef 11. Bandler Jozef Meier 34. Blitser Berl 56. Edelman Aron 12. Banet Wolf 35. Borgenicht Leon, Inz. 57. Eidman Salo 13. Bickel Chaim (Engineer) 58. Eidman Jozef 14. Blecher Gittel 36. Burg Juda (Continued page 9) 15. Brenner Feiwel 37. Brumberger Jozef 16. Bressler Uscher 38. Brumberger Jozef 17. BresslerIzak 39. Brumberger Hersch 18. Bressler Srul 40. Brucker Chaim 19. Bag Samuel 41. Brunwasser Chaim 20. Brandner Mendel 42. Czeikel Alfred 21. Bittman Heinich (or Beinich) 43. Dachs Zalel 22. Bittman Moses Sr. 44. Dachs Berl 23. Bittman Moses Jr. 45. Dachs Motio
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Nadworna Taxpayers NAME NAME (continued from page 8) 119. Jurman Selig 183. Samler Pinkas NAME 120. Juran Samuel Leib 184. Samler Samuel 59. Engler David, Dr. 121. Kalmus Franciszek, Dr. 185. Samet Markus 60. Eichler Samuel 122. Kammer Mendel 186. Salpeter Natan 61. Enker Jozef 123. Katz Leibisch 187. Sager Izek 62. Erdstein Bruno 124. Kerzner Izak 188. Schell Maksymiljan, Dr. 63. Feuer Jakob 125. Kern Jozef 189. Seinfeld Jakob Samuel 64. Finkelstein Jzlel(?) Jona 126. Klarreich Samuel 190. Seinfeld Kopel 65. Fingerer Mendel 127. Klarreich Jozef 191. Seinfeld Salamon 66. Fingerer Jozef 128. Klarreich Haskel(?) 192. Sommerfreund Uscher 67. Friedman Izrael 129. Kleinfeld Gershon 193. Schattner _sjosz(?) 68. Frisch Jozef 130. Kleinman Chaim 194. Silber Aron 69. Flohr Agels (?) 131. Knoll Szymon 195. Spiegel Eisig 70. Flohr Abraham 132. Knoll Hersch 196. Starer Michal, Dr. 71. Flicker 133. Komornik Chaim 197. Stamler Chaim 72. Frucht Jakob 134. Komornik Chassia 198. Stamler Jakob Ber 73. Fuchs Henryk, Dr. 135. Kramer Jakob 199. Stern Leib 74. Fuchs Leon 136. Kramer Srul 200. Schechter Mozes 75. Gerstennaber Izak 137. Kramer Chaim 201. Schar___(?) Ber(?) 76. Gerler Samuel 138. Kramer Benjamin 202. Seizol(?) Laizer 77. Gerler Mendel 139. Kramer Benjamin 203. Schmerler Mozes 78. Goldberg Gabryel 140. Kressel Israel 204. Schmidmajer Gedale 79. Goldberg Moses 141. Kressel Simon 205. Schreier Abraham 80. Goldberg Chaim 142. Kressel Mozes 206. Sokol Majer 81. Gold Ire Jozef 143. Kanfer Dawid, Dr. 207. Sokol Hersch 82. Goldstein Chaim Leib 144. Kurzman Jacob 208. Schulz Jozef 83. Grauer Chaim 145. Kriegel Jochim(?) 209. Stroler(?) Maksymiljam 84. Grussgott Leib 146. Kawaler Leib 210. Silbershein Izrael 85. Gluck Beila 147. Kriegel Abraham 211. Tanne Jozef 86. Handelsman Chaim 148. Kriegel Abraham 212. Teig Chaim 87. Hamburger Dawid 149. Kriegel Izak 213. Traub Abraham Nuchim 88. Hamburger Moses 150. Kornblith(?) Berisch 214. Tropper Majer 89. Hartman Sprince 151. Kurz Hersch 215. Tropper Izrael 90. Herz Abraham s. Samsona 152. Langsner Benzion 216. Thune Eisig 91. Hartman Ruchel 153. Langsner Leib 217. Turteltaub Abraham 92. Herz Samson 154. Pharl(?) Jozef 218. Urman Leib 93. Herz Jacob 155. Lerner Jozef 219. Weiss Abraham 94. Herz Efroim 156. Lerchbaum Ulrich 220. Weitz Samuel 95. Hausle Abraham 157. Liljenfeld Ozjesz 221. Wiezner Jakob 96. Heckerling Abr. Dawid 158. Lumer Salmon 222. Willner Sizie 97. Heller Salamon 159. Metzger Osjesz 223. [cut off from my photocopy] 98. Heller Aba 160. Margulies Maks 224. Witteles Abraham Moses 99. Hillman Leib 161. Neuman Adolf 225. Witteles Jakob 100. Hillman Boruch 162. Oblas Hersch 226. Schneider Maks 101. Hirsch Filip 163. Pecher Boruch 227. Wieselman Mechel 102. Hirsch Hersch 164. Perl Salmon 228. Wieselman Simon 103. Hirsch Jakob 165. Perl Schaje 229. Wiesel Markus 104. Hirsch Roza wife of Mosesz 166. Piper Moses 230. Wiesel Dawid Aron 167. Petrower Mendel 231. Weitz Schaje 105. Harz Hersch s. Jakoba 168. Petrower Samson 232. Weihard Moses Mordko 106. Hilman Abraham, Inz. 169. Pohr Geze 233. Weinberg Schewa (Engineer) 170. Preiss Izak 234. Weinberg Jozef 107. Hornik Jozef, Dr. 171. Reiter Moses Hersch 235. Weinberg Samuel 108. Heizler Selig 172. Reiter Jakob 236. Wiesel Mendel 109. Hutt Markus 173. Reiter Fischel 237. Wiesel Seide 110. Hutt Majer 174. Reiner Hersch 238. Wiesel Aba 111. Hubner Mendel 175. Rosenheck Dawid 239. Wundermann Hersch 112. Jawetz Feige 176. Rosenthal Ignacy 240. Zauderer Moses 113. Jawetz Scheindel 177. Rothstein Eljasz 241. Zauderer Dawid 114. Jager Izak 178. Rottenberg Mordko 242. Zauderer Seinwel 115. Jager Jozef 179. Rottenberg Jakob 243. Zieg Pinkas Leon 116. Jeckel Alter 180. Ruff Herman 244. Zwirn Mendel 117. Izert Etie Dwora 181. Rom Lazer 118. Izert Srul 182. Samler Mordko Izak (continued page 10)
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Jewish Taxpayers in Nadworna (cont’d from page 9) Name Town Name Town 306. Knoll Berl Majdan g. 245. Weingarten Jozef Molotkow 307. Knoll Israel “ 246. Nagler Chaim “ 308. Knoll Jozef “ 247. Weinrauch Debora “ 309. Bartfeld Simon “ 248. Weingarten Chaim Samuel Cucylow 310. Blitzer Yechil “ 249. Kwartler Chaim “ 311. Handel Motio “ 250. Weingarten Leizor “ 312. Engelberg Feiwich “ 251. Lieber Alter “ 313. Brendes Fryderyk “ 252. Drimmer Leon “ 314. Reiter Hersch Tarnowica lasna 253. Weingarten Simon “ 315. Reiter Jozef “ 254. Weingarten Eisig “ 316. Reiter Tobias “ 255. Drimmer Hersch “ 317. Kriegel Moses “ 256. Grubin Malka “ 318. Weingarten Hersch “ 257. Korn Wolf “ 319. Weingarten Mendel “ 258. Drimmer Jona “ 320. Kwartler Izak “ 259. Seinfeld Jozef s. Chaim Moisza “ 321. Kwartler Abraham Hersch “ 260. Seinfeld Seinwel “ 322. Bartfeld Majer Krasna 261. Seinfeld Chaim “ 323. Grun Aron “ 262. Seinfeld Wolf “ 324. Bartfeld Abraham “ 263. Marek Chaim Mendel “ 325. Fischer Abraham Ber “ 264. Kwartler Emanuel Bilkow 326. Menschenfreund Moses “ 265. Kwartler Jakob “ 327. Menschenfreund Seide “ 266. Halpern Jakob “ 328. Abosch Wolf “ 267. Rosmarin Izak “ 329. Feuerman Izak “ 268. Zauderer Sosia “ 330. Gugig Simcha “ 269. Turnschein Leon “ 331. Rom Alter “ 270. Blitzer Isak Pniow 332. Stahl Izak “ 271. Haber Moses “ 333. Thune Markus Bitkow 272. Herz Meckel “ 273. Rosenkrantz Eisig “ 274. Halpern Benjamin Pasieczna 275. Wunderman Hersch “ THE DELYATIN AND DORA WEB SITE 276. Tischonkel Moses “ GG member David Sotkowitz, Sharon, MA, submitted the 277. Petrower Jozef “ 278. Spiegel Boruch “ following list of material , written or translated by David 279. Konigl Srul “ and a friend, which appears on the Delyatin Web Site 280. Knoll Samuel “
- 10 - Vol. 5, No. 4 Summer (July) 1998 THE GALITZIANER AN INTERNATIONAL FAMILY TRAVELS A small but imposing 2-story stone edifice in Niebylec, TO GALICIA Galicia, lovingly restored (with some misspellings) inside By GG member, Chana Berlowitz, Zurich, Switzerland with the original colorful wall and ceiling paintings, which now serves as a local library. In a way, this trip to Poland was a “back to the future” scenario. Here we were, nine descendants of the The two synagogues in Rzeszow, the small one painted Finkelstein, Hertzig and Berlowitz families - ages ranging blue with a Magen David on its outside wall and housing from 17 to 82 - looking for tangible evidence that our the State Archives; the large one with high stone ramparts ancestors were born and married in, had died in, and imposingly dominating the old market. The still beautiful emigrated from, this corner of the world. and stately stone synagogue in Lesko - resembling a fortress the pride of the town and containing an art gallery. We traveled by plane to Poland from New York, Several in Krakow: the great Liberal Temple, which is now Jerusalem, Zurich and Prag, and bounced our way by mini- th bus through Galicia. Our 9 days in Poland were a undergoing restoration; the 18 century Remu Shul (where Rav Moshe Isserlis davened); the Alte Shul, dating back to kaleidescope of old synagogues, repainted and refurbished, th and older cemeteries showing the ravages of time and the the 15 century and housing a Jewish Museum; the Ayzik Nazi invaders. Shul, a beautiful renaissance/baroque building whose walls were covered with prayers, some of which are still legible, We trod for hours in Birkenau and Auschwitz, retracing the and whose ceilings are adorned with stucco decorations; route of our brothers and sisters who were murdered there, the 14th century Kupa Synagogue built up against the old standing aghast at the remains of the crematoria, the earth city walls, blackened with age and neglect and misuse by beneath our feet still white with ashes and fragments of the the Nazis, where traces of the wall paintings of cities in the victim’s bones. All of Poland is an enormous Jewish Holy Land can still be deciphered. cemetery; here at the spot where the Nazis implemented the “final solution“, the only comfort we found was in “Since there is no one alive to visit” holding each others’ hands and feeling the support we gave - so we visited cemeteries: one another. Tyczyn - a hill with 3 gravestones still standing - the others We stood on the banks of the River San, remembering the stolen by the peasants for building. Lesko - again on a hill, tales of Grandfather Nochim who came too late to his beautifully set in the forest, with over 2000 mazevot still wedding in Lesko because the rafts could not be pulled standing. Many of them were legible, but we found none across its flooded waters. We also held our own private from the family. One interesting note was the frequency of memorial service there for the Jews of Sanok and Lesko the name Yechiel (our father’s name). who were murdered there in 1940 by the Nazis and thrown Sienawa - about 200 gravestones in a field. No familiar into the San till the water ran red with their blood. names, but all the children of the neighborhood stood by We climbed the burial hills and searched through and watched us search. cemeteries in Tyczin (near Zabratowka where the Hertzigs Although we were unable to find records of my Galician lived), in Lesko (where Beile Hertzig and Nochim family, it was a worthwhile trip and an experience we all Finkelstein were married and where our Father Yechiel would not have missed. was born), in Sienawa (near Molodych where the Finkelsteins hale from), in Kazimierz Dolny and in Lublin. We stood in the center of the old Ghetto in Tarnow and tried to imagine the great Synagogue that surrounded the blackened stone Bima, all that is left of the building destroyed by the Nazis We stood in anguish and awe before the monumental memorial of Maidenek. Only the Berlowitz quest for records was successful, in Poznan (formerly the province of Prussia). In both Rzeszow, and in Lesko at the city hall, there were no records of the families Finkelstein or Hertzig. We are all still dwelling on the sight of the stately Synagogue in Lesko, where my grandfather Nochim certainly davened. We ladies sat on the low wall on the outside of the Shul and were sure that Beile sat there with her two babies during services some 99 years ago. My brother from Jerusalem davened Rosh Chodesh Mincha inside and I am sure that this was the highlight of his trip! Synagogues visited:
- 11 - THE GALITZIANER Vol. 5, No. 4 Summer (July) 1998 Editor’s Message Corrections and Notes On The First Installment By Marian Rubin The Index to A LAND AND ITS SCHOLARS by Gershom Bader Zachor--remember--a central teaching of Judaism, is (published in The Galitzianer, Vol.5, No.3, Spring 1998) honored (in one of many ways) by the research of Jewish genealogists. One of the most important sources for the Three Gesher Galicia members have sent additional memory of our lost communities are the Yizkor books, and information. those of us who do not read Hebrew or Yiddish are missing this precious source of information. Emerging from the Note Number One, Re: Prof. Salo Baron, submitted by Seminar in Los Angeles was a determination by many to Ada Greenblatt, New York, NY pool their contributions for the translation of yizkor books On p. 15 of the spring 1998 issue of "The Galitzianer", from their towns. Some volunteered to act as coordinators Prof. Salo Baron is listed in the Index of Jewish Scholars for specific towns. They will be contacting others, asking of Galicia, but his date of death was left blank because no for donations which will go to JewishGen. Each donor will specific information was available. Please note that Prof. specify the yizkor book fund to which he is contributing. Baron died in New York on Nov. 25, 1989 at the age of 94. We are fortunate to have JewishGen’s Yizkor Book His 4-column obituary, with picture, appeared on page 44 Translation Project, led by Gesher Galicia Steering of the The New York Times the following day, written by Committee member Joyce Field , to guide us in the total Peter Steinfels. One of his former students described him procedure. as "undoubtedly the greatest Jewish historian of the 20th When you see the announcement for your town, please century". Quoting from the obituary, send your donation as quickly as possible.You will be "Professor Baron was born on May 26, 1895, in Tarnow, contributing to an important act of remembrance as well as today situated in Poland but then part of the Austro- contributing to the accessibility of this information for Hungarian Empire. His family waseducated and affluent, future generations. part of the Jewish aristocracy of Galicia. His father was a
banker and president of the Jewish community of 16,000. This is the last issue for which I will be editor, as I cannot continue the time commitment. This year has made me so "At the Eichmann trial in 1961, Professor Baron put his much more aware of the extent of the unique and important case of the unprecedented character of the Holocaust in research in which our members are engaged. We must personal terms when he noted that 20,000 Jews lived in expand the sharing of this material by reporting it to the Tarnow before the war, but that after Hitler, there were no Galitzianer and through frequent communication with more than 20. His parents and a sister were killed there". others from our particular shtetls. This remarkable man knew 20 languages and could lecture without notes in five. He taught at Columbia University I am so grateful for the friendship and warm support I from 1930 until his retirement in 1963. The Salo received from our Steering Committee, and for the Wittmayer Baron Chair of Jewish History, Culture and opportunity to get to know (mostly by e-mail or regular Society was established there in his name in 1979. mail) some of our members who submitted such interesting Prof. Baron is buried at Acacia Cemetery in Queens, NY, material. in the Jacob Katz plot of the Lubavitz Society, Gate 58,
Grave 12. The Galitzianer could not be in better hands than those of Barbara Krasner-Khait, whom I had the pleasure of getting I met Prof. Baron in 1976 at the annual meeting of the to know at the Los Angeles Seminar. American Jewish Historical Society, which was held at Brandeis University, and told him that I felt honored to meet him.
Note Number Two. from C. A. Ullmann, Salford, Manchester, England sent three corrections: Rabbi Joseph Babad died in Manchester (not Vienna) in the 1940s.; Re: Dr. Martin Buber , Mr. Ullmann writes, “He died in Israel (I think) in the 1950s.”; Re: Rabbi Joseph Hirsch Dinar, correct spelling of name to Dunner.
Note Number Three. George Vlader, Kingston, Ontario, Canada sends two corrections: Re: Zelig (Selig) Allerhand: place of death should be spelled Leipnik; Re: Abraham Brenner: place of death should be spelled Stein.
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INDEX OF NAMES FROM GERSHOM Explanatory Notes on places where the person was known to have lived, BADER’S A LAND AND ITS SCHOLARS Index of Jewish Scholars of Galicia which by inference may have been the place of birth or death. His book was published in 1934, and many Ed. note: This is the first installment, 4 pages, By Nicholas Martin, Bend, Oregon of the people listed were still living at that time. covering surnames beginning with the letters A-G. Thus, wherever a place of death entry is followed by Gershom Bader’s book, entitled Mdina Vhahameya The remaining approximately 6 pages will be printed a “?”, it should be taken only as a possible place of or, as translated, A Land and Its Scholars, is written in the July Galitzianer. last residence. in Hebrew, with some entries in Latin letters. First These GG members collaborated in this effort: and surnames appear here exactly as presented by When Rab., Rabb., Rabbiner, or Rabin appears as a Bader. All Hebrew names, however, are title, it may mean Rabbi in a formal sense or may Faigy Spitzer: initial transliteration/translation from transliterations into English, and it is acknowledged have been used only as a sign of respect. Hebrew into handwritten format; that equally correct variants could have been used In most cases, town names have been transliterated or Nicholas Martin:correction of some errors and (e.g., Aaron, Aharon, Ahron, or as used here, Aron). actually translated from Bader’s Hebrew, while a few creation of the format; entered the handwritten This index represents a listing of names found in the are as printed in Latin characters by Bader. Where a material into the computer; entered final corrections; first volume of what was obviously at least a two- town name remains easily recognizable, it appears in Suzan Wynne: identified some of the towns and volume work. The index includes only those its present usage (e.g., Lemberg, Lwow, or Lvov as served as coordinator. surnames beginning with the letters aleph through Lviv; Zloczow as Zolochev; Tarnopol as Ternopol; lamed of the Hebrew alphabet. The book was found Czernowitz as Chernovtsy). Where there is a risk that Al Hirshfeld checked Hebrew dates and examined in the library of Yeshiva University, and whether or such a “translation” might not be recognized by the the finished work for accuracy. where a second volume might be found, we do not reader, however, or where it cannot be safely yet know. determined which town is being referred to, the name is left as transliterated from Bader’s Hebrew, or left Question marks after the place of birth or death as it is more commonly known (e.g., Stanislawow is indicate that Bader gives no specific information. not changed to the current Ivano-Frankovsk). However, Bader has often revealed one or more
Index of Jewish Scholars of Galicia, from Volume I of Gershom Bader’s 1934 Mdina Vhahameya Page # Surname Given Name Hebrew Name Father’s Hebrew Date of Birth Place of Birth Date of Death Place of Death Name 75 Halberstamm Salomon Joachim Shlomo Zalman Yitzchak Feb. 23, 1832 Krakow March 24, 1900 Bielitz Chaim 75 Halberstamm Lazar Eliezer Chaim Feb. 17, 1819 Brody Feb. 5, 1899 Bialystok 76 Halpern Moses Leib Moshe Leib Izik Jan. 1, 1886 Zolochev Aug. 31, 1932 New York 77 Harmelin Moses Leib Moshe Leib Meir March 6, 1826 Brody June 23, 1893 Brody 78, 147 Hausner Bernard (Dr.) Dov Shlomo Nov. 3, 1874 Chortkov Tel Aviv? 76 Heilprin Marcus Mordecai Yechazkel Jan. 19, 1883 Glinyany Jerusalem? 82 Herzberg- Leo (Dr.) Leo Sept. 19, 1827 Brody July 1, 1915 Teplez, Bohemia Fränkel 82 Herzberg- Sigmund (Prof. Dr.) Zigmund Leo March 7, 1857 Brody Sept. 19, 1913 Vienna Fränkel 148 Herzel Leopold (Dr.) Pesach Brody? Brody? 148 Herzer Isak Leib Yitzchak Leib Lviv? April 24, 1892 Lviv
- 13 - THE GALITZIANER Vol. 5, No. 4 Summer (July) 1998 Index of Jewish Scholars of Galicia, from Volume I of Gershom Bader’s 1934 Mdina Vhahameya Page # Surname Given Name Hebrew Name Father’s Hebrew Date of Birth Place of Birth Date of Death Place of Death Name 81 Heumann Abr. Juda Avraham Yehuda Moredecai April 29, 1832 Tarnow? July 11, 1912 Tarnow 81, 148 Hilferding Rudolf (Dr.) Rudolf Aug. 10, 1877 Brody Berlin? 82 Hirsch Salomon Shlomo Zvi Simcha Jan. 9, 1834 Ternopol? Aug. 31, 1879 Ternopol 82 Hirschberg Joachim Wilhelm (Dr.) Chaim Zev Jan. 30, 1903 Ternopol Gestochowa 147 Holländer J. M. Yosef Menachem Nov. 11, 1896 Baranow Berlin? 147 Holzer Izaak Yitzchak 1842 Rzeszow? Feb. 2, 1912 Krakow 82 Hönigsmann Oswald (Dr.) Oswald March 10, 1824 Rzeszow Sept. 24, 1880 Vienna 77 Horowitz Ber Ber July 17, 1895 nr Kalusz Kalusz? 79 Horowitz Jacob (Dr.) Yakov Yehoshua haLevi Feb. 1, 1901 Kalusz Palestine? 79 Horowitz Moses Moshe haLevi Feb. 27, 1844 Stanislawow March 4, 1910 New York 147 Horowitz Nathan (Dr.) Natan Nuta Avraham Abali Feb. 3, 1799 Brody Jan. 22, 1857 Ternopol 80 Horowitz Pinkas E. Pinchas Eliahu Meir April 12, 1765 Lviv April 21, 1821 Krakow 77 Horowitz S. Zigmund Feb. 7, 1856 Krakow? March 14, 1929 Krakow 147 Horowitz Saul K. Shaul Ketrial Ternopol? Ternopol? 20 Iceland R. Reuven April 29, 1884 Ropcycze New York? 20 Igel Lazar Elias (Dr.) Elyezer Eliahu Shmuel haLevi March 4, 1825 Lviv March 26, 1892 Chernovtsy 22 Imber Naphtali Herz Naftali Hertz June 5, 1856 Zolochev Oct. 8, 1909 New York 24, 143 Imber Samuel J. Shmuel Yakov Shmeryahu Feb. 24, 1889 Sasov America? 24 Imber Shmeryahu Shmeryahu Feb. 24, 1868 Zolochev 25 Insler Abraham (Dr.) Avraham Binyamin Feb. 11, 1893 Stryy Kolomyya? 143 Irrgang Bernard Dov haLevi Przemysl? Przemysl? 150 Jakob Mojzesz Moshe Gorlice 1932 Krakow 150 Jakobsohn Salomon Shlomo Lviv? Lviv? 114 Jolles Zacheria Jesaias Zacharya Yeshayahu Mordecai March 25, 1814 Lviv May 14, 1852 Minsk 115 Judd Max Max [Yudkvich] May 4, 1851 Krakow Apr or May, St. Louis 1906 115 Jüttes Jakob Isak Yakov Yitzchak April 30, 1816 April 20, 1886 Lviv 114 Juwel Moses Marcus Moshe Mordecai Jan. 21, 1798 Jan. 12, 1851 Brody 121 Kahane Hillel Hillel May 13, 1821 Stanislowow April 6, 1901 Botusani 122 Kahane Joachim Chaim April 6, 1890 Zabojki nr Lodz? Ternopol 123 Kasswan Lazar Eliezer March 8, 1852 Snyatyn April 16, 1916 Braila 122 Katz Benzion (Dr.) Ben-Zion Sholem Zvi Feb. 1, 1907 Sanok Krakow? 121 Kohane Abr. Avraham April 26, 1887 Tarnow Przemysl? 116 Kohn Abraham (Rabb.) Avraham Sholem June 10, 1806 Zalozan Sept. 6, 1848 Lviv 119 Kohn David David Yosef Kohen- Feb. 2, 1848 Lviv Feb. 5, 1910 London Tzedek
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- 16 - Vol. 5, No. 4 Summer (July) 1998 THE GALITZIANER Index of Jewish Scholars of Galicia, from Volume I of Gershom Bader’s 1934 Mdina Vhahameya Page # Surname Given Name Hebrew Name Father’s Hebrew Date of Birth Place of Birth Date of Death Place of Death Name 111 Teller Israel Israel Yehuda haLevi Dec. 3, 1835 Zolochev Dec. 17, 1921 Rehoboth, Palestine 111 Teller Yehuda Yehuda Israel haLevi July 16, 1889 Galati, Romania Jan. 25, 1913 Kahira, Egypt 111 Templer Bernard (Rabb. Dr.) Dov Berish May 1, 1865 Brzesko Vienna? 112 Tenenbaum Joseph (Dr.) Yosef Leib May 22, 1887 Sasov New York? 113 Tenenblatt M. A. Mordecai Anshel Feb. 25, 1888 Ozernyany Vienna? 149 Thon Elias Hirsch Elyah Zvi Lviv? Lviv? 149 Thon Jakob (Dr.) Yakov Moshe Rzeszow? Palestine? 106 Thon Ozjasz (Rabin Dr.) Yehoshua Moshe Feb. 13, 1870 Lviv Krakow 110 Tiger Jascha Yeshayahu Avraham July 3, 1898 Solotwina Vienna? 109 Torczyner Harry (Prof. Dr.) Naftali Hirsh Yitzchak Eisik Nov. 13, 1886 Lviv Berlin 110 Torczyner Yitzchok Isaac Yitzchak Eisik Menachem Nachem Nov. 13, 1861 Brody 150 Trachtenberg Abraham Avraham Jan. 25, 1825 Brody Jan. 3, 1880 Odessa 150 Turteltaub Wilhelm (Dr.) Wilhelm March 25, 1816 Rzeszow Vienna? 19, 142 Umanski Josef Yosef Chaim Israel Jan. 1, 1870 Stavishche nr Tarnow? Kiev 142 Unger Johann Chaim Nov. 8, 1827 Jaroslaw Vienna 19 Unger Menashe Menashe Sholem David Nov. 12, 1899 Zabno Palestine? 142 Unger Tobias Tovya Jaroslaw Jaroslaw? 19 Ungerfeld Moses Moshe Yitzchak March 10, 1896 Nowosielce Vienna? 84 Wachstein Bernhard (Dr.) Dov Moshe Jan. 19, 1868 Zolochev Vienna? 84 Wachtel Wilhelm Wilhelm Aug. 12, 1875 Lviv Vienna? 83 Wahrmann Jehuda Yehuda Jan. 16, 1793 Jaroslaw Nov. 14, 1868 Pest, Hungary 148 Waldberg Moses V. (Baron) Moshe Yoel 1832 Lviv 1900 Vienna 84 Waldberg Samuel (Rab.) Shmuel Yoel Dec. 1, 1829 Lviv May 11, 1906 Jaroslaw 85 Walkowski Szewach Shevach Zvi Yechiel Jan. 18, 1872 Vilnius Krakow? 85 Wallerstein Nathan Natan Mordecai Shmuel Jan. 3, 1853 Ternopol Aug. 28, 1911 Kozowa 88 Weichert Michal (Dr.) Michael Dov May 5, 1890 Staremiasto Warsaw? 88 Weinig Naftali Naftali Feb. 16, 1897 Tarnow Vilnius 88 Weinig Naftali H. Naftali Zvi Feb. 2, 1830 Przemysl? March 16, 1886 Przemysl 89 Weinlös Israel Israel David Jan. 3, 1877 Radekhov Lviv 89 Weiss Benjamin L. (Rabb.) Binyamin Aryah Jan. 24, 1844 Janow Dec. 22, 1912 Chernovtsy haKohen 89 Weiss Wilhelm Wilhelm March 3, 1844 Przemysl March 2, 1881 Vienna 90 Weissberg Meir (Prof. Dr.) Meir Oct. 24, 1856 Bukachevtsy Sept. 17, 1930 Stanislawow 90 Weissmann Arthur S. Asher Simcha April 21, 1840 Zolynia May 14, 1892 Vienna 92 Weissmann Devorah Devorah Yehuda Schweber Przemysl June 6, 1904 Dynow
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Member Mailing Address Telephone*, FAX, and E-Mail
552 Balint, Judy P.O. Box 10088, 91101 Jerusalem, ISRAEL h/ 972-02-672-8014 FAX/ 972-02-672-8014 636 Bernhaut, Anne Feibysowicz h/ +613-9848-7529 w/ +613-9439-8233 FAX/+613-9840-1077 41 Bodner, George & Harriet 950 S.W. 21 st Avenue Apt. PH-G, Portland, OR 97205 h/ 503-248-1933 w/ 503-227-5139 FAX/ 503-241-2816 11 Cohen, Bea Leiter [email protected] 745 Cohen, David h/ 561-278-1285 72 Feuerstein, William J. [email protected] 364 Gelber, Terry 6565-B Paseo Frontera, La Costa, CA 92009 h/ 760-918-9589 w/ 760-591-8068 FAX/ 760-918-9589 632 Halpern, Mark 221 31st Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 h/ 310-937-5070 4 Meyers, Marcia Indianer 854 Long Hill Road, Middletown, CT 06457-5063 h/ 860-638-3819 [email protected] 325 Neuwirth, Joan C. 11a John Hancock Drive, Cranbury, NJ 08512 h/ 609-409-1752 736 Peskin, Deborah Kessner [email protected] 766 Scheraga, Suzanne 3590 Roundbottom Rd Suite F211907, Cincinnati, OH 45244-3026 438 Seidenfeld, Marc [email protected] 768 Sher, William [email protected] 551 Siegel, Howie 536 Linden Ave., Victoria, BC V8V 5G7, CANADA 296 Title, Charlotte Weisstein [email protected] 476 Vladar, George [email protected] 547 Weintraub, Clarice 232 N. Kingshighway, Apt. 1102, St. Louis, MO 63108 h/ 314-367-8404 [email protected] 37 Zavon, Peter L. [email protected]
Gesher Galicia - New Members and Their Research Interests 7/22/98 Member Mailing Address Telephone* and FAX E-Mail 774 Geldzahler, Barry P.O. Box 6184, Springfield, VA 22150-6184 h/ 703-451-6921 w/ 703-451-6921 FAX/ 703-451-6921 [email protected] Kolbuszowa (Po) GELDZAHLER, GELDZHAELER, GELTZEILER Krakow (Po) GELDZAHLER, GELTZEILER, GELDZHAELER Mielec (Po) GELDZAHLER, GELDZHAELER, GELTZEILER Nowy Sacz (Po) GELDZHAELER, GELDZAHLER, GELTZEILER Radomysl (Po) GELTZEILER, GELDZHAELER, GELDZAHLER Tarnobrzeg (Po) GELTZEILER, GELDZAHLER, GELDZHAELER 775 Wittner, Eugene 6923 Amber Court, Houston, TX 77069 h/ 281-580-6939 [email protected] Galicia (Po) BERENT Kolomyya (Ukr) TEICHER Snyatyn (Ukr) WITTNER, TEICHER 776 Traub, Harold W. 8936 Old Pine Road, Boca Raton, FL 33433-3151 h/ 561-487-6679 FAX/ 561-487-6679 [email protected] Galicia BAREL, STEINBERG, STEINBRUCH, BOMBACH, GROSSBERG
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Gesher Galicia - New Members and Their Research Interests 7/22/98 Member Mailing Address Telephone* and FAX E-Mail 777 Wien, Art 22 Stridesham Court, Baltimore, MD 21209 h/ 410-486-5355 [email protected] Babince (Ukr) WEIN Krakow (Po) ACKERMAN Lvov (Ukr) WEIN Nowe Siolo WEIN, FUCHS Rogatin (Ukr) WEIN 778 Baruch, Barbara T. 1019 Congress 15th Floor, Houston, TX 77002 h/ 713-729-5053 FAX/ 713-755-8924 [email protected] Janow CHERMAK Kopychintsy (Ukr) FLAM 779 Haber, Sumner J. 7320 Chad Street, Anchorage, AK 99518 [email protected] Galicia HABER, GOLDNER 780 Wallach, Michael 4772 Brafferton Drive, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 FAX/ 248-851-1886 [email protected] Galicia WALLACH 781 Rubinfeld, Paul 4339 26th Street, San Francisco, CA 94131 h/ 415-824-8025 [email protected] Bircza (Po) RUBINFELD, RUBENFELD, GRAPEL 782 Karliner, Benjamin 7076 Huntington Lane, Bldg #19, Apt. #208, Delray Beach, FL 33446 h/ 561-496-5303 [email protected] Bogorodchany (Ukr) CARLINSKY, KARLINER, CARLINER Ivano-Frankovsk (Ukr) CARLINER, KARLINER Tysmenitsa (Ukr) HIRSCH, HERSH 783 Levin, Myrna 1412 Larkspur, McAllen, TX 78501 w/ 956-686-4000 FAX/ [email protected] Sanok (Po) NADELSTEICHER, NADELSTECHER, BERTENTHAL, EICHNER 784 Rauch, Alan 1425 Scales Street, Raleigh, NC 27608 w/ 404-894-7000 FAX/ [email protected] Podgaytsy (Ukr) RAUCH 785 Bernstein, Leonard 13 Hyannis Drive, Old Bridge, NJ 08857 h/ 732-679-3198 [email protected] Belyy Kamen (Ukr) BERNSTEIN 786 Collier, Shirley 195 Eastern Avenue, Redbridge, Ilford, Essex IG4 5AW, UK h/ 44 181 551 5168 [email protected] Tarnow (Po) TRINKENREICH, LEVY 787 Gottesman, Milton M. 1504 Twenty-sixth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036 FAX/ 202-331-9306 Rzeszow (Po) GARFUNKEL 788 Zibit, Samuel 7146 Cambridge Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63130-2302 h/ 314-862-7473 [email protected] Biecz (Po) ZIBITT Gorlice (Po) ZIBITT Sanok (Po) ZWIEBEL Sedziszow (Po) WINT 789 Weintraub, William B. 3521 Farm Road, Aberdeen, MD 21001-1230 [email protected] Buchach (Ukr) LEPSENTER, LACHER, WEINTRAUB, GROSS Budanov (Ukr) ROSENBERG 790 Sackler, Stan 1811 Calavera Place, Fullerton, CA 92833 h/ 714-738-7772 w/ 562-862-6332 FAX/ 562-869-7420 [email protected] Przeworsk (Po) SACKLER, NUSBAUM 791 Jacoby, Mark & Susanne 2900 N.E. 14th Causeway, Apt. 901, Pompano Beach, FL 33062 h/ 954-942-6190 [email protected] Biecz (Po) JAKUBOWICZ
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Gesher Galicia - New Members and Their Research Interests 7/22/98 Member Mailing Address Telephone* and FAX E-Mail 792 Nord, Marcia B 931 Walnut Avenue, Walnut Creek, CA 94598 h/ 925-944-0967 FAX/ 925-944-0967 [email protected] Dukla (Po) MALTZ Frystak (Po) FELBER Gorlice (Po) NORD Mytarz (Po) GOLDBERG Sietnica (Po) NORD Ternopol (Ukr) GREENHAWT 793 Sobel, Bill 9749 Blantyre Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 h/ 310-273-7226 [email protected] Belyy Kamen (Ukr) SOBEL Olesko (Ukr) SOBEL Pomoryany (Ukr) SOBEL Zolochev (Ukr) SOBEL 794 Feinstein, Chaiky 6510 Capistrano, West Hills, CA 91307 h/ 818-340-3468 Bolekhov (Ukr) SCHINDLER, SHRENZEL 795 Friedman, Rose S. 9328 Edmonston Road, #202, Greenbelt, MD 20770 h/ 301-345-5587 [email protected] Rava Russkaya (Ukr) FRIEDMAN 796 Gloger, Adelle 23920 Fairmount Blvd, Shaker Heights, OH 44122 h/ 216-292-2665 FAX/ 216-765-1116 [email protected] Chortkow (Ukr) WEINTRAUB Gorodenka (Ukr) GLOGER Grimaylov (Ukr) WEINTRAUB Hadynkowce (Ukr) GLOGER Kopychintsy (Ukr) WEINTRAUB Ternopol (Ukr) LORBER, MILLER, WEINTRAUB 797 Rosenbaum, Jean 423 Willow Lane, Baytown, TX 77520 h/ 281-424-8765 [email protected] Podgaytsy (Ukr) LEHRER, ZINN 798 Bassin, James J. 77 Forest Green, Staten Island, NY 10312-1711 h/ 781-948-9093 Buchach (Ukr) SCHUMER Lvov (Ukr) SCHUMER 799 Schaffer, Robert 1460 Docteur Penfield #304, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1B8, CANADA h/ 514-284-2855 w/ 514-499-1368 [email protected] Obertin (Ukr) REITER, ZWORN 800 Eismann, Bernard POB 685, Sheffield, MA 01257 h/ 413-229-0350 FAX/ 413-229-0069 [email protected] Kolomyya (Ukr) EISMANN, SPERBER 801 Gabriel, Ron 5512 Cornish Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-1008 h/ 301-654-7155 [email protected] Krakow (Po) LANGROCK, PELLER, SCHWARTZMEIR, SCHWARTZHEIM Lvov (Ukr) PELLER Ternopol (Ukr) PELLER Zhuravno (Ukr) PELLER 802 Ferber, Al 6016 70th Avenue N, Brooklyn Park, MN 55429 h/ 612-566-3927 [email protected] Galicia FARBAR, FARBER, FERBER 803 Ostern, Stanley 30 Woodale Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93103-1633 h/ 805-965-2832 FAX/ 805-965-3989 [email protected] Stryy (Ukr) OSTERN, SELIGER 804 Hoffman, Rosemary & Maurice 33 Meadow Way, Wembley, Middlesex HA9 7LB, ENGLAND h/ 44-0181-902-3899 FAX/ call voice phone [email protected] Lopatin (Ukr) WILDER, FLAU Pistyn (Ukr) FUND, LENZ Toporov (Ukr) WILDER, FLAU
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Gesher Galicia - New Members and Their Research Interests 7/22/98 Member Mailing Address Telephone* and FAX E-Mail 805 Berkson, Susan 12813 Do-Little Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55305-5008 h/ 612-931-1449 FAX/ 612-339-9116 [email protected] Dukla (Po) ROSNER Solotvina (Ukr) GOLDSTEIN, KLEIN 806 Lyons, Gladys Steinmetz 650 Randall Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108 h/ 805-969-6789 w/ 805-496-1180 FAX/ 805-969-6789 Rogatin (Ukr) SPIEGEL, KLEINWAKS, KREISLER, STEINMETZ, TEICHMAN, KIRZNER, SCHWARTZ 807 Kaplan, Harvey L. 1/L 11 Millwood Street, Glasgow, G41 3JY, SCOTLAND h/ 44-0141-649-4526 FAX/ 44-0141-649-4526 [email protected] Cmolas (Po) TROPP, STORCH Kolbuszowa (Po) STORCH, TROPP 808 Imber, Theo 52 Hameau de la Caravelle, 91650 Breuillet, FRANCE [email protected] Bolekhov (Ukr) GRUNSCHLAG Galicia IMBER 809 Rabin, Mike 835 15th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122 h/ 206-322-7309 [email protected] Tarnorudka (Ukr) RABINOVITCH 810 Fatouros, Naomi 1350 Southdowns Drive, Bloomington, IN 47401 h/ 812-339-2527 [email protected] Kulchitsy (Ukr) FELDMAN Pankovtse (Ukr) RAPPAPORT Podvolochisk (Ukr) RAPPAPORT 811 Brophy, Carolyn Zebrack 6328 Quail Creek Drive, Redding, CA 96002 h/ 530-365-3608 [email protected] Bobrka (Ukr) HABER Lvov (Ukr) FELKER, VOLKER Uzlovoye (Ukr) BADNER 812 Hudis, Gregg 755 George Street, Teaneck, NJ 07666 h/ 201-833-4748 w/ 212-723-2476 FAX/ 212-723-2476 [email protected] Gorodenka (Ukr) ROSENKRANZ, FEUER Kolomyya (Ukr) FEUER, KRAMER 813 Roth, Wayne 2375 Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11229 w/ 718-743-7755 FAX/ [email protected] Lvov (Ukr) GELB 814 Berman, Norman 234 Cedrus Avenue, East Northport, NY 11731 h/ 516-368-6565 [email protected] Gorodenka (Ukr) BERMAN Kalush (Ukr) BRAVERMAN, BUDMAN, RUCHLIN
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FOUR MEMBERS JOIN THE refine our website. Mark has consented to offer suggestions and assistance to leaders of our small, but STEERING COMMITTEE growing group of Shtetl Networking Groups as they begin to create websites for their groups on ShtetLinks, linking Gesher Galicia welcomes four new members to the them to our Towns webpage. See Marks GORODENKA Gesher Galicia Steering Committee (GGSC). They bring website on ShtetLinks. to our SIG a wealth of ideas and experiences in genealogical research and in organizational participation. The GGSC, now comprised of ten members, had the opportunity to meet at the L.A. Seminar and to plan several new SIG initiatives. We look forward to a productive year. ROGATIN (ROHATYN, UKRAINE) YIZKOR BOOK NOW ONLINE The new members of the GGSC are BARBARA JewishGen’s Yizkor Book SIG announced that Michael KRASNER-KHAIT, SHARLENE KRANZ, JOYCE Bohnen created a Table of Contents and a searchable FIELD, and MARK HECKMAN. database of names, and that Phyllis Kramer scanned all of
the book’s English pages and prepared a cemetery BARBARA KRASNER-KHAIT, Somerset, New Jersey, database of Rohatyn Landsmanshaften (previously will serve as our new editor of The Galitzianer beginning announced in The Galitzianer). Michael and Phyllis are with the Fall 1998 issue. She has extensive experience in both GG members. writing, both professionally and for the various research groups to which she belongs. She has also volunteered to The Yizkor Book Web page: coordinate the JRI-Poland Shtetl CO-OPs for Galicia and
Israel, gives the web address for a list of SHARLENE KRANZ (Washington, DC) has been a landsmanschaften postal mail addresses in Israel. Also valued and active member of the Jewish Genealogy listed is the address of the Center of (Landsmanschaften) Society of Greater Washington for many years. She has Organizations: held several offices in the JGSGW, served on the planning committee for the 1995 Washington, D.C. Summer Seminar, and just retired as editor of the JGSGW Association of Polish Jews in Israel newsletter, Mishpacha. Sharlene will serve as Member- 158 Dizzengof St. at-Large. 63461 Tel Aviv Israel JOYCE FIELD (West Lafayette, IN) exhibits energy, enthusiasm, and organizational skills in her role as Telephone: 972-3-5225078 Translation Chairman of the Yizkor Book SIG and on Fax: 972-3-5236684 Jewish Gen. She will serve as Coordinator of the Galician Yizkor Book Translation Project and as liaison Address for the online page: between Gesher Galicia, the Yizkor Book SIG, and http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/4017/POLISH10.HTM Jewish Gen.
MARK HECKMAN (Davis, CA) is a talented and dedicated SIG member who volunteered to create the Gesher Galicia website on JewishGen and to link our webpages to other webpages of interest to Galitzianers. He will continue to serve as our webmaster, to make suggestions to the GGSC, and to update, expand, and
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Founder The Galitzianer is intended to provide a free Suzan Wynne (former Editor) exchange of ideas, research tips and articles of 3603 Littledale Road interest to Gesher Galicia members researching Kensington, MD 20895 Jewish family history in the communities that in 1872 301-942-6149; Fax:301-942-4807 were part of Galicia, a province of the Austro- [email protected] Hungarian Empire. The Galitzianer welcomes submission of articles, charts, lists, book reviews, and COORDINATOR & MEMBERSHIP CHAIR other relevant contributions from its readers. Shelley Kellerman Pollero The newsletters of other genealogy societies may 549 Cypress Lane reproduce individual items from The Galitzianer, Severna Park, MD 21146 provided that credit is given to The Galitzianer and to 410-647-9492 Fax: 410/315-8188 the author(s) of the reproduced material. All other [email protected] reproduction is prohibited without prior written
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