was born in Kurenets c 1902. Badana came to Eretz Israel in 1924 and
married Yaakov Dori (1899–1973) (Hebrew: ???? ????) who was the first
Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Rachel Gordin
Our beloved mother Rachel Gordin (daughter of Meir Gurevich and Bella nee Shulman) passed away at her home in Rehovot at around 5PM April 8 2020 as Israelis were getting ready to celebrate zoom Passovers. She was almost 91 years old.
~ Eilat Gordin Levitan
My daughter Talia made- a beautiful memorial video for my mother. She sings and my son Alon plays the piano:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQuWWAhAAJI
There are also some other videos you can find online where my mother speaks about her art and life:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfueYQ2xKuw&t=40s
Also watch my mother's television segment on the good life:
Their son Yakov Berkovitsh with his wife Sonia (born Dubinski) ;
Their second son Isroel Berkovitsh.
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Artist Rachel Gordin was born and raised in Moshav Bitsaron Father; Meir Gurevitz mother Bela nee Shulman . She embarked on her artistic career with a series of paintings "Earth - Man". In her search for the appropriate colors and materials she went out to the yard, collected lumps of earth, mixed them with glue and pigments, and applied them with her hands onto the canvas, without using a brush. Eventually she began to paint an "ecological" series, to protest against the damage man causes to nature, which is also a metaphor for the injury man inflicts on man: forest fires and logging that turn green vegetation into dead skeletons and scorched land. Some of the paintings feature border fences as well. Many of them evoke a sense of rift, collapse, destruction and considerable melancholy. Most of Gordin's works are characterized by rich, warm colors, although her palette is limited. She uses mostly industrial paint. Gordin participates on a regular basis in artistic events on behalf of peace, such as "Our Answer is Peace" at the Lebanese security fence, and the peace project at Givat Haviva. Gordin is currently working on a series of paintings entitled "Rorschach" (Inscapes), evocative of the bleak mood encompassing daily life. The works are composed of diptychs of identical paintings, with one painting seemingly the "monoprint" of the other. These works feature rich colors and imaginative shapes and textures. Viewers can interpret these pictures freely, according to their imagination. Gordin's work has recently reached a new peak of intensity, due in large part to the pressure of frequent exhibitions in Israel and abroad. |
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Rachel Gordin Born on moshav Bizaron. Graduate of the Art Teachers Training College. Studied in the Avni Institute of Art, Tel Aviv and in the Artists' Studios, Ein Hod. Deals with sculpture with Various materials and painting mainly with mixed media. Between the years 1960-1978 taught art on the WIZO vocational high school, Rehovot. From 1970 - teaches Ceramic Sculpture on the Rehovot Cultural Center on behalf of the Art Cathedra. Member of the Israeli Painters and Sculptors Association |
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Selected One-Person Exhibitions |
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1984 - Peoples Gallery - New York - U.S.A |
Artists House, Jerusalem |
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1985 - Julcor Gallery - Pennsilvenia - U.S.A |
Rehovot Cultural Center Gallery |
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1986 - Eilat Gordin Gallery, Los Angeles - U.S.A |
Ephrat Gallery, Tel Aviv |
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1988 - Municipal Gallery - Rehovot |
Eked Gallery, Tel Aviv |
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1990 - Amalia Arbel Art Gallery |
Artists' House, Tel Aviv |
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1991 - Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel Aviv |
Navon Art Gallery - Jerusalem |
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1992 - Artists House, Jerusalem |
Classic Gallery, Rehovot |
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1993 - Ephrat Gallery, Tel Aviv |
Shalom Tower - Tel Aviv |
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1994 - Artists House, Tel Aviv |
Municipal Art Gallery, Netanya |
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1996 - Marc Chagall Artists House, Haifa |
Artosphera - Site for Art, Rehovot |
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1996 - Beit Hagefen, Haifa |
Heidelberg City Hall Gallery, Germany |
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1998 - Concertino Gallery, Hirschhorn, Germany |
Municipal Art Gallery Walldorf - Germany |
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1999 - Pec's Gallery - Hungary |
Municipal Art Gallery Pforzheim - Germany |
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2000 - Ossijek Gallery - Croatia |
Municipal Art Gallery Konstanz-Germany |
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2001 - Hash'felah Museum - Israel |
Municipal Art Gallery Konstanz-Germany |
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2002 - Galerie Christine Colas - Paris |
Peace Gallery Givat-Haviva - Israel |
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2002 - Jad Lebanim Hall - Nes-Tziona |
Peace Project Museum Bar David - Israel |
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2002 - The Israeli Opera House |
Peace Project Museum Bar David - Israel |
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2002 - Performing Arts Center Rishon Letzion |
Artosphera - Site of Art - Rehovot |
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2) The Israel Museum Jerusalem: www.tchelet.co.il/sherover/artistworks |
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3) Galerie Christine Colas, Paris: www.galerie-colas.com/r.gordin |
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4) "Artoutthere" U.S.A: www.artoutthere.com |
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To NYC from Dolginovo Passenger
Lists
Schulman, Abraham, 1895, 16, Russia (came form Dolginovo)
Gitelin, Sholem, 1895, 21, Russia (came from Dolginovo)
Schulman, Rafihael, 1899, 30, Konigsberg (came from Minsk)
Schulmann, Gute, 1904, 33, Minsk,
Schulmann, Riwke, 1904, 11, Minsk
Schulmann, Siere, 1904, 7, Minsk
Schulmann, Brine, 1904, 5, Minsk
Gitlin, Gore, 1898, 26, Dolginow
Gitlin, Riwke, 1898, 6, Dolginow
Gitlin, Mordche, 1898, 4, Dolginow
Just to reiterate, Abraham and Rafihael were half brothers born and
raised in Dolginovo. Rafihael at some point moved to Minsk and raised
his family there as far as I can tell.
The best picture I have of my mothers family was taken in NYC about
1911. Using the names from above, from left to right in the back row
Siere, Rafihael, Riwke, Gute, Brine, Beatrice, my mother, the child
in front was born in NYC
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My grandparents, Gutman Macht (son of Feibush and Lea Macht nee Gershon/ Girzon of Kovno, Lithuania) and Becky (daughter of ? nee Alperovich
and Leib Schulman, of Sosenka, next to Vileika ) probably around the time of their marriage (May 25, 1912)...
Courtesy of Laruie
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a more recent picture of Abraham Schulman.
Noah Lapidus wrote: ....My grandfather, Robert Schulman of Rochester, used to always talk about his cousins Isaac and Max Shoolman.
Aaron Schulman of Mozyr, Belarus (listed as Aron Schulmann on his passenger list from 1904) is my eldest known ancestor, born in 1874.
He married Sophie Holstein, and had three children- only one survived labor.
His son Abraham (b. 1899) was a New York City Assemblyman. Although the family is listed as living in Brooklyn in the 1910 Census, they are listed in a 1911 Rochester City Directory.
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Aaron and Sophies graves
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Abraham, only son of Aaron Schulman and Sophie nee Holstein (Sophie is also pictured) c 1902
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Sophie Schulman at their dry Goods shop at 224 Joseph Avenue, Rochester New York
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Top from left; Issie Shoolman and Aharon Schulman
bottom; Abraham Schulman, Sophie Holstein , and my grandfather Robert at his Bar-Mitzvah
Noah Lapidus
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Picture of graves; Sophie ( Sheina daughter of Simcha) and Aaron; listed as "Bar Abraham" or Son of Abraham! So now we know Aarons father was Abraham, born likley around 1850.
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a picture of the Tzafardik Torah that was dedicated to temple Beth-El in Rochester New York, in Abraham's memory. My grandfather gave me another name he remmemberd, Samuel Shoolman, supposedly a lawyer from Rochester.
I saw the website which was wonderful, and thanks again for all that you are doing for me!!
Noah Lapidus
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Shneur Shulman was born in Radoshkovichi, Poland in 1864. He was a religious teacher and married to Frida nee Yakobson. Prior to WWII he lived in Radoshkovichi, Poland. During the war he was in Radoshkovichi, Poland. Shneur was murdered/perished in 1941 in Radoshkovichi, Poland at the age of 77. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by his grandson Arkady Shulman.
Here are some Pages of Testimony he submitted to Yad Vashem;
Sosenski Abraham
Abraham Sosenski was born in Ilja, Poland in 1913 to Shimon and Dzhilda. He was a merchant and married. Prior to WWII he lived in Disna, Poland. During the war was in Disna, Poland. Abraham died in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07/05/1957 by his brother
Sosenski Chajim
Chajim Sosenski was born in Ilja, Poland in 1900 to Shimon and Dzhilda. He was a merchant and married. Prior to WWII he lived in Dokszyce, Poland. During the war was in Dokszyce, Poland. Chajim died in 1942 in Dokszyce, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07/05/1957 by his brother, a Shoah survivor
Cimerman Rachel
Rachel Cimerman was born in Voistam, Poland in 1900. She was a housewife and married to Yehuda. Prior to WWII she lived in Smargon, Poland. During the war was in Podbrodz, Poland. Rachel died in Podbrodz, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07/05/1957 by her cousin
Shulman Sonja
Sonja Shulman was born in Kurzeniec, Poland in 1922. She was a pupil and single. Prior to WWII she lived in Kurzeniec, Poland. During the war was in Wilejka, Poland. Sonja died in 1942 in Wilejka, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07/05/1957 by her relative
Shulman Aharon (my great Grandfather- Eilat
Aharon Shulman was born in Korzeniec, Poland in 1887 to Tzvi. He was a shop owner and married to Rakhel. Prior to WWII he lived in Korzeniec, Poland. During the war was in Korzeniec, Poland. Aharon died in Korzeniec, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07/05/1957 by his cousin
Yicchak Cirulnik was born in Korzeniec, Poland in 1880. He was a merchant and married to Rivka nee Sosenski. Prior to WWII he lived in Korzeniec, Poland. During the war was in Korzeniec, Poland. Yicchak died in Korzeniec, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07/05/1957 by his cousin
Shulman Rachel
Rachel Shulman was born in Smargon, Poland in 1890. She was a housewife and married. Prior to WWII she lived in Kurenets, Poland. During the war was in Kurenets, Poland. Rachel died in Kurenets, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07/05/1957 by her cousin
Cirulnik Rivka
Rivka Cirulnik was born in Ilja, Poland in 1890 to Nakhum and Khana. She was a housewife and married to Yitzkhak. Prior to WWII she lived in Kurenets, Poland. During the war was in Kurenets, Poland. Rivka died in 1942 in Kurenets, Poland. with her children Shimon 17 and Avraham 14. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07/05/1957 by her cousin
Sosenski Eliezer
Eliezer Sosenski was born in Ilja, Poland in 1911 to Nakhum and Khana. He was married. Prior to WWII he lived in Viazin, Poland. During the war was in Viazin, Poland. Eliezer died in Viazin, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07/05/1957 by his cousin. More Details...
Sosenski Yicchak
Yicchak Sosenski was born in Ilja, Poland in 1898 to Nakhum and Khana. He was a flourmill owner and married to Lea. Prior to WWII he lived in Radoszkowice, Poland. During the war was in Radoszkowice, Poland. Yicchak died in Radoszkowice, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07/05/1957 by his cousin
Vaisbord Eljakum
Eljakum Vaisbord was born in Radashkovichy, Poland in 1895. He was a chef and married. Prior to WWII he lived in Radashkovichy, Poland. During the war was in Radashkovichy, Poland. Eljakum died in Radashkovichy, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07/05/1957 by his cousin
Shulman Faive
Faive Shulman was born in Kurenets, Poland in 1880 to Dov. He was a flourmill owner and married. Prior to WWII he lived in Kurenets, Poland. During the war was in Kurenets, Poland. Faive died in Kurenets, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07/05/1957 by his cousin
Shulman Henja
Henja Shulman was born in Minsk, Belorussia in 1900. She was a housewife and married to Faibe Shulman. Prior to WWII she lived in Kurenets, Poland. During the war was in Kurenets, Poland. Henja died in Kurenets, Poland with her son; Chanoch. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07/05/1957 by her cousin. More Details...
Shulman Jenta
Jenta Shulman was born in Chocienczyce, Poland in 1895 to Eliezer. She was a housewife and married to Shlomo Eliezer. Prior to WWII she lived in Korzeniec, Poland. During the war was in Korzeniec, Poland. Jenta died in Korzeniec, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07/05/1957 by her cousin
Shulman Chajim
Chajim Shulman was born in Chocienczyce, Poland in 1924 to Eliezer and Yenta. He was a pupil and single. Prior to WWII he lived in Chocienczyce, Poland. During the war was in Chocienczyce, Poland. Chajim died in 1942 in Chocienczyce, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07/05/1957 by his relative
Jiszrael Cimerman was born in Ilja, Poland in 1904 to Yosef and Rakhel. He was a flourmill owner and single. Prior to WWII he lived in Ilja, Poland. During the war was in Ilja, Poland. Jiszrael died in the Shoah. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 07/05/1957 by his cousin
Sosenski Chajim Dokszyce Glebokie
Wilno Poland 1900 Page of Testimony
Cimerman Jiszrael Ilja Wilejka Wilno Poland 1904 Page of Testimony
Cimerman Rachel Smargon Oszmiana Wilno Poland 1900 Page of Testimony
Shulman Faive Kurenets Wilejka Wilno Poland 1880 Page of Testimony
Shulman Henja Kurenets Wilejka Wilno Poland 1900 Page of Testimony
Sosenski Ama Korzeniec Poland 1900 Page of Testimony
Shulman Aharon Korzeniec Poland 1887 Page of Testimony
Cirulnik Yicchak Korzeniec Poland 1880 Page of Testimony
Cirulnik Rivka Kurenets Wilejka Wilno Poland 1890 Page of Testimony
Sosenski Eliezer Viazin Molodeczno Wilno Poland 1911 Page of Testimony
Vaisbord Eljakum Radashkovichy Molodeczno Wilno Poland 1895 Page of Testimony
Sosenski Yicchak Radoszkowice Molodeczno Wilno Poland 1898 Page of Testimony
Shulman Rachel Kurenets Wilejka Wilno Poland 1890 Page of Testimony
Shulman Sonja Kurzeniec Wilejka Wilno Poland 1922 Page of Testimony
Shulman Chajim Chocienczyce Wilejka Wilno Poland 1924 Page of Testimony
Shulman Chajim
Chajim Shulman was born in Chocienczyce, Poland in 1924 to Eliezer and
Yenta. He was a pupil and single. Prior to WWII he lived in Chocienczyce,
Poland. During the war was in Chocienczyce, Poland. Chajim died in 1942
in Chocienczyce, Poland. This information is based on a Page of Testimony
submitted on 07/05/1957 by his relative
Shulman Jenta Korzeniec Poland 1895 Page of Testimony
The Shulman family of the Slabodka Yeshiva
Shulman Family ( of Slabodka)
My husband and I would often meet Rabbi Natan Shulman and his gracious wife; Lea (the daughter of Rav Yechiel Sclessinger) , during their stay in Los Angeles. Every winter they would come from France ( Strasbourg) and spend a few months in Los Angeles. They modestly spoke about their most distinguished ancestry when I probe them to talk about their childhood.
Reb Mordechai Shulman married Chaia Miryam, the daughter of Rabbi Isaac Sher of Slobodka. Her mother was the daughter of Rabbi Nosson Hirsh Finkel ( The Saba from Slobodka) They had three children. Their only son ; Natan Zvi-Hirsh ( named after his illustrious great grandfather , Nosson Hirsh Finkel) was born in Kovno in 1930. They also had two daughters; Ester Rivka and Avigail Gutl...Reb Mordechai Shulman replaced his father in law as one of the heads the Yeshiva of Slobodka ( in Kovno) after his father in law left to establish a Yeshiva in Eretz Israel. Hard times fell on the Yeshiva during the late 1930s’ and Reb Mordechai traveled to America in the hopes of finding a place for the Yeshiva in the United States. As the war started in 1939 he was trying to get his family to join him in America, but this was not to be…..In 1940 the Soviets annexed Lithuania and did not let Lithuania citizens leave the region other then exiling them to Siberia
In June of 1941 Germany attacked the Soviet Union. From this point of time there was no communication between Rav Mordechai Shulman in America and his family in Kovno for the next four years.
Chaia Miryam Shulman was a brilliant woman by accounts of all who knew her. She was determined against all the odds to save her children. Already in the first months of the Jews being transferred to the Kovno Ghetto many of the children who lived in what was known as the small ghetto were killed. One day Chaia Miryam was able to leave the Ghetto and get in touch with a Jesuit priest named Smilgevi?ius. She implored him to help her as her colleague. First, it was well known in Kovno that her family was connected to a dynasty of Jewish religious leaders. Second; her husband is a Rabbi, which is similar job to his- So, he should help her children to find Lithuanian families who would keep them safe until the area is liberated. The Jesuit priest promised to help. Some guards were bribed and the children were transferred to the priest..- The priest arranged for her son, Natan, to hide with the family Tautkuvenia. There was another Jewish girl who hid with the same family. Each of the family members hid with a different Lithuanian family. For the daughter Ester it was a little easier, she was red head and did not look Jewish. It was difficult for Natan who had to hide from the neighbors and the Germans. He could not keep Kosher and the years of the Shoah left a big imprint on his life. As the area of Kovno was liberated by the Soviets in the summer of 1944, the family united again. They got in touch with the father in America and eventually they all moved to Eretz Israel.
- Some information about the father;
Mordechai Zee’v; was born in 1902 well travel already as a child going to several yeshivas. Amongst others he studied with Chafetz Chaim- typically to his lifestyle even his Bar Mitzvah was on the road- people he only recently met arranged for cakes and food for him. . No family members were present. He later studied in Slobodka were he made very good impression on everyone who met him. He also studied in Chevron Slobdka and later returned to Kovno to the Slobodka Yeshiva and eventually married the daughter of the Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Sher. He was sent to the U.S to find a place in New York for the yeshiva for safety. He sent for his family to joined him but the trip was delayed ( his wife was reluctant to have her kids grew in America) By the time she agreed It was too late- war started and he could not get in touch with his family or the Yeshiva in Kovno. He lived with his uncle, Avraham Yosef Shulman, who lived in CrownHeights. When the head of yeshiva Chafet Chaim; Rav Lebuvitz passed away- his son Hanoch was too young to take over- Mordechai took over for him. The years of the war and being away from the people he loved took the tall on him. He became sick. Later they met in Jerusalem (1945)- They came to Israel a year after Kovno was liberated by the Soviets.. -- HaRav Mordechai Shulman zt'l succeeded his father-in-law HaRav Sher as rosh yeshiva of Slobodke in Bnei Brak -- HaRav Nosson Tzvi Shulman who married Lea, the daughter of Rav Yechiel Sclessinger, succeeded his father as rosh yeshiva of Slobodke in Bnei Brak and the husbands of his sisters; Ester Rivka Zuks and Avigal Gutl Hirsh, replaced him when he became sick.
Some information from the internet about Natans’ grandmother;
Beile Dvora Shulman (nee Lev) was the wife of Reb Simcha Shmuel Shulman, son of Moshe Gdalyahu and Ester Rivka nee Friedman. Reb Simcha Shmuel Shulman received semichah (ordination) from the Aruch HaShulchan (Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein), beginning with the words: Simchah B'MiOno V'Shmuel B'Korai Shmo. Yet he refused to accept a rabbinical position, and became a manufacturer. After he died at the young age of forty, his young widow dedicated the rest of her life to raising her eight sons (Aharon Zvi, Mordechai Zee’v ( 1902), David Yoel, Eliahu Baruch was born in 1905 , Binyamin, Eliezer Shulman was born in 1910, Yehuda, Simcha Shmuel who was born after his father passed away) and one daughter (Sheina Sara Gutstein born c 1896). She raised them to a life of Torah. In spite of all sorts of difficulties, she realized her goal: Some learned in the Lomza Yeshiva (they ate Shabbos and Yom Tov meals in our house for years), some in Slobodke, some in Kamenetz. One of the sons, Reb Mordechai Shulman, married the daughter of Rabbi Isaac Sher of Slobodka, and became Rosh Yeshiva in the Yeshiva Slobodka in Bnai Brak, Israel (Chaim Shapiro wrote it in the yizkor book for Tikotin)
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Information from Shulman family members about the family tree;
Moshe Gdalyahu Shulman married Hinda Friedman Child;
Chaim Yaakov married Mareisha Zilberberg, . He was a Rabbi/ Dayan in Brisk. He later lived and perished in Mogilev children;
- Hinda
- Zeev Yosef , rabbi, lived in Zelwa, married, perished at age 55 with daughters; Hinda and Ester
- Shlomo Mordechai, a rabbi , married lived and perished in Mogilev at age 45
- Chaia Sara
- Sheyndel Elka
- Sima Menucha
Moshe Gdalyahu married Ester Rivka Friedman (his sister in law ) after Hinda passed away. Children;
Simcha Shmuel (He prduced Talits- worked with Talitania that later came to Israel and gave good price to the family) married Beile Dvora Lev, Children;
- Sheina Sara Gutstein ( children; ; Simcha age 15 and Zeev age 12 perished with her)
- Aharon Zvi- helped to carry the family and mother did not let the Russian take him to the army. He had two marriages and 6 children who live in Israel ( Tamar and Avinoam) wife; Yonina ( children; Arie, Eliezer, Simcha and Avraham Yosef)
Mordechai Zee’v; was born in 1902. ( children; Natan Zvi, Ester Rivaka Zuks and Avigal Gutl Hirsh
- David Yoel was a clerk in Tel Aviv ( Children; Tchia, Amity and Elisha)
- Eliahu Baruch was born in 1905, he was a rabbi in Mir, 2 children perished with him.
- Binyamin lived in Haifa was a teacher ( children Adina and Shmuel)
- Eliezer Shulman was born in 1910, he was a rabbi, he perished Kowno at the age of 30
- Yehuda he was a rabbi in Z. ha. l . ( Army) his wife was Ziva daughter of a rabbi from Afula ( Rachel, Adina, Simcha Shmuel and Beila Dvora)
- Simcha Shmuel was a teacher in Petch Tikva and later supervisot in the ministry of Education ( children; Arie Shulman Telston Rabbi, Levi, Beila Dvora, Yehoshua
Avraham Yosef married ?, Children;
- Avraham Yosef Shulman who lived in Crown Highets.
- Baruch ( Ben) his son is in show business ; Oren Shulman in New York
- Ytzhak
- Zvia
- Ester
- Ray ( Rachel)
Shlomo Dov married Sheina, He was a merchant and he lived in Warsaw, Poland. Shlomo perished in Warsaw at the age of 70
Menachem Yisrael married Alta Shapiro, they came to Israel before the war lived in Jerusalem. children;
- Shmuel Baruch
- Ester Sara married an attorney
- Moshe Gdalyahu
- Ytzhak Mordechai
- Simcha +Dov Etinger in Jerusalem
- Sima Sheindel
Moshe Gdalyahu married Ester Beila Cohen ( She was first married to Akerman she had two children from the first husband) , children;
Sima perished in the holocaust
Mordechai married Bat- Sheva Ratner, children;
- Chemda studied physics maybe is in machon Viezman maybe her husband is also in machon Vitzman one son studied in a Yeshiva
- Shlomit
- Gdaliahu in yeshiva
- Ytzhak married with no children
- HaRav Boruch Rosenberg, zt"l
HaRav Mordechai Shulman zt"l would ask for his opinion regarding the
shiurim they gave, we realize how great he was in Torah. And his
greatness in Torah was matched by his greatness in chessed, in gemilus
chassodim, in middos shebein odom lechavero, in bringing orphans into
his home and in all of his greatness in Torah he was a giant in
humility. Who can replace him - More from the internet;
Ask the Rabbi wrote that "The only real "requirement" is that the chuppah be big enough for the bride and groom to stand under and that there be room for the bride to circle the groom." I really don't mean to shock you, but I must confess that I am of "pure" German-Jewish descent (a real "yekke" -- and proud of it) and it is not our custom for the bride to circle the groom. I want you to know that this is how I was married, the officiating rabbi having been Rav Yosef Breuer, zatzal, in the presence of Rav Mordechai Shulman, zatzal (of Slobodka Yeshiva). The ketubah was read by Rav Shimon Schwab, zatzal. I hope that you do not feel that the marriage was not valid! In many respects these customs are still followed, especially here in Washington Heights, New York.
Raphael N. Levi in Washington Heights, NY
Yad Vashem Testimony by Yehuda Shulman son of Beile Dvora Shulman ;
Shulman Dvora Beila
Dvora Beila Shulman nee Lev was born in Poland to Levi Yosef Lev and Etel
Dina. She was a housewife and married to Shmuel Simkha. Prior to WWII
she lived in Tikotin, Poland. During the war was in Tikotin, Poland.
She died in Tikotin, Poland. This information is based on a Page of
Testimony submitted on 12/02/1956 by her son; Yehuda Shulman R'
Yisrael Salanter Street, # 31- Tel Aviv.
Gutstein Sheina Sara
Sheina Sara Gutstein nee Shulman was born in Poland to Shmuel Simkha
and Dvora Beila nee Lev. She was a merchant and married to Zaidel.
During the war was in Bialistok, Poland. Sheina died in the Shoah with
two sons; Simcha age 15 and Zeev age 12 , she was 45 years old. This
information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 12/02/1956 by
her brother
Shulman Eliahu Baruch
Eliahu Baruch Shulman was born in Poland in 1905 to Shmuel Simkha and
Dvora Beila nee Lev. He was a rabbi and married to Ester nee Golomovski they
had 2 children. Prior to WWII he lived in Mir. During the war
was in Mir, Eliahu died in Mir at the age of 38. This
information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 12/02/1956 by
his brother
Shulman Eliezer
Eliezer Shulman was born in Poland in 1910 to Shmuel Simkha and Dvora
Beila nee Lev. He was a rabbi and married to nee Litvaken . she perished at
age 28. Prior to WWII he lived in Slobodka, Lithuania. During the war
was in Kowno, Lithuania. Eliezer died in Kowno at the age of 30. This
information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 12/02/1956 by
his brother
Cousins who perished;
Shulman Mordekhai
Mordekhai Shulman was born in Brisk, Poland to Khaim Yaakov Shulman and Hinda.
He was a rabbi and married. Prior to WWII he lived in Mogilev,
Belorussia. Mordekhai died in Russia at the age of 45. This
information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 12/02/1956 by
his cousin
Shulman Yosef
Yosef Shulman was born in Poland to Khaim Yaakov Shulman and Masha. He was a
rabbi and married to Shifra ( perished at age 55. Prior to WWII he
lived in Zelwa, Poland. Yosef died in the Shoah at the age of 55 with
daughters; Ester age 15 and Hinda age 14. This information is based on
a Page of Testimony submitted on 12/02/1956 by his cousin
Shulman Shlomo
Shlomo Shulman was born to Moshe Gdalyahu Shulman and Ester Rivka. He was a
merchant and married. Prior to WWII he lived in Warsaw, Poland. Shlomo
died in Warsaw, Poland at the age of 70. This information is based on
a Page of Testimony submitted on 12/02/1956 by his brothers’ son; Yehuda
Shulman R' Yisrael Salanter Street, # 31- Tel Aviv.
Khaim Yaakov Shulman was born in Mezerich, Poland to Moshe Gdaliahu and Ester. He was a rabbi and married. Prior to WWII he lived in Mogilev, Belorussia. Khaim Yaakov died in the Shoah at the age of 70. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 12/06/1956 by his cousin
Lev Pinchas
Pinia ( Pinchas) Lev was born to Yisrael Leib Lev. He was married. Prior
to WWII he lived in Bialistok, Poland. ????? died in the Shoah at the
age of 58. This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted
on 12/02/1956 by his cousin
Lev Yehoshua
Yehoshua Lev was born to Yisrael Leib Lev. He was a merchant and married.
Prior to WWII he lived in Sokolka, Poland. Yehoshua died in the Shoah
at the age of 48. This information is based on a Page of Testimony
submitted on 12/02/1956 by his cousin Yehuda Shulman R' Yisrael
Salanter Street, # 31- Tel Aviv.
Lev Yaakov
Yaakov Lev was born in Skidel, Poland to Yisrael Leib Lev. He was married
and had 4 children. Yaakov died in the Shoah at age 55. This
information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 12/02/1956 by
his cousin Yehuda Shulman R' Yisrael Salanter Street, # 31- Tel Aviv.
Lev Shalom
Shalom Lev was born in Poland to Yisrael Leib Lev. He was a merchant and
married and had 1 child. Prior to WWII he lived in Bialistok, Poland.
During the war was in Bialistok, Poland. Shalom died in the Shoah at
the age of 40. This information is based on a Page of Testimony
submitted on 12/09/1956 by his cousin
Labendik Khaia
Khaia Labendik was born in Sokolka, Poland to Yisrael Leib Lev. She was a
housewife and married and had 3 children. Khaia died in the Shoah at
the age of 50. This information is based on a Page of Testimony
submitted on 12/02/1956 by her cousin.
Writer
(Some Information copied from the internet)
Born in 5579 Av 18th (9.8.1819), in old Bikhov (Mohilev Region -
Belarus). He
greatly cared about his Talmud studies. soon after he came to the
Volozhin Yeshiva, he became Rabbi Itsele's most cherished student. Reb
Itsele knew languages. Like his father he spoke Russian and Polish
fluently. He was Interested in medicine, he was able to read and to
understand Latin. He would even check his students and tell them which
medications to take. However he did not inflate his expertise. In the
case of a serious eyes illness of his favorite student, the writer
Kalman Schulman, he sent him to Vilna to the renowned Professor
Poritshinski with an introduction letter, where the patient eventually
recovered. Kalman Schulman moved to Vilna permanently.
Kalman Schulman befriended many leading members of the community.
Amongst his dear friends were the young writers who introduced Hebrew
to their readers. He also befriended religious leaders of the
community, amongst them; Rabbi Yisroel Salant.
In 5608 (1848) a cholera epidemic, which claimed many lives, broke out
in Vilna. R' Yisroel marshaled his courage and convened many public
meetings, at which he aroused the people to do teshuva sheleimoh, and
to extend financial aid to the victims and their families.
On erev Yom Kippur 5609, he hung announcements in all of Vilna's shuls
and botei medrash instructing the people not to fast, to shorten the
piyutim, and then to go to the outskirts of the town to breathe fresh
air.
After shacharis of Yom Kippur, R' Yisroel himself went up to the
bimoh, recited a borei minei mezonos, and ate in full view of the
entire congregation, so that all would follow suit.
That very same year, an edict was issued by the government to found
Rabbinical Seminaries in Vilna and Zhitomir. Schulman Kelman and other
communal leaders of Vilna sought to appoint R' Yisroel as a gemora
teacher in the new Beis Medrash, while he who had recommended him,
Kalman Schulman, was appointed a Tanach and Hebrew grammar teacher.
After some year Kelman Schulman became one of the most remarkable and
prolific "haskala" (Enlightenment) Jewish writers of his generation.
In 1859, Kalman Schulman began to publish his highly popular
translations/adaptations of Eugene Sue's Les Mystères de
Paris,"Mysteries of Paris" thus introducing the Hebrew reader to one
of the great popular adventure stories of contemporary French
literature. Works of literature of the 1850's formed the basis of
what might be called "the invention of Hebrew prose."
Kalman Schulman was a leading Enlightenment figures of his time with
his romantic style books. His subjects, the love of Zion, the love of
the Hebrew language, the splendors of the east and Jewish history .
His special place in the history comes not form his unique Hebrew
style, but for the enormous educational affect he had on his
generation. His large volume of works in numerous subjects introduced
the Hebrew readers to various general subjects.. Kalman Schulman's The
Ruins of Betar supplied Abraham Goldfaden's Play; Bar-Kokhba, with the
material he sought to write the play.
The first Maskil who was actively interested in German-Jewish
historical novels and stories was Kalman Schulman, best known for his
educational efforts to translate history and geography books for
eastern European Youth. August Ludwig Frankel, the Vienna Jewish
community's secretary, put together a collection of folk stories that
fascinated Schulman. The collection was created on the basis of notes
Frankel took of stories heard during a business trip to Jerusalem.
Frankel added the stories to his diary, making them the second part of
his Nach Jerusalem, Leipzig 1858. This voyage was planned for
establishing the Lemmel orphanage. In Schulman's book Havazelet
ha-Scharon, Vilna 1861, the second part is dedicated to these tales,
while the first is a set of fictional letters written to a friend,
answering philological and historical riddles in Talmudic texts. In
the first part, Schulman praises a miracle worker from Livorno, Italy,
who used his talents in Germany, in order to cut living people in half
and then put them back together again.
Those who read the first part of Havazelet ha-Scharon would not be
surprised to later find Frankel's tale about the Jewish mystic and
founder of the "Beit El" Yeshiva in Jerusalem in the 18th century, Sar
Shalom Sharabi. According to Frankel, Sharabi froze an Arab youth who
tried to chop his head off with a sword, simply by gazing at him.
Sharabi's gaze turned the boy into a column of salt , just like Lot's
wife in the Biblical story. In this story Schulman is not providing a
counter to the stories in Shivhei ha-Besht but rather reinforces them.
It is no mere chance that during the sixties Shivhei ha-Besht was
published in at least six editions in Lemberg alone. In Shivhei
ha-Besht we find the story of the Besht, who was attacked by a robber
(Hebrew: "Gazlan") who used an axe to try to behead him. However, as
the robber lifted his axe he was beaten by unidentified-invisible
forces and lost his power of speech.
Three years earlier, Schulman published Harisot Beitar (The Ruins of
Beitar), a Hebrew translation and adaptation of a book written in
German by Rabbi Dr. Samuel Meir from Achingen in: "Israelitischer
Musen Almanach". In the opening, Schulman added a historical
introduction for the Hebrew reader, describing the time (second
century) and the hero (Bar-Kokhva) according to the sayings of the
Jewish sages, Church fathers and the writings of fellow Maskilim such
as Zekharyah Frankel and Nachman Krochmal. By so doing, Schulman
opened the way for other publications portraying historical figures
and their noble or destructive deeds.
From the literary point of view, Schulman's achievement is interesting
because of the kind of literature it was the first to offer to readers
of Hebrew pastime literature, fiction in place of the serious writings
of the humanists. The enormous success obtained by this first work of
the translator, the repeated editions which it underwent, testify to
the existence of a public that craved light literature. Thenceforth,
romanticism was to occupy the first place, and the Melizah style was
appropriated for the purposes of fiction, to the delight of the
friends of the Bible language.
In spite of his small originality, it happened that Kalman Schulman
contributed more than any other writer to the achievement of securing
a place for Hebrew in the hearts of the people. For the length of a
half-century, he was regarded popularly as the master of Hebrew style.
Romantic and conservative in religion, enthusiastic for whatsoever the
Jewish genius produced, naïve in his conception of life, he let his
activity play upon all the fields of literature. He published a
History of the World in ten volumes ; a geography, likewise in ten
volumes; four volumes of biographical and literary essays on the
Jewish writers of the Middle Ages; a national romance dealing with the
time of Bar Kokbah (a composite made up of a number of translations) ;
and curious Biblical and Talmudic essays.
His language is the Hebrew of Isaiah. The artificialities and the
undue emphasis of his style, his childlike views, his romantic
sentimentality in all that touches Jews and Judaism, which appealed
directly to the hearts of the simple readers who constituted his
public, explain the success of this writer, well merited even though
he lacked originality. His books were spread broad-cast, by the
millions of copies, and they fostered love of Hebrew, of science, and
knowledge in general among the people. By this token, Schulman was a
civilizing agent of the first rank. His work is the portal through
which the Maskil had to pass, and sometimes passes to this day, on the
path of development toward modern civilization.
Kalman Schulman's "Divrei Y'mei Olam", "The world History" is known
among his important books. Harisot Beitar, Land of Russia,
Schulman also had translated and edited many books. He died in 5659
Shvat 5th (15.1.1899), in Vilna.
His son; Michel
Feiner, S. Kalman Schulman: The Father of the Bestsellers [in Hebrew].
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 05:20:17 -0800
Shulman web page.
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> From: David Gurtler <davidgurtler@gmail.com>
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> I recently came across the Shulman page on your website. Fantastic information.
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> I thought I could add something to it, without going it to the whole family tree.
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> Avraham Yosef married ?, Children;
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> Avraham Yosef Shulman who lived in Crown Highets.
> Baruch ( Ben) his son is in show business ; Oren Shulman in New York
> Ytzhak
> Zvia
> Ester
> Ray ( Rachel)
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> Ben Shulman was my uncle. He was married to my mother’s sister Fay (Faige) Shulman nee Rabinowitz.
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> They actually had 3 children.
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> Barry Shulman - lives in Miami
> Oren Shulman - New York
> Naomi Novak nee Shulman lives in Voorhees New Jersey.
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> Two Ben’s sisters, Esther and Ray I believe, never married. The other Sister was married but had no children. Ben’s brother, I believe had two children. A son and a daughter( I think her name was Abigail)
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> All the best,
>
> David Gurtler