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I'm searching for BIBELAJZER / Bibilaizer Joszua from Warsaw

Eva was the mother of Joshua, Rivka and Dvora. The family name, to the best of my
knowledge, should be written as "BIBELAJZER". The name of Eva's husband was
Mordechi. He died prior to the WW2.

Bibilaizer Eva, Warsaw/Warszawa Poland 1868
Bibilaizer Rivka Born: Warsaw/Warszawa Poland 1905
Bibilaizer Joszua Born: Warsaw/Warszawa Poland 1909
Bibilaizer Dvora Born: Warsaw/Warszawa Poland 1907

Many many thanks for any information,
Henry Grandicki

Message: Dear Lewitan family,
My father's sister, (Sala) was married to a man named Avraham Lewitan. He was
born in Warsaw, Poland. 
Avraham's father, named Yeshayahu was  born in Siaului, Lithuania (if I'm not
mistaken) and settled in Warsaw. Avraham is the only member of the family,to
have survived(he survived the Warsaw ghetto uprising together with his wife and
daughter, only to be caught in a burning building (Aprill 1943), to be sent to
Treblinka(he survived this camp and several others) this is how we know who and
how they perished. Avraham had a sister who emigrated to Israel(early 1930's),
and they were in the construction business. Avraham settled in Eretz Yisrael
after the war and remarried. 
Would Avraham Lewitan be any relation? 
He passed away only a couple of years ago. I recently was told this story and
I'm sorry I never met him.

Geri Levine (geri@levinecorp.com)

Jewish Records Indexing - Poland is delighted to announce
that the speaker at the JRI-Poland luncheon on opening day
of the conference (Sunday, August 17) will be a representative
of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw.

Nearly 80 percent of the world's Jews can trace their roots to
Poland where Jewish presence predates the Holocaust by
almost 1000 years. Now, the Museum of the History of Polish
Jews, a center for education and culture, dedicated to
preserving the lasting legacy of Jewish life in Poland is to be
opened in Warsaw in 2011.

Located in what was the heart of the Warsaw Jewish Quarter
and opposite the Monument to the Heroes of the Warsaw
Ghetto Uprising, the Museum, using the latest research and
innovative exhibition design will immerse visitors in the world
of Polish Jews end encourage exploration through a wide
range of media, documents and artifacts.

The Museum's representative will present the plans of the
eight core exhibition galleries which trace Jewish history in
Poland from 966 A.D. until the present, and discuss the
initiatives undertaken by Jewish communities around the
world to support the Museum.

Don't miss what will be a most interesting presentation.
Sign up on the conference website to attend the luncheon.
If you have already registered for the conference, you
can add the JRI-Poland luncheon to your registration.

Stanley Diamond
Executive Director
On behalf of The Board of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland

I have reason to believe that my rabbinic ancestor, Rabbi Jankel
BLUMENSON of Widoma ("Yekl Widomer"), had a wealthy brother living
Warsaw in the mid 1860's. The information is gleaned from a personal
letter of his seemingly written to this brother.

The only leads I have are that Jankel was originally from Piotrkow
(b. 1795) , but moved to the Przedborz area to marry and enhance his
rabbinic studies. An internet source about Jews of Warsaw says that
there were indeed two wealthy Jews living there and originally from
Piotrkow. Their names were Josel Jankel and Szmul, and they lived
slightly before the era of surnames (around 1800). I thought there
might be a connection, though if they were "my" Jankel's relatives,
they'd be significantly older (and possibly no longer living by the
1860's).

I'd appreciate it if someone who has information regarding wealthy
Jews of Warsaw from 19th century could contact me, or also contact me
if you have specific information about the Josel Jankel and Szmul
mentioned above.

I know its a long shot...

Thank you.

Steve Bloom

t: Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Queens, NY Searchable Database Now Online
From: Steven Lasky
This evening the searchable database of approximately 88,000 burials went
online for Mt. Lebanon Cemetery in Glendale, Queens, New York. I am assuming
that this is not a test and will still be online tomorrow morning, but you
never know. Whichever the case, it is ready (or nearly so) for you to use.
There are more than 260 society plots within this cemetery. On the cemetery
website, just click on the link at the top of the page that says "Interment
Search/Genealogy" and search away.

On the website main page is a link to the Cemetery Grounds Map.

The searchable fields are First Name, Last Name, Date of Death (Month/Year),
Block, Reference, and Society (Name.)

Just did a couple of initial tries, and the fields seem to be working
properly.

As to Block and Reference, Block is the block number or letter as it appears
on the Cemetery Grounds Map. Reference refers to the gate number. You can
also use the searchable JGSNY database to determine the Block and Reference
(Gate) number and use those numbers and letters if you wish. This can be
found at www.jgsny.org/searchcity.htm.

As to the Society (Name) field, I would suggest that before using this
search field, you click on the "About Us" link at the top of each page,
scroll down to the link for "societies/organiations/synagogues," click on
it, then look for the society of interest to you. I might suggest for now
that you use the "commonly used name" first in the Society field, and if
that doesn't work, just chose a keyword from this "commonly used name,"
preferably the word that signifies, e.g., the town that the plot is
associated with.

The best enhanced feature it seems is that this database at least (not the
other five created so far) dispalys a maximum of 500 search results, much
more than the 200 the other five databases give you.
That's pretty good! I have no idea whether they will expand the other
databases so they display 500 search results or not.

The Mt. Lebanon Cemetery website and searchable database can be found at
www.mountlebanoncemetery.com.

If you notice any particular problems with this database, i.e. functional
problems, and not that you can't find a name, there is a spelling or data
entry mistake, please let me know and I will let them know.
So far, the database looks good.

This is the sixth NYC Queens cemetery database that is now online, and I
believe that combined these databases allow us to search among 630,000
records!

Still to come, perhaps in the next few months, will be Knollwood Park
Cemetery, which now is supervised by the folks at nearby Mt. Carmel
Cemetery. You will be able to find these records on the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
website once it is uploaded, though it could be, as I've said, a few months
or so.

Glad I could be the bearer of good tidings!

L'Shana Tova,
Steven Lasky
New York

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The traditional Jewish section of Warsaw was located in the southwest
central part of the City, particularly around Muranow, Powazki, Leszno, and
Grzybowski square - It was considered the largest Yiddish-speaking center in
Europe. A good book to read to give you a feel for Warsaw during this time
would be: Warsaw Between the World Wars: Profile of the Capital City in a
Developing Land, 1918 - 1939 by Edward D. Wynot, Jr., published in 1983,
ISBN 0-88033-018-X

George Mason

 

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