| Kosher
Yiddish Website |
| Click here for the Homepage. |
| This link
takes you to my translation of a
fabulous Yiddish short story by
the late Soviet writer Ber Halpern. This short story, entitled "Der
Beseylem" is of special interest to
Jewish Genealogists, as well as to students of Yiddish. (This same link
also appears on the Yiddish page of this website.) |
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Some
links that are useful for genealogists:
"A Revolution in Jewish Genealogy" - Oct. 3, 2006 Article in the Jerusalem Post Guide for Transliterating Hebrew and Yiddish Words into English Secular Names of Eastern European Towns & Cities and Their Yiddish Equivalents Note: Yiddish Pronunciation of the town names are from my memory. Please advise if I've erred. Eilat Gordin-Levitan's Website for Krasne (a/k/a Krasnoye Nad Usza) -- one of my ancestral shtetlach The
Vaad
HaYeshivos in Pre-War Vilna: Lists of Charitable
Contributions to the
Vaad, and Correspondences with Donors 1932 Lists of Contributors from the Town of Krasne to the Vaad HaYeshivos in Vilna Definition
and History of "Landsmanshaftn" (Hometown Organizations) Recollections
of the 1987 Retzkin (Reckin) Family-Reunification Miracle, plus Other
Notes on Horodok |