Academy Award Winning Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has joined the Jewish Genealogy trend, having been profiled for the NBC series “Who Do You Think You Are.” The episode, which will air this weekend, follows Paltrow as she researches her family tree and promises some interesting discoveries. Gwyneth’s father, TV producer Bruce Paltrow, descended from the Paltrowicz Read More…
Category: Jewish Genealogy
Yizkor Book Translations
Michael Schoeman, of New York, really hit the Genealogical Jackpot when he opened the Yizkor Book for the Polish town of Biala Rawska, from which his grandfather emigrated in 1905. There, he found a photo that he recognized from his childhood home and was excited to discover that it accompanied an article written in Yiddish by his Read More…
Yiddish Names for Girls
I’m creating a list of Yiddish names to help you identify the names you find in your family tree, and learn out about their meaning and origin. In this post, I’ve included a list of Yiddish names for girls. (A similar list of Yiddish names for boys is also in the works – coming soon) There Read More…
Yiddish Letters and Postcards: An Appreciation
If you are lucky enough to possess original Yiddish letters and postcards handed down in your family, then you are probably very curious to know what they say. Do they contain interesting family stories that you never knew? Or even a juicy family secret? Or maybe a unique insight into world history? Perhaps they do. We’ll Read More…