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Rabbinic ordination certificate received by Jacob Mandelbaum after completing his studies at the Wolozyn Yeshiva, 09 October 1913

Rabbinic ordination certificate received by Jacob Mandelbaum after completing his studies at the Wolozyn Yeshiva, 09 October 1913 Rabbi Jacob Mandelbaum from Siedlce received rabbinic ordination when he was only 18 years old.

File Number : 1212

Type of Material : Personal Records

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Shmaryahu Weiss, born in Papa, Hungary, 1939, regarding his aliya to Israel through a certificate, 1943

Testimony

Testimony of Shmaryahu Weiss, born in Papa, Hungary, 1939, regarding his aliya to Israel through a certificate, 1943 Family background. Enlistment of his father to the labor battalions and his work in a forced labor camp, 1942; deportation of his aunt, uncle and their two children from Bratislava, and their arrival in the hometown of witness ,Papa, 1943; attaching the witness and his brother to the certificate with the uncles; approval of aliya to Eretz Israel with consultation and recommendation of Rabbi Meltz in Budapest; crossing to Budapest and departing by train, evening of Yom Kippur 1943; travel to...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Bill for the sale of leavened food, written by Rabbi Yaakov Bornstein in Gargzdai, including the signatures of the members of the Jewish community of Gargzdai, 1916

File Number : 115

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Names

Language : Hebrew

Documentation of Arthur Plotsk, born in Leipzig, Germany, of Rabbi Simon Dasberg and his daughter Dina, from Groningen, the Netherlands, and of Alfred Weiss, born in Banovce, Slovakia; documentation dated, 1920-1941 - Transit pass issued for Arthur Plotzk by the police in Zagreb, before his travel to Eretz Israel, 20 February 1941; postcard sent by Jetta Plotsk from the Lodz Ghetto to her niece in Denmark, 11 November 1941; - Affidavit from Jozef Weiss (whose last place of residence before his deportation was Hilversum, the Netherlands) and by lawyer I. S. de Vries (whose last place of residence before...

File Number : 145

Type of Material : Letter, Diploma, Poem/song, Declaration, Postcard, Administrative Documentation, List of Detainees, Passport

Language : Hebrew, French, English, Dutch, Hungarian, Serbian-Croatian

Letters from Rabbi Neach Ajzenbud and Rabbi Josef Rozovski in Vilna to various persons in Eretz Israel before the war

Letters from Rabbi Neach Ajzenbud and Rabbi Josef Rozovski in Vilna to various persons in Eretz Israel before the war - Letter from Rabbi Josef Rozovski in Vilna to his brother Eli Chaim Rozovski in Eretz Israel, 05 February 1935; - Two letters from Rabbi Neach Ajzenbud to his rabbinical colleagues in Eretz Israel, undated; the address of Rabbi Josef Rozovski, to which the sender requests that funds be sent, appears in his letter to Rabbi Alter Abelov; the letter contains information regarding Rabbi Josef Rozovski (executive secretary of Chaim Ozer), one of the leading rabbis in Vilna. Note: The...

File Number : 2113

Type of Material : Letter

Language : Hebrew

Certificate of ordination to the rabbinate, given to Mordka Piekarz from Lukow, issued by the Association of Rabbis of Poland in Warsaw, 22/07/1935

File Number : 1183

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Polish

Memoirs of Rabbi Hillel Kustanowicz, born in Luban, Poland, 17 August 1900, regarding his experiences in Lachowicze and Siberia during the Soviet occupation, 1941-1946

Memoirs of Rabbi Hillel Kustanowicz, born in Luban, Poland, 17 August 1900, regarding his experiences in Lachowicze and Siberia during the Soviet occupation, 1941-1946 His childhood in Luban with his father Shimon Arie and his mother Lena Reisel; learns in a yeshiva in Sluck; continues his learning in a yeshiva in Kleck; move to Nieswiez; return to Kleck; move to Lachowicze; marriage to Sonia Rozowski. Red Army occupation; return to Luban; move to Sluck and then to Bobroisk; return to Lachowicze; retreat of the Soviets, June 1941; evacuation to the East; travel by train via Minsk, Baranowicze and...

File Number : 8529

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : English

Documentation regarding Jichak and Tania Krakowski including diplomas received by the couple from Toulouse University and more, 1928-1929

Documentation regarding Jichak and Tania Krakowski including diplomas received by the couple from Toulouse University and more, 1928-1929 The documentation includes: - French language teaching diploma issued by Toulouse University to Tania (Goldberg) Krakowski, born in Poland, 15 August 1907, 06 March 1928; - Chemical engineering diploma for Jichak Krakowski, issued by Toulouse University, 13 December 1929; - Ketubah (marriage certificate) of Tania and Jichak Krakowski, 09 November 1927, (14 Cheshvan 5688); - Portrait of Rabbi Menachem Krakowski and comments written in microcalligraphy; the...

File Number : 1182

Type of Material : Personal Documents

Language : Hebrew, French, Aramaic

Family tree for the Tojbman family written by the Berezne city rabbi, Gdalja Tojbman, for his daughter Pnina prior to her aliya to Eretz Israel

Family tree for the Tojbman family written by the Berezne city rabbi, Gdalja Tojbman, for his daughter Pnina prior to her aliya to Eretz Israel Note: - The Tojbman Family: Pnina (Tojbman) Rabinowitz, born, 1912, is the daughter of Rabbi Gdalja Tojbman, Rabbi of the city of Berezne; Shmulik was her older and Ruchale her younger sibling; the name of her mother is not known; Pnina and Chaim Rabinowitz (parents of Micha Rabin, submitter of the material) married in Berezne and made aliya to Eretz Israel, 1936; Chaim Rabinowitz is the son of the Admor (Hassidic teacher and leader) Zvi Yehuda Rabinowitz...

File Number : 1181

Type of Material : Genealogy

Language : Hebrew

Postcard from Rabbi Zvi Guttman, the sole survivor of the mass murder in Bucharest, 22 January 1941, to Sara Deskel in Israel, in which he testifies regarding the murder of her husband Shabtai Deskel

Postcard from Rabbi Zvi Guttman, the sole survivor of the mass murder in Bucharest, 22 January 1941, to Sara Deskel in Israel, in which he testifies regarding the murder of her husband Shabtai Deskel Also in the file: - Experiences of Shabtai Deskel, including the circumstances of his murder as written by his granddaughter, Razia Adam; Comments by the submitter of the material regarding the experiences of Shabtai Deskel, born 1888 in Bessarabia, Romania: Murder of Shabtai along with 69 Jewish men who went to the synagogue in Bucharest to pray, 22 January 1941; transfer of 70 men by truck from the...

File Number : 1961

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony, Documentary

Language : Hebrew

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