Category: Israel
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The OTHER other Sol Goldstein (not the gangster, not my grandfather…)
THIS Sol was one of the few Goldsztern family members to survive the Shoah. My grandfather Sol told me that his brother Yudel Moshe’s son Sol had immigrated to Palestine in about 1936 and that he later came to the US. My cousins Sharon Suckman Kimelstein, Lorraine Eisner Fitelson and Maxine Eisner Pollack remembered hearing […]
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Finding the Surviving Goldstein’s
Finding Goldstein cousins who survived the Holocaust is the highlight and most gratifying success of my genealogical research. Here’s how it happened: Clue Number 1: Grandpa Sol Goldstein had told me that the family name in Poland was “Goldshtern” (Goldsztern in Polish). The name was written as “Goldstein” on his brother Shimon’s ship manifest in […]
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Our Friendly Fourth Cousins in Haifa
Family in Israel! Finally, genealogical research has revealed some connections! Bruce and I had been invited to spend our second Shabbat in Israel this past February with our Rozenzumen cousins in Haifa, Yosi and Nitza Ben-Dov, staying over on Friday night in their home. Here’s a reminder of how we are related: My great-grandmother was […]