Goldstein, Battalen, Challov & Ronen Family Histories

Tag: JRI-Poland

  • The Goldstein-Rozensumen (Ben-Dov) Reunion in the Motor City

    Cousins of the Goldstein and Ben-Dov branches of the Rozensumen family met, for the first time in more than 100 years, on April 25 in Detroit, during Passover.   As a reminder, ROZENSUMEN was the maiden name of Sol Goldstein’s mother, Yachet (aka Yocheved/Yetta).  Yosi Ben-Dov, who had found me through MyHeritage is the head of […]

  • The Goldstein’s of Terespol

    Because my family left New York when my mother was pregnant with me, in late summer 1951, I didn’t get to know my grandparents well.  We made more-or-less annual treks back to Brooklyn, usually for Passover, sometimes in the summer.  Those were twelve-hour car trips which we did in one day, stopping at a roadside […]