 | | | | | | | | | | 投稿者: 2012年4月22日 01:17 の Linda Silverman Shefler |  Lucy Z. Goldberg of New York City died Wednesday April 17, 2012 at her residence. She was 103 year old. Mrs. Goldfarb was born in Germany on December 20, 1908 and was the daughter of Nathan and Amalia Zimmermann. She was predeceased by her husband Henry in 1958 her 6 sisters and 1 brother. Lucy is survived by a brother Leo. A graveside service is scheduled for Friday at 11:00 a.m. in the Beth El Cemetery in Paramus, New Jersey.
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| | | 投稿者: 2012年2月10日 10:44 の Linda Silverman Shefler | "Ignatz Isaac Bick was a scholar and rabbi in Frankfurt, Germany when the Nazis came to power in the early 1930s. He and his wife Mira saw their chance to leave the country and shipped their possessions to the port of Hamburg, then migrated to England. “When the war broke out, we could not get our stuff shipped,” says daughter Inge, who was 13 at the time". To read the rest of the story of how six books that had belonged to her father, were returned to Inge (nee Bick) Isler, copy and paste this link: http://www.jewishledger.com/2010/09/after-70-years-nazi-looted-books-returned/ | |
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| | | 投稿者: 2012年1月12日 02:11 の Linda Silverman Shefler |  After a storied career as an economist, William Freund has embarked on a venture in which rewards are measured in smiles, not profits and losses. At the age of 85, he is the author of his first children’s book, with another on the way. Kurt's book, 'The Cookie that Saved My Family' is based on a true family story. Cut and paste this link to read this great story! http://njjewishnews.com/article/7882/retired-economist-is-bullish-on-books-for-kids#.Tw6CtPmYLke Congratulations Kurt on your first publication! | |
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| | | 投稿者: 2011年4月10日 13:52 の Linda Silverman Shefler |  American Civil War Regiments Regiment: 169th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania Date of Organization: 28 Nov 1862 Muster Date: 26 Jul 1863 Regiment State: Pennsylvania Regiment Type: Infantry Regiment Number: 169th Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 0 Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 0 Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 0 Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 11 Regimental Soldiers and History: List of Soldiers
Regimental History PENNSYLVANIA-ONE HUNDRED and SIXTY-NINTH INFANTRY (Nine Months)
One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Infantry. - Col., Lewis W. Smith; Lieut.-Col., S. M. Wickersham; Maj., William Smyth. The 169th, a militia organization, was composed of four companies from Crawford Co., two from Mercer, two from Erie, one from Clarion and one from Butler. It was organized at Pittsburg in Oct. and Nov. 1862, and there mustered into the U. S. service for a nine months term. Ordered to Washington on Dec. 1, it was sent to Fortress Monroe, thence to Gloucester Point and Fort Keyes, which it garrisoned until July 9, 1863, when it was ordered to Funkstown and became part of the 11th corps, Army of the Potomac. On July 15, the command was ordered home and was mustered out at Harrisburg on the 27th. Source: The Union Army, vol. 1
Battles Fought - none
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about Aaron J. Marx Name: Aaron J. Marx Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania Regiment Name: 169 Pennsylvania Inf. (Drafted Militia) Regiment Name Expanded: 169th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (Drafted Militia) Company: F Rank In: Sergeant Rank In Expanded: Sergeant Rank Out: Sergeant Rank Out Expanded: Sergeant Film Number: M554 roll 76 | |
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| | | 投稿者: 2011年2月15日 10:37 の Linda Silverman Shefler |  MORELAND HILLS Four years ago, Andrew Uhrman’s family donated money to build the Andrew Uhrman Activity Center at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital (Cleveland, Ohio). Today, they have still not stopped supporting the effort. Andrew Uhrman died Oct. 25, 2004, of a rare blood disorder. He was 10 years old. “After his death, our family felt it was very important that we give back to the hospital,” Andrew’s dad, Seth Uhrman, of Moreland Hills, said. “We continue to support the hospital philanthropically as well as the activity center on a regular basis.” Recently, Uhrman, who is a member of Rainbow’s National Leadership Council, solicited the help of family and friends to donate a shipment of new toys and more than 80 Barbie dolls to the center. “The reality is, once you lose a child you’ve lost something forever,” he said. “We are very fortunate that our family and friends have the ability to give back, and it is important to continue to give back in memory of Andrew.” The activity center is also continuously supported by the Orange school district, which donates books and toys, and Andrew’s friends, who have donated gifts from their bar and bat mitzvah projects. The activity center is a play room on Rainbow’s second floor that is unlike any other. The family keeps it updated with the most recent games and toys. Uhrman said Andrew spent a lot of time in the hospital and there was just not enough for him to do there. “There weren’t enough activities to keep the kids busy,” he said. The goal of the activity center was to create a place where kids could just be kids. “Terminally ill kids should have the ability play like a normal child would,” Uhrman said. The room is fully equipped with modern kid’s toys and games like air hockey, a Wii, foosball, a big-screen television and an area for craft and music therapy. One of Andrew’s complaints was that he and the other kids his age did not have a separate area to play away from the younger, toddler-aged children. Because of this, there is an adolescent side and a teen side where children can relax, unwind and just be kids. The activity center opened in 2006 thanks to a generous donation from Uhrman and Andrew’s great-grandparents Malcolm and the late Helene Zucker. The caption under the picture: The Andrew Uhrman Activity Center opened in 2006 in memory of Andrew, who died from a rare blood disorder at the age of 10. Here, Andrew’s great-grandparents and father show off the entrance to the activity center. From left, the late Helene Zucker, Seth Uhrman and Malcolm Zucker. | |
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| | | 投稿者: 2011年2月15日 09:36 の Linda Silverman Shefler |  Helene's life has been filled with acts of "chesed" kindness and "tzedakah" charity. She is a Life Member of True Sisters and a Lion of Judah of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. Dozens of Helene's years were spent volunteering at The Temple-Tifereth Israel and the Suburban Hospital Gift Shop. Malcolm's father, Jay, started State Industrial Products in 1911 (a fifth-generation Jewish owned company in Cleveland). Malcolm is currently Chairman of the Board of State Industrial and has spent his entire career there while at the same time contributing to the City of Cleveland and its institutions. Malcolm is a Life Trustee at Montefiore and has been involved in countless organizations including the Greater Cleveland Growth Association and United Way of Cleveland. The Malcolm & Helene Zucker & Ronna & Hal Uhrman Gardens at Montefiore provide a landscaped courtyard with colorful seasonal foliage and programs to engage residents and families. Helene and Malcolm turned heartbreak into generosity and created the AndrewUhrmanActivityCenter at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in memory of their loving great-grandson. Helene and Mac are cherished members of their family and of the greater Cleveland community. | |
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| | | 投稿者: 2011年2月15日 09:35 の Linda Silverman Shefler |  Ronna has enhanced the lives of thousands of families - through 40 years of teaching at Ganon Gil Preschool and in her leadership roles with PTA, ClevelandHebrewSchools, Ganon Gil, National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section and The Temple-Tifereth Israel. Hal represents the fourth generation of State Industrial Products, a Cleveland-based company that he expanded into an international enterprise whose headquarters still remain in Cleveland. A diverse workforce and "green" products continue to propel State Industrial Products forward. Hal has held key leadership roles in the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, Montefiore, the Oklahoma Business Roundtable, and the Daisy Hill Farms Board. In addition to instilling Jewish values in their three children and eight grandchildren, Ronna and Hal have contributed to a better Cleveland community through their generosity. Whether building playgrounds for children or supporting The Cleveland Clinic, UniversityHospitals of Cleveland or United Way, Hal and Ronna have embodied the Jewish value of tikkun olam - making the world a better place. | |
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| | | 投稿者: 2011年1月18日 07:08 の Linda Silverman Shefler | Yesterday someone asked the question, "Why were so many of my ancestors cattle dealers?" of the Jewish Genealogy Discussion Group. It's a very relevant question that pertains to us as well and I thought I would share the question and some of the answers with you. Throughout much of Europe, Jews were limited to certain trades and professions. In almost all cases Jews weren't allowed to own land, further restricting what they could do professionally. In a mostly agrarian economy, that meant that they became merchants.Cattle trading was a natural choice, because Jews, not being serfs, could travel freely; and even national boundaries caused little problem as they had a common language with their colleagues elsewhere. They were also able to read, write and keep accounts, not skills commonly found among the non-Jewish population in those days.
Cattle (and horse) dealing was actually a stereotypical "Jewish" trade. Jews in Lithuania would buy cattle from local farmers and move them across the Prussian border for sale. Because Jewish families and communities had trustworthy contacts across borders, with Jewish courts whose judgments would be sent out to other communities far and wide, there was a built-in international legal system to regulate trade, which was not the case in the gentile community.
Jews needed kosher meat, which meant that there was a demand for skilled butchers. Sometimes the cattle traders did this as a sideline.
There is a theory that Yiddish arose around Stuttgart, which was an international horse trading center in the medieval period, when horses from the wide plains of Poland and Russia were brought there for sale in Western Europe. 'Stuttgart' = 'stud-yard' in English.
While some of our ancestors continued as butchers when they arrived in the New World, many left that Old World profession behind and tried their hands at the unlimited possibilities their immigration brought them. | |
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| | | 投稿者: 2010年12月12日 16:41 の Linda Silverman Shefler | Pictured from left to right are: Inge, Egon and Gisela Berg. I have uploaded the picture to the Marx Family Album. Egon was the cousin of Inge and Gisela and the son of Karl and Rosel (Marx) Berg from Cologne. Gisela Berg (now Jill Pauly) is the daughter of Joseph and Klara (Meyer) Berg. She was born May 1, 1933 and grew up in the small farming community of Lechenich, Germany (near Cologne), where her father earned his living as a cattle dealer. The Berg family had lived in that area since the 1600s. Gisela has one older sibling, Inge (b. 1929, now Inge Katzenstein). After the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 9-10, 1938, the family hid in Cologne. The following week, Gisela's father, along with his brother, George, and cousin, Ernest, fled to Holland to escape arrest. However, they were imprisoned upon their arrival for illegal entry. Klara's brother, Herman Meyer, who had been living in Holland, contacted the head of the Jewish community in Rotterdam and hired an attorney to secure their permission to remain in The Netherlands. After this experience, the family decided to look for another country of refuge. A cousin named Rosel (Marx) Berg had a close relative who had previously immigrated to England, where he had become a successful businessman. Rosel called him daily from Cologne, asking him to help the family get out of Germany. He, in turn, asked his younger brother, Herman Strauss who worked for a prestigious law firm in Kenya, to help secure visas for the Berg family. Herman Meyer paid the mandatory 50 pounds per person for entry papers to Kenya. After nine months in an internment camp, Joseph, Ernest and George were finally released so that they could leave for Kenya. They were the first members of the Berg family to arrive and rented a large house in Nairobi. That June they were joined by more than a dozen members of the extended family, including Klara, Gisela, Inge, Clara and Marcus Berg (Josef's parents), and Bertha Meyer (Klara's mother). This group sailed from Genoa, Italy to Mombasa, Kenya on board the SS Usambara. In all, seventeen family members fled Nazi Germany for Kenya, the youngest of whom, Egon (the son of Karl and Rosel Berg), was only eighteen months old. After war broke out in September 1939, the British government arrested all adult male foreign nationals, including Joseph Berg and his brothers. They were released a week later on condition that they work on the farms of British citizens conscripted for war service. Throughout the war, the Bergs had the status of enemy aliens and could leave their homes only with the permission of a police commissioner. In the fall of 1939, the Bergs purchased a 375-acre farm in Limuru and an additional 125 acres in Maguga. The large family lived in two farmhouses about a mile apart. Each day Joseph commuted to the Maguga farm, stopping to perform his mandatory farm work on a third farm midway between his own. After the German invasion of The Netherlands in May 1940, the Dutch branch of the family, including Herman Meyer, Adolf and Erna Baum and their daughter Hannah, also fled to Kenya aboard the last ship out of the country. Another member was added to the family group with the birth of Philip Berg (the son of Ernest and Else Berg) in 1942. Gisela and her family remained in Kenya for eight years, immigrating to the United States in 1947. Karl, Rosel (nee Marx) and Egon Berg also immigrated to America in 1947. | |
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| | | 投稿者: 2010年12月12日 15:25 の Linda Silverman Shefler | Dear Cousins ~
I am thrilled by the enthusiasm being shown for the family site, as well as your contributions of information and pictures!! I hope that you will continue as this is what makes the site more fascinating.
You might have noticed that I have several different family sites; the purpose being that each site pertains just to that specific family. That way, any of us going through the site knows that we are actually related to all of the people included within the site. Most family websites include all of the different branches of the individual's family, making it rather confusing for people to determine exactly who they are related to and who they aren't.
That being said, I have one request to make. Please do not include your own personal branches that are not descended from the family tree of this site. In other words, if this specific fami...
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