Category Archives: Jews of Ukraine

Odessa KehilaLink Update

The 1899 and 1914 Odessa directories are now online at the Odessa KehilaLink site.Click here to access and to view more information.

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Jewish Records from Perm

Posted by Chuck WeinsteinUkraine SIG has recently become aware of about 450 pages containing about 1500 records of Jewish births, marriages, divorces and deaths in the city of Perm, which is located in Russia proper. Since there is currently no … Continue reading

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Project Update: Ukraine SIG

Posted by Linda CantorAre you researching family from Ukraine (provinces of Podolia, Volhynia, Kiev, Poltava, Chernigov, Kharkov, Kherson, Taurida and Ekaterinoslav)? We can help you. Are you involved in the Ukraine SIG? We need your participation. Here are some ways … Continue reading

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Ask JewishGen: Onion Boats and Emigration

Posted by Ann Rabinowitz Shirlee Finn, a reader of the JewishGen Blog, sent in the following inquiry which had been puzzling her since childhood: My booba told me that she went to England on an “Onion Boat” way back in … Continue reading

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In saving Jewish remnants in Galicia, an effort to enlist Ukrainians

From the JTA As part of efforts to recover the world that once was in these towns and shtetls, where some 1 million Jews lived before the Holocaust, the researchers are partnering with Ukrainian academics. The idea is not only … Continue reading

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Some Online Resources for WWI Ukrainian Pogroms

Posted by Ann Rabinowitz Ukrainian Orphans, 1919, Warsaw, Poland (On Their Way to South Africa) Resources that focus on the condition of the Ukrainian Jewish population during and after World War I are sometimes hard to find. The reason for … Continue reading

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For every Jewish mass grave – a sign, a name

From the Jerusalem Post by Oleksandr Feldman If one goes beyond the outskirts of Kiev and continues deep into the forests of the neighboring village of Radomyshl, one soon enters an unmarked clearing. To the untrained eye, the gap in … Continue reading

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Volunteer Spotlight: Barbara Ellman

Posted by Joanna Leefer Some people are born to be genealogists. Barbara Ellman, JewishGen’s Technical Coordinator for ShtetLinks, is one of those people. She inherits her passion for genealogy from her mother, and between the two of them, has researched … Continue reading

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ShtetLinks Update: Jewish agricultural colonies in Ukraine

The following update was posted by Chaim Freedman on his extensive ShtetLinks page devoted to Jewish agricultural colonies in Ukraine: Considerable material has been added to the site over the last year. With the growing accessibility of Russian, Belorussian and … Continue reading

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Jewish Navy Pilot Dies Protecting His Crew

From the Columbus Dispatch The plane had blown an engine over the northern Arabian Sea, and the lead pilot, Lt. Miroslav “Steven” Zilberman, had to make lightning-quick decisions. The E-2C Hawkeye, returning from a mission in Afghanistan, was a few … Continue reading

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