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February 2005
The Israel Genealogical Society
Vol. 19 No. 1
Contents
Editorial
I
From the Desk of Chana Furman, President of the Israel Genealogical Society
II
Genealogical Background of Some Hasidic Sages
Edward Gelles
III
How Did the Jews of the 18th Century Succeed?
Esther Ramon
VIII
The Sephardic Surname Sasportas
Mathilde Tagger
IX
The Zeinwirt Family – a Change in Surname
Yehuda Klausner
XII
Protecting Your Original Documents
Rose A. Feldman
XV
More than Just a Name
Shalom Bronstein
XVI
A Rabbi’s Misery
Yehuda Klausner
XIX
Notes from the Library
Harriet Kasow
XXI
Books
XXIII
The Racist Obsession of the National Socialists and its Impact on German-Jewish Genealogical Research
Summary of Part I by Harold Lewin
XXI
Summary of Articles from Foreign Journals
XXXI
JGS Journal Abstracts
Compiled by Harold Lewin
XXXIV