genealogy

How to find newly released Israeli immigration records from 1919 onward

The genealogy website MyHeritage posted online 1.7 million records of ship and plane passenger arrivals stored in bound books at the Israel State Archives.

Facebook prank tricks thousands into thinking ‘Back to the Future’ actors are Israeli couple from the 1950s

Tracking down lost relatives is a passionate pastime for certain generations of Israelis.

A picture of Herbert Max Fraenkel that a team of volunteers studying his ancestry found in January at him home in London, UK. (Courtesy of The Jewish News)

London city worker secures Jewish funeral for 95-year-old man who died alone

Herbert Max Fraenkel was slated to be buried in a shared grave at a pauper’s funeral, but a non-Jewish municipal employee fought to have the man buried in accordance with his faith.

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