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The Rav-SIG Online Journal is a journal of original and previously published articles on topics of interest to researchers of rabbinic genealogy. To submit an article to the Online Journal, please see the General Guidelines for Submitting Material or contact Webmaster for further information.
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The
Children of Rabbi Meir ben Isaac Eisenstadt, also known as MaHaRaM
A"Sh or Panim Meiroth, by Bernard Israelite
Kouchel
Translation of excerpt from The Grave Inscriptions of the Old Jewish
Cemetery in Eisenstadt, by Wachstein.
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Early
History of the Rabbinical Weil Family (Clarifying Some
Historical Errors), by Werner L. Frank
Includes
relationship to Rabbi Meir of Rothenberg and descendants charts. |
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How I Discovered My Rabbinic
Ancestry, by Arthur
Kurzweil
Descent from the Stropkover Rebbe and the Holy ShLaH, Isaiah
Horowitz.
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Kassin Rabbinic Dynasty and Labaton
Rabbinic Dynasty, by Sarina Roffé
Syrian Sephardic ancestry.
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Ashkenazic
Rabbinic Families,
by Dr. Neil Rosenstein
The origins of Ashkenazic rabbinic dynasties, including a genealogical chart.
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The Reliability of Genealogical
Research in Modern Rabbinic Literature, by Rabbi Meir Wunder
How modern rabbinic genealogy began and which sources are reliable.
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The Oldest
Jewish Dynasty: A 3400-Year Line of Descendants, by David Einsiedler
The Kohanim.
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A series of articles by
David Einsiedler on Davidic
descent:
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A series of articles by Yehuda Klausner:
European Rabbis Throughout
the Generations
Development of the Jewish communities in Europe and origin of
the generations of rabbis and rabbinic families. Appendix includes early rabbinic
works, surnames of rabbinic families, and rabbinic genealogical
literature.The Hasidic Rabbinate,
Part I
Birth and foundation
of the Hasidic movement and the persons responsible for its
formation. Appendix includes students of the Baal Shem Tov and
Dov Ber the Magid of Miedzyrzec (Mezritsh). The Hasidic Rabbinate, Part II
Latter generations of the Hasidic movement and organization of the
movement into dynasties. Appendix includes succession of Hasidic
dynasties. |
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A series of articles by Sarina Roffé on Sephardic rabbis:
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Fathers of Jewish Genealogy, by David Einsiedler
Authors who made great contributions to Jewish genealogy: Azulai,
Dembitzer, Kaufmann, Wettstein, Wachstein, Horowitz, Friedberg, and
Gelber.
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Rabbinic Succession in Bukhara
1790-1930, by Giora Fuzailoff
Factors in becoming Chief Rabbi of Bukhara (in present day
Uzbekistan) and the development of the Jewish community.
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Book Review: Meorei Galicia: Encyclopedia Lekhakhmei Galicia
(Encyclopedia of Galician Sages), reviewed by Chaim
Freedman
Description of this five-volume work, including translation of part of
the Auerbach family entries.
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Web Site Review:
JewishEncyclopedia.com, reviewed by Lawrence D. Weinberg
This site features the unedited contents of
the original Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-1906). Tips on how to search and
navigate the site are included in the review.
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