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Research Groups

Group Listings

The following are listings of rabbinic research groups. If you would like to form a research group or have any questions, please see the Introduction for further information. To determine a town's current name and country, consult the JewishGen ShtetlSeeker (for towns in central and eastern Europe) or other resources. Send additions or updates to Moishe Miller.

Rav-SIG is not responsible for the accuracy of information provided by Research Groups.

Single Surname

Surname

Town

Country

Description

Contact

Internet

Sample listing:

EISENSTADT

Eisenstadt

Austria

includes Rabbi Meir EISENSTADT or MaHaRaM A"SH; translating book on EISENSTADT family.

(name and email address of coordinator)

(URL of group's web site)

Single Rabbi Lineage: Pedigree (Ancestry) and/or Descendants

Surname

Given Name

Other Names

Life Span

Town

Country

Contact

Internet

SPIRA
Tzvi Elimelech Bnei Yissachar

1783-1841

Mukachevo Ukraine Moishe Miller The Spira Family
Dynow Poland

Description: Descendants with surnames SPIRA (various spellings), LANGSAM, SCHONFELD, REICH, ROKEACH, HALBERSTAM, URI, & others.


SZPIRO / SHAPIRO Fishel ben Josef Juda Leib 1743-1822 Balta Ukraine Shirley Rotbein Flaum
Strykow, Brzeziny Poland

Description: Descendants with surnames ERLICH, FROMAN, HOLCBERG / GOLCBERG, KOZLOWSKI, LEWI, LEWIN, RABINOWICZ, SZPIRO, & others.

Rabbis of One Location

Town

Country

Description

Contact

Internet

Sample listing:

Broda (Brody)

Ukraine

All pre-Holocaust Roshei Yeshiva (heads of yeshivas) and their students

(name and email address of coordinator)

(URL of group's web site)

Rabbinical Dynasties

Dynasty

Surnames

Town

Country

Description

Contact

Internet

Sample listing:

Ger Chassidic Dynasty

ALTER, ROTTENBERG

Gora Kalwaria

Poland

Constructing a family tree of all Gerer rebbes.

(name and email address of coordinator)

(URL of group's web site)
Jerusalem Israel