![]() ![]() ![]() And this document clearly said Chava (also known as Ewa)’s maiden name was MENDELSOHN. By searching for this Garelik family in Lodz, I found this registration card showing a family constellation that perfectly matched the one I was looking for, although daughter Salcia is misspelled as Malcia. Could this be my family? But what about Salcia? Lea had also provided a testimony for her sister-in-law “Ela Sarah Kac,” nee Garelik, daughter of Jacob, spouse of Aron. (One important footnote: the English transcription says only that Lea is a “relative,” but an Israeli friend was able to tell me that the Hebrew is far more descriptive, identifying Lea specifically as the sister of Chava’s son-in-law.) And I noticed that this same woman had also posted a testimony for a relative named Max Garelik, born in 1913, the son of a Jacob. This testimony, by a woman named Lea Filitzer, said that Chava Garelik of Lodz was born in Riga, Latvia in 1880 and had a husband named Jacob, just as Chava Mendelsohn did. The author described serendipity as the art of finding what we’re not seeking. BTSLOVE YOURSELF Answer BigHit EntertainmentReleased on: Auto-generated.And as I scanned the list, one of them, Chava Garelik, caught my eye because it said she lived in Lodz, Poland, the town listed on the back of the photo. Provided to YouTube by Big Hit Ent.Serendipity (Full Length Edition) After a few unsuccessful searches, I got a hit that looked promising: I ran a search for anyone with a name that sounded like Chava born within a few years of Chava Mendelsohn, and from Latvia. My first stop was the Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims’ names to see if I could find Chava, Jacob, Salcia and Max using only what I knew about them: their first names, their approximate ages, and that Chava had been born in Latvia. Copies of Serendipity by the Sea will be available for purchase and signing after the event. And within a few hours, I could sketch the outlines of her entire sad story. Carey, Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland. Within just a few minutes, I had unearthed a wealth of information about Chava and her family, including her married name. ![]() I decided to see if I could unravel the mystery. The post reminded me of Chava, which might not have happened had I not just mentioned her on Holocaust Remembrance Day. This was the same database I’d used, in part, to find out more about Chava’s sisters. New Classmates Bingo Upgrade to Download PDF, Word 1 page Years: 3 - 6 A fun activity for students to play when getting to know their peers. But - here comes the serendipity part - a Facebook post the other day alerted me to the fact that thousands of new files had been added to JewishGen’s Latvia database, specifically the internal passport files from a number of major Latvian cities. If you want to make these reusable, you may want to laminate the boards. To do this, cut out squares with the answers and have students match them to the squares on the board with the clue (So you’d have 3×5 on the board and a square that had 15). As an affectionate remembrance I send you this picture, of Jacob, Salcia and Max, taken this year.”įinding out Chava’s married name was on my miles-long to do list. Use the bingo boards as a matching activity for seat work or a center activity. ![]()
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