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ROM-SIG NEWS
A Special Interest Group Journal for
ROMANIAN JEWISH GENEALOGY
First General Assembly of the Basarabian Jewish Credit
Cooperatives after the First World War - 1920
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this
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...but first a word from your editor
Report from Boston ROM-SIG Meeting
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Romanian synagogues - Addresses
Yizkor Book published for Orasul Noul
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Youlis Finds Youkilis after 50 Years
4
Schenkcr; Jeittelcs/Geilcls; Grinbcrg. Raphael
Family Finder, last-minute additions and corrections
The Sudits of Romania (part 2 of 3)
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10
Memories of Life in Pungesti
New Books by Sunivors of Romanian Holocaust... 12
Botosani Vital Statistics
13
FAMILY STORY: An Unusual Greeting
More Names from Dorohoi Region
14
15
V Surnames of First Ashkenazi Romanian Jews
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Volume 4, Number 4
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FROM OUR READERS:
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27
plus latest, expanded
Romanian FAMILY FINDER....a separate insert:
Introduction: vanished villages
By surnames
By towns
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3
13
Alternate town names
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Researchers
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Summer 1996
ROM-SIG NEWS, Vol.4, No.4, Summer 1996
ROM-SIG NEWS
Dear Friends,
As this issue goes to print, many of you will have already returned from
Boston, and another successful Annual Summer Seminar on Jewish
Genealogy. We invite you to share information on the new research tools,
A Special Interest Group Journal for
ROMANIAN JEWISH GENEALOGY
documents and discoveries helpful to you and of interest to all ofour readers.
(ISSN 1084-3221) is published quarterly
by the Romanian Special Interest
Group, a volunteer organization.
Recently I attended a seminar at the Holocaust Museum sponsored by the
The purpose of ROM-SIG NEWS is to
Holocaust Research Institute (the research arm ofthe Museum), entitled "The enlighten, encourage and entertain
Fate of the Romanian Jews and Ukrainian Jewry Under the Antonescu
Regime." This conference was part of the Museum's efforts to highlight
research in Romanian Jewish genealogy.
Annual dues are $20.00 (U.S.). Payment
can be made in foreign currency for the
communities affected by the Holocaust but not significantly featured in the
equivalent of $22.00 (U.S.). Back orders
Museum exhibits due to space considerations. I was amazed to find one are $15 per year, or $40 for three years.
hundred attendees, most of whom specialized in one way or another in the
topic of Romanian Jewry. Scholars from Israel, Romania and the United
ROM-SIG NEWS is governed by
an editorial board consisting of
Sam Elpcrn. Paul Pascal,
States presented papers. The academic nature of the presentations, many
focused on political history, did not have direct applicability to genealogy
work; however, what I learned about immigration policies of that period
helped me better understand the political context in which the Jewish
Colonization Association operated inRomania (a focus ofmy own research).
Gene Starn and Marlene Zakai.
Editor — MARLENE ZAKAI
All
About the Cover
On the cover of this issue are photographs 1 found in the library of the
Holocaust Museum. Pictured are offices ofa JCA creditunion cooperative in
Bessarabia, the distinguished image of Baron Hirsch whose philanthropy
made the JCA possible, and a photo of the First General Assembly of the
Bessarabian Jewish Credit Cooperatives taken in 1920 (my uncle is pictured
third row from the bottom, fourth from the left). The credit unions were
established to help Jews become more economically selfsufficient.
On your next visit to the Museum, I encourage you to set aside some time
to visit in the library. It is a fine resource for our work and genealogists
are likely to find something of interest regarding their communities of
interest. As a result of my conversations with librarystaff, we are honored
that ROM-SIG is now available in the Holocaust Museum Library.
communication
Dorohoi Yiskor Book, Volume 2. Thank you also to Camelia Jimale,
Jack Bloom, Marcel Bratu, Beryle Solomon Buchman, Bruno Segal and
Paul Pascal, who all contributed to this issue. We have included in this
issue some comments and research tips from the International Jewish
Genealogy Seminarin Boston; we hope to include more in our next issue.
Wishing you a happy healthy new year,
MarCene
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I never cease to be amazed at what wonderful issues we are able to
produce. A very big thank you to Monica Talmor who has toiled long
hours to index the family names mentioned in the Romanian section of the
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RSPORT FROM BOSTON
by Sam Elpern
Genealogy Unlimited are detailed enough to show
even very small villages. Call 1-800-666-4363 and
ask for their catalog: it contains a grid map for the
ME200 series, from which you can order your maps.
Some excerpts from the ROM-SIG meeting at the
Annual Summer Seminar in Boston, July 15, 1996
Cost: about $12.50 each, delivery in about six weeks.
Maior announcement, the first Web version of the
Mormon filming,
ROM-SIG Family Finder is now open to the public at:
Romania, because the Romanian government insists
on receiving a royalty for every page filmed. In
Moldova, two reels of film have been "released",
http://www.memo.com/jgsr/database/rsff.cgi
ROM-SIG and its products....we have grown from
58 members at the end of Year 1 (1992-93), to 108 at
theend of Year 2, 204 afterYear 3, and 290 nowwith
two months to go in our fourth year. Our products:
• ROM-SIG newsletter, 28-32 pages, quarterly;
• Family Finder, now both printed and on the Web.
The current printout, with 435 researchers and 1750
entries, was distributed as a free handout at the
Boston Seminar, and is included with this issue of
ROM-SIG NEWS as a separate item.
• ROM-NET...informal message system among our
members who have eMail addresses. Messages are
sent out by me to all such members, and any
member can ask that her message be distributed.
• ROM-SIG in cyberspace...launched now with the
Web version of the Finder. Soon we will put a
Home Page at the entry point, with links to: our
Family Finder, including a form for entering names
and town; our newsletter (tables of contents,
initially); our resource lists for Romanian geneal
ogy, organized by subject, region or town; infor
mation about ROM-SIG, including an application
form; other relevant Web sites, such as Virtual
Romania, Virtual Moldova and JEWISHGEN's
ShtetLinks. Note: slightly more than half of our
members are NOT on the Internet, and many of
those who do have eMail addresses are really not
active beyond sending and receiving eMail. We
shall continue togive ourfirst priority to the contents
andquality ofthe printed ROM-SIG NEWS.
Maps... Bob Friedman has obtained some good maps
filming has not even started in
dealing with the Crown Rabbinate of Beltsy.
However, LDS has told ROM-SIG's Phil Kornstein
that these films will not be available for six months.
Dictionaries.... a recommended Romanian-EnglishRomanian dictionary is the New Pocket Romanian
Dictionary, by Irina Panovf; a good Hungarian
source is the Handy Guide to Hungarian
Genealogical Records, by Jared H. Suess, 1980,
Everton Publishers. See http://www.everton.com.
The Internet, •look at FEEFHS: http://feefhs.org
This is the Federation of Eastern European Family
History Societies, over 140 different organizations,
some of them with terrific web pages. For example,
check out the Banat Society's pages: could be
especially helpful for ROM-SIG members with an
interest in western Romania; look at JEWISHGEN's
new ShtetLinks project: a separate "virtual" shtetl
for every town whose descendants are willing to do
some work setting up the web pages. You can check
it out via http://www.jewishgen.org; if you have any
data on the city of Odessa, contact Alan Rosenfeld
<arosen@freenet.columbus.oh.us> (he's setting up a
virtual shtetl for Odessa); and here's something I've
found since returning from Boston: go to Virtual
Romania at http://www.info.polymtl.ca/Romania and to
several linked Iasj pages: http://www.sorosis.ro and
http://www.info.polymtl.ca/tavi/iasi.html, and
http://www.cccis.ro/romania/town/iasi/aboutiasi.html
Researchers for hire an engineer in Gala^i, not yet
experienced in genealogical research, has offered to
be of service. If any of our members would like to
from the Library of Congress. Call 202-707-5640 and
request the Geography and Map Division's
give this man a try, contact me and I will give you
information sheets on "photoduplication service;"
excellent work for a growing number of people. He
meanwhile, the maps in the ME200 series from
more details.
Prof Gyemant continues to do
now has eMail: gyemant@mcarmilly.soroscj.ro
ROM-SIG NEWS, Vol.4, No. 4, Summer 1996
Yizkor Book for Orasul Nou
(Uyvaros)
Recently announced on the Internet, this yiskor book
has been privately published by its author. The town
of Orasul Nou lies northeast of Satu Mare, about
one-third of the way to Sighetu Marma[iei, on today's
northern border of Romania.
Book name: Bedamayich Chayi
Rumanian name of shtetl: Orasul Nou
Hungarian name of shtetl: Avasuyvaros or Uyvaros
English subtitle: In the footsteps of the People of the
Community of Uyvarush and Surroundings, through
the Brith Milah Records of Matityahu Asher Zelig
Matyas 5649-5681 (1889-1921), as remembered by
the author, his grandson Yehuda Leib Matyas.
Published in Jerusalem, Israel, in February, 1996, this
book of 148 pages is written in Hebrew, with many of
the names in Rumanian and Hungarian letters. There is a
foreword in English, and a map of North Transylvania.
The story is built up around a list of 307 circumcised
boys from Uyvaros and surrounding villages. For most
names the author, who was one of the boys, lists
details about the family, such as religious observance,
occupation, members of the family known to him and
their fate, including details (where known) on whether
they survived or perished during the Holocaust.
A separate appendix to the book is a 7-generation
family tree of the descendants of the mohel Matityahu
A. Z. Matyas. This family tree is connected to the
LEOPOLD and ARON families as well.
There are three indices:
. Family Names (in Hebrew & English)
. Circumcised boys (in Hebrew)
. Settlements (in Hebrew, Rumanian and Hungarian)
The book can be ordered (postage included in price)
by sending US$20 check, or equivalent, to:
Seth Jacobson
With the help ofROM-SIG
YOULIS Finds YOUKILIS,
After Fifty Years
Rosanne Leeson and Sam Elpern operate the ROMSIG InternetPatrol, watching the JEWISHGENforum
for questions or search names that reveal Romanian
ancestry. When that happens, the writer is told about
possibly matching ROM-SIG matches, and is invited
to join ROM-SIG. Recently, Joyce Field listed
YOULIS as one of her search names, and the Internet
Patrol suggested she contact John Youkilis, of
Cincinnati, Ohio. This is Joyce's reply:
Thank you so much for responding to my query. You
can't imagine how welcome your response was.
1) I am a member of Gesher Galicia, because my family
on both my mother's and father's sides were from
Galicia. My husband's parents were both from
Bessarabia—his father was Sheinfeld (we shortened the
last name) and his mother was Youlis. Yes, I would
be interested in knowing more about your ROM-SIG.
Please send information.
2) Youkilis is a relative of my husband. We have a
picture of Rudy Youkilis visiting my husband's family
in 1945, after my husband was mustered out of the
Canadian Navy at the end of WW2. My husband has
been out of contact with the family for 50 years, so we
will write John Youkilis immediately. Actually, since 1
am the genealogical researcher, I will do the contacting.
3) It is unfortunate that we did not know of the trip to
Teleneshty before. We have been thinking of a side trip
there after the Paris JEWISHGEN meeting next summer.
Please keep in touch, and thank you again for the
wonderful information. We are most appreciative.
Joyce and Leslie Field
625 Avondale St.
West Lafayette, IN 47906-1101
P. O. Box 10053
IL-91 100 Jerusalem, Israel
eMail: selhnvtk@/ietvision. co.il
Editor's note: the Fields have nowjoined ROM-SIG.
ROM-SIG NEWS, Vol.4, No. 4, Summer 1996
Further details of their special status and history
The Sudits of Romania: Invited and Privileged Guests?
by Stela Marie§, translated and edited by Bruno Segal
Prologue: The Sudits were a group offoreign residents
living on Romanian soil in the 19th century, who were
given certain special economic privileges by the
Romanian government, and who had the diplomatic and
legal protection ofaforeignpower. Thefirst part ofthis
three-part publication appearedin our last issue.
Prof. Ladislau Gyemdnt has contributed some statistics
as to the percentage of Jews among the Sudits, and
Sudits among theJews:
•
In 1845, there were inMoldavia 4,624families of
Sudits. Ofthese, 1,437 were Jewish, so theJews
comprised 31% ofall Sudits. The total number of
Jewish Sudits was 11,655persons (5,350merchants,
4,898 craftsmen, 1,427 others).
•
///1838, the total Jewish population ofMoldavia
was 79,164 persons, so the Jewish Sudits were
one-seventh (14.7%) ofall MoldavianJews.
to 7.5% in 1866. It is worth noting that of all the foreign
subjects engaged in commerce in Moldavia, the Austrian
subjects enjoyed the best custom privileges. This was
accomplished through active lobbying by the government in
Vienna which was interested in preserving the commercial
benefits enjoyed by their subjects in the Ottoman Empire, and
expanding the Austrian commerce in Southeast Europe.
Through their consuls in Bucharest and Ia§i and through
repeated and frequent interventions with the Ottoman court,
the Austrian government insured that the 3% customs duty was
respected for their subjects. With these favorable conditions,
the Jewish Sudits engaged in trade with the Austrian Empire
and the German States. They engaged in commerce, cattle and
horse trading, import of various luxury items—so-called
"goods from Vienna," and dealing in rabbit skins.
As Austrian subjects, the Jewish Sudits were beneficiaries of a
customs system with tariffs calculated specifically for the type
of goods traded. The application of these tariffs by the
Moldavian customs agents was monitored by Austrian consular
officials in Ia§i and Gala^i and reported to Vienna. Because of
the specific tariffs, the Jewish Sudits were in fact paying less
than 3% customs fees.
This is confirmed in an official
document from February 7, 1810.45 The lower customs fees
were a definite advantage over the native merchants, who paid
a fee of 5% after peace was concluded at Kuchiuk-Kainargy in
1774. The customs fees of the native merchants were reduced
to 3% just before the Russian-Austrian-Turkish war of 17871792. to coincide with the fees of the Sudits. However, even
with this apparent parity, the Austrian Sudits had advantages
And now we continue:
Theeconomic privileges that the Suditsenjoyed can be classified
into two categories: customs privileges and fiscal exemptions.
Customs fees and privileges of the Sudits
Generally, the foreign subjects enjoyed in Moldavia customs
over the native merchants. The Sudits had customs fees which
were elaborated in the trade treaties concluded. The customs
fees were set specifically for the kinds of goods traded. As a
result of this, the Sudits were able to pay less than 3% fees,
especially for the more expensive goods, while the native
merchants and the subjects of the Ottoman Empire were paying
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the full 3% customs fees."
The ascendancy of the Sudits already from the end of the
privileges concluded between the European powers and the
Ottoman Empire which were applied de jure also in the
Romanian principalities. However, due to the autonomy of the
eighteenth century is noted with satisfaction in the Austrian
diplomatic correspondence at that time, which stated that "the
principalities regarding customs duties, the commercial treaties
concluded between the European powers and the Ottoman court
customs fees] over the local merchants'17 and are gaining a
were not totally applied there. Generally, the foreign subjects
who engaged in trade in Moldavia before andafter the Organic
Laws were subject to a single assessment of 3% ad valorem for
import or export, payable to the Moldavian custom authorities
and not to the Ottoman authorities. The 3% tariff was
applicable until 1850, when it was raised to 5% and then raised
Austrian merchants have a real advantage of 25% [regarding
greater advantage with every passing day." The privileged
status of the Austrian Sudits became evident especially during
1850-1854 when they continued to pay 3% customs fees while
other Sudits were paying 5%. This fee structure was
introduced in Moldavia in 1850. Even though the Austrian
Sudits were eventually required to pay the same customs tariffs
as the other Sudits or the natives, they had already been able to
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attain a commanding position in the Moldavian commerce as a
result of this advantage. Furthermore, as a result of the Austrian
political influence in Moldavia and through the consular
interventions, the Austrian Sudits continued to expand their
dominance of the Moldavian commerce and in particular the
export trade. Diplomatsand German travelers in the second half
of 19lh century observed that "the richest merchants from the
Principalities were those that engaged in the importation of
luxury goods or other manufactured goods which they brought
from Leipzig. They were able to realize 25-100% profit on goods
presented to be from France but which in reality were also from
England. Saxony or Austria." These merchants—so-called
lipscani—vtete Austrian subjects, typically Jews or Armenians
who resided especially in Iasi.'
The preferential treatment
A distinction appeared between the Sudits who were exempted
from the personal taxes and labor conscription and other
members50 oftheJewish community, so-called breasla or kahal
who had administrative, fiscal and confessional respon
sibilities. As it is attested in documents51 from the end of the
18lh century, the Jewish community met its obligation to the
treasury through a collective tax. This tax or gabela was levied
on the native Jews and on the subjects of a foreign power,
whether they were living in the capital or in other towns or
cities, for the ritual slaughtering (kashering) of meat. This
amount was fixed in 1796 by a charter52 of the Prince at 16
pungi (bags) or 8000 piasters annually. This created certain
internal problems within the Jewish community.53 In spite of
the differences between the Sudits and the native Jews, this
enjoyed by the Jewish Sudits of Moldavia formed the basis of the
argumentation between the Sudit and native merchants, and
within the Jewish community between the native merchants and
the foreign subjects who were clearly the beneficiaries of the
system of taxation prevailed before and after the Organic Laws
Ottoman regime.
covered the costs of the community toward the government as
well as the maintenance of the synagogues, salaries of the
rabbis, maintenance of a hospital and other philanthropic
Fiscal privileges and exemptions
of the Jewish Sudits from Moldavia
because of communal and religious considerations. This tax
was determined in the synagogue through an auction where a
representative from the local authorities was present. The tax
costs.51 This method of taxation proved to be the best method
of assessing the Jewish community at large.
To the credit of the [Ottoman regime] the exemption from personal
taxes was one of the most important economic benefits enjoyed by
the foreign subjects in the OttomanEmpire.The privileges conferred
on the Sudits represented conditions enjoyed by foreign merchants
who were trading wholesale with merchants from Turkey or the
citing their exemptions from personal taxes granted to them by
Levantine states at the lime of the treaties concluded between the
social character within the Jewish community in the first half
of the 19th century. This is based on rich unedited material
Ottoman Empire and the European powers. The privileges and
exemptions conferred bythe Ottomanregimeon the Suditswerepart
of a policy appliedin the RomanianPrincipalities as well, in spite of
their internal autonomy.
The fiscal exemptions and privileges were invoked from the end
of the 18th century; at the same time, foreign consulates were
established at Iasj and Bucharest. The Austrian consulate was
especially aggressive in their implementationand interpretation
of the commercial treaties concluded with the Ottoman regime.
The Austrian consuls insisted that their subjects were exempt
from any taxes except the 3% ad valorem for import and export
throughout the Ottoman Empire (which also included the
Romanian Principalities). However,the consuls seemed to forget
that these agreements between the Ottoman regime and Austria
referred only to Austrian merchants who were temporarily in the
Ottoman Empire and were trading wholesale. However, through
their arbitrary interpretation, the Austrian consulates asserted
that these agreements also included their subjects who traded
retail in the Principalities. The merchants were required to
belong to guilds. As it appears in the charter of the prince
Alexander Mavrocordat. from September 1783,'19 foreign
merchants were not allowed to sell their goods with the "elbow"
or the "scales"; in other words, retail. The goods were
purchased by the native merchants belonging to guilds who were
selling it retail.
The Jewish Sudits who refused to pay the community tax,
the Ottoman court, generated repeated complaints from the
native Jews55 and produced a class structure with a fiscal and
available to us from the archives in Iasi. We cite a case from
1829 in Iasi when the whole Jewish community lodged a
protest in which they complained that the Jewish Sudits, who
possessed large capital, had large businesses in Iasi in street
shops rented from natives. They were not paying taxes
resulting from such businesses, and at the same time were also
exempted from other labor conscription to the community
Chavalele") and quartering military personnel,thereby leaving
the fiscal burdens and other responsibilities to the native Jews.
The Jewish community petitioned [the government] that the
Sudit Jews should be liable for all taxes and obligations as all
other residents of the capital arc, based proportionally on the
amount of their profit and their position, and to make it easier
for those that were poorer.56 Another petition was brought by
the Jewish community of Iasi on December 15, 1832
to
General Paul Kisclcff, the Governor of Moldavia and of the
Romanian nation. The community complained about the new
system of collecting the taxes which they considered predatory,
as well as "their exploitation by some Austrian subjects." As a
result of this, a commission of inquiry was created. The native
Jews brought a complaint before the commission in 1833 in
which they presented striking disparities within the Jewish
community saving that "the most prominent Jews are Sudits
who can pay what ten of us can not." Finally they suggested
that the Sudits should be liable for the fiscal obligations as the
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native Jews were, at the rate as fixed under the old tax code."
Analyzing documents, we can conclude that the Sudit Jews were
considered members of the Jewish community by their co
religionists and were expected to have all the rights and
obligations of a member. However, the Jewish Sudits saw
matters differently. They took advantage of the financial
privileges conferred on them by the Ottoman court, and declared
to the commission "besides that which we are ordered to pay (by
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their protectors), we are not required to pay anything.
As Sudits, they enjoyed exemption from personal taxes and
labor conscription. Eventually the Jewish Sudits, due to
religious considerations and a common heritage, agreed to pay
the same tax as the native Jews. However, they continued to
have different opinions, considering themselves superior and
part of the elite. At the end of the 18th century, the Austrian
Sudits opened a separate butcher shop61 and in 1833 they
petitioned fora separate hahambusha.62
The Jewish Sudits represented the elite of the Jewish community.
They possessed significant capital and had important occupations,
including important positions at the court of the Prince.03 The fact
that the Jewish Sudits were the leaders of the community over the
natives is evident from the fact that the position ofStaroste (provost)
was held in Iasj by Sudits.
Jews in the payment of taxes for the period 1838-1845.
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The introduction70 of the system of patentei (license) for
artisans or merchants who engaged in amanuntul (retail) trade,
regardless of whether they were Sudits or native, and the
disappearance of the Hahambusa system, had the consequence
that many Sudits enrolled in the ranks of the patentari. This
didn't apply to foreign subjects engaged in wholesale trade.
Generally, the foreign subjects who bought a license were
joining the ranks of the native artisans and merchants who
belonged to the respective corporations, and as a result of this
ipso facto losing certain advantages belonging to Sudits. They
lost the right of consular jurisdiction and were now obligated to
have their trials inthe local courts and to abide by the local laws.72
Some Jewish Sudits became patentari (licensed) but didn't give
up the right to consular jurisdiction. The fact that some Jewish
Sudits as well as natives became licensed is evident from the
documents Vistieriei Moldovei where the payment from the
Jewish community in Iasj for 1832 is listed and divided into
three categories: 23,160 lei received from patentari or licensed
persons, 39,310 lei from people who paid personal tax, and
30,500 from Sudits. To simplify the levying of taxes and to
avoid conflicts between the Jewish natives and Sudits, and as
requested by the Jewish community in Iasj, a new tax code was
introduced in 1839 which set a tax of 60 lei on.the head of each
The introduction of patente (licensing) .... provided that "all
merchants and artisans can not practice their respective
Jewish resident of Ia§i and 45 lei on residents of other towns or
cities. This was levied in Iasi through the tax imposed on
occupation6 without receiving a license from the local
ritual slaughter of animals (meat tax),74 and in other towns
government and paying the appropriate taxes for the
occupation." Article 53 of the Organic Laws stated that "only
such as Galati through the collective tax on the community.
This method of taxation was applied to the Jewish Sudits and
through taxes can the respective obligations be collected"66 from
natives in Ia§i during the period 1839-1845.75
the Jews. In other words, past experiences of the last decades
validated the tax system for all Jews from the towns and cities.
However in reality the Jewish Sudits and especially the Austrian
Sudits didn't cease to petition the Austrian consulate to be
considered separate from the natives in regard to the method of
In 1845, as a result of the proposal by the Administrative
Council of Moldavia as approved by the Prince Mihai Sturdza,
the head tax of 60 lei was extended to all the towns and cities
taxation, complaining that the system [of taxation] "had already
of Moldavia. This action was taken as a result of many Jews
moving to the towns and cities from villages. The action was
generated great losses for us."
accepted by the foreign consulates in Moldavia.
The Austrian subjects from
Falticeni petitioned their consulate on December 5, 184507 to
intervene on their behalf regarding their tax obligations.
Among the twenty five Austrian Sudits who signed the petition
arc Marcu Focsaneanu, Mendel Focsaner, and Avram Focsaner.
On the eve of the restructuring of the country as a result of the
Treaty of Paris in 1856, the existence of the collective tax from
both Sudits and native Jews "without any consular
intervention" is recorded in official documents from 1858. In
On another occasion,68 the Jewish Sudits cited their fiscal
the Jewish tax regulations of 1859-1860, a clause was inserted
immunity as granted to them by the Ottoman court, and on that
basis requested exemption from certain taxes. They also
specified that they agree to pay fumaritul and cotocaritul [see
footnote 67]. Fumaritul was to be paid individually, and
proportionally, based on the prosperity of each Sudit merchant
as in the leasing contracts during the period of the Organic
Laws which stated that if the taxed person is a foreign subject
he/she was subject to Moldavian rule regarding taxes and
would not petition or address claims to any body other than the
local courts.
with a shop. It is very interesting to note that the reason given
by the Austrian Sudits for their past acceptanceof the tax system
was the intervention of the rabbi of Iasi, who reminded them of
In 1860 the tax system was abolished, due especially to the
friction within the Jewish community of Moldavia. During the
the principles of loving their neighbors and helping their needy
brothers. This convinced them to participate with the native
reign of Alexander loan Cuza, the Jewish Sudit merchants
residents in the Principality as well as all other merchants and
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artisans were subject to the payment of patentei (license),
depending on their respective profession and based on the
licensing law applied in Moldavia between May 30, 1860 and
1863.
However, the Sudits' main fiscal immunity, the
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exemption from their personal taxes, remained in effect.
Personal exemptions and privileges
of the Jewish Sudits in Moldavia
The Jewish Sudits from Moldavia enjoyed complete freedom and
personal immunity conferred on the foreign subjects throughout the
Ottoman Empire. This consisted of personal liberty, inviolability of
residence, freedom of religion, freedom of movement on land and
water, freedom to practice their respective trade, etc.
The charters of the Moldavian Princes from the 18th and 19th
centuries implicitly recognize the autonomy of the Jewish
community and their right to live according to their religion, and
to freely practice their religion according to the biblical laws.
Based on their religious needs, they were allowed separate
butcher shops from the Christian population for the ritual
slaughtering of fowl and cattle. The Jewish Sudits from lasj and
Bucharest had their own butcher shop from which many
Germans79 from the capital would buy. Many documents attest
to the many synagogues present throughout Moldavia80 aswell as
81
to the ritual baths in Iasi necessary for religious practice. The
charters issued by the government show that they sought to
attract productive foreign elements among whom the Jews were
prominent, in exchange for privileges and exemptions. They
were accorded not only freedom of conscience, and freedom to
exercise their religion, but also fiscal exemptions. They had the
right to build houses of worship, but made only from wood and
not from stone. They were exempt from paying bezmanului, or
the rent, to the landowner where they intended to build their
synagogue or ritual bath. These exemptions were not present in
any of the treaties between the European powers and the
Ottoman court, which suggests that the Sudits enjoyed
Endnotes and References
(continued from last issue)
*T. G. Bulat, op.cit. inloc.cit., pp. 291-293.
46 Ibidem, p. 292.
Hurmuzaki, Documente. XLX, p. 187, report of Oechster,
Secretary of the Austrian consulate in lasj, to the Foreign
ministry in Vienna on June 26, 1784.
J. F. Neigebaur, Bescreibung der Moldau und Walachei,
second edition, Breslau, 1854, p. 231.
19 Teodor Codrescu, op.cit., II, p.40.
"Austrian Sudits were not paying bir and havalele" was
written in the document from February 7, 1810. See T. G.
Bulat. op.cit. in loc.cit., p. 292.
State Archives in lasj. Register K342. file 473. See Gh.
Zane, Treasury' of Moldavia in the Time of Ionita Sandu
Sturza, Iasi, 1928, p. 10.
H The charter of the Prince of Moldavia Al. Calimach of 1796
fixed a fee payable by the Jews for the ritual slaughtering of
animals or poultry of 7 parale for every oca (about 3 pounds) of
beef, and 2 parale for every chicken or duck, and 4 parale for
every goose or turkey. N. Iorga, Documente privitoare la
familia Calimacht, Bucharest, 1903,1, p. 282.
53 The
Austrian
consulate
intervened
to avoid
the
excommunication of the Austrian. Russian and Prussian Sudits,
as desired by the Rabbi of lasj because of their refusal to
participate in the communal tax togther with the native Jews. It
was decided that the Austrian and Prussian Jews from the
capital (lasj) should have their own butcher, separate from the
native Jews, and they should pay only 2 parale and not 4 parale
as originally fixed for every oca of kosher meat. Hurmuzaki,
Documente, XIX, I, p. 783.
additional privileges in Moldavia.
One of the most remarkable facts is that the Jewish Sudits, as all
other Sudits. enjoyed the inviolability of residence and persons,
one of the most significant immunities from the Ottoman
regime. In an age of political instability, of wars and turbulent
times, the guarantees regarding their residence and persons to
people who were generally well-situated and with means, was a
significant benefit. The inviolability of persons and residence of
every Sudit in Moldavia was an edict expressly transmitted to all
administrative bodies throughout all the regions and strictly
observed by all consulates in the capital. As can be observed
from our presentation, an individual who was the subject of a
foreign power, and implicitly a Jewish Sudit, enjoyed juridical,
fiscal, and customs privileges and certain personal immunities.
(to be concluded in our next issue)
Manualui Administrativ al Moldovei (Administrative
Charter of Moldavia), II, lasj, 1846, pp. 41-42; E. Schwarzfeld,
Evreii din Moldova sub Regulamentul Organic. Studiul
istoric in Anuarulpenru Israeliti (Jews in Moldavia during the
Organic Laws. Historic Studies in the Israelite Yearbook).
Bucharest, 1890, pp. 165-166.
55 See complaints of the native Jews from lasj from December
16, 1827, State Archives in lasj, Register K342, file 473;
mentioned by N. Iorga in Revista istorica (History Magazine),
1918,1, pp. 18-19; from January 13, 1828, ibidem. Manuscript
114, file 8v; from January 23, 1829, State Archives in lasj.
Register S65, file 1-lv; from July, 1851, Stale Archives in Iasi,
Department of State of Moldavia, Dossier 1718, file 15.
56
Stale Archives in lasj. Letter S65, file 1-lv.
Ibidem, Tr. 644, op. 708, Dossier 530. file 20.
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Ibidem, file 189.
Bucharest, 1903, p. 522.
Herbert Rathkeal to Timoni,
Constantinople, August 12, 1796.
59
60
Ibidem.
Ibidem.
61 Hurmuzaki. Documente, ?, pp. 783, 825-826. See also the
71 Sergiu Stanciu, Structure et organisation des communautes
juives depuis leurs premieres forme jusqu'a I'obtention de
I'autonomic interne in Shvut, Tel Aviv, 1993, p. 132.
charter of Prince Ionita Sandu Sturza from February 1. 1823,
72 Cornelia Papacostea-Daniclopulu, Une citoyenne empirique:
where it was stated that it is forbidden for Sudit Jews to have a
Le statut des marchands etrangers en Valachie, 1829-1859,
Athens, 1986, p. 205; see VI. Diculescu, Bresle, negustorisi
different "chair" to ritually slaughter animals than the native
Jews. Teodor Codrescu, op.cit. III. pp. 275-277.
"State Archives in Iasi, Tr. 644, op. 708, Dossier 530, files 174,
175. [Translator's note....hahambusha is a system of taxation
that is derived from the position of hacham bashi, a functionary
who was appointed for Wallachia and Moldavia by the sultan to
preside over the Jewish communities in matters of taxation.
However, with the growing influence of Jews immigrating to
Romania from Galicia and Russia who respected more the
opinions of their rabbis, dissensions arose which eventually led to
the abolition of the office of hacham bashi in 1832].
03 In the register ofthe Sudits from 1824-1825, it mentions a Jew,
Solomon Roseschein. registered at lasj and born in Brodi,
Galicia. who was staroste at the house of Gospod. The title
indicated the chief of the institution which administered the
revenues that came to the private purse of the Prince of Moldavia.
64 State Archives in lasj, Tr. 166, op. 84, nr. 23, file 167, 57v and
167v. Two Russian Sudits appear as staroste over the native
Jews in the documents from 1824-1825: Volf Moscovici, origi
nally from Balti. Bessarabia, and Mosco Meerovici from Camenita.
°" Organic Laws of Moldavia, lasj, 1835. From a typed manu
script at the A. D. Xcnopol History Institute. lasj, p. 79; Analele
Parlamentare. Tom I, 2nd part, 2-a, Bucharest, 1890, p. 150.
00 Ibidem, art. LIE, pp. 179-180; see also.-4/ftwa Romaneasca,
nr. 28, April 20. 1833; Treasury of the Principality of Moldavia,
No. 2649. Lawfor taxes ofthe Jewish creed.
State Archives in lasj. Department of State of Moldavia,
Dossier 1367. file 2. Fumaritul was a tax imposed on the Sudit
artisans and merchants who were owners of homes, taverns and
shops in the Moldavian towns and cities. The Austrian Sudits in
Moldavia in 1824 were paying afumarit calculated and based on
the type of business that the person was engaged in. This was
divided into three categories: 1st category, from 30 to 60 lei;
2nd category, from 10 to 30 lei; and 3rd category, from 5 to 10
lei; B.A.R. Documente, Packet CXXX/205: Cotocaritul and
ocaritul were taxes on shops imposed on Sudits as well, for the
mandatorily measured cotul (elbow) and for every official ocaua.
68 Ibidem. Dossier 499. file 2.
"' Ibidem.
N. Iorga, Documente privitaore la familia Callimachi, vol. II,
meseriasi in Tara Romaneasca (Guilds, mer-chants and
artisans in Romania), 1830-1848, Bucharest, 1973.
73 Apud Itic Kara §vart, Din trecutul comunitatilor evreisti
din Romania (From the past of the Jewish community in
Romania), typed manuscript, pp. 21-22.
7"' State Archives in lasj, Department of State of Moldavia,
Dossier 414, file 203.
75 Ibidem, Dossier 1265, file 124, Manalul Administrate al
Moldavei, Iasi, 1856, II.
7a Archives of the Foreign Ministry, Packet 178, Dossier 4, files
339-343, Buletin, Foaia publicatiilor oficiale a principatului
Moldovei (Page from official publication of the principality of
Moldavia), August 14, 1858, Ia§L nr.65.
77 I. M. Bujorcanu, Colectiune de legiurile RomUniei vechi si
noi (Collection of old and new laws in Romania), I, Bucharest,
1873, p. 1248.
nMonitorul Oficial, October 8, 1862, pp. 380-381.
79 Huruzaki, Documente, XIX, 1, pp. 825-826, lasj, May 13,
1797.
Mr. Timoni, the Austrian consular official from lasj,
writing to Herbert
Constantinople.
Rathkeal,
an
Austrian official in
Izvoare si marturii referitoare la evreii din Romania
(Witnesses' accounts regarding the Jews of Romania)
(continuing I.M.E.R.), vol. II, second part, Bucharest, 1990, pp.
62, 63, 103, 211, 370; State Archives at Bucharest, Microfilm
France roll 302, picture 404v, 405, 406, Ministere des Affaires
Etrangers, Archives diplomatiques, Corre-spondance
Commerciale, Jassy.
811.M.E.R., II-2, p. 370, State Archive in lasj, Packet 304/9. It
mentions that in 1815 an Austrian Sudit from lasj, Avram
Croiturul, bought a lot to build a ritual bath.
For other
examples, see State Archive in lasj, Tr. 166, op. 184, nr. 23, file
52: It mentions that in 1824 Nahman Priles, a Jewish Austrian
subject was the owner of a bath in lasj in Tirgul de Jos; State
Archive in lasj, Register K/432, file 222: It mentions the ritual
bath of the Russian Jewish subjects from Tirgul Ncamt; State
Archives in Iasi, Department of State of Moldavia, Dossier
2092: It mentions the existence of a bath in Tirgul Ncamt
owned by the Austrian subject, Josef Leiba Vainrauh.
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Manalul Administrativ al Moldovei, Tom II, lasj, 1856, p.
165, Instructions of the Administrative Council of Moldavia.
May 25, 1833. addressed to the administrative bodies throughout
all regions regarding foreign subjects. It stated 'The persons
who arc foreign subjects should be protected of all compulsion or
violence, and their homes can not be invaded unless there is cause
of guilt. In this case the consulate has to be warned at least 24
hours in advance."
contributed by BervleSolomon Buchman
Memories of Life in Pungesti
by Jeanette Solomon Schweid as tola to Robert Saul Sherins
Jeanette's Hebrew name is Sheindle bat Shlomo. She
was named after a Goldenberg aunt who lived in Paris.
She was the middle girl of the three youngest
Solomon sisters, born to Saul and Sophie Solomon.
She was almost 6 years old when my mother, Betty,
was born on June 15, 1908. Claire was 12.
candies were sold by Mr. Gross, who befriended
Jeanette. She has quite a sweet tooth, and she always
found a free sample of the finest candy at Mr. Gross'
store. Jeanette also played with the Gross children.
Although Mr. Gross remained in Romania, one of his
sons moved to London. After our family moved to
Manchester, this son visited from time to time. When
The Solomon family lived in Pungesti, Romania, a small
village. Saul's home was adjacent to the castle-estate of
either a Romanian prince or nobleman. At times, uni
formed and probably gallant soldiers would parade out
side, which frightened Jeanette. This was probably a
military or other formal parade. But in the eyes of a
5-year-old child, it must have appeared awesome. She
also remembers costumed troubadours from the castle,
who entertained the villagers in front of the houses.
Jeanette's father brought excellent fabrics from Paris,
Vienna, and other cities in Europe. He traveled often on
business. He was the one who personally took these
our family stopped in London before leaving for
America on the S. S. Homeric, they stayed with him
and his wife.
Across the street was the largest and most beautifully
furnished house of the area. This belonged to Jeanette's
grandfather, Schneer Zalmon Solomon. Zalmon owned
a flour mill in Pungesti. Jeanette remembers the horses
pulling the grinding wheel mechanism. She used to beg
for rides on the pushcarts or dollies, which were flat
platforms on wheels used to move the flour sacks about
the storeroom. As for any kid, a free ride was always
special to her, and everyone catered to her wishes.
fabrics to sell directly to the ladies of the adjacent castle.
Jeanette described their home in Pungesti. She re
members the dry goods store in front on the business
street. In back, and a few steps up was their home or
apartment. Claire and Jeanette slept in the same bed
room separate from their parents. In the yard behind
the house was a metal fence that encircled the prop
erty of the nobleman's castle. Jeanette used to climb
the fence and run along the lower railing, where she
could peer out over the top. The property was huge
with magnificent flower gardens and finely mowed
lawns. All were extremely well tended and gorgeous
to view. The castle house was enormous although
Jeanette never entered the property.
Next door was a similar business with the store in
front and a home in the rear.
Fine chocolates and
Jeanette and her cousins often went to visit Zalmon. A
typical typical loving grandparent, he was gentle and
kind. He used to sit with a cup of hot tea laced with
rum. Jeanette pleaded for her first taste of rum just as
she pleaded for the rides on Zalmon's flour mill carts
or for candy from Mr. Gross. Ultimately, Jeanette got
a taste. Her grandfather could not resist her for long.
Next door to Zalmon was a neighbor who raised turkeys.
Jeanette often chased them. Eventually she was caught
and given a mild scolding. She remembers only a few
more houses on the street.
Details of houses on the
streets beyond are more vague. There were no large
stores as we know them today. Work was done at home
or in the front of the home. The seamstress who made
their clothes lived across the street.
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Memories of Life in Pungesti (cont'd)
Jeanette remembers that one day a "big fuss" occurred
with many ladies joining Sophie in her bedroom. Al
though Jeanette had been ordered to stay outside, she
stood on a chair to peek in. Betty was born after a
difficult labor from a breech position, which was a
serious delivery problem in those days. But Jeanette, a
6-year-old, could not understand what all the fuss was
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probably stayed with Grandma's family, the Goldenbergs. It must have been quite a special trip for my
mother. She returned much later with many new
dresses and clothes.
Perhaps the family gave the
dresses to Betty. It is possible that Sophie took the
fabric for the dresses with her, and her sisters, cousins,
or a dressmaker made the clothes. We can only guess
since all of this happened after the pogrom of 1907,
and the family had limited means.
about.
Sophie and Saul sought the help of the mayor of
On the trip that my grandmother made to Ia§i with Betty,
Jeanette was left at home. She began to cry because she
was very lonely. Our grandfather held her in his arms
and sang her sweet Yiddish lullabies until she fell asleep.
Pungesti. Betty turned up without her gold earrings,
probably kept by traveling gypsies. Thanks to the
mayor, Betty was returned home.
Jeanette often watched the Jewish marriage proces
sionals in front of the house. Following the tradition of
There were no paved streets in Pungesti as we know
them in modern America. As all young children do,
Jeanette used to run outside on rainy days, squishing
saying goodbye to the bride's parents, the gypsies
played the Jewish zhok, a slow, lamenting tune, during
the procession to the synagogue. There were lots of
tears. After the ceremony, everyone danced the lively
When she was about one year old, Betty wandered
outside the store. She disappeared for two days.
the mud between between her bare toes. I asked her if
she remembered what the locals did with the horse
droppings, but apparently she did not step in any of
them. She claims that Pungesti was a very clean
village, and she did not see any manure. Similar farm
towns in early 1900s America were not so free of dung.
csardas. That music later became kletzmer, part of
the Hasidic Hungarian tradition.
a very sweet tenor voice when he chanted. Jeanette had
to sit with her mother upstairs because the women
There were many other children in the neighborhood.
Most, however, were the offspring of her uncles and
aunts, who also lived on the same street. In addition
to the Jewish families, Pungesti had non-Jewish fami
lies. The girls attended public school with the other
girls in the community. Jeanette remembers her first
women teachers and a few male teachers. She spoke
Romanian in school; however, Yiddish was spoken at
home. She remembers wearing some form of stan
dard dress or uniform and playing games, such as
dancing in circles and holding hands with the other
could not sit with the men. She did not remember how
children.
Jeanette tells a wonderful story about her childhood on
the Sabbath. She says, "I can just picture it in my
mind."
She walked with her mother and father on a
long, curved street to the synagogue. Occasionally, her
father served as both rabbi and cantor. Grandfather had
many people were in the synagogue, but it was a large
number. She did not remember Claire going to the
service. Perhaps she was home with Betty, who was
too young to go to services. When they returned
home, they brought Betty flowers.
On one occasion, Grandma needed to see a doctor.
Pungesti did not have a physician, only a healer, possi
bly a pharmacist or similar craftsman. Grandma took
Betty with her to Ia§i, which was about 34 miles from
Pungesti, to consult with her doctor. They traveled by
horse-drawn coach. When they arrived in Ia§i, they
Jeanette does not recall if Muslim residents, possible
remnants ofthe Ottoman Empire, were known to them.
In her early memories of Pungesti, only her brothers
Hie and Aaron were home. They helped their parents
in the store, selling, organizing merchandise, etc.
Rudolph was already out of the house working in a
leather factory in Ia§i. It was there that he learned the
basics of the leather business, which eventually en
abled him to acquire and prosper in the Walk-Over
Bootery retail shoe store at 822 Franklin Street in
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Memories of Life in Pungesti (cont'd)
Tampa, Florida. Jack had married and moved to
Gala^i. When he visited the family in Pungesti, he
brought toys for the girls. This was very special be
cause Jeanette remembers that her parents did not give
them any toys.
About 1909 or 1910, Saul, Sophie, and the girls moved
to Vaslui. This was a real city with paved cobblestone
streets and large stores. Jeanette also attended public
schools there. Parents paid extra for Jewish children.
It is not clear whether this was an anti-Semitic price or
special charges for Sudits.
Before grandmother and the girls left for Manchester,
they took a train from Vaslui to Gala^i to visit Jack and
his family. It must have been very difficult for Sophie
to say good-bye. She knew that there was a strong
possibility that she might not see them again.
When they arrived in Manchester, Claire was 15 years
old, Jeanette was 9, and Betty was 3. Claire and
Jeanette had more responsibility caring for young
Betty. Many times they soothed Betty's tears when she
was upset or lonely. Jeanette and Betty attended an
all-girls Jewish school where Jeanette played basket
ball. Claire attended a separate school as she was
much older.
When she was in Manchester, Jeanette was sent to the
Lorbourne Business College, a secretarial school,
where she became skilled in typing and shorthand.
Consequently, she was able to support herself when
she came to the United States in 1923. She immed
iately secured a job as a secretary for the Clifton
Chemical Company. Later she worked in the Cunard
Building in the Far East Department. Still later,
Jeanette moved to Miami Beach, Florida.
Via ROMNET, we asked our eMail members,
on behalfofBernard Smith:
Does anyone have any idea what town would be
FUTECHEN?
It was close to the Black Sea and
according to my mother, olev hashalom, was a place
that King Carol came to spend the summer.
Reply from Don & Doris Frank: Probably Falticeni.
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Reply from Monica Talmor: This is most likely
Falticeni, pronounced Fehl-tee-CHENi. It is south of
Suceava, north of Tirgul Neamt and east of Vatra
Dornei.
The area is a popular vacation spot during the summer
because of the mountains. My family and I spent
several summer vacations in Vatra Dornei.
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9. Nr. 1143, file 173; December 13, 1883 birth of §eiva
Boto§ani Vital Statistics
[Sheival, daughter of Zeida Moscovici who is 40 and is
a dealer, and Seima who is 38.
by Bruno Segal
10. Reg. 645, Nr. 436; April 7. 1885 birth of Sima Ber,
I engaged the help of Dr. Gyemant in searching
for my ancestors who lived in Boto§ani. After
travelling to Boto§ani, he sent me the following
list of births for the period 1875-1895 for the
surnames Segal, Moscovici, Vainberg, Haimovici
son of Ber Haimovici who is 32 and is a servant, and
and Meerovici. Unfortunately, I didn't find any
relatives among the people listed, but I would
like to pass along the list with the hope that
some of the readers of ROM-SIG NEWS might
recognize their relatives. A more detailed record
of the people on the list can be obtained from Dr.
Gyemant at the cost of $15 per person. Since the
special Romanian letters produce a special
phonetic sound, I will also include in brackets
the corresponding English sounding name.
who is 25.
Maria who is 30. Witness is Iuc [Itzic] Segal who is 40
and is a tailor.
11. Reg. 646. Nr. 738. file 6; July 3, 1885 birth of Surei
Hava, daughter of Meir Vainberg who is 30, and Mariam
12. Nr. 1203, file 11; December 22, 1885 birth of
Solomon, son of Zamnil Haimovici who is 28, and
Carolina who is 24.
13. Reg. 661, Nr. 756; July 15, 1886 birth of §mil
(Shmiel YidelJ Idcl, son of Isac Meirovici who is 31 and
is a bootmaker, and Feiga who is 25.
14. Reg. 664. Nr. 1317, file 130: 28 December 1886
birth of §mil [ShmiclJ Moisc, son of Hers. [Hersch]
Moscovici who is 37, and Hana who is 32.
1. Nr. 273, file 13; March 2.
1875. birth of Bruha
daughter of Iancu Vainberg who is 40 years old and is a
15. Reg. 689, Nr. 364, file 169; April 7 1888 birth of
merchant, and Rifca who is 34.
Sima to Isac Meirovici who is 32 and is a cobbler, and
Feiga who is 28.
2. Nr. 905, file 93; October 22. 1876 birth of Burah
[Boruch], son of Idal [Yidel] Segal who is 41 and is a
bootmaker, and Basia who is 38.
16. Reg. 705, Nr. 513, file 113; May 15 1889 birth of
Sara daughter of Meir Haimovici who is 32 and is a
dealer, and Golda who is 31.
3. Nr. 930, file 9; Nov. 24, 1877, birth of Sura, daughter
of Zeida Moscovici who is 38, and Frcida who is 34.
4. Nr. 1000; November 10, 1878, birth of §oil [Schoil]
Volf. son of Haim Hers. [Hersh] Moscovici who is 32,
and Ana who is 25, under Greek protection.
5. Nr. 507, file 54; May 12, 1879 birth of §mil [Shmiel],
son of §loim [Shloim] Moscovici who is 38, and Miniha
who is 32. Aunt Haea Leea daughter of §imon [Shimon]
Dascalul, 48.
6. Nr. 567, file 149; May 24, 1880 birth of Basia,
daughter of Zeida Moscovici who is 38. and §eindla
17. Reg. 721, Nr. 677, file 84; July 2, 1890 birth of
Silvia daughter of Isidor Moscovici who is 32 and is
involved with agriculture, and Diana who is 28.
Domiciled in Falticeni.
18. Reg. 721, Nr. 751, file 258; July 27 1890 birth of
Strul son of Soil Her§ [Hersch] Meirovici who is 34, and
Leia who is 30.
19. Reg. 732, Nr. 18, file 20; birth of Sofiei [Sofia]
daughter of Her§cu fHersch] Moscovici who is 38 and is
a tavern keeper and Beila who is 27. Married Lazarovici
and deceased in Bucharest on February 10, 1977.
(Shcindla] who is 36.
20. Reg. 738, Nr. 341, file 144; March 22 1891 birth of
7. Nr. 199. file 201; February 16, 1881 birth of Toba,
daughter of Meir Haimovici who is 25 and is a merchant
§loim [Shloim] Haim son of lac [Itzic] Haimovici who
is 38 and is a servant, and Reida who is 20.
and Golda who is 25.
8. Nr. 34. file 36; January 10, 1882 birth of Bercu Segal,
son of losub Segal who is 25 and is a dealer, and Sosia
who is 19.
21. Reg. 747, Nr. 51, file 53; January 13 1892 birth of
Nahman son of Avram Haimovici who is 27 and is a
dealer, and Haia who is 25.
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22. Reg. 749. Nr. 482. file 82: Birth of §ulcm [Shulcm] son of
AN UNUSUAL GREETING
Nahman Moscovici who is 26. and Freida who is 23.
by Jack H. Bloom
23. Reg. 764, Nr. 525. file 132; May 27 1893 birth of Strul
son of Soil Hers [Hersch] Meirovici who is 32 and is a
tavern keeper, and Laia who is 30. Married with Ruhla
[Rachel] Platman in Bucharest on July 27 1946. Left the
country on July 31, 1964.
24.Reg. 767, Nr. 1183, file 189; December 25 1893 birth
of Jiliei [Tzilly] daughter of §mil [Shmiel] Meir
Moscovici who is 40. and Hena 35.
25. Reg. 777. Nr. 336, file 342; March 25 1894 birth of
Saliei daughter of Ipc [Itzic] Moscovici who is 37 and is
a dealer of grains, and Ruhla [Rachel] 27.
26. Reg. 778, Nr. 704, file 14; July 10, 1894 birth of §mil
[Shmiel] son of Her§cu [Hersch]
Moscovici who is 38.
and Ruchla [Rachel] who is 24.
At the end of the nineteenth century, all Jews were
banned from any public schooling in Romania.
Yekutiel Zalman Blum (pronounced Bloom) was the
unofficial mayor of the small Jewish community of
Frumu^ica, which means Pretty Little Place).
Frumu§ica consisted of houses on either side of a
road leading elsewhere. As my father described it,
the horse was at one end of town and the wagon at
the other.
Frumujjica was and still is, a few
kilometers north of Hirlau, the home of most of the
Blooms, and the Segalls, who rented living space
from the more prosperous Blooms.
27. Reg. 787, Nr. 808, file 17; August 19 1895 birth of
Lcniei daughter of Mccr Segal who is 28, and Haea Ghita
On one occasion that the Romanian Metropole (the
Bishop or Archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox
who is 26.
Church) came to town, Yekutiel Zalman went forth
28. Reg. 787, Nr. 836, file 45; August 28 1895 birth of
Ester daughter of Herscu [Hersch] Segal who is 45, and
and to intercede with him on behalf of Jewish
Slima who is 38.
29. Reg.787, Nr. 839, file 48; August 29, 1895 birth of
Huda Reiza daughter of Iuc [Itzic] Segal who is 45 and is
a shochcl. and Menia 38.
30. Reg 787, Nr. 887, file 97; September 12 1895 birth of
lancu son of Avram Segal who is 54 and Ruhla [Rachel]
who is 50.
31. Reg. 787, Nr. 936. file 146; September 30 1895 birth
of Neha daughter of Alter Her§ [Hersch] Segal who is 38
and is a tailor, and Sura Mariem 35.
to greet him with bread and salt, as was appropriate,
students. In speaking with the Metropole, Yekutiel
opened the conversation in Loshon Kodesh
(Hebrew). An ingenious move, chutzpahdick in its
brilliance. In a seemingly ingenious way, one to
which the Metropole could not object, i.e. the use of
the Bible's language, Yekutiel established his total
equality with the Metropole. That this encounter
changed what was going on in Romania is doubtful.
That it showed something about Yekutiel Zalman is
for sure. His self-respect, and knowing he was any
man's equal is a legacy to each of us!
32. Reg. 788, Nr. 1192, file 3; December 22 1895 birth of
Elca daughter of Zeilig Segal 32, and Berta 28.
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Another Index of Names from the Dorohoi Region of Romania
including Darabani, Herta, Mihaileni, Radauti-Pmt and Saveni
as compiledfrom a 640-page memory book, second in a series,
published in Israel in 1993 by survivorsofthe region
compiled by Monica Talmor
This book is the second of three volumes in the series. Each volume has two sections. Romanian and Hebrew. In our Autumn 1993 issue,
we published names extracted from the Romanian section of volume I by Elaine Starn. Now, Monica Talmor has performed an equally
herculean task in extracting over 3200 names from the Romanian section of volume II. Volume III has just been printed, and we hope to
publish an extract from it in the future. Meanwhile, we await a volunteer to work on the Hebrew sections of these books.
Following each name in the index are the page numbers on
which that name appears. A suffix of "p" indicates a photo, but
that notation is not complete for the entire list. That is to say,
all names appearing with (or without) photos are included in
the list, but not all names with photos have the suffix "p".
We start off with the "table of contents" for the Romanian portion
of Volume II. This material appears in English in the original, and
gives you the flavor of the book. You may want to request the
pages for certain pieces which refer to towns or people or events or
authors of particular interest to you.
We will be happy to supply copies of the pages that interest you.
Please specify the pages you wish, and enclose a self-addressed
envelope with fiftycents for each page requested. We are asking for
a minimum contribution of five dollars: all monies beyond the cost
of copying and postage will be sent to David Shlomo in Israel to
assist his group with the costs of producing these books.
Continuation... Shlomo David - 9
In most cases, only passing reference is made to a particular
name, not even a whole paragraph. The articles devoted to
Testimony from ages - I. Kara - 15
Old sources about the community past - Manascu Cotter - 27
Pages from the Dorohoi Jewry's past - Noel Vaintraub - 32
The rccompose of the Jewish Dorohoi - Adolf Abramovici - 36
specific families arc brief. Tell us if you read Romanian. If you
do not, Monica will give you the "sense" of the passages.
Look if your ancestors were anywhere near this region.
Although you may think the people you arc researching
came from one particular town, they may have actually lived in
one of the neighboring villages. You may also find the names
of someof your Iasi or Bucharest ancestors, for example, in this
index. They may have lived in this region at one time and left
some lasting memory with someone who nows live in Israel.
Look for various spellings.
Check the names carefully. The same name can be spelled
in various ways. It is more important how the name sounds
than how it is spelled. Please excuse any errors you may find.
An exciting, parting thought
Remember, someone LIVING in Israel donated this infor
mation. That may be a further contact that can be made to hasten
yourRomanian research. The authors can be contactedthrough:
David Shlomo, P.O. Box 134, Kiryat Bialik 27101, Israel
Volume I is out of print. However, Mr. Shlomo and his group
SUMMARY OF ROMANIAN VERSION
The Dorohoi people received by the President of State - 11
DOROHOI
The historical encounter with Chief Rabbi Alexander Shafran - 50
A message from the Mayor of Dorohoi - V. Gerasim - 51
Hundreds of years of community - Dr. Ro§ca Adrian - 52
Reception at the Romaman Ambassy - 53
Appreciation and gratitude - Victor Barladeanu - 54
Testimony - document - Michel Moscovici - 56
People, places, faces - Yosef Cohn - 61
Yosale Meirovici, symbol of Zionism from Dorohoi - 67
From ReisI Davidsohn to grand-granddaughter Nuriel Stern - 70
From my memories note-book - Leon Aclipei - 72
Three true stories - Dr. Seli Grisaru - 80
...From a nostalgic album - Dr. A. Sapearu - 87
A few memories... Etty Jager - 93
Time of distress - Aharon (Luta) Goldstein - 96
Year-book of the Romanian press and politics world (1909) - 103
Filip Chefher - Israel Bar Avi - 106
Stefanesti Rabbi's defender - Henri Marcus - 108
In the memory of a friend - Reuven Rubin - 109
Mordechai Procedural grandson - Dr. S. Bickel - 110
Istrate Micescu's opponent - A.F.K. Baruch Vinescu - 111
Roots - Tudor Chefner - 112
of Dorohoi survivors offer volume II and/or volume III for a
Meer Herscovici - Moni Solomon Moscovici - 113
contribution of $125 per volume. This includes the cost of
shipping the book(s) by airmail to the U.S.A. or Canada.
Dorohoi, my childhood town - Jenita Posmantir - 115
"Goilervarfer" - Prof. Leon Rapaport-Ropot - 117
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Dorohoi, "table ofcontents " continued
Amongst the peopleof Dorohoi today: Lupu Feder- S. David - 210
Strul Hcilik family -211
Dr. Berluta Danilov - 119
The picturesof Feredaru Yeheskel (Hotu), self explanatory -120
Once upon a time - Bianca Marcovici - 122
Dr. Rubin Copelovici,
pride of the Dorohoi people, living in Israel -125
To rediscover a martyr - Lupu Mindirigiu - 126
Far away Dorohoi - Dr. Madeleine David/on - 128
Dorohoi of another time - Adv. Max Fonea - 130
Pages from the Mosaique Cult Revue - Eveline Fonea - 133
The kosher canteen from Dorohoi - 137
Seeking for Dorohoi people in Bucharest - Shlomo David - 138
A family with Jewish soul - Nina Vadraru - 139
Etty Marcus at the age of 101 - 140
Rabbi Lcib Melamed - Nathan Kraft -141
A group of Dorohoi people at Liberation Day 1993 - Nati Kraft -143
Memories from the war - Dr. Leon Marcovici - 146
Fifty years ago - Eng. Solomon Moscovici - 148
Dorohoi Jewry in 1865 - loan Maximiuc - 150
Itzhak Danilov. a real zionist - Sidonia Cherbis (Danilov) - 153
Born twice - Aric Arieli (Leon Cotter) - 155
Bernard Cotter Dov - 158
Dorohoi. water-carriers' town - Iulian Maier Schwartz - 211
Isidor Iancu - a true Jew - 212
Dr. Avraham Rapaport - 212
The blue-while box - Dina Radeanu - 213
Sara Morgenstern (Rapaport) and Maya Morgenstcrn - 214
Shmuel Goodrich - 37 years of theater - 215
Some memories - Avraham BIJinaru- 217
The song "Dorohoi my town" - Moshe Blanaru - 219
Dr. Bittcrman's "Marshall stick" - Victor Namolaru - 220
Prof. Otto Scheib - Prof. Gh. Amarandei - 221
ITie Jewish graduatesat the high school "Grigore Ghica"-1924-1977 - 222
Ion Haiici. a true friend of the Jewish people - 227
Memories... - Etty Lobcr - Lcibovici - 228
In the memory of my family - Eng. Avi (Cornel) Zoler - 229
Destiny saved us from Transnistria - Clara Cohn - 230
Meir Kalmanovici died in Transnistria -Moshe Kalmanovici - 230
...from Beniamin's Fundoianu family - Nary Kraft - 231
The Jews from Hudesti - Moritz Segal (Mircca Hudescu) - 232
They killed my parents - Rachela Oieriu - 233
Sad memories - Ron Michael (Aronovici Mendel) - 234
He tried to save his granddaughter - Izi Davidsohn - 235
Unforgettable Strulica Sulimovici - 158
People and events - Malca Cotter (Cuta Rabinovici) - 159
The pen of Sasa Pana - Liana Maxi - 236
Micu Bernard Cotter - 161
Zipora's Buiumash - Stefan Roll - 241
Roots - Dt. Yosef Haimovici - 162
Ion Calugaru - Sasa Pana - 242
Betti Ghemer - Woginiac - Rubin Ghemer - 164
Adv. Solomon Zalman - Iancu Saiovici - 165
Memories... Memories... - Carol Stelian (Segal) - 168
Moments of a person's lifelime - Bracha Maur - Shor (Sharf) -176
Don't forget your roots - Gratziela Ethel Brener-Kraft - 179
Dorohoi people's comeback - Dorothea Pcltz -180
Pages from a family's chronicle - Dr. Benedict Solomon - 181
A special human being - Eugen Luca - 184
A hard time - Dr. Marcel Solomon - 185
Herman David, a humanitarian boss - Shlomo David - 186
The Town of my life - Reghina Cohn -Silverman - 187
Unforgettable teacher Mina Cohn - David Shlomo - 188
The painter Avuer Talpalariu - 190
Moshe Talpalariu's memories - 191
Sali Trcbich, Gusta and Clara Linker -
Anuta Talpalariu (Pomirleanu) - 193
Moments from Rabbi Aharon Faibis' (Am Shoihct) life BcrcuFaibis- 194
Other episodes... - Martin Moscovici - 196
Shlaiher family from Dorohoi - Beno Shlaiher - 200
Fischer family from Dorohoi - 201
Meditations and memories - Ashcr Cohen - 202
Haim Carol Tangiu, a pious Jew - 203
A few memories - Cici Zclinger (Idelzon) - 204
People of Dorohoi - Yafa Moscovici - 207
Rabbitzen Sima Reisel Wasscrman -
Tzipora Klepholtz(Wasscrman) - 208
Sally Linker, our predictive woman - 209
Born in '02 (fragments) - Sasa Pana - 237
Ioscf H. Bercovici - Andronic - Carol Pincas - 243
Some words on "Paradise book" - Ov.S.Crohmalniceanu - 244
'Profile of a town" - E. Suhor - 245
Miron Berg, the poetof the infinitesearch - Prof. M. Baraz - 246
Last Jews from Dorohoi on 20.8.1992 - 248
Meditations at the "New Cemetery" of Dorohoi - D. Shlomo - 249
Heros died for Romania! - 250
Graves of Zadikim and Rabbis - 252
Graves of renowned doctors - 253
File ot'yarzeif commemorations from Dorohoi - 255
"Beith Solomon" synagogue - 256
The first pogrom- Dorohoi. Speechby Rav.Dr. Moses Rosen -257
The survivor of a five person family - Eng. Marcu Rozen - 259
About Kapusterno-Transnistria - Zaharia Pitaru - 261
Lieutenants Atanasiu and Gaia saved me- Dr. Arc. Leon Haber-265
The pogrom from Dorohoi - Ceausu Maer - Maurer - 267
Mendel and Liza Rudich - Schelly Lcibovici - Fainaru - 268
My trauma from the Holocaust - Hana Hundert - 269
Document - Confidential - General prosecutor - 270
Note - 271
Letters - 272
Dorohoi - L Kara - 273
A livingmonument to a disappeared community - Sh.Leibovici-Lais- 275
Dorohoi is living - M. Raf - 276
Avalanche of publications - Yoram Segal - 276
"Dorohoi" - Rodica Grindea-277
Some observations... some printing mistakes -279
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Abdes Walter
Dorohoi, "table ofcontents " continued
(Mordhah Simhahs)
SAVENI
Alnamovici
Sin Z. Avram 226
Alpem-Geneva Iosef
Abraham Marcu
62
38. 43, 49p
214
Solomon
289
Aher-Schwartz Sloim
271
Alter
Abramovici
Adolf
Abraniovici
Avram
123
Alterescu
Dora
169
Memories and remembrances from my small town - Leib Blumenthal - 283
Abramovici
Carol
44,91.167
Ahcrescu
Mehal
169
Mose Maur (Saveneanu) - Sonia Palty - 291
Abraniovici
Graur
39
Alterescu
Milu
Abramovici
Haim
Abramovici
Abramovici
Hermin
42
Alterescu, Dr.
37
Iancu
38, 42, 45
Ahcrovici
Isidor S.
226
Abramovici
Hie
218
Alterovici
Sami
298
Abramovici
loin ah
38
Altman
Mose
356
From the past of a small community - Leib Manes - 282
Dror Habonim at Saveni -
Eng. Hanan YVasserman (Croitoru Camil) - 293
The Schehter family -Schapira Efraima (Esfira) - 294
Vigdor Croitoru - Assir Zion - Leib Blumenthal - 295
36
38,40,49,222
Alterescu
169
42
Abraniovici
losub
40
Amaramder. Pi
Some details - I. Kara - 296
Abramovici
Isidor
122,123
Ambr
I.
105
Savcni in the Zionist press in Romania, 70 years ago - V. Noel - 297
Abramovici
ItlaLea
An eel
Jean
273,276
Abramovici
Izu
122, 123
38,58,121,
Ancel
Marcel
160
Ancel
Muia
121, 123, 124,167
MIHAJLENI
Mihaileni, a typical "steitr - I. Kara - 301
The story of a life full of escapes - Dan Regenstreif - 303
Memories - Malvina Zelinger - 307
The summer of 1973. Rome. Italy - losub Zelinger - 308
A special scholar - Rabbi Meir Marilus - 311
Jean Blum, the humanist and history researcher - 312
A Zionist's life - Hary Zvoristeanu - 314
Leon Bcrtis - the poet of the Jewish townlet - Marius Mircu - 315
The Jews - my friends from a lifetime - Victor Maftei - 317
Nostalgia - Ioscf H. Andronic - 320
From the Zionist press in Romania - Noel V. - 322
Testimony at Yad VShem in 1959 - Mendel Cocos - 324
The search for Rcgenstrcichs - 325
DARABANI
Darabani - I. Kara - 327
In Darabani, 1992 - Shlomo David - 328
,
The old Zionist campaigner, David Iosef Mihailovici Liuba Mihailovici - 329
Sara Mihailovici. founder of the Hebrew kindergarten - 330
Iancu Oicru - Nary Kraft - 331
Moving memories - Gershin Fainaru - 333
Adolf and Roza Lcibovici - 334
From the Zionist press - N. Vaintraub - 336
221
160
Abraniovici
Jan.
Abramovici
Jean
89,90
Ancelovici
38
Abramovici
Leib&la
332
Anderman, prof
60
Abramovici
Licah
88p
Andreescu
Miluca
171
Abramovici
Marcu
38
Andronic
Ioscf H. 136,245
Abramovici
Martin
42
Mcilidi
46
.Andronic
Andronic
Iosif
Abramovici
Abramovici
Abramovici
Moisah
42
Aneibach
Isidor M.
Moril
226
Antim
Stefan
276
Abramovici
Rachcla 42, 49, 123, 124
Bercu
339
Abramovici
Roza
124. 123
Faibis
339
Abramovici
Roza
38
Apariu
Apcr
Apostolide
Bebe
111
Abramovici
Rutmila II.
225
Aranovici
GhidaleA.
222
Abraniovici
Aranovici
JeanH.
226
Aratei
Hcinrich D.
223
Abramovici
Samy
122, 123, 124
Shaie (Cocalah) 49
Shely
94
Aratei
Lhman D.
226
Abramovici
Shifra
332
Aratei
Abramovici
Sica
88
Aratei
Abramovici
Suhar S.
223
Arbitam
IticCaras
Abramovici
Z. Avram
Arbore
Dumitru
Abramovici
Zalman
Abramovici
206
Abramovici
Abramovici
Ahramovitz
122,124
122, !
46,47,131
357
Ancel
320
45
Litman-Strul S.
Soil
Arbore(Abramovici) Izu
222
224
45
179
16
122
Ardeleanu
Mendel
201
359
Argjntaru
Moisa
355
278
Arie
Arie
A.
33.47
Siegfried II
223
Adiirci
Talic I.
Aclipci
Aclipci
Aclipci
Aclipei
Aclipci
Aclipei
Aclipei
Aclipei
74p, 225
Bercu 40, 161,169,170
Aricly
Arie
lip,157
Ariton
Veronica
160
Dvora
Aroneanu
Aronovici
Ana
182
223
Beatrice
l,eon
72
1lp 72,79,319
195
Lica
90,173
Aronovici
Carol
288
Revelina
74p,225
76, 169
Aronovici
Didi
Aronovici
EliasM.
120, 222
37, 222
74,89
Aronovici
Frenkel
48
57, 226
Aronovici
Froim
234
Roza
Adam Marcel
HERTZA
Adam, attorney
41, 185
Aronovici
Haia lister
261
Pages of history - L Kara - 339
Adar
276
Aronovici
Israel
351
Aderca
F.
135,346
Aronovici
Itcu
235
Clara and Yhil Marcovici -
Aharon
M.
346
Aronovici
IzuM.
225
Hilda (Duta) Phillip and Aurel Marcovici - 341
In Yhil Marcovici's memory - Mihail Rinea - 342
Aharonovici
354
L.
322
295
Mendel
234
Aizic
Zeida
Aizic I.
Aronovici
Aronovici
42
Aronovici
Mina
235
Carol Drimer - Lucian Zeev - Herscovici - 344
Aizic
Davl.
224
Aronovici
Moritz
48
A pride of Hertza Jewry: F. Benjamin - B. Fundoianu - 346
Aizic
Dora E.
224
Aronovici
Oisie
288
Aizic
Froim
163
Aronovici
Perl
234
Aizic
Haim
289
Aronovici
Ruhalah
49
Aizic
IosifE.
224
Aronovici
Sura
234
Aizic
iulius
143,163
.Aronovici
Aizic
Izu
289
Artzi
I.
Aizic
PesaE.
225
Artzi
Itzhac
42, 46, 167
Askenazi
Ronetti Roman -1. Kara - 348
People who were, Carol Drimer - Froim Marcus - 349
The Holocaust of Hertza - testimony of Haim Loker - 350
From the Zionist press - Noel Vaintraub - 351
Aharonovici
Uri
Shlomo
Aizic
RADAUTZI-Prut
From a "steitF existence - L Kara - 355
"DersteitF Radautzi-Prut - Fany Parnafes - Moscovici - 357
Unforgettable time - Leiba Hudescu - 361
Alcalay
37,359
276
136
359
242
.Atanasiu
Alexandru
Alediem
Salom
351
Atatei
Soil
159
Alexandra
Ana
160, 161
Aucrbadi
Anna
57
Alisei
265
43
Auerbach
Leon
177
Aliucams
Rirca
357
.Aucrbach
Mchcl
57
Almoni
P.
136
Auerbach
S.
33
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76.77
Berinas
Avraham
Marahm
75
xn Aharon Cat Simon
301
Berizovsciii
David
298
Avrahami
Avram
.Avram
.Arie
Bercu
Estera
274
37
43.46
Ben Elisar
68p
Bemian
Iancu
226
ben Iaacov
Avraham
301
Bemfeid
Carol
37
ben Iosef
Baruch Zeev
300
Bemfeld
Dulci
37
Avram
lulius H.
223
ben Iosef
Haim
301
Bcrtis
Leon
Auerbach
8. 37.43.46,91. 105. 160
I3eiu
Vlad
358
4 . 136.273,
275. 315,316
Avram
Jack I.
222
ben Iosef
Haiml.itnian
301
Avram
I-upu A.
223
ben Iosef
lehuda
301
Bcrtis
Avram
Rene S.
224
X3i Ishar
A\Taham Iaacov
301
Bickcl
Shlomo
Avramovici
Izu
197
ben Israel
Catriel
301
Bickel. Dr.
S.
Avramovici
Avramovici
Jenaca
Marai
197
38
xai Leib
Smuel
301
Bighel
ben Menase
Gherson
301
Binder
Avramovici
Silvian
80
ben Mordehai
301
Binder
Axler
Axler
Hary
Henry S.
173
222
ben Mose
Mordehai
301
Binder. Dr.
ben Nata
Avraham Leib
301
Binder, Dr.
ben Pinhas
.Axler
Miron S.
222
Axler
S
33
icn Reuben
Axler
47.117
Ax\exfamily
45
ben Simon
ben Simon
Mose Israel
Avraham
301
Arie Itzhac lose!"
Haim Naflali
24
301
Birjar
Birjariu
Birjaru
Left Ithac
301
Bojet
Bojet
Bojet
44
Sua
Tica
159
202. 290
Bojet family
Bojet, Col.
Bojocariu
41
195
224
Liviu I.
Bolboroceanu. Dr.
177
274
Borcea
Florica
160
108
Borcea
Gheorghe
160
Botczatu
Dumitru
160
107,110.136
48
Botezatu
Alexander
236. 134
Botoshansky
41
Boxer
A\Tam
39
David
254
Boxer
Maria
47, 130
Boxer
Seina-Feiga (Fonea) 132
43 .58.61,104
185
I
33.34, 108,322.323
37,38
Bercu I.
223
Boxer
Moise I.
224
Braha
Zeida
40
Brailescu-Gotlieb
Birman
losub
64
Brana
Aurelian O.
227
148
G.
Hai
42
Axler. Dr.
Isac
254
ben Simon
Mendel
301
Birman
Tica
188
Brandes
Axler, Dr.
Miron
264
ben Simon
Mordehai
301
Birman
Toni
49
Bratu
Alcxandru
Axler. Dr. 34,57,58, 59,61, 105, 195
ben Simon
Simon
160
Bimbaum
46
Bratu
Marcel
166
Bacal
354
ben Smaia
Meier David
301
37
Bratu
Monica
167
David
Vilhelm A.
223
Braun
Hersli
40
Braun
Manole
42, 46
Braun
Solomon N.
223
Bacalu
Ancel
45
ben Smuel
301
Biterman
Bitterman
Bacalu
Avram
229
ben Smuel Cat Avraham
301
Bitterman
Willy
Bacalu
Basia
229
benTvi
Avraham Dov
301
Blanar
Meir
62
329
Iacov
138.188.220
Bacalu
Beluca
229
bcnTvi
Biniamin Aizic
301
Blanaru
Adela
Bacalu
Betty
229
benTvi
Dov Ber
301
Blanaru
Avram 217,218,329
Bacalu
Debora
229
benTvi
Eliezer
301
Blanaru
Meier
40
Bacalu
Ety
229
ben Tvi
Mose Ithac
301
Blanaru
Misliu
51
Brezis, Dr.
Iohanan
39
Bacalu
Eva
229
ben Zakai
Hary
229
ben Zalman
Bacalu
Morilz
Bacalu
Gratziella Ethel
11.
346
Brif
Frima
361
Brif
Heinrich I.
225
74,219,329
Brif
Henriette I.
225
Isuta
349
Bhinaru
Moisali
301
Blanaru
Moise Meir A.
47
Mihel
ben Zeev Volf Ithac Aizic
301
Blanaru
Mose
Moshe
153
Bender
277
Blanaru
Strul S.
223
Brif
Bacalu
Rashela
229
Benjamin (Fundoianu) F.-B.
346
Blanaru
Udl
218
Brir
Bacalu
Rivca
229
Ber
Itzic
43
Blanaru
39
Riven
43.45
Beram
L.
120
Blatstein
Iancu
303
Brif Dr.
Bril
Mandy
Bacalu
Bacalu
Till
229
Berar
Hershcu
59
Blatxtein
Sophie
303
Bring
Noel
Bacalu
Tula
229
Berar
1.
105
Blonder
I-eibish
38
Broida
285
Berar
L.
105
Blonder
Balan
Aurora L.
226
Berariu
Jan a
115
Blum
Balan
Mose
11,277
licraviufam iy
Beraru
Lupu I.
115
Blum
Marcel
222
Blum
Marcus
Beraru
222
Blumenfeld
Badita
Ghiti
167
47,63
62,63
Braun
Brcihohz
Brener-Kraft
Bacalu
43
224
180
45,47
43,163
46
34
287
Bronstein
.Ancel
354
Bruf
Shloimah
65
313
Brukmayer
Lora (Cotusliteanu) 95
312
Brul
46
Elias
166
Brunea-Fox
242
38
Jean
276.312,313
Balan (Craa)/o;w;7>-
159
Bahazar
Baltoi
Camil
136
288
Beraru
44
Blumenfeld
Mose
289
Brularu
Ghedale
293
Bancescu
Hie
320
Beraru, Dr.
Jacques
76
Blumenfeld
Otilia
289
Buca
.Aron
37
Aron I.
226
Blumaital
Fishel
160
Blumentlial
Nathan I.
Banlash
Mariana
54
Bercovici
Bantash
Mircea
54,138
Bcrcovici brothers
Bar-Avi
Barasch
Israel
Bemhard I.
106
226
Bercovici
Bercovici
Bruno 170, 171,173,222
Blumenthal
David
Blumentlial
Barash
Iancu B.
226
Bercovici
Emil
40,46
Bercovici
Fani M.
225
Barash
45 .226
170, 195 222, 257 Blumentlial
44
Buca
41
290
Bucurestianu
38,46
Camelia I;r.
225
Budnaru
Fislicl
286
Budnaru
Hers Beer
287
Buium
Berl Malahi
63
Buiumovici
BenoH.
223
Lob
Blumenthal
Leib
283,289,295
Herscu II.
224
46
Barat
Frida
359
Bercovici
Ghidale
45
Blumentlial
Ixibola
293
49
Ghidali
229
Bercovici
Herman
105
Blumenthal
M.
286
Bujureanu
Bujureanu
Sali
Baratz
Baratz
Herman
298
Bercovici
Herscu I.
226
Blumenthal
Meier
283, 286
Bulbetz
Pinhas
354
Baratz
Herscu M
222
Bcrcovici
I.L.
57,64,105
Blumentlial
Niusea
288
Bulov
108
Baratz
Moise
234
Bcrcovici
Ionas
67, 155. 160
Blumenthal
Sally
288
Bunduc
46,101
Baratz
Roza
334
Bercovici
Leib
243
Blumentlial
285
Burghele
G.G.
103
Baratz
Saic
229
Bercovici
Lobel
101
Blumer
Avram
45
Burstein
Caiman
354
Baratz
Saly
297
Bercovici
Luis
64
Blumcr
Haim Av.
224
Burstein
Baratz
Surala
288
Bcrcovici
Mali
243
Blumer
Herman
Bercovici
Nuti
243
Blumcr
45,163
46,62
Butala
Moise
Bercovici
Smil
251
Bobingher
Bogrea
Boiangiu
Boingiu
Bojet
Bojct
Bojet
Bojet
Bojet
Bojet
Bojet
Pincu
63
Moshe
210
Puiu
87
Butensky
Butcnsky
Sely
210
223
Baratz-Rozen Mina
Baraz , Prof. M.
Barcan.Cc/.
334
246
60,185.195
Bercovici
45.47,59,186
54, 138
Bercoviei-Andronic
Barouch-Vincscu A.F.K.
Bartfeld
Ancta
Bartfeld
Sali
111
160
160
Bercovici-Pincas
Bercu Itzcu
136
Bercu
39
Bartfeld
47
Berezovsch
284
B<xk, Rabbi M.
135,348
246
Begin
Bcighel
Menahem
Avram
69p
49
Ianchl
65
Miron
Berg
Berghenstein
Shmuel Hugo
Bergman
13erijan
Barladeanu
Beiejtreidier
Victor
Iosif
Adela
243
243
44
209
44,64
179
43
354
Shmuel
Burstein, ra bbiDavid 146.356,357,361
320
Herscu
232
Butincu
Pincu D.
Haim I.
224
Butnariu
Avram Sloim
Beatrice
206
Buuiariu
Bertina A.
224
297
Ch.
105
Bulnariu
Marcu
Jac
46
Butnaru
Caiman S.
Lola
159
naru
Emilian N.
224
163, 223 But
223
Marcela
159
Butnaru
Mochi
38
Max
40
Butnaru
Smil
332
Sosana
253
Butnaru
41.297
19
ROM-SIG NEWS, Vol.4, No.4, Summer 1996
Mina
Bvck
Filip
Chemer
201
106, 107,
108,110 ,111,112
Byck
Byck
Silu
201
Simon
201
Chefiier
Mihai
Cachhash
Zalman
64
Chemer
Moritz
Tudor
357
Chelher
Calarasi
Froche
64
Chefiier
Calinescu
G.
135,348
Chcis
Cahal fam.
106,108
107, 112
106,108,112
Cohn
.Aron
39
Cohn
Avram
58,232
Cohn
Beca
202
Colin
62
205.332
Cohn
Burah
Caiman
108
Cohn
Carol
44,224,
.Aron I.
223
230
Caiman
Bar-David
lip
Cherahtzc
38
Cohn
Clara
202,230
Caiman
Hana
193.227
Cherbis
Bianca S.
225.226
Cohn
Danil
45,47
37.59,115
Cherbis
Fritzu
47
Colin
David
159
Calmanovici David L.
Calmanovici Etty
222. 226
Cherbis
losub
257
Colin
Dora
205,206
115
Cherbis
Luis A.
226
Cohn
Ema
44
Calmanovici
I-con A.
222
Cherbis
Marian S.
224
Cohn
Eti
49
Calmanovici
Loay
115
Cherbis
Mina
49
Colin
Eugen P.
226
Calmanovici
Avram
Calmanovici
Rene
193
Cherbis
Moritz S.
222
Cohn
Froim
159
Calmanovici
Sami A.
116. 171.
Cherbis
Poma
47
Cohn
143
Cohn
Ghina
Haim
43, 187
43. 101, 162,
Calmanovici
Sidi
139
Cherbis
Calmanovici
Simcha
264
Cherbis
Simon A.
222
Cohn
Herscu I.
222
Calmanovici
Titer
39
Cherbis
Solomon L.
227
Cohn
Hessa
202
44
Cherbis
43
Cohn
Iancu
46, 63. 202
Cherbis (Danilof) Sidonia
Cohn
Inda
293
173, 174.222
Calmanovici
Puiu
Cherbis
Shloim
37, 47, 49, 78, 121
Calmanovici
family
232.234
Calugaru
Calugaru
Ion
131.134
Chetala
Shmil
136
186.212,
240.241,242,273.276,277
dietary
David
218
Camil
Croitoru
Ion
293
153
187
Iosef
61,66,101,
128,162,187,188,230
Cohn
Cojocaru
Aron Hers
307
Aron Itcu
222
Cojocaru
Cojocaru
.Avram
287
Bccuta
293
Cojocaru
Cojocaru
Beica
307
Cojocaru
Clara
293
Cuta
307
Cojocaru
Cojocaru
David
293
Cojocaru
Ety
83p
Golda
269
Cojocaru
Cojocaru
Haia
293
Cojocaru
Haim
293
Cojocaru
Idel
88
Itcu
317
Cojocaru
Cojocaru
Leizer
62
Cojocaru
Lica
293
Cojocaru
Lili
307
Cojocaru
Malvina
307
Nalluli
269
Cojocaru
Ozias S.
224
Cojocaru
Cojocaru
Riva
269
Cojocaru
Sumer
307
40,44
Cojocaru
Cojoracu (lcibovici) Simon
286
Chetraru
David
49
Colin
Itic
332
Colban
Chiscs
Edwiga
34
Cohn
Itzhak
66
Colcr
Bela I.
225
Jean
45, 62,96
Cohn
Iulius
44
Colcr
Dorind I.
225
105
Cohn
Izu
145
Coler
Moisah
49
Leivy
283
Cohn
Jeanette
202
Coller
Bela
38
185
Canano
Ernest
104
Chises, ally
Cantar
Sigmund
33
Chish Z.
Capra
Caragiale
Jenica
331
Chitlaru
348
Chhlaru
Moishc
58, 167
Cohn
Leiba H.
223
Coller
Doron
Cioarah
Sharic
38
Colin
Leizer
38
Coller
Hershcu
38
Ciobotariu
Burah
339
Colin
Liza
Coller
Moisah
38
Coller
Paula
1lp
Coloshencu
Mircea
134
l.L.
39,40,46, 117
Carbunaru
160,202,203
8.11,38,50.161
Catp
Carp
Clara Monica C.
P.P.
348
Ciobotaru
Erica
144
Cohn
Lupu
Caruceriu
Iancu M.
226
Ciobotaru
Mi lea
96
Cohn
Marcel
39, 46
Ciobotaru
Ozi
293
Cohn
Marcu 37, 101,128,318
Comanescu
Romeo
87
Cirimpei
Alexandrina
Constantin
Caruceru
225
40
156,157, 163
160
Cohn
Max
Crontz
160
Jack
42
Cisin-Miller Costica
146
Cohn
Mendel
101, 128, 139
Constantinescu, Col.
185
Licah
44
Ciubotariu
Etty A.
225
Cohn
Mina
138,188,202
Paula A.
225
Ciubotariu
Idel M.
224
Cohn
Mmoteks
122
Ciubotaru
Amy
145
Cohn
Moisah
46
Burah
47
Ciubotaru
Avram N.
224
Cohn
Nuta
64,230
Copelovici Haia
Copelovici
Copelovici, Dr. Rubin
Coraspan
Rivca
Iancu
45
Ciubotaru
Bercu
224,269
Cohn
Otilia
160
Comishteanu Shtefan
43
Ciubotaru
Burah
42,49
Cohn
Pancu S.
226
Cornishteanu
43.65,196
Cat
Aizic
301
Ciubotaru
Discom
43
Cohn
Paul
ComspainyawzTy
38
Catz
Liza
229
Ciubotaru
EmilN.
223
Cohn
Paula N.
224
Cosma
242
Cauceru
DanH.
225
Ciubotaru
L
38
Cohn
Pia II.
224
Costea
185
Cauccru
Dinal.
225
Ciubotaru
Iancu
339
Cohn
Pusa
293
Costica
43
Cazacu
Ianai
317
Ciubotaru
loinali
101
Cohn
Rasela I.
224
Coter
Armand M.
224
Ceausu
Bnmo
267
Ciubotaru
Sumer
43
Cohn
Rebeca
224
Cotcr
Iancu H.
224
Ccausu
Favcl
288
Ciurariu
Froim H.
225
Cohn
Reghina
40, 160,
Coter
Manashcu 40, 64, 27, 133
Ceausu
ldel
268
Ciurariu
ItcuP.
224
189
Coter
Marcu
47.64
Ccausu
Ma lea
268
Ciurariu
Zizica I.
225
Cohn
Renata Ar.
225
Coter
Mcnase
38
Ccausu
Marcu S.
225
Ciuraru
Aizic
293
Cohn
Sidonia
74
Cotcr
Micu
40
Ceausu
Maurel
145,216
Ciuraru
Ghiza
179
Cohn
Simon
257
Cotcr
Moisah
47
Ceausu
Meier
268
Ciuraru
Hersola
293
Cohn
Sloim M.
222
Cotter
Aneta A.
226
Ceausu
MikyEl.
225
Ciuraru
Misu I.
227
Cohn
Solomon R.
222
Cotter
Bernard
Ceausu
MoritH.
223
Ciuraru
Oisie
179
Cohn
Ccausu
Rubin
268
Ciuraru
Silvia I.
225
Colm
Cotter
Burah M.
226
Ceausu
Sami M.
223
Ciuraru
Van
38
Cohn
Tirla
202
Colter
Dov
156
Ccausu
Sura
267
Ciuraru
41
Cohn
Zeida
41
Cotter
Hana
156
Ceausu. Dr.
Rutmila
40
Cizmar
42,39
Cohn
Zinca
101
Cotter
L (Arie .Ariely) 158
Ceausu. Dr.
Soli
Cotter
Lica
157, 163
Cotter
Manascu
161,273
Cotter
Mica
160
Cotter
Miriam
156
Cotter
Moise Marcu 155,158
Cotter
Nesa M.
225
Cotter
Rebeca
158
Casapu
Casapu
Casapu
Casapu
Iancu
224,285,318
Casian
Caspu
Caspu
Castner
Ilersh I-eib
Clezmer
Nuham
217
Cohn
Cocos
Mendel
324
Cohn brothers
Cerbeanu
Herman
64
Cocu
45
Cohn
Ccrbcanu
Ticu
99,100
Cohen
Asher
202
Cohn
42. 45
Cohen
Avi
163
Cohn
Cercelar
Bercu
339
Cohen
Haim
108
Cohn
Kalman
105
Cohen
Hersola
284
Cohn
Charas
N.
105
Cohen
Idov
58, 136. 273,274,
Cohn
Charas
S.
Charas
Sigismund
Cheatala
Smil
Chemer
Clara
275,276, 28! ,285,315
105
N.
226
320
106, 107, 108
Cohn
40,45,143,223
38,41,43,46,232
40
267
Charas
332
Suca
49, 121
Sura-Reiza(Tica) 205, 206
Ceausu-Mauer Maer
Cerbeanu
63
45
Casapu Fel
47
Casapu Iancu
40
(Cohen) Osias(.Asher)
(Croci) Carolina 159
(Pitaru) Moshe
332
(Uscrovici) Smil 202
(Vascoboinic) Izu 145
203
44.125
120
99. 100
64, 156, 158,
161,254
Cotter (Ariely) I.eon (Arie)
155
Cotter (Rabinovici) Malca (Cuta) 159
Cohen (Pitaru) Mordie
141
Cohn, Dr.
177
Covaliu
Cohn
Aizic
64,188,226
Cohn-Silbcrman Rcghina
187
Craft
Cohn
Andu M.
226
Cojocaru
293
Crcisel
Anut.-i
M.
125
44
Munis
317
62
Marcu I.
223
20
ROM-SIG NEWS, Vol.4, No.4, Summer 1996
Damakener
44
der Trcigher
162
Damian
45
Diaconu
Crivatz. Dr.
41
Damseher
63
Croci
38
Daniclevici
Dimuer
Dines
Cremer
Solomon David
Crisan
Mircea
222
222
Danilof
Danilof
Crohmalinceanu Dv. s. 244. 273, 276
Mariana VI.
225
Bercu
44,40,58.61
Berlutzah 78, 19. 138.232
Myriam
Eugeniu S.
Dines
Croitoru
Avram
159
Danilof
Itzcu
46
Discern
Dobrisleac
Croitoru
Bercu
45
Danilof
Ilzhak
153
Doccr
Croitoru
Bely
293
Danilof
64
Dolberg
Croitoru
Buiu
173
Danilov
Bercu
222,318
Dorfman
Croitoru
Buium
39
Danilov
I.ipa
119
Liza
Croitoru
AdoirM.
Croitoru
Camil
144.227
Danilov
Croitoru
Cima
289
Danilov
Croitoru
Croitoru
Fany
295
Danscher
Croitoru
Herscu
Meer
N.
105
39
Faier
96
Fainar
226
223
Fainaru
Dora
333
Fainaru
Gersin
333
44, 160
Fa in am
Marcu C.
223
Fainaru
Maricel H.
224
Avram Ciubotaru
48
49
104. 105
Fainaru
Nina
246
Fainaru
Shoil
333
43
Fainaru
Um-Noah
333
188
Fainani
45
227
185
Faival
301
78, 119
Dragonisteanu Beno N.
Dragus, Major
Fane
263
Drimer
Berl
349
Fauerstein
267
Drimer
Carol
44
I.
58.135,349
Feder
losib
63
Aizic
210
293
Darabaneanu
I.
361
Drimer
Haia
344
Feder
Bum
210
38.157,163
Darabancanu
Yiel
354
Drimer
Haim
344
Fcder
46
Zlole
361
Drimer
Levy
33,34,35
Feder
Jujiu
Lupu
47
Drimer
Shlomo
344
Feder
Moisah
46
Drimer
Yeruliam
344
Fcder
Paula
74
35. 58,
Feder
Rasela
210
Froim sin Leiba
301
Croitoru
I.
134
Darabaneanu
Croitoru
Ionas Z.
224
Dascalu
Bed
Croitoru
Ioscf A.
224
Dascalu
Haim-Rivcn
Croitoru
losub
38
Dascalu
332
39
Drimer, Rabbi Berl
135,
Croitoru
Itzcu
43
David
Elias R.
226
Croitoru
Leiba
301
David
Elly
186
Croitoru
Maie
88
David
Herman
186
Croitoru
Marcu
47,301
David
Mandi
67
Croitoru
Meir
88p
David
Mica
186
Croitoru
Miliam M.
225
David
Minca Misilim
Croitoru
Moritz I.
225
David
Shlomo
Croitoru
Ncsa M
227
Croitoru
Nusam Herscu
160
Drucher
Druckman
Shely
74
I.
121
Federary
Iehezkel
120
Fcinstein
Iancu
313
195
Feldman
Anuta A.
225
Iacobas
290
Fcldman
Bianca A.
225
46
Feldman
Elian
273
Dughengiu din Savcni
Dughin sin Saic Haim
297
229
Feldman
A.
274
39
Feller
Abraham
315
Ficher
Adolf
200
88
Duca. Capt.
Dudac
Rubin
156,223
David
Sumar C.
224
Dulci fam.
Sali
192
David
Zalman
62
Dumitrescu
Croitoru
Sidi S.
225
David family
45
Croitoru
Simcu S.
223
Davidovici
Iosif
271
Croitoru
Simon I.
223
Davidovici
Z.
33
Dumitru
Croitoru
Smaie
293
Davidsohn
Brana (Betty) 70p
Croitoru
Soncl M.
226
Davidsohn
Eva
70p
Vigdor
295
Croitoru
Zcilig
301
Croitoru (Wasserman) Hana
Davidsohn
Faibis
235
Camil
41
Feder
Federaru
41
351
Croitoru
Croitoru
51,210
Croitor
N.
8,11,50,51. Dudel
54,72, 137, 138.160, 186. 188,
210. 227, 273, 274, 275, 276. 328
297
252,344
Croitoru
CroHoru-Wasscrman
Cruparu
Zindel
Moisah
Feller
40
Puiu
173
Dumitriu
Bilba
320
Fichman
Iosca
Dumitru
Ghcnghea
145
Fichman
Saul
Micu
135
Fichman
348
Fihman
284,286,
Filderman
110
Filderman. Dr.
57.60.107
Duxian, Dr.
F.bercohui
Ioscf (Ozi)
287,295,343,341,342
189
47, 89
Rorloh
65
Davidsohn
H.
105
Ebercohen
Israel
284
201
Davidsohn
Hoishie
75
Ebercohcn
Strul
286
Finchelstein
Finkclslilcin
Ghizella
293
Urn
63
145
Davidsohn
Iosl
70p
Ebercohn
Fany
297
Finkelstein
Bianca M.
226
Davidsohn
Iulia D.
224
Ebercon
276
Finkelstein
Bubi
192
C.
139
Coca
201
253
Quizes
Jean
165
Davidsohn
Izi
235
Ebion
A.
274
Finkelstein
Cunea
Moisha
46
Davidsohn
I^oen
45
Edelman
Clarutza
139
Fischer
38
Davidsohn
Manole
lulelman
Eti
49
Fischer
Fanny
41
Davidsolin
Ozias
Edelman
46
Fischer
Julius 41,42,57,101,201
188,189
Cunea (Salir) Moisah
Cuparencu
Cuperstein Ghcrs
Davidsohn
Reizel
70p
162,318
70p,71
Kalman
MaricelGh. 225
Davidsohn
Rifca
70
Eden (Calmanovici) Samy 209
Eghcr
43
Fischer
Curclaru
Fischer
Mochi
58. 253. 276
Curs
Avram
46,47
Davidsohn
Shmuel
70p,71
Eidclman
356
Fischer
Reghina
200
Sulim
44
Fischer
Curs
47.62
Davidsohn
Haim
46,49
Davidsohn
40. 45, 130
Eisenberg
Eisenkopf
Itcu
Cushmaru
Cushmaru
Hcrsh
40
Davidsohn brothers
47
Eisenkraft
J.
Cushmaru
Max
46
DAvidson
Faibis
170
Cushmaru
S.
46
Davidson
Strul
40
Elpem
Elpcm
Joy
Sam
360
132
156,157
278
278
46
Davidzohn
Bercu S.
225
Emincscu
M.
348
Flaiscr
224
Davidzohn
Herman S.
223
Encel
160
Fleischer
357, 358
Da\idzon
Febus
129
44, 124
33
124
Flcmcl
Cushmaru
Cusin
Aurel V.
Cusmariu
Haim
339
Davidzon
Ghizcla
192
Cusmariu
Nusim
339
Davidzon
Lary
129
Fjigler Avram
EnglerL
Engler Rebeca
Cusmariu
Sloim
318
Davidzon
Maaian
129
Esanu
I aura-Tamara I.
Fagadau
Fagadau
Fagadau
Fagadau
Fagadau,
Faibis
Faibis
HainrichH.
222
Mochi H.
226
Moishe 171,172.174,223
46,169,196
atty David
58,62
Bercu
88,194
Didy B.
226
Cusin
Cusmaru David (Dudl Haim Shmil) 62
Davidzon
Madeline
128, 129
Cusmaru
Davidzon
Ozias
128.129
Haim
157, 162
Cusmaru (S aveni)
197, 199
Davidzon
Rozica
129
Cut en
Arnold N.
226
Scrgiu
129
Cuter
Licah
38
Davidzon
Davigner
Lcia
Cuter
Cutigaru
Cutiugaru
Cutun
278
226
38,41,52
Fisdier,/a/7i/7y
Fischler, Dr
58
201
57
Max
Fischman
180
Fislilcr
47
GhcorgheEd. 226
130
Iancu
40
I;ocsaneanu
Smil
281
I;onea
Aizic
130
Fonea brothers
163
Fonea
David
130
Fonea
Evelin 131, 133,136. 138
Fonea
Faibish
132
Fonea Faibish sin Avram Shloim
Fonea
Fonea
Fernanda
131
Fonea
Herman
77
41
de Crimali
Zisu
40
de Rens Ianculescu
Iancu
38
der Brahcshter
40
Faibis
Jami
88
Fonea
Iancu
131
45
der Cama
42
Faibis
Marcel
143
Fonea
Iosel
130
194
Cuza Seina Feigasin Hershcu
Cveczer
Zigu
226
131
38
Eugenia 103
Moisliah
der Gorilvafer Rapaport
der 1.onger Iancu
40
Faibis
Sheli
38
Czemowitzer, rabbi Chaim 58
der Roitahr
Usher
62
Damadicncr
der Roitcr
Haim
46
der Roiter
Moishah
41
Faibis, Reb
Faibish
Faibish
Faibish
Aron 47,194,195
Bercu
46,88
Groper
45
Jami
88p
47
Damachrner Marilena(Crihshmaru) 94
130
130
Fani
130, 131,135, 138
Fonea
Max
Fonea
Nutah
Fonea
Pesa
130
Fonea
Rebeca R.
227
Fonea
Rubin
131
41
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Sandu
130, 131
Ghidali, Dr. Ghila
125
Fonea
Shoil
130
Ghiura
358
Fonea
Solomon
131
Giurgea
Mica
186
Grinberg
Mordehai
Grinberg
Grinberg brothers
67
277
Haifler
43
Fonea
Strul
75
Glanzton, Dr. Iosef
250
Grindea
Fonea
Tzipora
131
Zindel
130
226
197, 199
Grinzait
Fonea
Gluch
Gluck
40,41
Gluckman
Iosi
Foni
Fonio
Osias R.
Avram
227
264
Gluckman
Israel
Gluckman
Rafael
35
Formagiu
.Altar
297
Gluckman
43
Godel
Iancu
Leic
317
62
Godridi brothers
Frcnchel
Marcel B.
226
Godrich
Frenkel
Eliczer
136
Godridi
40
Goirahlwafer
138
Fonea
Frank
Frcichie
Freidah
Frenkel. Rabbi Hanoch Heinoch
207,208
Fridman (tadic)
356
Friedman
Miriam
Friedman brothers
203
197
Froichi
40
Godreidi
Grisariu
Haim M.
224
Haimberg
Bercu
251
Haimovici
Fluschi
41
Clara
Dany
83p
80,86
Haimovici
Haim
39
105
Grisaru
Grisaru
46
Grisaru
Eheskel C.
227
Haimovici
Haimovici
Ioju
Iosef
163
162
157
Grisaru
Feiga-Roza
227
Haimovici
Leiba S.
226
156, 163
Grisaru
Grisaru
Grisaru
Leon C.
Maier
Marian
223
358
163
Haimovici
Haimovici
Rudolf H.
223
44
Grisaru
Grisaru
Moritz
Mose
162
354
Haivas
Corneliu I.
224
Haivas
Emilian I.
224
Grisaru
Shelly
1lp, 80
Haivas
Mircea D.
223
Grisaru
44,163
Grisaru (Hoina) Ieheskel 279
Grisaru (Shapira) Ely
206
Haler
Halerie
Zuzi A.
224
40
Halici
Ion
227
Grisaru, Dr. Leon
Haller
Iancu
180
Haller
Lupu I.
223
Haller
Volf
163
45
Goldfadcr
Fundoianu
David
143,231
Goldhamer
317
Grisaru
Iancu
351
Avram
Haim
35
Perla S.
351
Haikis
33,34
274
Betty
224
222,37
45, 46. 64
Zelig
297
Solomon E, 223
226
37
317
210
332
332
210
227
223,277
98
227
Caiman
42
DidaS.
Solom D.
224
Mose
Fundoianu
Fnichl
144
Haim
Lcibolah Hanah 62
Haifler
Ilaifler
Dida I..
Meyer
Bumi
Haim
Hary
Leib
Lily
Paula
Pincu A.
Sigi
Fundoianu
Zigu
S.
Rodica
Haiet
Grisariu
Goldblat
Goldemberg
Goldenbcrg
Goldenberg
Goldenbcrg
Goldenbcrg
Goldenberg
Goldenbcrg
Goldenberg
Goldenberg
Goldenberg
Goldengcrg
Frudit
Bury C.
Fredi
125
43
346
Goodrich
Smuel
215
279
279
Ianka
138
Estcra
323
lacob
33,34,58,
315,316,322,346
Groper
Idel
46
Groper
Leib L.
223
Groper
Matilda S. 224
Groper
Nahman M 224
Groper brothers
46, 159
Gropper Herbert R.
223
273,323,351
Gropper I.
Gropper lacob 112,136,140,275
Gropper
Lifsa
159
Gropper
Liza
192
Gropper
Mariana
192
Gropper
Mircea
191
Gropper
Smaie
253
Gropper
Yacov
154
Gropper
108,274
Furlunah
100
Gordenberg Cutaa
124
Gruber
Fussman
284
Gorenstcin
180
Fruct
Frida I.
224
Frunzescu
D.
340
B.
135, 136,
Fundoianu
212,231,242,274,275
145
Fundoianu
Eli
231
Goldhamer
Fundoianu
Frima
231
Goldman
Fundoianu
Fundoianu
H.
Iosef
351
351
Fundoianu
Ita I.
226
Goldman. Dr. Norbert
Goldsdilager Seigrid
Goldshtein Aharon
Fundoianu
Fundoianu
Marcu
Ozias
231
231
Goldshtein
Didi
96
Goldshtein
Dora
64
Fundoianu
Smil
231
Goldstariu
Didi A.
224
Fundoianu
Strul M.
226
Goldstein
Carol S.
226
Fundoianu
39, 163
43
Goldstein
Goldstein
Goodrich
Lutzah
Furlh
Sami
100
39
216
Furtuna
Dumitru
152
Furtuna
Enric
45
Maria
129,224
43, 46, 129
226
96,97
Grisaru, Dr.
Grisaru, Dr.
Gromp
Groper
Groper
80,279
Scli
Gabi
314
Hair, Dr.
46
Haller
180
57
Haller, Prof.
Halperin
Halpem
Hamsic
Harabagiu
Harabagiu
Harac
Harak
Harak
Harak
199
69p
Carol H.
227
Itic
136,320
Gabricla M. 225
Hie
301
Fishel
43, 140
Braha (Betty) 75p
Feiga
75, 170
Filip
75,90,91,318
Harak
Haran
Fisel A.
Dov
226
275
Haran
Hascalovici
Shimon
Aron
277
38
Hascalovici Buium
47,62
Hascalovici
Pascu
47
Hccht
AdoIfZ.
223
Hecht
BcniaminS. 170,222
Ilecht
Ema
160
Hccht
Iulius
286
Hccht
Sigmund
222
Hecht
Vilhelml.
Gal
Moise Z.
Galaction
Gala 100,108,136,242
Golisman
Gall
Marcu
284
Gott
Bercu
93,95
Gall
Zisu
284
Gott
Izu
93
265
Gott
Sofia
95
Grumbcrg Pincu B.
222
Grun
Marta (Timen) 94
Grunbcrg
Eitan
70p
246
Grunberg
Miron
Grunberg
Mordechai 70p
Grunberg
Rodica
74
Grunberg
88,322
Grunberg (Iasi)
191
Grunberg-Fainaru Flora 246
44
44,72,73
340
40
Grahmescu
Shtcfan
87
Grunstein
Grama
262
273,276
292
Idel
37,40
263
Gutic
O.
Gulman, Rav Efiaim
Iicines
Grama
Heinik
Ithac
289
222
Guttman. Rabbi Strul
133
Heinis
A.
46
Guttman-Moineshti
Gutzic
34
42
Ilelemer
Alex
298
Heller
Avraham
226,334
65
Heller
Heller
Max
297
286
Helman
Henig
Herariu
Regina
Clara
298
334
Gheorghc sin Nitzah 17
Hcrariu
Soltana
17
Gabor
Jaqncse
226
Gad
H.
242
Got
brothers
Gotescu
Gaia
Ion
265
Gotcsman
226
Gotcsman
Garfmkel
Gartenberg
Gartcnberg
Gartenberg
Gartinberg
Shaia
W. M.
Tule
Gates
326
Gavagiuc
Gayer, Dr.
Max
185
323
Geiber
Hary
257
Geller
Iaakov
273
Gemer
Rubin
164
Gcrson
Hirsch
339
Ghclber
Dora
333
Gemer
47
CHieler
348
(Hierasim
V.
51
Itzic
Adolf S.
144
145
224
42
47
Granich
Michel Z.
Granovsky
Sorina (Grisaru) 80
Grasu
Izu
46
Grigorescu
Grimberg
Grimberg
Grimberg
Grimberg
Grimberg
Grimberg
Grimberg
Grimberg
.
Ady C.
Clara
Ithac
Lica
Marcel D.
Maricica
Simon S.
45
226
279
289
162
223
279
224
38,40
Guzan
48
42
47
, 47
143
Ghennan
Willi N.
225
Grimbler
Loli
Gheroghc
Nicolae
356
Ghidali
Ghidali
Ghidali
Alon
Iuval
Tal
125
125
125
Grinberg
Grinberg
Grinberg
Grinberg
Alter
Gutza
Licali
Marcel
Avram
317
M.S.
Buium
Guzan
39
Haber
Leon
265
Habot
Saul
143
Saul S.
223
Habol
Habot
35, 38, 39.43. 44, 64, 131
222
Hecht
Zaharia
Hecht
Hecht, A-//5S
46,57
44, 173
180
Heilic
Heilic
Avram
Bianca
38
211
Heilic
Heilic
Leia
Strul
211
211
Herman T.
223
Hcrer
Carol
105
Halia
Dumitru
328
Haham
Itzhak
1lp, 274
Herman
Hcrscovici
Louise
Elca
351
230
Haham
Pnina
274
Herscovici
Eleonora
348
Hahami
Ithac
274
Hcrscovici
family
159
Hahamu
Avraam
294
Herscovici
Ghizela A.
225
Hahamu
Enta H.
224
Herscovici
Hcrscovici
Golda A.
Iancu
224
271
Hafher
Hahamu (Sehtcr) Lupu
289
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351
Landau
42
Elka
Israel L.
Landman
Leon Gabriel
64
Kern
Victoria
351
LapUcer
Ioscf
297
274
Herscovici
Maier
149, 189
lanculovici
Sara
274
Herscovici
Herscovici
Malica
Smil I.
293
222
Iankel
Moisah
Ianosli
Hcrsh
Idelman
.Aron
Coca
44
Lascarescu
Vasilc
290
Kesler
David
46
Latarus
Em a
181
lulius
77. 204
Keslcr
Jeny
46
latzres
Clara
181
Idelson
Cici
90,318
Kitler
Itic
284
Latzres
Itzhak
181
Idelson
Rica
332
Kizes.atty
Jean
57, 58
latzres
Moshe
181
25
Idelson
Ricu
279
Klccher
I.
105
Latzres
Ozias
181
35, 46, 47
Idelson
Tuta
279
Klein
Iacov
1lp
Laufer
M.
340
46,47, 202
Klein
Marcel L.
Idel
254
Klein brothers
Herscu
301
IdeLsolin
47
113.114.138
Hershcovici
Hcrlzeanu
HaiaTzvie
38
Idelson
Hcrtzeanu
Mosh
44
Idelson. Dr.
Hcrlzeanu
Rozica
38
Idelson, Dr.
43, 279, 332
Kleincrman
1Ip,12p
157
302
Idelzon
Clara
204
Kleinerman
Hie
Iancu
106
Klepholt
Hertzog
Haim
Herzog
Chaim
Herzog-Sdiwarz Ana
222
Keslcr
Idelman
Solomon
105
354
62
Hershcovici
41.43
354
Herscovici
Volf-Lupu
(VolfMoineshtahrs)
Mayer
120
Kern
Kern
Haim
Hershcovici
34
Willy
173
279
Ianculovici
.Aron
M.
Solomon
Simon
Iancu, Prof.
Hcrsh
Landau
Ijindau
Kerbis
Kerbis. Dr.
Herscovici
Ioscf V.
224
Herscovici Lucian Zeev 273.286,344
Hie (Chrisel
Liza
223
Laufer
Roza
351
228.275
Laxer
Isac M.
226
284
223
Laxer
Marcu
38
lazareanu
Barbu
242.348
Tipora
208
Gh. Eugen
223
224
Lazarovici
Lazarovici
Manasse B.
106
Kliencr
Avram U.
Gh. Traian
223
39
Iesaia Reuven 297
65
Lazarovici
Idel
222,276
Himovhz (Pamafcs) Earl 26
Ioli
Valeria
160
Klmgcr
Klingher
Lazarovici
Ioncl M.
225
Hirsdi
Iosef
Ion
Mircea
358
Kneac
Filiano I.
225
Lazarovici
Maria M.
224
Hindi
Moshe
163
Ionas
David
46
Hirsch
Rashela
207,279
lonas
Hers
40,189,257
Knean
Kniak
Fani I.
Iehudhh
225
332
lazarovici
Lazarovici
Max
Sandu
197
197
Hnat
Iosifl.
227
Ionas
I.
33
Kniak
Israel
332
Lazarovici, Dr.
Hodoroaba
Maria
160
Ion ash
44
Leon I.
224
Ionescu
Ion
Hoisie
Ion dc la Brad
332
262
348
58
Lazarus
Hoisie
Kniak
Sally
Kocnig
Kogalniccanu Mihail
Kohn, Dr.
Hcscovici
Maier 188
Ioil
332
302
58
Moritz
181
Iazarus (Latanis)
Laztires
Leahu
181
Moritz M.
222
Mihai-DoreM. 224
Lica
163
Ionescu
Holmgher
Hollenger
Ionescu, Col.
Bcmhard
265
226
Iordaehe
Anea
320
Komfeld
Had
20
Lebel
Homescu
Radu
53
Iosef the teacher
301
Kosler
Jenny
144
Lecher
Micu
44
Homstein
Stela
359
Iosefi
Iael
332
Koter
Marcu
46
Lectkcs
Itzhac Meir
25
Horovitz
Iehuda
302
Leib
Avraham
301
Kotter
Smil
286
Leib
Metemcd Reb 141
Horovitz
/te/JNaftali
4
284
286
286
284
275
Itic
lulius
Sulim
Smil
Mordechai
Iosipovici
Iosipovici
Iosipovici
Kotev
Horovitz
Kovler
ruv
340
Lcibish
Meir
63
Horovitz
Sarah-Hinda
4
losub
Maria I.
225
Kraft
Bahlan
46
Lcibovici
Adolf
334
I>eibovici
Leibovici
Avram
Clara
42
228
Lcibovici
Leibovici
Dudi P. D.
Elise
226
305
150
185
47
Isac
Dan N.
225
Kraft
David
179,332
Horowitz
Ely
229
Isac
Lazarica I.
224
Kraft
Inde
207
Horowitz
Leib
229
Iseanu
47
Kraft
Itzcu
44
40
Istancscu
112
Kraft
Marcu Iancu
Horovitz
Hotzu
I.
207
44
Hudescu
I>eiba
361
Itco
Virginia Gh. 227
Kraft
Moni
179
Ixibovici
Eti
42
Budescu
Mircea
232
Itic
Avram
298
Kraft
Mordehai
1lp
Kraft
Nathan
141, 143,
Leibovici
I>eibovici
Herscu
Itlicu
300
66
179.227,231,279,331,332
222
Hundert
Hana
269
Iticovici
Marcel
206
Butanu
Nicolae
328
Iticovici
Zelu S.
224
Lcibovici
Ixon A.
180
Itkaru
Moise
234
Kraft
Rica
226
Lcibovici
Maier
40
Dorin C.
225
Iuftaru
Moisah
37,62
Kraft
Roza
179
Leibovici
Malvina
334
122
Iuilaru
39
Kraft
Strul
207
Leibovici
Marcel A.
224
Iacobsohn
Lucian S.
226
Urcic
332
Betty
Isidor 1.
Sulim
Leibovici
Leibovici
Maria
Milu
34
160
Iancovici
Iosef
Iancovici
Iancovici
Itzhak
Lili
Iancovici
Iancovici
Moshe-Leib 47
Sasa Iofcf
275
51
93
172, 173
222
93
222
93
105
99
Kraft
Iacobson
lager
lager
Iagher
Jager
Carol
Jager
Etty
Jager
Izu
Jager
Jack L.
Jager
Mirela
Jager
Moritz L.
Jager
Roberta
Jager
Jager brothers
Jediicl Tirer rabbi
Iancovici
Simon
156
Jeger
Avram
Iancovici
Soni
90
Jlasevici
J.
Iancovici
Zalman
44
Kalmanovici Meier
38,40,44
Kalmanovici
230
Kreisel
Hutner
lacob
Iacobovici
334
222
33
43
8, 1lp, 26, 50
Iancovici
62
90
Mose
Kraft
45,275
Kraft (Ciuraru) Tony
179
I^eibovici
Moise
228
Krainer
44
I^cibovici
Puiu
334,335
62
Leibovici
Roza
335
47
Lcibovici
Samuel II.
222
46
Lcibovici
Sulem I.
222
Nina
124
Kreinbah
Surica
83p
Leibovici
Leibovici
Zeilig
Zwy
334,335
334
58
Kreisel
Cuta
159
Leibovici
58
Krciscl
Isidor
159
Lcibovici
Tica A.
225
104
Kreisel
Marcu
159
Leibovici-Fainaru
Shelly
230
Kreisel
Natiu
159,223
Leibovici-Lais
Slomo
303
Leis
Krainic
Iancu
Krainic
Kraisler
Krasnitzkaia
Natiu
42,46, 88
Cecilia I.
268
275
227
Iancu
Aura
187
Kamil
lacob
136
Kreisel, Dr.
Ratiu
61.89
I^is
Iancu
Carol
135
Kancr
Rozica
139
Kroner, Dr.
Rudolf
57,58
Lcivandman
Moshe
Iancu
Frcdi B.
225
Kaner (Pitaru) Sura
182
Kritzman
E.
348
Lcizarovici
Lazarica A. 225
105
Kuperstein
Kupfcrstchi
155
58
leizer
Iancu
Haim E.
226
Kantar
Iancu
losub
38
Kantar
S.
45, 196
Iancu
Isidor
212
Kapelovici
Iancu
IticLupu
222
Kara
Iancu
Itic sin Meer 222
Iancu
lulius M.
226
I.
323
I.
135,273,274,
296,301.302,339.348,355
Kastncr
Bernard
155
Itcu
317
lager
Avram
271
Iosef H.
223
lam
Miliel
63
223
Lam
Iancu
Marcel B.
225
Kasuier
Marcel H.
Iancu
Moshe
212
Katz
Izu
Iancu
Segal
232
Katz.A/w.
301
Kerbis
Iancu the Jew
Kurs
Labici
Simon
156, 157,163
44
Lamdan
Hana
209
218
landau
A.
297
170
Landau
Haim
69p
39,45
78
Wolf rabbi 58
(to be continued)
This index ofnamesfrom Vol.11
ofthe Dorohoi memorial books
will be continued and completed
in our next issue (Autumn, 1996).
ROM-SIG NEWS, Vol.4, No.4, Summer 1996
First of a series
The Surnames of the First Ashkenazi Jews
in Romania
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From Solomon came Solomonescu; from Avram, Avramescu; from lacob, Iacobescu; from Isac, Iscovescu;
from Aron, Aroneanu; from Lazar, Lazareanu, etc.
by Marcel Bratu
The variety of Jewish surnames in the two Romanian
principalities—Wallachia and especially Moldavia—is in
fact the story of the Jewish population that came mainly
from central and eastern Europe and settled in Romania.
There were three distinct categories of Jewish surnames,
reflecting the sources of that immigration andthe histor
ical period in which the immigration occurred:
1) A large immigration of Ashkenazi Jews from the 1600's and
even before, until the early yearsof the 19th century;
2) A small number of Sephardim entering from the south over
the centuries;
3) An even larger influx of Ashkenazi Jews starting in the early
1800's and doubling every decade or two thereafter.
Following the Jewish existence in Dacia Felix as early as
the first century, and the arrival of some Khazars from
Russia from the eighth century onward, a large mass of
Ashkenazi Jews started to settle in Moldavia, coming as
early as the 16th century (the 1500's) from Poland,
Bohemia, Austria, Galicia and later from Russia. They
came without a surname, but with a standard
identification: "x Ben y" or "x Zien y." An example
would be §lomo ben I(hac in Hebrew (§lomo, the son of
tyhac) or in Yiddish, §loima Zien Ipc. I remember this
"Zien" still in use in Dorohoi in my childhood (I was born
in 1924). Frequently, zien appears in print as sin.
Much later, in the early and mid-19th century, when a
few thousand Jewish families, maybe 30,000 souls,
already existed in Romania, they were compelled by
the authorities to be identifiable by a patronymic
name. They needed to have more than an "x ben y"or
"x zien y" in order to pay taxes, to be identified as
lawbreakers and later to satisfy their army duties, etc.
Like other Jews in other countries, these immigrants
The suffix -eanu was also, in some cases, added to the
hometown of the subject to produce the Jewish sur
name: Ie§eanu (from Ia§i), Tecuceanu (from Tecuci),
Foc§aneanu (from Foc§ani), Deleanu (from Deleni).
In still other cases, the suffix -am was added to the
name of the trade, resulting in other Jewish surnames:
Pantofaru
(bootmaker,
Ciubotaru,
Cizmaru,
shoemaker), Moraru (miller), Pitaru (pita and bread
makers), Croitoru (taylor), etc.
Some Romanians bore the same surnames as Jews.
However, the first name was different. If the whole
name was Itic Croitoru, he was a Jew. If the name was
Ion, Vasile, or Neculai Croitoru, the subject was a
gentile. Greek and Russian Orthodox, who made up
99% ofthe gentile religionists in these two principalities,
never used names from the Old Testament or names
from the Yiddish language for their children. However,
in the case of a boy's name that left you in doubt, his
identity was checked by pulling down the pants.
Romanian Christians were never circumcised, except for
a very few medical instances.
Therefore, the Jews who came to Romania up to the
early 19th century when their identification was still
only "x ben y" or "x zien y" adopted these surnames.
These Jews were granted by the authorities with the
title "evrei Pamanteni" (Jews of the Land). They
enjoyed some civic rights intermittently, based on
mutual understandings, but not stipulated in any law.
However, the exception tests the rule: a Jew named
tyc Shor (probably Shor was a surname) played an
important role in the court of Stephen the Great
(Stefan Cel Mare) who reigned between 1457 and
1504, when very few Jews in the whole Ashkenazi
world had a surname.
used a mixture of Yiddish and the language of their
new homeland.
The first name was in Yiddish, or
spelled as in Romanian: §loima or Solomon, Her§ or
Her§cu, Avrum or Avram, etc. The patronymic name
thus became the name of the father with a Romanian
suffix: -escu or -eanu.
These clues in identifying the surnames of the first
Ashkenazim in Romania appear to tell a clear-cut
story, buttheydo not. Confusionsand complications
occurred through the years; I will discuss these in
the later articles of this series.
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Romanian Synagogues
Addresses
- collected by Camelia Jimale
Here are the addresses of the synagogues in Romania.
On my list, unfortunately, the postal codes are not
indicated. However, from my experience the letters
reach the destinations nevertheless.
ADJUD
- sir. Pacurari 67 (this is the head office). Adjud
ALBA IULIA
- str. T. Vladimirescu 3 (this is the street of the synagogue)
- Talmud Tora. str. T. Vladimirescu 3. Alba Iulia
ARAD
-Tcmplul Ncolog. str. Tribunul Dobre 10. 2900 Arad
- Tempiul Ortodox, str. Cozia 12, 2900 Arad.
BACAU
- Sinagoga Cereal, str. Stefan eel Mare 29;
- Sinagoga Blank, str. N. Balccscu 59;
- Sinagoga Weissman. str. Pietii 3;
- Sinagoga Koffler, str. Iernii 16;
- Talmud Tora, str. Str. Alex, eel Bun 11.
BAIAMARE
- Sinagoga, str. Somcsului 3;
- Talmud Tora, str. Somesului 5.
BIRLAD
- Templul Mare. str. Kirov 5;
- Templul Poale Tedec, str. eliberarii 4.
BISTRITA
-Templul Mare, Calea Armatei Rosii 68.
BLAJ
- Sinagoga, str. Trandafirilor 55
BOTOSANI
- Sinagoga Mare, sir. Muzicantilor 18;
- Sinagoga Idis, sir. Gh. Dimitrov 18;
- Sinagoga Tcrki, str. G. Marculescu 5;
- Sinagoga Miteles, str. "7 Aprilie" 27;
- Sinagoga Suliter-Veigh, str. D.Gherea 60;
- Sinagoga Scortarilor. Calea Nationala 77;
- Sinagoga Cohos, str. Zimbrului 7;
- Sinagoga Pescarilor, str. Dragos Voda 4.
BRAILA
- Sinagoga Eshia Tova. str. N. Beloianis 9;
- Sinagoga Vointa. str. Taras Scvcenco 66;
- Sinagoga A.B. Zisu, str. Mamulari 8;
- Sinagoga Aizic Hie. intr. Vinatori 13;
- Sinagoga Reshith Dath, str. Antim 13;
- Sinagoga Ajutorul. str. Birsan 6;
- Sinagoga Bcit-Hamidrash. Calea Mosilor 76;
- Sinagoga Credinta, str. V. Toneanu 48;
- Sinagoga Pastrarea Credintei. str. V. Cirlova 1;
- Sinagoga Poale Zedek, str. Cantemir 10;
- Sinagoga Pascaner-Klaus, str. Gen. Florcscu 16.
BUHUSI
- Sinagoga Croitorilor, str. N. Balccscu
BUZAU
- Templul, str. Deltci 2;
- Sinagoga. str. Clementci 18.
CIMPINA
- Tcmplul, str. dreplatii 5.
CIMPULUNG MOLDOVENESC
- Templul Hevre Gach. str. Filimon Sarbu 4;
- Sinagoga Mare, str. D. Cantemir 8.
CLUJ
- Tcmplul
- Templul
- Templul
- Tcmplul
CRAIOVA
-Templul Coral, str. Hore/.ului 15;
-Templul sefard, str. Crasnof 6.
DEJ
- Sinagoga Marc, str. Infratirii 1.
DEVA
- Sinagoga, str. Libcrtatii 9.
DOROHOI
- Sinagoga Beit Solomon, str. Unirii 2;
- Sinagoga Mare, str. Unirii 2;
- Sinagoga Cojocarilor, str. Trandafirilor;
- Sinagoga Rindarilor, sir. Unirii 6;
- Sinagoga Rabinsohn. str. Republicii 49;
- Sinagoga Cisfarilor, str. Spiru Haret 18:
- Sinagoga Sobcls, str. 30 Deccmbric 45;
- Sinagoga cotiugarilor, str. Victoriei 12;
- Sinagoga Gaverona. str. Victoriei 1;
- Sinagoga Weissman, sir. vamii 7.
- Tcmplul Coral, str. Petru Major 13;
- Templul Armonia, str. Timplari 10;
- Sinagoga Mare, str. Sebastian 23;
FAGARAS
- Sinagoga Bet-Iacob. bd. Karl Marx 200.
FALTICENI
BRASOV
- Tcmplul, str. Poarta Schei 27-29;
- Talmud Tora. str. Poarta Schei 27.
BUCURESTI
- Templul Coral, str. Sf. Vineri 9;
- Templul Sefard, sir. Banu Maracine 39;
- Sinagoga Mare, str. V. Adamache 11;
- Sinagoga Malbim, str. Bravilor 4;
deportatilor. str. Horia 21;
Poale Tedek, str. Gh. Baritiu 16;
Hevra Sas, str. Croitorilor 13;
Beit Hamidrash, sir. D. Francisc 16.
- Sinagoga, str. Aron Pumnul 1.
- Sinagoga Mare, str. A. Ipatescu 149;
- Sinagoga Habat, str. A. Ipatescu 149;
- Sinagoga M.I.Lest, str. Bobulescu 3;
- Sinagoga Klaus, str. Republicii 124; - Sinagoga Mahala, str. 7 Noicmbrie.
FOCSAN1
- Sinagoga Noua, str. Oituz 10
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Romanian Svna£OEucs...Addresses (cont'd)
GALATI
- Sinagoga Mcscriasilor. str. Dornei 11;
- Sinagoga Bleizer, str. Razboieni 1;
- Sinagoga Rabin Senkman". str. Serii 13.
GHERLEA
- Sinagoga. str. Crisan 46.
GURA HUMORULUI
- Sinagoga Marc. str. Lenin 23;
- Sinagoga Chevra Tilim. str. Lenin 25.
HATEG
- Sinagoga. str. 1 Mai 3.
HIRLAU
- Sinagoga. str. 30 Deccmbrie 5.
HUSI
- Sinagoga Beit Hamidrash, str. Creizantcmelor 13:
- Sinagoga Croitori. str. cri/.antcmelor 30.
IASI
- Sinagoga Zisu Herman, str. Labirint 6;
- Sinagoga Merarilor. str. Labirint 13;
- Sinagoga Stolcrilor. str. Cuza Voda 26;
- Sinagoga Mare, sir. Sinagogilor 7;
- Sinagoga Cismarilor, str. Dr. Gherlcrter 16;
- Sinagoga Kahanc. str. Stefan eel Mare 38;
- Sinagoga Kantarschi, str. Gh. Dimitrov 17;
- Sinagoga Azil (Schor). str. Sf. Constantin 5;
- Sinagoga Pietrarilor. str. Ipsilante 26.
LUGOJ
- Sinagoga, str. Cuza Voda 10.
MEDIAS
- Sinagoga. str. Kogalniceanu 45.
MOINESTI
- Sinagoga. str. T. Vladimirescu 127.
ODOBESTI
- Sinagoga Mare. str. 23 August 10.
ORADEA
- Templul Ortodox, str. Mihai Vileazu 4;
- Templul Ncolog, str. Independent^ 22:
- Sinagoga Sas-Hcvra. str. Mihai Viteazu 4.
PASCANI
- Sinagoga, str. Stefan eel Mare 2.
PETROSANI
- Sinagoga. str. Petru Groza 29.
PIATRA NEAMT
- Sinagoga Croitori. str. Ipatescu 27;
- Sinagoga Principala, str. Metcorului 12;
- Sinagoga Havira, str. Bicazului;
- Sinagoga Victoriei. str. Victoriei 39;
-Templul Lcipziger. str. Metcorului 12.
PITESTI
- Sinagoga. Bd. 19 Noiembrie 7.
PLOIESTI
- Sinagoga Hcscd Shcl Emes, str. Putnci 46;
- Sinagoga Vijniter, str. Libertatii 49.
REGHIN
- Sinagoga, str, Scolii 18.
RES1TA
- Sinagoga, str. Mihai Viteazul 8.
RIMNICUL SARAT
- Sinagoga Mare. sir. Zorilor 1.
ROMAN
- Sinagoga Lcipziger, str. Bradului 16;
- Sinagoga Reb Levi. str. Aprodul Purice 7;
- Sinagoga Rinlzler. str. 1 Mai 6.
SATUMARE
- Templul Marc. str. Deccbal 4;
- Sinagoga Eshua Tova. str. Deccbal 4.
SIBIU
- Sinagoga Marc, str. Constitutiei 17.
SIGHET
- Sinagoga, str. Viscului 10.
SIGHISOARA
- Sinagoga, str. Tache Ionescu 13.
SIRET
- Templul marc. str. 8 Mai 61.
SUCEAVA
- Sinagoga Hevra Gach, str. I.C.Firmu 14;
- Sinagoga Sadagura, str. Horia, Closca si Crisan 8.
TECUCI
- Sinagoga Noua. str. Gh. Asachi 3;
- Sinagoga Vechc. sir. Bran 11.
TIMISOARA
- Templul Neolog, str. Marasesti 6;
- Templul Neolog, str. Coloniei 2;
- Templul Ortodox. str. Resita 55;
- Templul Sefard, sir. Ecat. Teodoroiu 6;
- Sinagoga Mica, sir. Marasesti 10;
- Sinagoga Mica, str. Coloniei 2;
- Sinagoga Beit Hamidrash, str. Resita 55;
- Talmud Tora, str. Gh. Lazar 5.
T1RGU MURES
- Sinagoga. str. Scolii 23.
T1RGU NEAMT
- Sinagoga Boslovar, str. Cuza Voda 84;
- Sinagoga Meseriasilor. str. Marasesti 2:
- Talmud Tora, str. Salcimilor 29.
TIRGU OCNA
- Sinagoga, str. Cpt. Busila 5.
TIRNAVENI
- Sinagoga, str. Republicii 65.
TULCEA
- Sinagoga, str. Babadag 73.
TURDA
- Sinagoga, str. M. Eminescu 24.
- Templul. str. Basarabilor 12.
RADAUT1
-Templul Marc, str. 1 Mai 1;
-continued at bottom ofsecond column, page 26-
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From our Readers
SCHENKER....Siret
1 am researching my father's roots.
My father's name was Karol Schenker, and he
was born about 1895 in the town of Siret, in
the province of Bukovina, that is now at the
northern border of Romania. My father had a
brother called Jutec, and their father was a
lawyer or public prosecutor.
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My father's side of the family came from Moinesti at
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My father was a reconnaissance photographer
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I know only that my great-grandmother, Minna
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My family historical name was Jeitteles, also
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Alois Jeiteles
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Romanian Svnagogues...Addre.sses (cont'd from page 25)
TURNU SEVERIN
- Sinagoga . str. Cezar 6;
- Sinagoga, str. Progres 3.
VASLUI
Ron de Jaray
9235 Cunningham Place
Richmond, BC V6X 3N7
Canada
- Sinagoga Klaus, str. Gh. Lazar 10;
- Talmud Tora, str. Stefan eel Mare 126.
VATRA DORNEI
- Tcmplul Mare, str. 7 Noiembrie 54;
- Sinagoga Vijniter. str. 6 Martie 7.
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SEARCHING FOR:
BLEJMAN
KVELER
MARINYANSKY
MIRONYANSKY
NUDELMAN
anywhere- Bessarabia
anywhere- Bessarabia
anywhere- Bessarabia
anywhere- Bessarabia
anywhere- Bessarabia
A. Field
eMail: afield23@aol.com
GNISDACK
Kalarash & Putsuntei, Mold.
KILINSKY
Teleneshty, Mold.
Teleneshty, Mold.
Teleneshty, Mold.
Kalarash & Putsuntei, Mold.
Teleneshty, Mold.
LERNER
Paul Armony
eMail: camcom@satlink.com
ROSEN
SHEINFELD
BUCHLER
anywhere-Bukovina
anywhere-Bukovina
Karapchiv, Ukr.
BURG
Staneshtie de Zhos, Ukr.
KRITZ
ROSENBERG
anywhere-Bukovina
anywhere-Bukovina
RUBINGER
Kosov, Ukr.
Rozhnov, Ukr.
ALTMAN
BIRNBAUM
SCHARF
SINGER
WISCHNITZER
anywhere-Bukovina
anywhere-Bukovina
FROM:
YOULIS
Joyce Field
625Avondale, W. Lafayette, IN 47906-1101
eMail: jrteld@nlci.com
FREEDMAN
leud
FRIEDMAN
leud
FRIMMER
Kishinev, Mold.
KLEPPER
Bucharest
SCHNEIDER
Kishinev, Mold.
Lauren Scharf Azoulai
Judi Garfinkel
5162 Corners Drive, Dunwoody, GA 30338
eMail: amoshe@aol.com
21 Harrison St., Wayland, MA 01778
EINIHOVICI
Soroki, Mold.
BLAUM
Focsani
GROIS
Floreshty & Markuleshty, Mold.
BRAUN
Bacau
HEINICHOWICZ
Soroki, Mold.
BROWN
Bacau
Martin Hadis
COHEN
PAPU
Focsani
Focsani
eMail: 0007068706@mcimail.com
Stephen M. Brown
128 Canna St., Warwick, Rl 02888
FEUERSTEIN
eMail: stevebrown@aol.com
GREENBERG
GREENBERG
anywhere-Bessarabia
Kenneth R. Cohen
3011 Lorraine Ave., Norfolk, VA 23509
DUNST
GRUMER
KOFFLER
LIPSCHITZ
SCHECTER
Kolomyya, Ukr.
Kolomyya, Ukr.
Vashkovtsy & Zabolotov, Ukr.
Vashkovtsy, Ukr.
Chernovtsy, Ukr.
Brahna Roth Derr
10716 MarburyAve., San Diego, CA 92126
eMail: bonnid@aol.com
FIRESTEIN
ROSENTHAL
WASSERSTEIN
anywhere-Bessarabia
Sekareny, Mold.
Iasi,
Iasi,
Iasi,
Iasi,
Moinesti
Moinesti
Moinesti
Moinesti
Alice W. Hellerstein
11220 Korman Drive, Potomac, MD 20854
eMail: ahellers@apd.faseb.org
VAISMAN
WAISMAN
Sokiryany, Ukr.
Sokiryany, Ukr.
Abbie Helman
2015 Silver Court West, Urbana, IL 61801
eMail: a-helman@uiuc.edu
BENENSON
DOKTOROVICH
WASSERSTEIN
Bacau,
Bacau,
Bacau,
Bacau,
GOLDENBERG
GUREVICH
ROIZMAN
anywhere- Bessarabia
anywhere- Bessarabia
anywhere- Bessarabia
anywhere- Bessarabia
anywhere- Bessarabia
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SEARCHING FOR:
FROM:
Alicia Ismach
eMail: alicia@actcom.co.il
SEARCHING FOR:
FROM:
Gayle Sweetwine Saini
2040 Churchill Drive, Ann Arbor, Ml 48103
eMail: gayleanne@aol.com
KAUFMAN
KAUFMAN
Brichany, Mold.
Khotin & Novoseltsy, Ukr.
Irwin Kaufman
3900 Cathedral Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20016
eMail: ikaufman@clark.net
BERKOVICS/BERKOWITZ Dragomiresti & leud
HANS/HANCZ
Dragomiresti & leud
Mrs. Leon Schwarzbaum
847 Talbot Ave., North Woodmere, NY 11581
eMail: wordswords@woridnet. att.net
ENGEL
Solotvina, Ukr.
KALIAN, KILIAN, KILLIAN
Kiliya, Mold.
Bendery, Mold.
KALIAN, KILIAN, KILLIAN
VALD, WALD
Futechen (?)
SHMILOWITZ, SMILOWITZ
Bivolari
Ronald Killian
Bernard Smith
34 Farina Road, Newton Centre, MA 02159
eMail: z002840b@bcfreenet. seflin. lib.ft. us
eMail: carol. killian@bje. org
GOLDNER
Iasi
FROIMOVICI
Bacau
SALMON
Iasi
LEIBU
Moinesti
SOLOMON
Iasi
PARIZEANU
Moinesti
Suzi Solomon
Mark Leibu
16 Chandler St., Somerville, MA 02144
124882 Sparrowood Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146
eMail: leibu.mpsp@worldnet. att.net
eMail: suziserver@aol.com
KRAMER
PERLOFF
PERLOV/PERLOW
Tirashpol, Mold.
Grosolovo, Mold.
Tirashpol, Mold.
Donald Lockhart
506 High Rock St., Needham, MA 02192
FRANER
GOLDSTEIN
Husi
Husi
JUSTER
Husi
ZARAF
Husi
Rabbi Jon-Jay Ttlsen
Beth El-Keser Israel, 85 Harrison St., New Haven, CT06515
eMail: jjtilsen@aol.com
PERL
Sapinta
Diego & Yael Perl
eMail: diegyael@inter.net.il
GELBERG
Galati & Kishinev
LIFSCHITZ/LIPSCHITZ
Galati & Kishinev
MELTZER
Gorodenka, Ukr.
Gorodenka, Ukr.
Gorodenka, Ukr.
PERLBINDER
RIESENBERG
Linda Rakoff
125 Winslow Road, Newton, MA 02168
eMail: rakoffbh@bv.com
GREENBERG
Bucharest
TOVILMAN
ROSEN
Tirgu Frumos
Tirgu Frumos
David Rubin
333 CarmelAve., Pacifica, CA 94044
eMail: rubin@usfca.edu
SCHWEITZER
SCHWEITZER
SUSSMAN
SUSSMAN
ZUSSMAN
ZUSSMAN
Braila, Botosani, Bucecea, Iasi
Kishinev, Mold.
Braila, Botosani, Bucecea, Iasi
Kishinev, Mold.
Braila, Botosani, Bucecea, Iasi
Kishinev, Mold.
Special on Back Issues!
In our first three years, a lot of useful information
was presented in ROM-SIG NEWS. Anyone
who joined after the first year really would benefit
by getting all of our back issues.
But, that starts to get expensive. So, we've cut
our prices, to encourage purchase of back issues:
All three back years
$40
Any two back years
$30
Any one back year
$15
Send your order to:
SamElpem
27 Hawthorne St., Greenwich, CT 06831
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