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British Mandate Publications
This posting is a bit tangential to genealogy, so for those not interested, I apologize. However, researching history goes hand-in-hand with researching your family. It’s hard to understand what is...
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Grave of the ‘Unknown’ Soldier
Yom HaZikaron Ceremony. Photo from Wikipedia. Tonight begins Yom HaZikaron in Israel, Israel’s memorial day for fallen soldiers. As with most Jewish holidays, the ‘day’ begins at sundown the night...
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The End of the Printed Book (coming soon, but not yet)
So I live in Israel and while it’s not too hard to get popular books from best-selling authors in English, it’s a bit harder to get things like technical books, or more niche books like those that deal...
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New Genealogy Society in Israel (and major new website)
Earlier this month a new genealogy society launched in Israel, called the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA). They are taking a new approach, with a large focus on their online presence,...
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Researching people born in Israel, but who moved
I was reading Todd Knowles’ The Knowles Collection blog, where he discusses the recently introduced Brazil, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965 collection on the FamilySearch.org web site. He uses as an...
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Israel Through Photographs
A recent article in the recently-launched Times of Israel website covers, briefly, the story of Nadav Mann, who has been spending many years criss-crossing Israel to scan private collections of...
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Around the World in 40 Blogs
Family Tree Magazine recently published their list of the top 40 international (outside the United States) blogs, titled Around the World in 40 Blogs, and one of them is the Israel Genealogy Research...
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L’Shana Tova (from 1948)
As Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish new year) begins tonight, I wanted to take this opportunity to wish all my readers a happy and healthy new year, or more traditionally L’Shana Tova (for a good year). I...
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The launch of the all new All Israel Database
It’s hard to believe it’s been less than a year since the launch of the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA). Launched in January of this year, IGRA has achieved much, including having their...
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Most popular girls names in Israel, by city, for 2014
Israel’s Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) released some statistics on names given to children in 2014. The report (in Hebrew) they released is a bit of a hodgepodge of information, giving the most...
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Most popular boys names in Israel, by city, for 2014
Earlier I posted a chart showing the most popular girls names in Israel in 2014, from 14 different cities. The data came from a report released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), and I had just...
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[Update: You can now see the 2015 list at: 101 Most Popular Jewish Girls Names in Israel in 2015] Since my earlier posts on the most popular Israeli girls and boys baby names broken down by city, the...
View Article101 Most Popular Jewish Boys Names in Israel in 2014
[Update: You can now see the 2015 list at 101 Most Popular Jewish Boys Names in Israel in 2015] Following yesterday’s posting of the 101 Most Popular Jewish Girls Names in Israel in 2014, I here...
View Article101 Most Popular Jewish Boys Names in Israel in 2015
Last year I published the 101 most popular boys names in Israel for 2014, and now that there is data for 2015 I wanted to post the updated list. For this list I’ve included both the 2015 and 2014...
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Last year I published the 101 most popular girls names in Israel for 2014, and now that there is data for 2015 I wanted to post the updated list. For this list I’ve included both the 2015 and 2014...
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Hebrew family and genealogy terms
Happy Yom Haazmaut (Israeli Independence Day) from Jerusalem. In honor of the holiday I’m publishing a list (and accompanying chart) of Hebrew and English family and genealogy terms. For the impatient,...
View Article101 Most Popular Jewish Girls Names in Israel in 2016
I’m happy to release my list of the 101 most popular Jewish girls names in Israel for 2016, based on recently released data for that year. This follows up my earlier releases of lists for 2014 and...
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I’m happy to release my list of the 101 most popular Jewish boys names in Israel for 2016, based on recently released data for that year. This follows up my earlier releases of lists for 2014 and 2015....
View Article101 Most Common Surnames in Israel
I’ve been posting the 101 most common Israeli given names for both boys and girls for the last few years, as the data has been released by the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Recently the data for...
View Article101 Most Popular Jewish Boys Names in Israel in 2017 and 2018
My annual posting of the top 101 Jewish boys and girls names in Israel are popular posts on this site. Usually the data for a given calendar year is posted over a year after that calendar year comes to...
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