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Bibliography

Regions: Austria - Italy

AUSTRIA

  • Wachstein, Bernhard. Die Grabinschriften Des Alten Judenfriedhofes in Eisenstadt (The Grave Inscriptions of the Old Jewish Cemetery in Eisenstadt). Wien: Holzhausen 1922. (G)
  • Wachstein, Bernhard. Die Inschriften Des Alten Judenfriedhofes in Wien. 2 Vol. (G)

See also: Hungary.

BELARUS

  • Beilinsohn, Moshe Eliezer. Megilat Yukhsin, Shlomei Emunei Yisrael. Odessa, 1863, 1890’s. (H)
    • A series of booklets providing very detailed genealogical material for mainly Belarus rabbinical families. Arranged as coded lists or as box charts. Since the author included all the members of a family known to him, this is a valuable source not only for rabbis, but also for their non-rabbinic descendants. A rare and exceedingly valuable source which may be difficult to locate. Principle families include Heilprin, Luria, Beilinson, Katz, Maharal of Prague, Raskin, Gunzburg, Mirkin, Rozenberg, Reichenstein, Dubnov, Tumarkin, Vilda, Kisin, Alexandrov, Margolis, Simchovitch, Ettinger, Brauda, Sirkin, Frumkin, Kazarnovsky, Freides, Zeitlin. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Berman, S. Mishpakhot K"K Shklov. Shklov, 1936. (H)
    • Tombstones in Shklov, Belarus, listed by surname with some additional notes about the families. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Deych, Genrich Markovich. Sinagogi, Molitvenne Doma i Sostoyashchie pri nikh Dolzhnostne Litsa v Cherte Evreiskoi Osedlosti i Guberniyakh Kurlyandskoi i Liflyandskoi Rossiiskoi Imperii 1853-1854 (Synagogues, Prayer Houses and their Employees in the Pale of Settlement and Kurland and Livonia provinces of the Russian Empire, 1853-1854). New York: published privately, 1992. (R)
  • Eisenstadt, Benzion. Rabbanei Minsk Vekhakhameiha. Vilna, 1899. Jerusalem, 1969. (H)
    • Biographical and genealogical material about rabbis and prominent people in Minsk. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Eisenstadt, Israel Tuvia, Daat Kedoshim (Knowledge of the Holy Ones). St. Petersburg, Russia: J. Berman & Co., 1897-98.(H)
    • This work was written as a memorial to the two famous martyrs, Yisrael Zak and Tuviah Bachrach, who were burned at the stake in Rossinoi, Belarus, in 1660. Essentially they were the ancestors of the families Zak and Bachrach, while the book covers other major families. [See complete comment in the Family Genealogies section.]
  • Feinstein, Arye Leib. Ir Tehillah. Warsaw, 1885. Jerusalem, 1968. (H)
    • Community history of Brisk, lists of notables divided by century, rabbinical compositions, legislation pertaining to the Jews. Correspondence between the author and other prominent authorities about specific biographical or genealogical details. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Friedenstein, S.E. Ir Gibborim. Vilna, 1880, Jerusalem, 1969. (H)
    • Biographical and genealogical material about rabbis and prominent people in Grodno. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Karlinsky, Rabbi Khaim. Harishon Leshoshelet Brisk. Jerusalem, 1984. (H)
    • Biography of the first rabbi of the Brisk dynasty, Rabbi Yosef Dovber Halevy Soloveitchik. Includes material about his family and other prominent personalities in the Litvak Yeshivah world. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Markovitch, Moshe. Shem Hagedolim Hashlishi. Vilna, 1910. (H)
    • Biographies of 277 rabbis whose names begin with Alef. Concentrates mainly on Lithuanian and Belarus rabbis, for many of whom this may be the only source of information. Rabbi Meir Wunder advised that a large manuscript of the author’s work is held by the manuscripts department of the National Library, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Rabinowitsch, Wolf Zeev. Hasidism in Pinsk and Karlin. (H,E)
    • Manuscripts of the Stolin Genizah, pledge of allegiance by the disciples of the Ari and Rabbi Hayyim Vital (1575), Sefer Ha-Tsoref, by Rabbi Yehushua Heshel Tsoref, and a map of Lithuanian Hasidism. Genealogical tables of the Karlin, Lishei and Berezna and Horodok dynasties, and musical scores of Hasidic melodies. Includes an extensive bibliography. In the Hebrew section: rabbis of Karlin and Pinsk, pp. 299-366; additions to Jewish Halakha by the Pinsk and Karlin rabbinic dynasties, pp. 367-406. [Comment by Ellen Stepak]
  • Zinowitz, M. Mir: Toldot Yeshivat Mir (The History of Mir Yeshiva). Tel Aviv, 1981.(H)
    • A history of the development of the famous Belarus Yeshiva of Mir. Includes considerable biographical material about the scholars who ran the yeshiva and many who attended. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]

See also: Lithuania, Poland.

GALICIA / UKRAINE

  • Balaban, Majer. Dzieje Zydow w Krakowie I na Kazimierzu. Krakow, 1912. (P)
    • A very detailed history of the Krakow community with many genealogical charts of famous medieval rabbinical families. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Biber, M. Mazkeret Gedolei Ostroah. Berdichev, 1907. Jerusalem, 1968. (H)
    • Biographical and genealogical material about rabbis and prominent people in Ostroah. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Buber, Salomon (1827-1906). Anshei Shem. Krakow, 1895. (H)
    • Biographical and genealogical material about rabbis and prominent people in Lwow (Lviv, Lemberg). [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Buber, Salomon (1827-1906). Kiryah Nisgava: hi ha-`ir Zolkva, rabaneha, ge'oneha, hakhameha, parneseha, u-manhigeha, shemot ha-sefarim asher hibru. Krakow, 1903. Jerusalem, 1968. (H)
    • Biographical and genealogical material about rabbis and prominent people in Zolkiew. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
    • Index includes references to the following families: Bloch, Heilperin, Horowitz, Krantz, Landau, Margaliot, Meisels, Orenstein, Rapaport, and Wahl. [F2]
  • Dembitzer, Rabbi Chayim Natan. Klilath Yofi. Krakow, 1888. (H)
  • Deych, Genrich Markovich. Sinagogi, Molitvenne Doma i Sostoyashchie pri nikh Dolzhnostne Litsa v Cherte Evreiskoi Osedlosti i Guberniyakh Kurlyandskoi i Liflyandskoi Rossiiskoi Imperii 1853-1854 (Synagogues, Prayer Houses and their Employees in the Pale of Settlement and Kurland and Livonia provinces of the Russian Empire, 1853-1854). New York: published privately, 1992. (R)
  • Friedberg, B. Lukhot Zikaron. Frankfurt am Main, 1904. (H)
    • Biographical and genealogical material about rabbis and prominent people in Krakow. Considerable material on Krakow appears in P. H. Wettstein’s books. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Gross, S.Y. and Y. Yosef Kohen/Cohen, eds. Sefer Marmarosh; mea ve-shishim kehilot kedoshot be- yishuvan u-ve-hurbanan (The Marmaros book; in memory of a hundred and sixty Jewish communities). Tel Aviv: Beith Marmaros, 1983. Second slightly expanded edition, 1996 (H,Y,E)
  • Kohen-Tzedek, Yosef. Shem Ve-She'erit (Name and Remainder). Krakow, 1895. Jerusalem, 1968. (H)
    • Biographical and genealogical material about rabbis and prominent people in Przemysl. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Rosenstein, Neil. The Unbroken Chain: Biographical Sketches and Genealogy of Illustrious Jewish Families from the 15th-20th century. New York: CIS Publishers, 1990. 2 Vols. (E)
  • Teumim, Kh. Z. Zikaron Larishonim. Kolomea, 1914. Jerusalem, 1969. (H)
    • Biographical and genealogical material about rabbis and prominent people in Kolomea. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Wettstein, Feivel Hirsch (1858-1924). Divrei Chefetz. (H)
  • Wettstein, Feivel Hirsch (1858-1924). Dvarim Atikim Mipinkasei hakahal bekrako lekorot Israel vechachamav, rabanav umanhigav bePolania bichlal ibekrako bifrat. Krakow, 1900. (H)
  • Wettstein, Feivel Hirsch (1858-1924). Letoldot gedolei Israel. Warsaw, 1904. (H)
  • Wunder, Meir. Meorei Galicia: Encyclopedia Lekhakhmei Galicia (Encyclopedia of Galician Sages). Vol. 1-5. Jerusalem: The Institute for the Commemoration of Galician Jewry, 1978-1997. (H,E) (in Hebrew, with a table of contents in English)
    • Five volumes of extensively detailed genealogies of Galician rabbinical families, arranged alphabetically by surname. Most family sections include a genealogical chart. For prominent rabbis of each family biographical material is included, in particular rabbinical compositions, responsa correspondence and photographs. Updated information of current generations. Many sources quoted for each family as well as extensive bibliography. This impressive and scholarly work is the most extensive and reliable source of rabbinical genealogy written in the twentieth century. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
    • See also:
  • Yodlov, Yitskhak Shlomo. Sefer Yikhus Belz (The Lineage Book of the Grand Rabbis of Belz). Jerusalem: Machon l’Toldoth Ha-Chasiduth, 1984. (H)
  • Zunz, Y.M. Ir Hatzedek. Krakow, 1874. Jerusalem, 1970. (H)
    • Biographical and genealogical material about rabbis and prominent people in Krakow. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]

See also: Poland.

GERMANY

  • Duckesz, Eduard (Dukkes, Yehezkel) (b. 1868). Ivah le-moshav. Krakow: Verlag des Herausgebers, E. Gräber, 1903-8. Hamburg: A. Goldschmidt, 1908. Vol. 1-2. (H,G)
    • Hebrew title: Ivah le-moshav: kolel toldot ha-rabanim she-yashvu `al kise ha-rabanut shel shalosh kehilot A.H.V., Altona, Hamburg, Vandsbek : `im 24 temunot ve-tsiyurim / me-et 
    • German title: Iwoh lemoschaw: enthaltend Biographien und Grabstein-Inschriften der Rabbiner der drei Gemeinden Altona, Hamburg, Wandsbeck ... mit Anmerkungen von Salomon Buber, Lemberg.
    • Volume 2 is entitled: Khakhmei Ahw.
    • A history of the communities Altona, Wandsbeck and Hamburg. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Horowitz, Mordekhai. Rabbanei Frankfurt. Jerusalem, 1972. (H)
    • Biographies of selected rabbis of Frankfurt am Main, selected tombstone inscriptions, quotes from the Gedenkbuch and other community records. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Loewenstein, Leopold. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Juden in Deutchland, II Nathanael Weil, J. Frankfurt am Main: Kauffmann, 1898. (G)
  • Rosenstein, Neil. The Unbroken Chain: Biographical Sketches and Genealogy of Illustrious Jewish Families from the 15th-20th century. New York: CIS Publishers, 1990. 2 Vols. (E)
  • Schwab, Hermann. Khakhmei Ashkenaz: A Concise Record of the Life and Work of Orthodox Jewish Scholars of Germany from the 18th to the 20th Century. London: Mitre Press, 1964. (E)
    • Includes bibliographies.

See also: Researching Rabbis at the Center for Jewish History: Leo Baeck Institute.

HUNGARY

  • Grinvald/Greenwald, Yekutiel Yuda (1889-1955). Pe’rei Khakhmei Medinateinu: shem ha-gedolim ve-korot gedole Yisra'el. Siget: bi-defus A. Koyfman `et Zahn`e, 1910. (H)
  • Gross, S.Y. and Y. Yosef Kohen/Cohen, eds.. Sefer Marmarosh; mea ve-shishim kehilot kedoshot be- yishuvan u-ve-hurbanan (The Marmaros book; in memory of a hundred and sixty Jewish communities). Tel Aviv: Beith Marmaros, 1983. Second slightly expanded edition, 1996 (H,Y,E)
    • It consists of seven lengthy introductory chapters giving an overview of the history of the Marmaros region of former Austro-Hungary, followed by shorter articles of various length about each of the approximately 160 towns in the region which boasted a Jewish population. It is written in Hebrew, with two of the introductory chapters (on the Holocaust and on the Jewish lifestyle vis-à-vis the Marmaros region) also having been translated into Yiddish and English. Two of the introductory chapters deal with the rabbonim of Marmaros, one including an extensive listing by surname with a short biography and list of major works, the other an overview of the exchanges that took place between the rabbonim of Marmaros and the rabbonim of other neighboring regions (Hungary, Transylvania, Romania, Galicia). This is besides the information about the various individuals and religious leaders who lived in each of the various towns and cities of the region who are mentioned in the various articles on the individual towns. The book is available for purchase from Beis Marmaros in Tel Aviv, or should be available in any major collection of yizkor books. [Comment by Moshe Davis]
  • Katzburg, Avigdor. Ohel Olamim. Jerusalem, 1967. (H)
  • Katzburg, Avigdor. Temunat HaGedolim. Neupest: Bi-defus ha-`orekh veha-motsi la-or, 1925. (Reprinted  Brooklyn: Goldenberg Brothers, 1993.(H)
  • Kinstlikher, Mosheh Aleksander Zosha. he-Hatam sofer u-vene doro: ishim bi-teshuvot Hatam Sofer . Bnei-Brak: Makhon le-hotsa'at sefarim 'Bene Mosheh,' 1993. (H)
    • About Rabbi Moses Sofer-Schreiber (Chasam Sofer).
  • Kohen/Cohen, Yitshak Yosef (1923-). Khakhmei Hungaria-Vehasifrut HaToranit bah. Jerusalem: Mif`al Moreshet Yahadut Hungaryah, Mekhon Yerushalayim, 1996-7. (H)
    • Community and biographic information. Source recommended by Rabbi Meir Wunder. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Miller, Pinhas. Olamo Shel Aba: sipure zikhronot `al gedole Torah veha-kehilot ha-kedoshot she-hitkaimu be-Ostriya-Hungaryah uve-mahoz Transilvanya ve-Romanya. Jerusalem: Hotsa'at Hod, 1984. (H)
    • Stories about rabbis.
  • Schwartz, Pinkhas Zelig. Shem Hegedolim Hashalem Legedolei Hungaria. Brooklyn, 1958.
    • Detailed information on 1,700 rabbis of Hungary, their communities, and compositions. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
    • Reprint of: Schwartz, Pinkhas Zelig ha-Kohen (Zsigmond). Shem ha-gedolim me-erets Hagar. Paks-Munkacs-Kisvarda, 1913-1915. 3 Vols. (H) (Plus additions from 1918, 1935. Reprinted Brooklyn, 1958)
  • Schwartz, Shmuel HaCohen. Toldot Geonei Hagar. 1911. (H)
  • Schwartz/Shvarts, Yehuda. Moreshet Rabanei Hungaria: kolel et hageonim mi-Burgenland, Slovakia, Transylvania, Karpatorus Ve-Marmaros. Haderah: Yad Li-kehilot Transylvania, 1987. (H)
    • A book about rabbis of Hungary and other regions, with many photographs.
  • Sofer, A.Sh.B. Ketav Zot Zikaron: Pirkei toldot al mishpahat Eger-Sofer. Vienna, 1928. New York, 1957. (H) (Reprinted in Bnei Brak, 2001)
    • About Rabbi Moses Sofer-Schreiber (Chasam Sofer), his family and students.
  • Sofer, Shlomo ben A.S.B. Chut Ha-meshulash. 1893. Drohobitz, 1908. Tel Aviv, 1978. Jerusalem, 1981. (H)
    • About the Munkacs / Sofer-Schreiber family.
  • Stein, M. Magyar Rabbik. ca.1907 (in Hungarian)
  • Stein, M. Even HaMeir. 1907. (H)
    • The Munkacs family.

See also: Austria, Romania, Slovak Republic.

ISRAEL

  • Brisk, Asher Leib. Khelkat Mekhokek. (H)
    • This is a published work which contains about 3,000 inscriptions of tombstones of those who are classified Ashkenazim-Perushim, and who were buried in the 'Old Section' on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem until about 1914. One large Sefardi Block is recorded. Records the prominent and not so prominent members of the community, often deriving the material from gravestones, recording selected inscriptions. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Encyclopedia Lekhalutsei Hayishuv Ubonav (Encyclopedia of the Pioneers of the Yishuv and its Builders). Tel Aviv, from 1947. (H)
    • Nineteen volumes which consist of detailed biographies with genealogical information for about 50,000 people involved with the development and settlement of Israel. Includes reference to rabbinical ancestry of many entries. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Frumkin, A. Toldot Khakhmei Yerushalayim. Jerusalem, 1872. (H)
    • History and biographies of scholars and rabbis who settled in Eretz Yisrael, particularly in Jerusalem, from the period of the Spanish Expulsion (1492) until the mid-nineteenth century. The Sephardi and Ashkenazy communities are presented in parallel but separately. Detailed supplementary notes by Eliezer Rivlin assist in the identification of some personalities and add later material. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Gellis, Y. Encyclopedia Lekhakhmei Eretz Yisrael (Encyclopedia of the Scholars of Eretz Yisrael). (H)
  • Grayevsky, Pinkhas. Pamphlets with lists of tombstones in Israel. 1930's. (H)
    • A series of pamphlets was compiled in the mid-1930's giving tombstone lists for Jaffa, Rishon-Letzion, Nes Tziona, Petah Tikvah, Zikhron Yaakov, Ekron, and the Chabad section of the Mount of Olives. Record the prominent and not so prominent members of the community, often deriving the material from gravestones, recording selected inscriptions. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]
  • Lekorot Beit Ha'almin Hayashan BeTel Aviv. (H)
    • Burials in the old cemetery of Tel Aviv, covering the period until the mid 30's. Record the prominent and not so prominent members of the community, often deriving the material from gravestones, recording selected inscriptions. [Comment by Chaim Freedman, F1]

ITALY

  • Abensur-Hazan, Laurence. Les Pontremoli, deux dynasties rabbiniques en Turquie et en Italie - Sources et documents (The Pontremoli, two rabbinic dynasties in Turkey and Italy). préface de Mario Modiano. Paris: L. Abensur-Hazan, 1997. (F)
  • Bonfil, Robert. Rabbis and Jewish Communities in Renaissance Italy. (Translated from Hebrew by Jonathan Chipman, 1990. paperback 1993). (E)
  • Ghirondi, Mordecai Shemuel and Nepi Graziado. Toledot gedolei Yisrael u-geonei Italiyah. Trieste: Tipografia Marenigh, 1853. (Reprinted Jerusalem, 1968). (H)

4Information on rabbinical genealogy published on the Internet may be found separately in the extensive Links section of the Rav-SIG web site. See: Links Index.

4See also: JewishGen Yizkor Book Translation Project.

FOOTNOTE

1. All comments by Chaim Freedman are used with permission from his book, Beit Rabbanan: Sources of Rabbinic Genealogy. Petah Tikva, Israel: self-published, 2001.

2. Hundert, Gershon David. "18th-Century Polish Jewry: Demographic and Genealogical Problems." Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy. Winter, 1999.

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