By Eli Rabinowitz
“All I ever knew was that I am named Eli Moshe (Eli Moses, Hebrew name Eliyahu Moshe) after my great-uncle Moshe. Moshe died in a motor accident, six weeks before his planned wedding. The date of his death was unknown, but it was sometime between the late 1920s and early 30s. That was the sum total of my knowledge of Moshe until a photograph given to me in 2011 changed everything.”
By Martin Tompa and Siva German
“I have been a JewishGen member for more than 13 years. Over the years I have been contacted by many other members looking into similar surnames or villages, but there has never been even a hint of successful connection. Until this past May…”
By Michael Tobias
“It didn’t take long for Michael to realize that Moshe Porat was the same man as Moshe Perelman, Moniek Garber’s cousin…. Later that morning the two cousins spoke to each other after sixty-seven years of separation.”