Lost & Found: The Amazing Family Tree
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There are photos from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries as well as historical documents. Included in the book is the story of recovery of the tree drawn by the authors great grandfather and family members who found one and other as result. This wonderful story has been televised as well as printed as a front page article of a New Jersey newspaper in 2014.
Irene Kaminsky Ph.D.
The author is a psychologist who has published 3 research articles in professional journals prior to this personal journey. The author discovered many relatives in several countries because of a family tree that her great grandfather drew. It had been lost and then resurfaced in an antique store, bought by what turned out to be her 5th cousin. She had reconciled herself to having a small family, because many of her parents’ generation had perished in the holocaust or fled to parts unknown. It was a happy surprise to actually find cousins, who were enthusiastic to contribute to this book. The author lives in New York City with her husband and dog, Kasha.
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Lost & Found - Irene Kaminsky Ph.D.
Copyright © 2015 by Irene Kaminsky, Ph.D.
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Contents
Contributors
1600
This story has many beginnings…
Yaakov son of David (Mitzkun)
David Moses Mitzkun - Vilna, Lithuania
Joseph Judey – Riga Latvia, 1849 – 1931 Berlin
Lolya (Elinor) Kagan, née Kohn, Varsovie, Poland
Lucya, daughter of Rebecka née Judey,
Shayna Shull – Radom, Poland
The Discovery of The Amazing Tree
Rabbi Ben Shull, Rockville, Maryland
Irene Kaminsky, Ph.D., New York City
Lydia (nee Judey) Kaminsky – Riga, Latvia & NYC
Anatole Semyonovich Kaminsky, M.D.
Semyon Davidovich Kaminsky, M.D.
Arkady Koltun, M.D., Ph.D.
Chicago, Illinois
Alex Sedlis, M.D.
Moshe Zeev Mitzkun, Vilna, Lithuania
Wulf Mitzkun – Vilna, Lithuania
Hani Katz, née Jacobs
The Shull Family in South Africa
Jeanie Judey Dubnau– New York City
Miriam Judey Mangold - Berlin
Jacob Judey Barosin Ph.D. – Berlin
Rabbi Joshua Snyder, Pikesville, Maryland
Celia Shull Fine - South Africa & San Diego, California
Luciana Mitzkun Cramer - Brazil & Santa Barbara, California
Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever – Vilna, Lithuania
Sarah Mileikovsky Mohilever – Radom, Poland
Mia Mohilever – Jerusalem, Israel
Zvi Shindel, Jerusalem, Israel
Leo Baeck Institute
Media
Genealogy
Acknowledgements
Genealogy of Descendants 1580 - 2015
Dedicated to the memory of my parents
Charts created by Dr. Janette Silverman
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image01.jpgThe Age of Exploration had waned. The Renaissance was giving way to the Age of Enlightenment. It was a time of cultural and scientific development. French, English, Portuguese, Dutch and Spanish colonies had been established in the New World and the Far East. The Magna Carta established the rights of some landowning men in England, creating the beginnings of democracy that lead to the writing of the Constitution in 1776 for the 13 colonies in America.
But in Russia, there was no democracy. Our family fled pogroms, traveling to many far-flung countries. The next generation faced annihilation during the SHOAH, a German inspired nightmare. However, we are flourishing again in many countries.
This is our story.
Image36400.PNG40374.pngThis story has many beginnings…
Riga, Latvia, in 1901; Vilna, Lithuania, in 1600; Riverdale, New Jersey, in 1993 and 2013; Jerusalem, the 9th of Av in the year 70 CE…. This is a story across the ages, spread out in a whirling circle with multiple entry points. This story is about our family tree, the people and events, travels and travails of our relatives and those they married. It is a splendid work of Jewish folk art, crafted by Ben’s third cousin twice removed and Irene’s great grandfather, Joseph Judey, who spent eleven years creating the painting masterpiece from which our story has grown and spread.
Image36400.PNG40428.pngimage02.jpgYaakov son of David (Mitzkun)
Vilna, Lithuania 1600
Yaakov was born into a large family living in the new frontier of Jewish life. Lithuania/Poland is the destination for Jewish refugees from Central Europe and other parts of the Jewish Diaspora. The Polish kings welcomed Jews