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My recent visit to the Alsace
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Last summer holiday I stayed with my family in the French Alsace. Since my children don’t have yet a real interest in musea, I have attempted to squeeze in visits to musea and other (not only Jewish) Points of Interest, which I have mostly succeeded in doing so. Places I have visited are: Rosheim –
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Interview in Quarterly of the Flemish “Familiekunde Vlaanderen”
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“Familiekunde Vlaanderen“, which is a Flemish genealogy organization, has published in their quarterly, “Vlaamse Stam“, an interview with me. They have kindly given me permission to republish it on my website, I hope that you’ll enjoy reading it (in Dutch): (Click on the image below in order to read all pages on the PDF)
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List of Jews living in Pre-War Charleroi
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Vincent Vagman has recently published an important  list of Jews who have lived in Charleroi before the outbreak of WWII . Charleroi, which is in the Southern part of Belgium, is a very industrial city, which I’d not consider a particularly attractive city. Charleroi used to have a very active Jewish community, mainly thanks to
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My Magazine Subscriptions
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As a Jew living in Antwerp, Belgium, and with an interest in Genealogy, I have some specific interests which are reflected somehow in my choice of magazine subscriptions. In this article I’d like to discuss the magazines I’m subscribed to (or was at some point). Most are related to genealogy, both Jewish and non Jewish, and/or culture and/or
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Cheat Sheet: Getting the Alien Files from the Archives of Antwerp (and the districts of Antwerp)
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In the article I’d like to post a very quick and short cheat sheet on how to get the alien files from the Archives of Antwerp. Check the end of this article in order to understand more about the districts which together make Antwerp. Getting the alien files from the Archives of Antwerp: For the
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About a certificate for land in Pre-State Israel
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While clearing out their late mother’s home in Amsterdam, my father-in-law and his sisters stumbled upon an intriguing old document — a certificate, written in Dutch, that appeared to relate to a parcel of land in what was then Palestine. The front of the certificate contains mostly typed text, while the reverse side features handwritten
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Israel and the bakery
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A Jew walks into the bakery and orders a bagel. The man behind the counter says: “A bagel? That’s 20 dollars.” “20 dollars?! Are you mad!?” “Well, its 1 dollar for the bagel, and 19 dollars for Israel.” “Fine. Money for Israel? How can I say no?” The next day the same guy comes in
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The Rabbi’s hat and the racetrack
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A rabbi was walking down the street when, suddenly, a strong gust of wind blew his hat off his head. The rabbi ran after his hat but the wind was so strong it kept blowing his hat farther and farther away. He just couldn’t catch up with it. A young gentile man, witnessing this event
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Protected: Laat deze man niet over aan zijn lot
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There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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