As Memorial Day comes and goes, I would like to remember Second Lieutenant Bernard Silbowitz, who died in action over Crete in 1942. Bernard (1917-1942) was son of Abba Zeev and Jennie Silbowitz. Abba Zeev in turn was son of Chaim Gedalia Zelbovich of Grodno. As a very young girls, my friend and distant cousin Laurie Caspe […]
History of the Zelbovitz Family by Morris Silbert
Morris Silbert was my great uncle. Several of his siblings and first cousins wrote histories of the Zelbovitz family. While all were directionally correct, there were conflicts that we can resolve today through investigating records. One point of interest is that they seemed to start the Zelbovitz family with their great-great-grandfather Nosson. We now know, […]
‘Questions & Answers on the Shulchan Orech” by Mordechai Zelbowitz
”Questions & Answers on the Shulchan Orech” was written by Mordechai Zelbovitz, son of Abba Leib Zelbovitz. Reb Modechai was born in Lithuania in 1868 and died in the Holocaust in 1941. Ateres Mordechai written by Rabina M. Zelbovica published around 1939 ”Reb Motl Ponedeler” (Mordechai Zelbovich) was born in Ponedel and was the first […]
“Looking Back” – Stories by my grandfather
Charlie Silbert (my grandfather) published monthly articles in the Jewish Augustan in Augusta, Georgia. I believe that his primary reason for writing these was to pay homage to my grandmother Goldie Silbert nee Puldy, who died of complications from MS in 1952 at age 42. He was married to my Bubbie Rae (technically step-Bubbie) when […]
Bobe Chipa Mary – A story about Chipa Mary Feldman nee Zelbovitz
Chipa Mary Zelbovitz is located in the Nosson family tree (Chipa Mary > Yankel Yehuda Zelbovitz > Eliya Zelbovitz > Nosson Zelbovitz) BOBE CHIPA MARY (as told by her daughters Sarah, Rose and Paula) It happened in 1918 after our father died. Our mother was sick; we were all sick with the flu at the […]