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, […]
“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 […]
Hebrew/English letter from Shraga Yitzhak Zelbovitz to cousin Gershon
This is a Hebrew letter and it’s English translation below from Shraga Yitzhak Zelbovitz to his cousin Gershon. Please pardon the left justification on the Hebrew portion. ב”ה עש”ק [ערב שבת קודש] ה’ אדר ב’ ת”ש לבן דודתי היקר גרשון יחי’ [יחיה], בודאי תסלח לי, על שאני עונה לך אחרי שהיית זמן ארוך כזה, כי באמת קבלתי […]