All My Foreparents

At the beginning of last week, I had a phone call from an old friend, Zvi Ofer, who lives in Kiryat Arba, right outside Hevron. Zvi and Cel...

I'm not sure how long ago it was. It was definitely before we began our single-surname Pikholz Project in the fall of 1998. And I know i...

Prologue In 1800s Galicia, our ancestors often had a proper rabbinic marriage without bothering to report it to the civil authorities. Th...

My father's mother is not from Budapest. She was born in the United States. In fact, none of my ancestors were born in Budapest. But m...

Three years ago this week, we marked the completion of the annual Torah cycle from the time we moved to Jerusalem one year earlier. And for...

Cleveland When this Pittsburgher first began having New York friends, they would always ask me how I am related to Rabbi Pickholtz from Cle...

Nana had this photo on display forever. My grand- daughter knows it will be hers. Click to enlarge This is not about my grandmoth...

National Commander, American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Uncle Kenny When I still very young, I already knew that Uncle Kenny wa...