UPDATED 13th June 2026
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THIS WEEK'S PICTURE
13th June 2026
Miriam (Mere) and Elhanan (Chone) Goldberg
1889 - 1940 1876 - 1934
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Miriam (Mere) and Elhanan (Chone) Goldberg
1889 - 1940 1876 - 1934
This week I underwent a
catheterization (צנתור) in preparation for a heart valve procedure. I
was very well looked after by the doctor at Kaplan hospital - Dr. Dani
Haberman. Elhanan and Miriam are his great grandparents and also my
grand uncle and aunt.
My 2nd cousin Shuli and Eitan Haberman - Dani's parents - are not only relatives but also good friends. We have a close relationship with them and with Shuli's sister Racheli Gilad. We also kept close contact with Shuli's mother Sarah Olkienitsky (my mother's cousin) and her husband Isaac, who died in 2012. Sarah died in 2022 aged 99.
Some time ago Sarah gave me some postcards sent in 1915-1917 by her grandfather Zelig from Europe to my grandparents Isaac Shapiro and Roddeh (Chone's sister) in Kimberly South Africa. These postcards, sent from Latvia and the Ukraine, reflect the displacement of Lithuanian Jewish families following the mass expulsion from Lithuania. The postcards give news of the family (including Chone, Mere and their daughter Shulamit) and reflect the reliance on money sent to them from the emigrated family in South Africa. These postcards are a wealth of information about their lives and are worth reading. (Here is the link to the postcards and the English translation.) In one of the postcards we learn that Chone had received money and had written to Isaac in South Africa. In another we read that Choneh had got a job and was moving to the Novgorod area in Russia where Mere and Shulamit would join him. In another we learn that Zelig had lost his job in a brewery and was out of work.
For me these postcards reflect the resilience of the Jewish people. Not only are they interesting from a historical and family point of view, but they are also saddening when we think about the hard lives they led.
Note: Shuli is named after Shulamit, Sarah's sister. Sarah told me that she was with Shulamit when she died in a Russian camp soon after the war. Sarah was born in 1923 before the postcards were written.
My 2nd cousin Shuli and Eitan Haberman - Dani's parents - are not only relatives but also good friends. We have a close relationship with them and with Shuli's sister Racheli Gilad. We also kept close contact with Shuli's mother Sarah Olkienitsky (my mother's cousin) and her husband Isaac, who died in 2012. Sarah died in 2022 aged 99.
Some time ago Sarah gave me some postcards sent in 1915-1917 by her grandfather Zelig from Europe to my grandparents Isaac Shapiro and Roddeh (Chone's sister) in Kimberly South Africa. These postcards, sent from Latvia and the Ukraine, reflect the displacement of Lithuanian Jewish families following the mass expulsion from Lithuania. The postcards give news of the family (including Chone, Mere and their daughter Shulamit) and reflect the reliance on money sent to them from the emigrated family in South Africa. These postcards are a wealth of information about their lives and are worth reading. (Here is the link to the postcards and the English translation.) In one of the postcards we learn that Chone had received money and had written to Isaac in South Africa. In another we read that Choneh had got a job and was moving to the Novgorod area in Russia where Mere and Shulamit would join him. In another we learn that Zelig had lost his job in a brewery and was out of work.
For me these postcards reflect the resilience of the Jewish people. Not only are they interesting from a historical and family point of view, but they are also saddening when we think about the hard lives they led.
Note: Shuli is named after Shulamit, Sarah's sister. Sarah told me that she was with Shulamit when she died in a Russian camp soon after the war. Sarah was born in 1923 before the postcards were written.
,
- Welcome to this world to baby Yair and congratulations to parents Dani and Tali Haberman and the Haberman family
- Next week we fly to Larnaca for a week. We hope
this will be more relaxing than our last visit.
Happy
Birthday this week to:
13 - Eric Brod ,
Tanel Drui ,
Alan Smith
, Robin Marks 14 - Helen Schang, Ido Golomb 15
- Gaby Kahn
, Matthew Levy 16 - Samuel Lampert 18 - Rosilyn
Hock 19 - Marielle Gordon , Philip Levy, Katherine
Levy
20
- Sara Eliezer
Happy Anniversary this week to: 16 - Melanie and Jonathan Sklar
Happy Anniversary this week to: 16 - Melanie and Jonathan Sklar
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