by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Oct 10, 2018 | Family History Center
The study of lineage has been of importance to the Jewish people since biblical days, and lengthy genealogical lists are recorded throughout the Bible. The Talmud in the Tractate Kiddushin stresses the importance of yichus or family background: Ten lineages...
by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Oct 9, 2018 | Family History Center
When I first embarked on my quest to discover our family’s lost heritage, I had no family tree and very few of what genealogists refer to as primary documents – vital records such as birth and death certificates, or marriage records. Along with the Ellis Island...
by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Oct 8, 2018 | Family History Center
The family story told in Bertha Paull Friedman’s memoir provided intriguing clues regarding how we in the Polonsky family are descended from two very important Chassidic rabbis.70 Further, it tells us that both of these rabbis were disciples of the Baal Shem Tov, one...
by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Oct 7, 2018 | Family History Center
In Great Britain, ancient genealogies are most often available to royal families. For the Jewish people, “…our royal families have been those of the illustrious rabbis.” There is much truth to this statement, and although the Polonsky surname is only two...
by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Oct 6, 2018 | Family History Center
Our Polonsky surname dates back many generations, and we can be proud to be the descendants of such an illustrious lineage of distinguished rabbis. But how did these rabbis come to be known by the Polonsky surname, and who was the first rabbi in the lineage to bear...
