by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Sep 25, 2018 | Family History Center
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, there were only about 6,000 Jews in America. The idea that there was freedom in America as long as you were not “too Jewish,” discouraged many Jews from immigrating. Since that time, the Jewish population of America has...
by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Sep 24, 2018 | Family History Center
Everything must change Nothing stays the same Everyone must change No one stays the same The young become the old And mysteries do unfold Cause that’s the way of time Nothing and no one goes unchanged So go the lyrics to the opening chorus of a...
by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Aug 24, 2018 | Research Room
Abstract According to Arthur Kurzweil, one of the pioneers of Jewish genealogy: For the Jewish people … our royal families have been those of the illustrious rabbis.0F1 Through the practice of shidduch (arranged marriage), these illustrious rabbis and their...
by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Aug 24, 2018 | Featured Post, Research Room
Introduction Y-DNA analysis has proven to be a valuable tool in the genealogical research of Jewish paternal lineages. In our research, we have used it to validate the paper trail of pedigreed rabbinical descendants and identify the Y-DNA genetic signature of many...
by Jeffrey Mark Paull | Aug 24, 2018 | Research Room
Introduction Throughout the centuries, the Jewish people have always prided themselves on their yichus (lineage, distinguished birth, or pedigree). Yichus was especially important for rabbinical families, and many of them have created genealogy charts or family trees...