The sweep of family history across the generations
Farmers and seafarers from the south Norway coast
Members of a farming family took to the sea both as an occupational calling and a means of emigration
Remembering our Ringel and Wohlgemuth/Paechter family members who perished in the Shoah.
Ze’evs progency: a new generation of vibrant, contemporary Israelis.
Seymour, also called Samuel, was partly estranged from the family. He worked as a truant officer in the New York City schools. His daughter Harriet Berkowitz discovered our blog and contributed a trove of precious documents.
A pioneer to Palestine in 1936, Ze’ev married Penina and they did their part to build the state of Israel as founders of Kibbutz Afek.