Yichus and our relation to the famous rabbi

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Yichus and our relation to the famous rabbi

Walter thought he had proved the family legend of descent from the celebrated Kovno Rav, Rabbi Yitchak Elchanon Spektor. Later facts emerged that suggested a more tenuous connection.  

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When: 2007
Family Branch: Rabinowitz, Yesersky, Spektor
Generation: -3G, 2G
Family Member: Joseph Rabinowitz

Discovery Notebook
Toolbox: Sources and download
  • Apr 18, 2018

Access books, articles and organizations referenced in the It's Legendary! article
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Sidebar from It's Legendary article
Sidebar: Getting down to cases
  • Apr 18, 2018

This sidebar is part of an article originally published in Family Tree Magazine's special issue…

It's Legendary! Separate fact and fiction in family lore
  • Apr 18, 2018

Natural story tellers are subject to a particular bias: They want their story to be concise…

The rest of the fax
  • Apr 05, 2018

I wrote in the previous posts about pages 1 and 4 of the five-page fax from Shmuel Elchonan.…

Spektor genealogy according to Yitzhak Elchanon Rabinowitz
  • Apr 05, 2018

Page 4 of the 1996 fax from Shmuel Elchonan contains the Spektor family genealogy as recorded by…

Reopening the Spektor file
  • Apr 05, 2018

Back in 2008, I wrote extensively on this blog about the family history of the famous Kovno Rav…

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Library of the Alliance Israelite Universelle in Paris
Rabbi Spektor letters discovered in Paris
  • Jul 02, 2014

The following was posted as a comment in March 2014 on the old Ruby Family HIstory Project blog…

New information on Chaim Rabinowitz family
  • Apr 28, 2013

A recent contact from a younger member of the Orthodox Jewish community of Lakewood NJ has…

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Isaish Wohlgemuth page on Sefaria.org
Illustrated Wohlgemuth history
  • Jan 22, 2011

You may remember Eli Wohlgemuth, one of the fellow travelers we have met during our genealogical…

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Rabbi Isaiah Wohlgemuth
Video: Eli Wohlgemuth
  • Aug 04, 2008

Video of Feb. 10, 2008, shloshim observance in memory of Rabbi Isaiah Wohlgemuth of Brookline MA…

Short takes on Thursday developments
  • Aug 01, 2008

Events are moving faster than my ability to write them up, especially since I have another job.…

Photo of Zvi Hirsch Rabinowitz
  • Jul 31, 2008

Google Books is an amazing resource, the result of the online goliath's project to provide…

Isaac Elchanan Spektor ethical will
  • Jul 24, 2008

There is much that can be said about this document. Perhaps readers will want to contribute…

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Excerpt from biography by Shimoff
Playing catchup with the Spektor files
  • Jul 10, 2008

Thanks to Morris Spector and also to Jeff Spector of Colorado Springs, I now have my hands on…

R. Spektor portrait with signature
  • Jul 10, 2008

Another treasure from the files of Morris Spector.

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Rabbi Spektor officiates
New Spektor family information
  • Jul 06, 2008

These images are courtesy of Morris Spector, who I found through an old post on the JewishGen…

New info on Chaim Rabinowitz's wife and daughter
  • Sep 20, 2007

I had a nice discussion this morning with our relative in Rehovot, Shmuel Elchanan. He noted…

Walter's Jewish Week article is published
  • Sep 06, 2007

Bravo! Walter's 3,000-word article…

A Few Things Are Illuminated...
  • Aug 21, 2007

This is the first draft of a piece I expect will show up soon in the New York Jewish media--…

Wohlgemuths and Spektors
  • Aug 09, 2007

Ugh! Down with the flu and/or severe jetlag, so am taking it easy today. Let me use this…

Wolgemuth-Spektor connection?
  • Aug 08, 2007

One more quickie and then I have to get back to work. While we're waiting for Walter's trip…

Photos of Rabbi Spektor
  • Aug 02, 2006

Any family resemblance?

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Kovno page of the Eilat Gordin Levitan website
Some questions about Rabbi Spektor's biography
  • Aug 02, 2006

Since Dan has started down the road of trying to understand our relationship with the Kovno Rav…

Citations

Authors
Stanley L. Ruby(21) Chien-Shiung Wu(18) Emil Jan Konopinski(9) Brice M. Rustad(8) James S. Allen(7) Allan Franklin(7) Otto Kofoed-Hansen(4) Richard L. Garwin(4) Leon Lidofsky(4) P. A. Flinn(4)
Subjects
beta decay theory(21) angular correlation(21) Rustad-Ruby experiment(17) mössbauer effect(17) beta spectrum experiment(14) Mössbauer spectroscopy(12) parity nonconservation(12) synchrotron radiation(8) V–A theory(8) weak-force unification(7)
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