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- MyHeritage Update. LAST DAY to order the MyHeritage DNA test at $25.00! Go to: DNA Test – Uncover Your Ethnic Origins & Ancestry – MyHeritage. Also, OldNews.com has just crossed 400 million historical newspaper pages from 24 countries! That includes an extraordinary 120 million pages added in 2025 alone. You can find more details from their blog: com Reaches 400 Million Newspaper Pages – MyHeritage Blog
- No More Yiddish Mysteries: Announcing L’Dor V’Dor Foundation’s Public Yiddish Handwriting Models. Three pioneering Yiddish handwriting‑recognition models, including their flagship model, Mame Loshn Maven are helping the L’Dor V’Dor Foundation’s AI Lab unlock Jewish records at scale and make Jewish memory more accessible. Read more from their blog: No More Yiddish Mysteries: Announcing L’Dor V’Dor Foundation’s Public Yiddish Handwriting Models – L’Dor V’Dor Foundation (LDVDF) On A Personal Note: I am very involved in this worthy and deserving International Jewish Heritage Organization. If you would like to give a year end contribution…even a small one as every dollar counts… please go to: Annual Giving 2025 – Campaign If you enjoy reading the free News Nosh every week….consider it a “subscription fee donation!” Scroll down the donation page and read about what they are doing!
- Reclaim The Records announces the launch of THE NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX, 1880-2017. It’s free! It’s online! It’s searchable! It’s downloadable! It’s more than ten and a half million records. Go to: https://www.NewYorkDeathIndexcom/
- The new edition of the “Jews in the German Empire” free database with 524,357 people is now available. This database presents the vital records and, in increasing numbers, the biographies of Jewish men and women of the 19th and 20th centuries who lived within the borders of the German Empire of 1914. These individuals are listed in widely ramified family groups, illustrated with pictures and documents, and supplemented with additional links to external sites. Go to: Online Local family database Jews in the German Reich
- LitvakSIG announces that batch 28 of the Vilnius household registers is now available to qualified contributors. The registers were created between 1919 and 1940 when Wilno (Vilnius) city and Wilno voivodeship were part of Poland. The registers contain detailed information about everyone who lived in Wilno at that time, including children, as well as information about many visitors. This can include refugees fleeing the Nazis toward Vilnius in autumn of 1939. The data fields for typical entries include the full name, maiden name, names of parents including the mother’s maiden name, place and date of birth, place of most recent residence, marital status, and more. There are countless mentions of locations outside the immediate Vilnius area. To search, go to the All Lithuania Database: LitvakSIG |
- The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) Databases Release for November 2025. IGRA has added three new databases and updated four databases, adding over 40,000 new listings, many of them with images. With a variety of subjects, from immigration to military, from the Ottoman period to the Israel times after the British mandate. Their search engine currently features 3,790,238 records. Go to: The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) – The All Israel Database (AID)
- Rare 14th-century Hebrew Bible will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s. The medieval work, adorned with calligraphic art, is a Tanakh, or Five Books of Moses plus the Book of Prophets and Writings. It is expected to fetch between $1.5 and $2.5 million. Read the story from NY Jewish Week: Rare 14th-century Hebrew Bible will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s – New York Jewish Week
- The Belgian Priest who Saved 400 Jews. Dom Bruno joined the resistance and at great risk to his life established a network of hiding places for Jewish children. Read more from Aish: The Belgian Priest who Saved 400 Jews | Aish
- Argentina had detailed info on Mengele during his decade there, documents show. Auschwitz’s ‘Angel of Death’ felt so comfortable in South American country that he began to use his real name in 1956, and requested his formal identification papers be reissued. Read more from The Times of Israel: Argentina had detailed info on Mengele during his decade there, documents show | The Times of Israel
- Spies and Saboteurs: The Heroic Women of Winston Churchill’s Secret Army. They helped defeat the Nazis with microfilm tucked into gloves, messages woven into yarn, and intelligence smuggled by bicycle, ski, sewing needle, and hair ribbon. Read more from Aish: Spies and Saboteurs: The Heroic Women of Winston Churchill’s Secret Army | Aish
- AI helps German historian identify Nazi killer in infamous Holocaust image. See the picture and read the story: Nazi killer in Holocaust image identified using AI: researcher
- Eisenhower’s great-grandson walks alongside survivors at the March of the Living. “A privilege and a responsibility”: 80 years on, Merrill Eisenhower honors his family’s dedication to Holocaust Remembrance. Read the story from Jewish News UK: Eisenhower’s great-grandson walks alongside survivors at March of the Living – Jewish News
- The Jews of Russia. The territories of the former Russian Empire were the cradle of Jewish modernity, the birthplace of Zionism and Jewish socialism, and a major center of the Hasidic movement. Read the story from My Jewish Learning: The Jews of Russia | My Jewish Learning
- Seven Things You Should Know About Hebrew. Hebrew is the language of the Bible, Jewish prayer and since the early 20th century a modern language spoken in Israel. Seven important things to know about this storied language from My Jewish Learning: 7 Things You Should Know About Hebrew | My Jewish Learning
- How to Curse Like A Rabbi. Talmudic Curses and Insults. Before there was Shakespeare, there were some angry rabbis. Read more from My Jewish Learning: Talmudic Curses and Insults | My Jewish Learning
- The First Orthodox Jewish Woman to Become a U.S. Mayor. Michele Weiss just became America’s first Orthodox Jewish woman mayor—ready to unite a diverse Ohio city and confront rising antisemitism with integrity and courage. Read her story from Aish: The First Orthodox Jewish Woman to Become a U.S. Mayor | Aish
- Jewish NY postmaster grew, shaped USPS letters to Santa program in 1930s, ’40s. Albert Goldman “was brilliant,” June Brandt, senior research analyst in postal history at the U.S. Postal Service, told JNS. “His focus was to make the New York City post office relevant and well known.” Read about him from JNS: ‘Never a photo op he didn’t like’: Jewish NY postmaster grew, shaped USPS letters to Santa program in 1930s, ’40s – JNS.org
- German president first to visit site of 1937 Nazi air raid in Spain. “Germans committed terrible crimes in Guernica,” the German president said. Read the story from JNS: German president first to visit site of 1937 Nazi air raid in Spain – JNS.org
- Becoming Bob Dylan: Steve Berkowitz enhances music legend’s legacy with hidden archive treasures. “If he had stopped after that performance at Carnegie Hall, he’d still be considered one of the legendary American artists. But fortunately, he didn’t.” Read the story from The Jerusalem Post: Unearthing Dylan: Inside a sonic archeologist’s work | The Jerusalem Post NOTE: If you have not visited the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, I can tell you from personal experience, it is truly outstanding and well worth the trip: Bob Dylan Center | Tulsa, OK
- A timely New York exhibition immerses listeners in voices from the Holocaust. At New York Historical, rare, unheard recordings collected by Claude Lanzmann for his monumental film “Shoah” feature testimonies that still demand to be heard. Read more from NY Jewish Week: A timely New York exhibition immerses listeners in voices from the Holocaust – New York Jewish Week
- Dealer asking seven figures for biblical series by Dalí hopes it will go to Israeli museum. The series of artworks about the Bible, which Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí was made to mark the State of Israel’s 25th anniversary. Read and see more from JNS: Dealer asking seven figures for biblical series by Dalí hopes it will go to Israeli museum – JNS.org
- Menorahs from early days of Israel’s Bezalel School at center of Christie’s sale of 35 Chanukah lamps. The school was founded in Jerusalem in 1906 and named for the biblical Tabernacle architect. Read the story from JNS: Menorahs from early days of Israel’s Bezalel School at center of Christie’s sale of 35 Chanukah lamps – JNS.org
- Meet Zevi Eckhaus, the Jewish college football bowl-bound quarterback who prays at the 18-yard line. ‘Shabbos is still tricky because we play on Saturdays,’ said Eckhaus, who was raised Orthodox and is one of few Jewish players in NCAA Division I football. Read his story from The Forward: Meet Zevi Eckhaus, the Jewish college football bowl-bound quarterback who prays at the 18-yard line – The Forward
- In a Related Story: Manischewitz is taking suggestions for its next matzah-box cover athlete. Manischewitz is thinking outside the box — literally. The Jewish food company has opened up a search for the “best Jewish college athletes in America,” who will grace Manischewitz matzah boxes in 2026. Read more from JTA: Manischewitz is taking suggestions for its next matzah-box cover athlete – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
- Timothée Chalamet tipped for Oscar for role based on legendary Jewish table tennis champion. Rave reviews have been pouring in for the Jewish star’s performance as Marty Mauser in Marty Supreme. Read more from The JC: Timothée Chalamet tipped for Oscar for role based on legendary Jewish table tennis champion – The Jewish Chronicle – The Jewish Chronicle. Read more about Jewish Marty Mauser from Wikipedia: Marty Reisman – Wikipedia
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