The Weekly News Nosh – June 28, 2026

This Jewish heritage news digest is this week’s NewsNosh (The Weekly News Nosh) from L’Dor V’Dor Foundation—a curated set of links for anyone interested in Jewish family history, Jewish history, and Jewish heritage. This week’s NewsNosh Jewish heritage news digest includes Jewish genealogy archives, Revolutionary War records, Holocaust remembrance, Jewish cultural history, and more.

Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

This week’s news links:

1. Miriam Weiner Donates Her Five Decade Jewish Genealogy Collection Back To Her Own “Roots.” Miriam Weiner, whose Routes to Roots Foundation website https://rtrfoundation.org is one of the leading and most prestigious Jewish genealogy websites in the world has announced that she will be donating her entire archives to the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art. Why Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A? Read the detailed announcement and story from the Jewish Federation of Tulsa: The Miriam Weiner Jewish Genealogy Collection Donated to the SMMJA – Jewish Federation of Tulsa
2. Unabashedly American and Jewish at 250. The United States is built on Jewish foundations. Jewish merchants and shippers supplied the Continental Army with sorely needed goods and services on credit. Who can forget the outstanding efforts of Haym Salomon, one of the most prominent financiers of the Continental Congress and Gen. George Washington’s war effort? Read the complete story from JNS: Unabashedly American and Jewish at 250 – Israel & Jewish News – JNS
3. Fold3 Giving Free Access for 250 hours for Revolutionary War Records. To celebrate America’s 250th birthday, is opening their vault. For 250 hours (until July 6, 11:59 p.m. MT), enjoy free access to over 34 million Revolutionary War records. Discover the stories of the patriots who founded a nation – including our complete collection of full-text search Revolutionary War pension records. Go to: free-access – Fold3
4. How to Find an Obituary for a Specific Person. If you need to find an obituary for a specific person, there is a good chance that you can find it online. In this post, learn how to find obituaries. Read the article: How to Find an Obituary for a Specific Person – Who are You Made Of?
5. Polish archives making a large collection of Ukrainian records public by late 2026. These priceless records are a part of the Zabuzanski Archives, which are records that came from areas of interwar Poland and now some of those areas are now in western Ukraine, Belarus, Romania, and Lithuania. These records are dated from the 1780s to the 1950s. Read more here: Polish archives making a large collection of Ukrainian records public by late 2026 – Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
6. From The United Kingdom: NHS Jewish BRCA testing program to become permanent. The test detects those who are at higher risk of breast, ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancer. Between 30 and 40 per cent of ovarian cancers in the Jewish community are caused by a BRCA mutation and 10 per cent of all breast cancers. Read more from The JC: Exclusive: NHS Jewish BRCA testing programme to become permanent – The Jewish Chronicle Editor’s Note: From a health care point of view…I wish that EVERY country would be as progressive as this and understand that “Preventative Medicine is as valid as Curative Medicine.”
7. The Lost Language Behind Judaism’s Greatest Books. A thousand years ago, 90% of Jews spoke Arabic. The books they wrote still shape Judaism today, but almost no one reads them in the original. Read the story from Aish: The Lost Language Behind Judaism’s Greatest Books | Aish
8. A board game under development called Shtetl aims to introduce players of all ages to Jewish small-town life in the former Pale of Settlement. Called Shtetl, the game is a project of the Belarusian-Jewish Cultural Heritage Center, which works to preserve, research, and reinterpret Jewish heritage of the region through digital, educational and cultural formats. Read more from Jewish Heritage Europe: https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2026/06/24/belarus-shtetl-game/
9. A Jewish soldier died saving a Christian friend. Eighty years later, a grave reunited their families. PFC Frank Kurzinger was buried beneath a cross after dying in combat in Italy. Operation Benjamin helped restore a Star of David and reconnect the families linked by his final act. Read his story from The Forward: Star of David restored to Jewish WWII soldier’s grave in Italy – The Forward
10. Prison guard at Nazi POW camp under investigation for ‘murder.’ Thousands died of starvation, neglect and disease at Stalag Senne in Germany. The probe is being led by the specialist Nazi crimes unit based in the industrial western city of Dortmund. Read the story from The JC: Prison guard at Nazi PoW camp under investigation for ‘murder’ – The Jewish Chronicle
11. New Treblinka research uncovers forgotten role of women in 1943 death camp revolt. Apart from two female survivors, all testimony about Treblinka came from male inmates. However, female prisoners played a pivotal role in resistance at Treblinka, the German-built extermination center in occupied Poland where 925,000 Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. Read the story from The Times of Israel: New Treblinka research uncovers forgotten role of women in 1943 death camp revolt | The Times of Israel
12. This is the music the Nazis tried to bury. For composer John Altman, Forbidden Voices was a celebration of survival in notes of defiance. Read his story from Jewish News UK: This is the music the Nazis tried to bury – Jewish News
13. A klezmer virtuoso, Joseph Moskowitz was a cymbalist of Jewish progress in America. The Moskowitz Archive at the Library of Congress chronicles the triumphs and travails of a musical pioneer. Read his story from The Forward: Joseph Moskowitz was a cymbalist of Jewish progress in America – The Forward
14. Nathan Straus made his fortune at Macy’s — and spent it fighting disease in New York and Palestine. Straus, who helped build Macy’s into a retail empire in the 1890s, gave away his money the old-fashioned way, creating milk depots for sick babies in the slums of New York City and malaria treatments for all those living in pre-state Palestine. Read more from JTA: Nathan Straus made his fortune at Macy’s — and spent it fighting disease in New York and Palestine – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
15. For Mel Brooks and generations of his admirers, 100 years is not enough. On the Jewish filmmaker and comedian’s centenary, a look back at how a kid named Mel Kaminsky wound up conquering the world. Read his story from The Forward: For admirers of Mel Brooks, 100 years is not enough – The Forward
16. The Jewish Dads of Television, Ranked. The Kveller staff has arrived at this most subjective list of fictional Jewish papas the internet has ever seen. They present to you the 23 very best, and worst, Jewish patriarchs to grace the small screen. See the list: The Jewish Dads of Television, Ranked – Kveller

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