Joel Alpert (Naividel/Ellis/Krelitz) Finding Our Roots and Ourselves The Naividel-Krelitz-Feinberg-Rosin-Craine Family Reunion Introduction by Joel Alpert (Naividel/Ellis/Krelitz)

“Pa” in about 1970 Hillel Eliashevitz (aka) Harry Ellis

Last Page of Original 1968 Family Tree

Notation on the 1968 Family Tree: “Large Family Lost” in several places

Sisters: Lee and Helen Ellis Leah Golda Ellis about 1928

1991 Enter the Computer Age

Hillel Naividel Family

So, I thought I was done. But.... I started borrow old photos and copy them to start a collection...

Start of The Photo Collection Contributors: Fanny Bernstein Rubenstein / Leslie Bern Rosalin Ellis Krelitz Geroge Ellis Lee Ellis Alpert Helen Ellis Koppel

Fanny Bernstein and Her Boys: Jimmy, Sanford, Howard and Leslie

Harry and Celia (Krelitz) Ellis

Sidney Ellis (Shimmy)

Helen (Ellis) and Erwin Koppel Wedding - 1944

Reuven and Alta (Feinberg) Ellis Wedding Photo

Reuven and Alta (Feinberg) Ellis Wedding Photo

Sons of Reuven and Alta Ellis in Yurbrick

Family of Reuven and Alta (Feinberg) Ellis

Chaim Feinberg and ? Krelitz Family

Chaim Meir and Sarah Donevsky Family

Feinberg Family

Hillel Naividel Family

Meir and Chareva (Rosin) Eliashevitz About 1905 Murdered in Shoah - “Large Family Lost”

Sarah Beylah Naividel Rosin

Daughters of Meir Eliashevitz MURDERED

Children of Meir Eliashevitz MURDERED

So, I thought I was done. But.... I started to talk to a Mormon friend who said...

The Naividel Krelitz Ellis (Eliashevitz) Feinberg Rose (Rosin) The Naividel Krelitz Ellis (Eliashevitz) Feinberg Rose (Rosin) Craine (Kroida) Family Book The Story Of An Interrelated Jewish Family Originally From Yurburg (Yurberig), Lithuania compiled by Joel Alpert July 1998 / 5758 Now available on the Reunion CD and the Internet: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~aalpert/genealogy/book/intro.html

Mary Naividel Eliashevitz

Shalom Eliashevitz Family

Harry, Celia, Fanny and Boys

Morris Laden and Family

Sam and Rae (Krelitz) Ellis and Ben Craine

Talmud Torah in Yurburg - 1927 From Rosalin Krelitz Photo Album

From Rosalin Krelitz Photo Album Wooden Synagogue of Yurburg - 1927 From Rosalin Krelitz Photo Album

Moshe Krelitz - Unknown to us From Rosalin Krelitz Photo Album

Hillel Naividel and Elka Rosin Family

Pesha (Naividel) Zapolsky Daughter of Hillel Naividel and Elka Rosin

Original Photo from Yurburg Leah Naividel Krelitz From Craine Studio

Cecil Krelitz Family

Krelitz Family at George Zerry’s Wedding

George Krelitz

Gittelson Family

Krelitz & Lippman (Naividel) Store in Minnesota or Pennsylvania

Store on the Iron Range in Minnesota Sam Ellis and Ben Craine

Krelitz Family in Yurburg in about 1920 Who were these people? Eventually found out. Krelitz Family in Yurburg in about 1920

Yurburg Home Page on the Internet RIVKA KRELITZ GUTTMAN Born in Yurburg, Lithuania Rivka Krelitz was born in Yurburg, Lithuania. She married Yisrael Guttman also from Yurburg. They immigrated to Mexico City in 1927. They raised three sons. Unfortunately all contact has been lost with them. Anyone knowing of their whereabouts, please contact alpert@ll.mit.edu. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Yurburg Home Page | ShtetLinks Home Page | JewishGen Home Page ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mystery: what happened to Rivka and the Mexican Krelitzes. Put this on the Internet on the JewishGen Home page for Yurberik.

So, I thought I was done. But.... then I found out about the incredible 1927 film by Ben Craine of Yurberik

So, I thought I was done. But.... I found out that the Yizkor Book for Yurberik had been published in 1991....

(Finanaced by Our Families) On Reunion CD and the Internet The Yurburg Yizkor Book Published in Israel in 1991 in Hebrew and Yiddish Now Mostly Translated (Finanaced by Our Families) On Reunion CD and the Internet

Europe

Memel Yurberik X Yurberik Kovno Vilna Lithuania

Neiman River Yurberik Kybart Western Lithuania

This is the view of the comercial center of Yurburg, Kovno (Kauno)Street.. The corner storeon the far right is book store of Pinchas Schnovitz, a cousin. Center of Yurburg

Main Comercial Street in Yurburg

Woodcut of the famous Wooden Synagogue of Yurburg - Destroyed in 1941

Model of Wooden Synagogue of Yurburg

Wooden Synagogue of Yurburg - 1927 Postcard

Translated Excerpts from the Yurburg Yizkor Bookwith special interest to our family THE COMMUNITY OF YURBURG AMONG LITHUANIAN JEWRY By Professor Dov Levin YURBURG ON THE BANK OF THE NEIMAN RIVER - By I.D. Kamazon JEWS IN YURBURG - By I.D. Kamazon THE YURBURG I KNEW - By Mordechai Zilber YURBURG AND PEOPLE OF OUR CHILDHOOD By Hanna Feinberg-Shraga (Shrage) A MEMORIAL CANDLE FOR MY FAMILY - By DianaTobin (Berzaner) THE NAIVIDEL FAMILY - By Mordechai (Motel) Naividel (Father of Beny Naividel) THE KARABELNIK FAMILY By: Hannah Karabelnik- Trainin PINCHAS SHACHNOVITZ - ZIONIST AND MAN OF THE BOOK (Pinchas Shachnovitz was the husband of Chaia Feiga Naividel, daughter of Shmuel Naividel) YURBURG DESTROYED The Story of Hannah Magidovitz as recorded by Zebulun Poran DARING ESCAPE OF THE PARTISANS IN THE WOODS The Personal Story Of Mordehai Ben Tuvia And Rachel Berkover IN ETERNAL MEMORY by Dorothy Chosid-Bodnoff Sister of Jack Cossid JEWS OF YURBURG - LIST OF NAMES (including many from our families) People of Yurburg Abroad (including many from our families) SURVIVORS OF YURBURG, (HOLOCAUST) IN LITHUANIA- including our family members JEWS IN LITHUANIA JEWS IN THE DAYS OF THE KINGS OF LITHUANIA HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF LITHUANIA

The Naividel-Krelitz-Feinberg-Rosin-Craine FamilyReunion The Naividel-Krelitz-Feinberg-Rosin-Craine FamilyReunion Detroit, Michigan July 28-30, 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS I Introduction 1 page II Family Descendant Lists: Naividel 15 pages Krelitz 10 pages Feinberg 7 pages Rosin 5 pages Craine 2 pages III Address List of Family Members 7 pages IV List of Attendees with Ancestral Family Connection 2 pages V The Shoah (Holocaust) Affected Our Family too 22 pages Naividel and Rosin Family Holocaust Victims Craine Family Holocaust Victims Feinberg Family Holocaust Victims Krelitz Family Holocaust Victims can be found in the Naividel and Feinberg Family lists The Horrible Days - Story of Gita Abramson Bereznitzky Gershon Hilelson’s Story

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