1. Pessia (Pesse) Kruskal
The Story of
Pessia (Pesse) Kruskal
from
Tartu, Estonia to
Beit-Hanan, Israel
in 1925 ~
Dr. Gideon Menda
June, 2016

2. Pessia (Pesse) Kruskal
Born in Tartu, Estonia 1902 Died in Beit-Hanan, Israel 1989

3. The Grandfather of the Kruskal Family Rabbi in the Synagogue of Tartu
Rabbi Wulf Kruskal
The Grandfather of the Kruskal Family
Rabbi in the Synagogue of Tartu

4. Taube (Goldberg) Kruskal
Moshe Shmuel Kruskal
Taube (Goldberg) Kruskal

5. Taube (Goldberg) Kruskal
Moshe Shmuel Kruskal
Taube (Goldberg) Kruskal
Hode Malke
Tartu 1901
Pessia Pesse Reitze
Tartu 1902
Leibe
Aryeh
Tartu 1904
Feige Tsipora
Tartu 1905
Tuvia Tartu 1907
Lea
Gitta
Tartu 1909
Sara
Tartu 1910
Chaim
Akiva
Tartu 1913

6. Taube Kruskal with her Eight Children
Mother
Taube Kruskal
with her
Eight Children
Tartu, Early 1920’

7. From Tartu to Israel KFAR-GILADI KFAR-GILADI Ein-GEV / GENOSAR
EIN-HAROD
TEL-AVIV
BEIT-HANAN
1929
1935
1932
1930
1925

8. The two who did not arrive to Israel
Leibe Kruskal
Deported by the Russians from the family home in Tartu and was killed
Hode Kruskal
Murdered in the Holocaust (WW-II)
with her husband and two daughters

9. Israel in the mid-1920’s challenging yet fulfilling
Pessia arrives to Israel in February 1925 Hard labour Founding Beit Hanan in 1929, with a group of pioneers
Aharon & Pessia
Moshav Beit Hanan

10. Agriculture and Culture in Israel

11. Happiness and Sorrow Pessia’s children:
Gideon ( ) & Tory (1934)

12. Pessia’s daughter and son-in-law
Heritage Continues…
Pessia’s daughter and son-in-law
Tory and Rami Menda, in Beit-Hanan

13. Pessia’s grandchildren:
Pessia’s grandchildren visiting Tartu in 2015
still connected …
Pessia’s grandchildren:
Tal (1963), Orly (1967), Gideon (1972)

14. Pessia’s family in Israel
Pessia’s great grandchildren
Imry, Shay, Gil, Adaya, Nitai, Dan
Pessia’s family now-a-days
Pessia’s family in Israel