Sunday, October 28, 2007

One of the oldest records at www.jewishdata.com








Among the oldest records in the database are hundreds of images from Worms, Germany- the oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe. They have survived countless pogroms, expolusions, and the Holocaust. Miracously, the Hebrew letters engraved more than 700 years ago, are relatively easy to read. This image, for example tells about Alexander son of Yosef, who was murdered (in Hebrew- "al kidush Hashem"- for the sanctification of G-D's name) in the year 1244.

Many more images from this location and so many others are posted at www.jewishdata.com

New records from Israel posted at www.jewishdata.com

Thousands of records from three Jewish cemeteries in Israel have been posted at the site. They are from 1. Mt. of Olives, Jerusalem. 2. Har Menuchos, Jerusalem. 3. Tiberias.

You will notice that the monuments are large and flat. While the monuments are mostly in Hebrew only, they have been indexed into English.

Notice in the image on the right, that it states that Lippman came from Warsaw, Poland.