The Unbroken Chain: Biographical Sketches and Genealogy of Illustrious Jewish Families from the 15th-20th Century, Volume 1 & 2

by Neil Rosenstein

Hardcover, 1990

Status

Available

Call number

CS31 .R67

Publication

Computer Center for Jewish Genealogy (1990), Edition: 2nd, 1323 pages

Description

This book traces the descendants of Rabbi Meir Katzenelnbogen of Padua through 16 generations. More than 25,000 people are identified as descendants of this Rabbi. The author uses charts and tables to show the links between the elite of Ashkenazic Jewry, and includes some of the twentieth century's most important Jews in Europe, Israel, and America. It covers most of the leading Hassidic dynasties includingLevi Isaac of Berdichev, Halberstam, Twersky, Rabinowitz, Horowitz, Rokeach, Shapiro, Spira, and Teitelbaum and includes the bloodlines of Karl Marx, Mendelssohn and Helena Rubenstein.

Subjects

Jews Genealogy
Katzenellenbogen family

Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

1323 p.

ISBN

096105784X / 9780961057848

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