Bibliography of Sources for Lazdijai/Lazdei

The Dworskys of Lazdei, by J. Michoel Ronn, a History of a Lithuanian Jewish Family from the mid-1700s Until the Present. 1990, private publication. History and genealogy. Preface by Binyamin Netanyahu. Contact author: Michoel Ronn, 383 Kingston Ave. Box #133, Brooklyn, NY 11213.

 

The Ethical Will of Rabbi Joseph Moses Abraham Levinski, the Tsaddik of Lazday (Lazdijai). ASKO Press (private) 1981. Introductory history, translation and commentary by Alexander Siskind Kohanski, preface and genealogical information by Dorothy Dellar Kohanski. Bound copies out of print. Unbound copies available from Dorothy Kohanski, 2370-1D Via Mariposa, Laguna Hills, CA 92653.

 

LANDSMEN, Quarterly Publication of The Suwalk-Lomza Interest Group (Polish provinces of the former Russian Empire). SIGJG, Marlene Silverman, Apt. 228, 3701 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008.

 

Volumes containing Lazdei (Lozdzieje in Polish) Jewish Vital Records from LDS microfilms of Polish Civil Records Extracted and published in Landsmen as of August 1997:

Volume II (1991-92)   Volume III (1992-93)  Volume IV (1993-94)   
Volume V  (1994-95)   Volume VI  (1995-96)


Town            Type Years       
~~~~           ~~~~ ~~~~~     
LOZDZIEJE      B    1808-1825
  "            M    1808-1854
  "            D    1808-1825

Lithuanian Jewish Communities, by Schoenburg and Schoenburg,Published by Jason Aronson, 1996, ISBN: 1568219938 . Contains approximately 2 pages about Lazdei, as well as some surrounding communities. Also gives an outline of Lithuanian Jewish history.

Yidishe Shtet, Shtetlach un Dorfishe Yishuvim in Lita , by Berl Kagan, privately published in New York (in Yiddish). An English translation by Michoel Ronn of the Lazdei article from this book appeared in Landsman Volume 6, Number 4, Spring 1996.

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