Dear Listers, if anyone is connected to Gluckel of Hameln could you contact me as she is on our family tree so some of her descendents came to live in England.. Best wishes, Louise husg€€w ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angie Elfassi" <[email protected]> To: "British Jewry" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 3:08 PM Subject: [BRITISH-JEWRY] BJ news > Hi, > > I have just read the first page/editorial, and I would like to recommend > the > reading of: > > Gluckel of Hameln > > excerpt from Wikipedia: > Glückel of Hameln (also spelled Gluckel or Glikl of Hamelin; also known as > Glikl > bas Judah Leib) (1646, Hamburg – September 19, 1724, Metz) was a Jewish > businesswoman and diarist, whose account of her life provides scholars > with an > intimate picture of Jewish life in Germany in the late-seventeenth-early > eighteenth century. Written in Yiddish, her diaries were originally > intended for > her descendants. The first part is actually a living will urging them to > live > ethical lives. " > > I have no private interest in this book except to say, it answers Sherry's > editorial. Well worth the read if you can obtain a copy. I read it in > English. > > Regards > Angie > > > Searching: > RAYKH-ZELIGMAN/RICHMAN, Stakliskes, Lithuania/Leeds > COHEN, Sakiai, Lithuania/Leeds > MAGIDOWITZ, Jurbarkas, Lithuania/Leeds > KASSIMOFF, Rezekne, Latvia/Leeds > > > > > > Our website is at > www.british-jewry.org.uk > We update regularly. Let us know if you have ideas to offer. > > [email protected] is the address to use for help. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.441 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3067 - Release Date: 08/12/10 18:34:00