For many years, I have been researching my family. I definitely did not do this alone – I’ve had many partners in this endeavor – relatives, friends, colleagues. I have created stories based on my research experiences and the successes, failures, and errors I’ve made along the way. I don’t know, at this point, how many presentations I’ve done at conferences, meetings, and other venues, in person and virtually, in North America, Europe, Australia, and Israel. Years ago, my father started asking me when the stories would become a book. I generally replied that if he wanted a book, he should write one. He didn’t. I did.

Many of us have boxes of unlabeled photos that are precious. Unfortunately, we don’t always know who the people are in the photos! Four of the people in the 1923 photo on the cover of my book figure prominently in my family’s story. The man all the way to the right in the white robe is my great-grandfather, Sam Moldofsky. The woman seated near him, separated by a child, is my great-grandmother, Minnie (Farber) Moldofsky. Directly behind Minnie is her daughter, my aunt Ethel and the man next to her (not the one in front of the door) is my grandfather, Barnet. Sam left Europe in 1906 bound for a new life in the U.S. He left behind Minnie and children – the 4th, my grandfather, was about to make his appearance – he was born while Sam was en route. Four years later, in 1910, Minnie made her way in steerage with her 4 children to join her husband in Brooklyn, New York, where he had settled. He became a furniture varnisher. He died in 1929 when he was 60. Minnie died 15 years later. She married at least once and perhaps twice, after Sam’s death.

Ethel was the keeper of this photo and of so much more. I think she’d be excited at providing part of the inspiration behind this book, which, by the way, is available on Amazon and through many othr distributors. This is the link to Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DBVX75T8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3QZVFF8XMFEGW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.iVmsJRCFxtYLsBLrD2_Y7RlIob7rHZAIsoxGSUmCzLA.w_7wJxhIV6iuJ–wu7zJY5B2Ghn5jXeW2r7ZtQkdb8E&dib_tag=se&keywords=jeanette%20silverman&qid=1722548954&sprefix=janette%20silverman%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-1