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According to a fascinating article in Reform Judaism Magazine most Ashkenazi Jews are the progeny of mixed marriages in the middle ages. So that's how I got my blue eyes!

As you may know, today is holocaust rememberance day in Israel. For a summary of how the end came to the Jews of Drohitchin (my grandmother's home town), see the on line English translation of the Drohitchin Memorial Book

For a profile of my great great grandfather

and my great grandparentsThe latter article seems to translate my grandmother's ( Read more... )