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It was established in 1985. An index to the first 24 volumes is available. [1] The magazine gets its name from the Hebrew word, avotaynu, which literally means "our fathers," but has come to mean "our ancestors." The Consolidated Jewish Surname Index (CJSI) is Avotaynu's metasearch engine which points to 42 different specialized data banks. [2]
Beider–Morse Phonetic Matching: An Alternative to Soundex with Fewer False Hits. Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy 24/2: 12-18. Beider, A. 2005. Scientific Approach to Etymology of Surnames. Names: A Journal of Onomastics 53: 79-126. Beider, A. 2004. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu.
Sallyann Sack-Pikus (née Amdur; born March 13, 1936) is an American genealogist and psychologist, and editor of Avotaynu Magazine, a journal of Jewish genealogy and scholarship. Sack is the only genealogist listed in Jewish Women in America .
The goal of International Jewish Genealogy Month is to encourage Jewish genealogy and publicize JGS organizations and activities all over the world. [6] It is celebrated annually on the Hebrew month of Cheshvan. From 1999 through 2006, Avotaynu, Inc. promoted Jewish Genealogy Month until 2007 when IAJGS began sponsoring the event.
Ezra 2:15 King James Version "The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four". However, the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain have no records of this as a Jewish family name . Albeit, the Consolidated Jewish Family Name Index of U.S. based Avotaynu indicates Adin is a Jewish family name that was present in Poland and Belarus prior ...
Jewish surnames are thought to be of comparatively recent origin; [1]: 190 the first known Jewish family names date to the Middle Ages, in the 10th and 11th centuries. [ 2 ] Jews have some of the largest varieties of surnames among any ethnic group, owing to the geographically diverse Jewish diaspora , as well as cultural assimilation and the ...
Gary Mokotoff (born April 26, 1937) is an author, lecturer, and Jewish genealogy researcher. [1] [2] [3] Mokotoff is the publisher of AVOTAYNU, the International Review of Jewish Genealogy, [4] and is the former president of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS).
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Russian-Jewish surnames (23 P) Y. Yiddish-language surnames (534 P) Pages in category "Ashkenazi surnames"