FTP – Sam Travis And West Side Institutional Synagouge

In 1917 Zaidy (Sam Travis) helped establish the famous West Side Institutional Synagogue on the West Side in Manhattan and is listed on the original corporate filing as one of the trustees.  It’s documented that Rabbi Goldstein’s went to Tulsa Continue reading FTP – Sam Travis And West Side Institutional Synagouge

In Honor of Bubby’s Yartzheit – Her Memoirs – Download

In honor of her yartzheit you can read her memoirs here online or you can click on this link (julie cropped) and download it to your computer or print. Use this link julie cropped to download or print. [document url=”https://www.bistritzky.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/julie-cropped.pdf”]

TIOFH Ida (Miller) Travis Yartzheit Whom Mommy Is Named After

Tomorrow 13 Kislev is Ida Travis (nee Miller) Yartzheit. She was the wife of Yitzchok Naftali Hirsch Travis and the mother of our grandfather Shlomo Travis. She was born April 10th 1850 in Kovno, Russia and married Yitzchok Naftali Hirsch Continue reading TIOFH Ida (Miller) Travis Yartzheit Whom Mommy Is Named After