An article about Cannon Street on the Lower East Side of New York City, where my family lived for over 23 years starting in 1929 (in progress).
A book of the writing of my cousin Schloyme Brandwein (1895-1960), translated from Yiddish
(in progress).
A research report about this part of my family (in progress).
About Magierow (in Galicia, near Lviv)
An article about the history of the Erste Magierower Kranken Unterstitzungs Verein, including my family’s role in it (in progress)
An article in the March 2026 issue of The Galitzianer (22-28) about my research into my family from Magierow. The Galitzianer is a membership benefit of Gesher Galicia. Members can access the published article and the whole issue of journal here. The first page is available to anyone here, and I can provide the full article on request.
Our People of Magierow: Research on the Families Stockhammer, Mann, Yaner, Brandwein and Others. This paper is still in draft form. It is available to download below for invited family and guests, with password.
An essay by the team at Mount Hebron Cemetery, telling some of the story of the Erste Magierow Society, which my ancestors helped establish and maintain. I contributed details and materials.
By Olha Pedan-Slyepukhina and her team (2014). Translation from Ukrainian by Matt Brown with
Olha Pedan-Slyepukhina (2022)
Article by Y. Kirshenboym in Der morgen zhurnal (Jewish Journal), August 30, 1942. I commissioned a translation (2026) from Yiddish.
Through the JewishGen Yizkor Book Translations initiative, I commissioned a translation from Hebrew of this entry in the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, Volume II.
Yizkor/Memory Book Sections
Translations from Hebrew that I have supported
Through the JewishGen Yizkor Book Translations initiative, I commissioned a translation from Hebrew of this chapter of of the 1967 Yahadut Bulgaria (Bulgarian Jewry).
Through the JewishGen Yizkor Book Translations initiative, I commissioned a translation from Hebrew of this section of the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, Volume II.
Through the JewishGen Yizkor Book Translations initiative, I commissioned a translation from Hebrew of this section of the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, Volume II.
Through the JewishGen Yizkor Book Translations initiative, I commissioned a translation from Hebrew of this section of the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, Volume II.