James, What a fascinating experience to travel to Israel and connect with so many relatives. It’s simply wonderful, and I loved looking at the pictures of your family get-togethers. I hope you are able to forge some long-lasting bonds. I don’t know if you knew Rae Barent, but I met her a couple of time and I know she pursued the history of the Herer/Horer family for years, with passion.
Good luck and thanks for sharing your journey with all of us! Bruce From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of James Herer <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 17:53 To: CZERNOWITZ-L <[email protected]> Subject: [Czernowitz-L] A sort of Family Reunion Greetings Czernowitzers, I am James Herer, 35 years old and descendent of Jankiff Leib Herer of Radautz. My great-grandfather immigrated to the United States in 1904 and from there lost touch with his family. I have spent the last 20 years trying to find every living member of my paternal family. I wanted to know what happened to us, who lived, who died, where they went and want became of their offspring. Finding the American branches of my family was difficult but I managed to make many connections. We started a Facebook group and started to bring everyone together. On October 11th, I landed in Israel with my father. I am proud to say that I've located and connected with several members of my family here in Israel. This week, I met two branches - one rooted in Radautz and the other rooted in Vata Dornei. The feeling of familiarity was uncanny, profound and indelible. There was a shared sense of (dark) humor and a deep relief in knowing that on the family tree I'm probably the most rotten apple on any given branch. I wanted to thank the members of this group for their continued interest and dedication to the spirit and memory of the Bukovina Jews. Tomorrow, here in Tel Aviv, I will be attending a memorial service for those who were deported in Transnistria. I didn't know about it beforehand - while on our drive home from the Golan Heights, my relative Natan Herer somehow discovered that the service would be conducted this weekend. It seems maybe like a coincidence, good timing, whatever... but here I am in Tel Aviv, it seems only appropriate to attend. I am sharing some photos of our reunions. I hope you don't mind, but I'm really kvelling over this reconstruction of a family tree that has been broken for over 100 years. With love, James Herer This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Beginning in 2021, archived messages can be found at: //www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]<https:<a%20href=>/" class="hft-urls">https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]<mailto://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]>/ To send mail to the list, address it to <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>. To remove your address from this e-list follow these directions. https://it.cornell.edu/simplelists/manage-subscriptions To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Beginning in 2021, archived messages can be found at: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To send mail to the list, address it to <[email protected]>. To remove your address from this e-list follow these directions. https://it.cornell.edu/simplelists/manage-subscriptions To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: [email protected]
