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Chapter One

The Seven Siblings

R’ Eliezer Zev and Miriam Perlow and the lines that meet in their children

Chomsk · Sajószentpéter · Munich · Vilna · Kobe · Shanghai · Brooklyn · Jerusalem

This book begins with seven brothers and sisters: Feigel (Cipi), R’ Aharon (R’ Ari) z”l, Hindy, Yanky, Chayie, Asher (Osher) and Shmaya — the children of R’ Eliezer Zev (Lejzer) Perlow and Miriam Perlow née Wiesner. Each chapter that follows traces one of the family lines that meet in them, generation by generation, with the records, gravestones and photographs behind every name.

Rav Shmaya Wiesner, passport-type photo on his EDNY declaration of intention no. 289228, 21 Dec 1939
Rav Shmaya Wiesner, passport-type photo on his EDNY declaration of intention no. 289228, 21 Dec 1939 ProvenFamilySearch / US District Court EDNY (NARA)

R’ Eliezer Zev (Lejzer) Perlow was born in Chomsk on 27 March 1914, the son of R’ Aharon Perlow and Feigel Zditowski, daughter of R’ Eliezer Zditowski. R’ Aharon was the son of R’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow; the family memorial pages in Imrei Eliezer al HaTorah (Brooklyn 1995) give R’ Aharon’s yahrzeit as 11 Tammuz, of a year not yet known. Feigel died at Khomsk in August 1941; two of her daughters, Freida and Fruma, very probably died there the same year.

Studied at the Mir yeshiva and travelled with it through Vilna, Kobe and Shanghai; landed at San Francisco on 14 Sep 1946. Married Miriam Wiesner on 17 Nov 1948 at Gold Manor, 665 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn; her father Rabbi Samuel (Shmaya) Wiesner officiated. Naturalized EDNY 19 Apr 1955.

His road, 1939–1946: Mir → Vilna → Kaunas (visa, 6 Aug 1940) → across Russia → Kobe (arrived 13 Feb 1941) → Shanghai → San Francisco (14 Sep 1946) → Brooklyn.

Miriam Wiesner was born at Sajószentpéter on 2 Oct 1922, the daughter of Rav Shmaya (Samuel) Wiesner and Szerén (Sarah Leah) née Szender. She and R’ Eliezer Zev were married in Brooklyn on 17 November 1948; her father officiated. She died in November 2023, Boro Park.

Her father, Rav Shmaya Wiesner (born 24 Jan 1890, Ajnácskő): Rabbi. Married Szerén Szender at Hajdúnánás on 11 Feb 1919. Wrote in the Orthodox weekly Zsidó Újság (1925, signed "Wiesner Samu, Sajószentpéter"). Came to America in 1939; his house and shul from 1941 were at 1424 49th Street, Brooklyn.

The seven siblings

  • Feigel (Cipi) Perlowone of the seven siblings
  • R’ Aharon (R’ Ari) Perlowz”l · died 2022
  • Hindy Perlowone of the seven siblings
  • Yanky Perlowone of the seven siblings
  • Chayie Perlowone of the seven siblings
  • Asher (Osher) Perlowone of the seven siblings
  • Shmaya Perlowone of the seven siblings

Ancestral chart

Tap a name for the full record. Colours show the grade: green Proven, amber Probable, violet Possible.

R’ Eliezer Zev Perlow1914–2006 · ProvenMiriam Perlow née Wiesner1922–2023 · ProvenR’ Aharon Perlow · ProvenFeigel Perlow née Zditowski1881–1941 · ProvenRav Shmaya Wiesner1890–1961 · ProvenSzerén Wiesner née Szender1894–1964 · ProvenR’ Chaim Chaikel Perlow · ProvenR’ Eliezer ZditowskiFarkas Wiesner1865–1922 · ProvenGolda Wiesner née Braunfeld1871–1944 · ProvenHerman Szender1869–1942 · ProvenJetti Szender née Glück1873–1944 · ProvenR’ Aharon Perlov of Stolin1826–1874 · ProbableAntal Wiesner1833–1907 · ProvenBlüme Wiesner née Reich1836–1875 · ProvenIgnácz Braunfeld1818–1892 · ProvenJuli Braunfeld née Grosz1829–1917 · ProvenMendel Szender1825–1913 · ProvenKati Szender née Engel1832–1914 · ProvenSámuel Glück1843–1896 · ProvenBetti Glück née Rózmann1848–1926 · Proven

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The parents and grandparents

R’ Eliezer Zev (Lejzer) Perlow Proven

father of the seven siblings

Born 27 Mar 1914, Chomsk · Died 12 Jul 2006 (16 Tammuz 5766)

Studied at the Mir yeshiva and travelled with it through Vilna, Kobe and Shanghai; landed at San Francisco on 14 Sep 1946. Married Miriam Wiesner on 17 Nov 1948 at Gold Manor, 665 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn; her father Rabbi Samuel (Shmaya) Wiesner officiated. Naturalized EDNY 19 Apr 1955. Rav of Chevrat Geulah veYeshuah, Boro Park. Read the full record →

Miriam Perlow née Wiesner Proven

mother of the seven siblings

Born 2 Oct 1922, Sajószentpéter · Died November 2023, Boro Park

Born at Sajószentpéter on 2 October 1922. After the Munich years she landed at New York on 26 August 1939 on the S.S. President Harding from Le Havre (Proven). In 1940 she lived with her parents in Brooklyn; in her 1944 declaration of intention (EDNY 341899) she is 21, a seamstress, of 1424 49th Street, 5 ft 4, with brown eyes and hair (Proven). Read the full record →

Rav Shmaya (Samuel, Samu) Wiesner Proven

the siblings' grandfather

Born 24 Jan 1890, Ajnácskő · Died 17 May 1961, New York

Rabbi. Married Szerén Szender at Hajdúnánás on 11 Feb 1919. Wrote in the Orthodox weekly Zsidó Újság (1925, signed "Wiesner Samu, Sajószentpéter"). Came to America in 1939; his house and shul from 1941 were at 1424 49th Street, Brooklyn. Read the full record →

Szerén (Sarah Leah) Wiesner née Szender Proven

the siblings' grandmother

Born 29 Apr 1894, Hajdúnánás · Died 27 Jan 1964

Burial: Beth Israel Cemetery (Woodbridge Memorial Gardens), Woodbridge NJ, beside her husband; “HaRabbanit Sarah Leah Wiesner bat R’ Tzvi Aryeh”, 13 Shevat 5724 = 27 Jan 1964; the stone remembers her mother “Yehudit bat R’ Shmuel, 14 Tammuz 5704” (Proven, stone). Beth Israel Cemetery, Woodbridge NJ: Block 10A, beside her husband (Probable). In May 1939 she was still in Munich: her husband named “wife, Leah Wiezner, Munich” on his Miami arrival card (Proven). Read the full record →

R’ Aharon Perlow Proven

the siblings' grandfather

Died 11 Tammuz (year unknown)

Names proven. His yahrzeit is 11 Tammuz (the family memorial page reads “died 11 Tammuz”; no year printed). The earlier “21 Tammuz” was a misreading. His son wrote that he “died in the prime of his life” (נפטר בדמי ימיו), leaving Feigel a widow (Proven as printed). Read the full record →

Feigel Perlow née Zditowski Proven 🕯

the siblings' grandmother

Born c. 1881, Chomsk · Died 2 Aug 1941 (9 Av 5701), Khomsk

Bat R’ Eliezer. Her surname is on two records. Born about 1881 in Chomsk. A memorial record (item 772111) lists Fejgel Perlow, 60, born in Chomsk and resident there, a widow and a grocer (Proven as recorded; the age is approximate). Read the full record →

Photographs, stones and records

Rav Shmaya Wiesner, passport-type photo on his EDNY declaration of intention no. 289228, 21 Dec 1939
Rav Shmaya Wiesner, passport-type photo on his EDNY declaration of intention no. 289228, 21 Dec 1939 ProvenFamilySearch / US District Court EDNY (NARA)
Szerén (Sarah Leah) Wiesner née Szender, photo and signature on EDNY declaration no. 299436, 29 Jul 1940
Szerén (Sarah Leah) Wiesner née Szender, photo and signature on EDNY declaration no. 299436, 29 Jul 1940 ProvenFamilySearch / EDNY
The building of the Mir yeshiva in Mir, 1931–32: the yeshiva R’ Eliezer Zev Perlow learned in before its flight to Japan and Shanghai.
The building of the Mir yeshiva in Mir, 1931–32: the yeshiva R’ Eliezer Zev Perlow learned in before its flight to Japan and Shanghai. ProvenPhotographer unknown, 1931–32; Wikimedia Commons; public domain (Poland)
665 Willoughby Ave (Gold Manor), venue of the 1948 Perlow–Wiesner wedding
665 Willoughby Ave (Gold Manor), venue of the 1948 Perlow–Wiesner wedding ProvenNYC Municipal Archives
1424 49th St, Brooklyn, 1940 — Rav Shmaya's house and shul from 1941; R' Eliezer's address in 1955
1424 49th St, Brooklyn, 1940 — Rav Shmaya's house and shul from 1941; R' Eliezer's address in 1955 ProvenNYC Municipal Archives
The Mount of Olives, Jerusalem — resting place of R’ Eliezer Zev Perlow (2006) and his brother HaRav Chaim Chaikel Perlov (1996), side by side, and of Antal (Naftali Tzvi) Wiesner
The Mount of Olives, Jerusalem — resting place of R’ Eliezer Zev Perlow (2006) and his brother HaRav Chaim Chaikel Perlov (1996), side by side, and of Antal (Naftali Tzvi) Wiesner (1907) and R’ Dávid Szender (1897).Photo by Immanuel Giel, 9 May 2018, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Beth Israel Cemetery (Woodbridge Memorial Gardens), New Jersey — where Rav Shmaya Wiesner (1961) and Rebbetzin Sarah Leah (Szerén) Wiesner (1964) are buried.
Beth Israel Cemetery (Woodbridge Memorial Gardens), New Jersey — where Rav Shmaya Wiesner (1961) and Rebbetzin Sarah Leah (Szerén) Wiesner (1964) are buried.Photo by Oleg Yunakov, 27 Mar 2026, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sources for this chapter

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  3. Rav Shmaya (Samuel, Samu) Wiesner — EDNY declaration of intention no. 289228 (21 Dec 1939, with photograph); 1919 marriage; gravestone; Kevarim of Tzadikim in North America (kevarim.com) stone photographs (photo: Asher Lowy, Brooklyn, NY); Zsidó Újság 25 Dec 1925, p. 2 (epa.oszk.hu/04900/04939/00010/pdf/EPA04939_zsido_ujsag_1925_) and 15 Jan 1926, p. 2 (epa.oszk.hu/04900/04939/00013/pdf/EPA04939_zsido_ujsag_1926_); Bayerische Israelitische Gemeindezeitung 15 Nov 1928 and 15 Sept 1931 (transcription: alemannia-judaica.de/muenchen_synagogen.htm); Das Jüdische Echo 11 Jan 1929 and 11 Sept 1931; Jüdisches Jahrbuch 8 (1933), p. 138; Debreczeni Ujság 28 Sep 1917, p. 4 (National Széchényi Library, EPA: epa.oszk.hu/05500/05567/06408/pdf/EPA05567_debreczeni_ujsag_); Breslauer Jüdisches Gemeindeblatt, Aug 1928, p. 12 (Compact Memory 3970779); Bayerische Israelitische Gemeindezeitung 15 Nov 1928, pp. 7–8 (Compact Memory 2734376–7), 1934 no. 12, 1 Feb 1935 p. 8, 15 May 1937 p. 2; Magyarország kereskedelmi, ipari és mezőgazdasági címtára 1924, p. 1278 (Hungaricana); SS Washington manifest, New York, 9 Dec 1938, line 30 (FamilySearch); Miami air-arrival card, 31 May 1939, serial 1371/36 (NARA, via FamilySearch 3:1:3Q9M-C9YV-NSZ1-W); 1940 and 1950 US censuses, Brooklyn; EDNY petition 414775; NYC marriage licence 1945 no. 27004 (NYC Municipal Archives); Shmaya Association, shmaya.org.il/en/; Da’at Sofer, She’elot u-Teshuvot vol. 1 (Jerusalem 1965), Orach Chaim §21 (HebrewBooks.org 20753); Jüdische Korrespondenz (Vienna) 13 Dec 1917 p. 3 and 18 Apr 1918 p. 6 (Austrian National Library, ANNO); Zsidó Újság 19 Aug 1927 p. 14 (OSZK EPA); Központi Értesítő 24 Feb 1921; Mitteilungen des Israelitischen Lehrervereins für Bayern 15 Feb 1929; BIG 1 May 1932 p. 13; Central-Verein-Zeitung 29 Sep 1938 p. 5; HaPardes year 17 no. 6, Elul 5703 (HebrewBooks.org 12357); HaMaor Tammuz 5721 p. 39; NYC City Register (ACRIS) deed 22 Jun 1984, block 5643 lot 16; NY Department of State entity 737654
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