Talk:List of descendants of Meir Katzenellenbogen

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The primary source for this article is Rosenstein, Neil. "The Unbroken Chain: Biographical Sketches and Genealogy of Illustrious Jewish Families from the 15th to 20th Century," Volumes 1 and 2, Revised Edition, CIS Publishers: New York, 1990. ISBN 0-9610578-4-X.

According to the author's website: "Rosenstein founded the Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc. (New York) in 1977, first located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and is also the founder and director of the Computer Center for Jewish Genealogy .... the author of many works on Jewish Genealogy, his magnum opus being The Unbroken Chain, first published as a single volume in 1976. An expanded two-volume second edition was published in 1990. Other noted works include Saul Wahl, The Grandees of New Jersey, The Lurie Legacy: The House of Davidic Royal Descent, Avnei Zikaron (Stones of Remembrance), The Gaon of Vilna and his Cousinhood, and Latter Day Leaders, Sages and Scholars. He has produced a CD-ROM with the indexed obituaries of the first-ever Hebrew weekly, HaMagid, which was in print from 1856 to 1903. In addition, he is contributor of articles to various Jewish genealogical publications and The Jewish Press. He lectures frequently and has spoken many times to various Jewish genealogical societies, in the United States and abroad, as well as at the International Seminars for Jewish Genealogy and the annual National Summer Seminars. His biography is included in Who's Who in World Jewry (1987) and is listed in Marquis' Who's Who in America (from 1997 onwards)."

The website lists dozens of articles, speeches and 10 additional works by the author on Jewish genealogy:


 * 1) Saul Wahl (2006) Polish king for a night or Lithuanian knight for a lifetime.
 * 2) The Grandees of New Jersey (2006).
 * 3) The Lurie Legacy: The House of Davidic Royal Descent (2004)
 * 4) Stones of Remembrance (Avnei Zikaron) (1999)
 * 5) The Gaon of Vilna and his Cousinhood (1997)
 * 6) A Rothschild Saga: From King David to Baron David (1989)
 * 7) The Margolis Family (1984)
 * 8) The Feast and the Fast (1984)
 * 9) Latter Day Leaders Sages and Scholars (1982)
 * 10) These Are The Generations (1969)

A search of books.google.com shows many examples of Rosenstein's "Unbroken Chain" being reviewed and cited in the national media, academic, scholarly and related publications, such as:


 * Israel Shenker, "Now, Jewish Roots," The New York Times Magazine.
 * Bill Gladstone, "Unbroken Chain Links Diverse Rabbis, Celebrities," Best of Bill Gladstone, October 25, 2011.
 * Dan Rottenberg, “Finding our Fathers,” New York Magazine, May 2, 1977.
 * Medding, Peter. Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Studies in Contemporary Jewry: VIII: A New Jewry?" Oxford University Press, March 18, 1993, p.82.
 * Szucs, Loretto Dennis; Luebking, Sandra Hargreaves. "The Source: A Guidebook Of American Genealogy," Ancestry: Provo, UT. 2006, p.774.
 * "Review of the Society for the History of Czechoslovak Jews, Volumes 2-3," The Society for the History of Czechoslavkia Jews, New York, p172.
 * "All is in the Hands of Heaven," Gorgias press (previously Yeshiva University Press), Piscataway, NJ, 2005, p.135.
 * Dorot: The Journal of the Jewish Genealogical Society, Volumes 25-29, Jewish Genealogical Society, New York, 2003. p21.
 * Kurzweil, Arthur, "From generation to generation: how to trace your Jewish genealogy and family history," HarperCollins, 1994, p.21.
 * American Jewish Archives, Volumes 28-30, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, University of Michigan, 2008, p.151.
 * Kurzweil, Arthur; Weiner, Miriam. The Encyclopedia of Jewish Genealogy: Sources in the United States and Canada, J. Aronson (previously from University of Wisconsin-Madison), 1991.

MerlinsMagic (talk) 19:53, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Deletion of Category:Descendants of Rabbi Meir Katzenellenbogen
All members of Category:Descendants of Rabbi Meir Katzenellenbogen, which is to be deleted, are in this list already – apart from Aryeh Leib HaCohen Heller. I did not add him as I could not find a citation. – Fayenatic  L ondon 19:54, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Per Articles for deletion/List of descendants of Meir Katzenellenbogen
The decision was to merge this material and redirect this article to Meir Katzenellenbogen. Due to the amount of material, I've temporarily left the article intact during the merge, but hoping the merge can be done with a week. Dennis Brown &#124; 2¢ &#124; WER  00:15, 19 June 2014 (UTC)