Abraham Ravetz (shortened from Ravitzky) was born in Bialystok, Grodno Gubernia, Russian Poland. He was the son of Hebrew teacher Aaron Ravitzky and Rachael Ravitzky.
We believe that Abraham and his wife, Sylvia Schuchmacher, and their children, Irving (Issac), Max (Mendel), and Hanna (Chana), were the last of the Ravitzkys to emigrate, arriving in New York in 1922. Abraham's younger brother, Benjamin, who had emigrated in 1913, had applied for a passport in 1921 to return to Bialystok specifically to bring his brother and his brother's family back with him to New York.
We don't know what Abraham did for a living in Bialystok, but in 1930, he told the censustaker he had a butcher shop in the Bronx, and his death certificate lists his occupation as "retired butcher."
Abraham performed the marriage ceremony for his daughter Hanna and Eddie Odess, so he may have also been a rabbi--perhaps without a congregation, as was common among immigrant rabbis.
We believe that Abraham and his wife, Sylvia Schuchmacher, and their children, Irving (Issac), Max (Mendel), and Hanna (Chana), were the last of the Ravitzkys to emigrate, arriving in New York in 1922. Abraham's younger brother, Benjamin, who had emigrated in 1913, had applied for a passport in 1921 to return to Bialystok specifically to bring his brother and his brother's family back with him to New York.
We don't know what Abraham did for a living in Bialystok, but in 1930, he told the censustaker he had a butcher shop in the Bronx, and his death certificate lists his occupation as "retired butcher."
Abraham performed the marriage ceremony for his daughter Hanna and Eddie Odess, so he may have also been a rabbi--perhaps without a congregation, as was common among immigrant rabbis.
Abraham Ravetz (shortened from Ravitzky) was born in Bialystok, Grodno Gubernia, Russian Poland. He was the son of Hebrew teacher Aaron Ravitzky and Rachael Ravitzky.
We believe that Abraham and his wife, Sylvia Schuchmacher, and their children, Irving (Issac), Max (Mendel), and Hanna (Chana), were the last of the Ravitzkys to emigrate, arriving in New York in 1922. Abraham's younger brother, Benjamin, who had emigrated in 1913, had applied for a passport in 1921 to return to Bialystok specifically to bring his brother and his brother's family back with him to New York.
We don't know what Abraham did for a living in Bialystok, but in 1930, he told the censustaker he had a butcher shop in the Bronx, and his death certificate lists his occupation as "retired butcher."
Abraham performed the marriage ceremony for his daughter Hanna and Eddie Odess, so he may have also been a rabbi--perhaps without a congregation, as was common among immigrant rabbis.
We believe that Abraham and his wife, Sylvia Schuchmacher, and their children, Irving (Issac), Max (Mendel), and Hanna (Chana), were the last of the Ravitzkys to emigrate, arriving in New York in 1922. Abraham's younger brother, Benjamin, who had emigrated in 1913, had applied for a passport in 1921 to return to Bialystok specifically to bring his brother and his brother's family back with him to New York.
We don't know what Abraham did for a living in Bialystok, but in 1930, he told the censustaker he had a butcher shop in the Bronx, and his death certificate lists his occupation as "retired butcher."
Abraham performed the marriage ceremony for his daughter Hanna and Eddie Odess, so he may have also been a rabbi--perhaps without a congregation, as was common among immigrant rabbis.
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Partial: Here Lies Avraham Mordechai bar Aharon Eli ha Levi; died Tamuz 8, 5715
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pitcher and basin iconography indicates patrilineal descent from tribe of Levi
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