Discovering the Weissmans
Renewed Research
In February of 2021 I renewed efforts in my research. I met again online with my cousin Yosi who lives in Israel. Yosi and I both grew up in and near New York City. We were a large group of the children of my mother’s first cousins and would see each other regularly at B’nei Mitzvahs, and at family reunions at my great-uncle Jerome’s (see Exhibit 4) farm in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Our mothers, both now in their 90s, remain close friends. We knew from Yosi’s interview many years ago, of Retta, Benedictina’s daughter (See Exhibit 6) , and that Paulina’s siblings Bernard (See Exhibit 3) and Benedictina (See Exhibit 6) had children and grandchildren who moved to Israel. We did not have any contact information for Bernard Weisman’s family, but Yosi had gotten in touch and built a relationship with Benedictina’s great grandchild and her family in Israel.