The Israelit (Israelite) Home Page

The Israelit (Israelite) family tree goes back to Rashi, the 11th century famous interpretor of the Torah, with roots in Central and West Europe. It is researched mainly by Dan Efrat of Modi'in, Israel and Bernard Kouchel of Plantation, FL, USA. Both are decsendants of Abraham Itzhak Israelit (1822-1885) of Novogrudok, Belarus.Branches of the family can be found in Israel, USA and Australia.

Among the surnames we are researching are:
Goldblat (Lithuania, Belarus)
Eisenstadt [also Eisenstat]
Israelit and Israelite (Belarus, Latvia)
Vilensky [also Wilensky, Wilenski, Vilenski] (Lithuania, Belarus)
Rabinowitz [also Rabinovitz, Rabinowich etc.] (Belarus)