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	Al Jolson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Asa Yoelson (May 26, 1886 - October 23, 1950), better known as Al Jolson, was an immigrant son of a Russian Jew, and was born in Seredzius[?], Lithuania.
		Jolson became a popular singer and a superstar of the Broadway stage, radio and film.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/al/Al_Jolson.html (420 words)

	MSN Encarta - Al Jolson
		Al Jolson (1886-1950), American stage and film performer, most noted for his role in the motion picture The Jazz Singer.
		He was born Asa Yoelson in Seredzius, Russia (now in Lithuania).
		As a child he sang in the synagogue where his father was a cantor.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577464/Al_Jolson.html (178 words)

	Vilkija, Lithuania
		Seredzius is a small village a few kilometers west of Vilkija.
		The former cemetery is just up the hill from the Christian cemetery, across the street from the church.
		In the Mount Zion Cemetery in Queens, New York, there is a burial society for the landsmen of Vilkija and Seredzius.
	www.mrt5.com /Lithuania.html (770 words)

	Al Jolson - Manheim Biography
		Personal Information Born Asa Yoelson, May 26, 1886, in Seredzius, Lithuania; died of heart failure, October 23, 1950, in San Francisco, CA; immigrated to U.S., 1894; mother was named Naomi; father was a rabbi; married four times; children: Albert P. Lowe.
		The most important--except perhaps for Irving Berlin--of the Eastern European immigrants who inaugurated a long period of Jewish influence in the American entertainment industry, Jolson was born Asa Yoelson in the small Lithuanian town of Seredzius, in 1886 (according to most sources).
		Jolson's father was a rabbi, but Jolson and his brother Harry were drawn to secular entertainment, and, in an age when it was still possible to run away and join the theater, they did just that.
	www.jolson.org /man/bio1/manheim.html (1115 words)

	Honey Moon
		The palace, which resembles an ancient castle, stands in the centre of the town.
		Nevertheless the castle is restored nowadays and it is possible to climb to the top of it to admire the beautiful landscape.
		Then you will go to Seredzius, which is located near the confluence of the Nemunas and the Dubysa.Seredzius Castle is weaved by nice legends.
	www.balticroads.lt /en/tours/hmoon.asp (913 words)

	Gender Mainstreaming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Thirteen cases reached the court, including the genocide cases against Aleksandras Lileikis, who died without trial, and Kazys Gimzauskas, who was judged mentally ill. The remaining 11 cases remained pending.
		In May prosecutors initiated two genocide cases for the mass killing of Jews from Seredzius in 1941 and for aiding in the killing of thousands of civilians in 1941.
		In June a court dropped the case against two former Soviet security service agents due to mental illness and acquitted three other suspects.
	www.lygus.lt /gm_en/article.php?id=76 (8889 words)

	Travel agency Laisvas Laikas - Russia, Moscow, Vilnius, Lithuania, Lietuva, Litva, Belarus, Belarusia, Baltic, ...
		Pope John Paul II honored the site of the Hill of Crosses with his visit in 1993.
		The castles of Kaunas, Raudondvaris, Seredzius, Veliona are situated along the bank of the Nemunas river.
		They were built during the Middle Ages and constituted a defence system against the Knights of the Cross Order.
	www.tdd.lt /lailai/en_ptours.htm (631 words)

	RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Jaffe, Yoffe, Solsky, Stohn, Belgard, Davis, Kravetsky
		Note: The August 3, 1899 records of Jonava Postal Savings Bank say Ioffe, Zelda, daughter of Perets, born in Seredzius in 1859, living in Janova, maiden name Bernshtein, a baker, deposited 5 roublies; in case of her death, money left to Ioffe, Etel, the daughter of Berko.
		Zelda Reiza BERNSHTEIN b: 1859 in Seredzius, Lithuania
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	worldconnect.rootsweb.com /cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=15290&id=I1199 (114 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		My great-grandfather, Chana Gittel¦¦s father, appears in Lithuanian Revision Lists in Seredzius.
		A jewishgen ShetlSeeker search yields both Srednik and Seredzius as being a town n/k/a Kriukai, 80.4 miles WNW of Vilnius (46 miles ESE of Taurage/Tauroggen) in Lithuania.
		The more than 1 wife idea had occurred to me, but for now I don¦¦t know what to do with it.
	www.masinter.net /research/masinter_dina.html (1896 words)

	Al Jolson - Tribute Program 29 Oct 00
		Now, since many of our visitors don't speak or understand Spanish, Dr. Drajer supplies the following translation of his segment of the program.
		Al Jolson was born as Asa Yoelson in Seredzius, Lithuania on May 26, 1885 and immigrated with his family to the United States.
		His father, a Khazn (ceremonial singer) took him to sing at the synagogue, but early escaped form his home to join a circus and the show business life.
	www.jolson.org /001029/001029ar.html (721 words)

	More Lithuania Images (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rabbi Ed Cohen and Michael Tobin in front of mass killing memorial in Alytus, Lithuania.
		Rabbi Ed Cohen at the site of the Seredzius Jewish cemetery with gravestone fragment.
		View of the Neman River from the highest point in Seredzius.
	www.mrt5.com /lithscan/lithscan.html (124 words)

	Sue Atkinson's Trip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Even if we didn’t know the exact address, we knew we had walked where once my grandparents had walked.
		The Kaunus Archives had done some splendid research and were able to tell us which village my grandmother had come from, so we then went to Seredzius, a tiny village on the river.
		We explored the Old Towns in Vilnius and Kaunus and tried to visualise them at the end of the last century.
	www.mindspring.com /~peggyf/Jonava/atkinson.htm (485 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Al Jolson
		While some of his colleagues in show business complained about his inflated ego, he certainly deserved his moniker: "The World's Greatest Entertainer."
		Perhaps it should come as no surprise that the man who made his mark singing "My Mammy" in flface was himself a "mamma's boy." Jolson was born Asa Yoelson in Seredzius, Lithuania, sometime between 1883 and 1886.
		He was the youngest of four children--the baby of the family and his mother Naomi's favorite.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200609 (1096 words)

	DRB Gaming Forums - Chronology of the Ostfront Campaign and results of the II/JG101 missions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Start of the war against the Soviet Union.
		The Panzergruppe 4 has crossed the Njemen river and has advanced up to the village of Seredzius.
		Units of the Panzergruppe 3 have taken a bridge over the Njemen near Olita.
	46th.net /forums/showthread.php?t=945 (1141 words)

	Who's Who in Musicals: I To K
		When she died at age 66, childhood friend Mary Pickford was at her bedside.
		(Seredzius, Lithuania) - Oct. 23, 1950 (San Francisco, Cal.)
		The exact date of his birth is in doubt, but his impact on popular culture is undeniable.
	www.musicals101.com /who5.htm (4821 words)

	Lithuanian Shtetls
		Ariogala, Babtai, Cekiske, Dotnuva, Grinkiskis, Jonava, Josvainiai, Kaunas, Kedainiai, Krakes, Kretinga, Krukai, Kvesai, Panemune, Rumsiskes, Seredzius, Vandziogala, Veliuona, Vilijampole, Vilkija, Zepyskis, Zeimiai.
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		Ariogala, Babtai, Cekiske, Dotnuva, Grinkiskis, Jonava, Josvainiai, Kaunas, Kedainiai, Krakes, Kretinga, Krukai, Kvesai, Panemune, Rumsiskes, Seredzius, Vandziogala, Vekuona, Vilijampole, Vilkija, Zepyskis, Zeimiai.
	jewishwebindex.com /lithuanian_shtetls1.htm (4905 words)

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		A burial society can be both a family circle and a landsmanshaft.
		Moses Family Circle (for Seredzius, Lith.) and Maxwell Family Circle (for Antipol, Byel.) are cases in point.
		None of these ambiguities will affect your search.
	www.jgsny.org /keyword.htm (606 words)

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