Our Family's Journey Through Time
Welcome to this family history project, created as a labour of love to honour our Jewish heritage. This site shares the stories of the "Lavine", "Shuffler", "Pasmanick", and "Nowek" families. Many of them came from Eastern Europe to the United States seeking safety, freedom, and opportunity. Through these records we recognise their courage, their faith, and their determination to build new lives, ensuring their strength continues to inspire future generations..
This website was created to document and preserve the lives of our family members. The "Lavine", "Shuffler", "Pasmanick", and "Nowek" names represent families who faced great challenges, yet never lost hope. They worked hard, raised their children, and contributed to the communities they joined. Here you will find photographs, records, and family stories that reflect their journey from Eastern Europe to America. Each piece of information adds to a larger picture of who they were and what they achieved. This project exists to keep their memory alive for all who come after us.
This is our labour of love — preserving our family’s history, honouring their strength, and sharing their story with future generations.
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It goes to remembering the great Jewish diaspora from Eastern Europe — families forced to leave their homes because of persecution and hardship. They travelled across continents, many finding refuge in South Africa and the United States. It goes to honouring their courage to begin again, their ability to adapt and rebuild. It goes to understanding how their sacrifices shaped the lives we live today and the legacy we carry forward.
It goes to respecting their strength through loss and uncertainty, to recognising the families torn apart yet determined to survive. It goes to remembering those who left behind everything familiar, carrying only faith, hope, and names that still bind us together. It goes to deep gratitude for their endurance and vision — knowing that every generation since has lived because they refused to give up.
It is with deep respect and love that we remember Jewish life in Eastern Europe — the mothers and fathers who built communities of faith, learning, and resilience. Their lives, though often marked by hardship, gave us strength and identity. We remember the families who kept tradition alive through prayer, music, and kindness. So we record each name and story with care, because they are part of us, and we are the living continuation of who they were..
As a scribe of memory, I tell the story of Jewish families whose lives began in Eastern Europe and whose journeys carried them across the world. It is now for the next generation to continue this work — to remember, to preserve, and to rebuild connections. This genealogy exists so we never forget where we came from or those who made our lives possible, ensuring that every ancestor remains part of our shared history.
Inspired by “A Scribe Called” by Della M. Cummings Wright; adapted to honour Jewish ancestry and remembrance by Jerry Lavine.
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