Telšiai · Telshe · Telz
A sourced, growing archive of family, school and yeshiva history centered on Telz, Lithuania.
A living collection
This site brings together research on Telz, its schools and yeshivas, and the Gordon, Bloch and Rudensky families. It separates established facts from open questions so future records can be added without losing their provenance.
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The Hebrew gymnasium for girls, the teachers’ seminary and their records.
Open collection →CollectionThe Lithuanian yeshiva, its teaching system and its Cleveland continuation.
Open collection →CollectionRabbi Eliezer Gordon and the leadership line that shaped Telshe.
Open collection →CollectionRabbi Yosef Yehudah Leib Bloch and the family’s educational legacy.
Open collection →CollectionGravestone evidence for Avraham and Chaya Leah Rudensky of Vilna.
Open collection →CollectionSources, open questions, names and next steps.
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