Dear Rabbi, I am an African American living in europe and recently found out that I am a jew by blood through documented lineage. I did some ancestral research when my mother, who is very ill now, told me when she filed for SS and requested a copy of her birth certicate, found out that the family name the she and her siblings had claimed for years was in error. She had always said that her ancesters where originally from boston and new york which is exactly what the records show with such accuracy and detail. My unfortunately mother had no more than a grade school education and based on discriminating social aspects of the U.S. in her youth and so many other factors was unable research her genealogy. Of course the family is excited. But for me I would like to know how this discovery may effect my life personally in seeking the spiritual truth?

Dear Rabbi, I am an African American living in europe and recently found out that I am a jew by blood through documented lineage. I did some ancestral research when my mother, who is very ill now, told me when she filed for SS and requested a copy of her birth certicate, found out that the family name the she and her siblings had claimed for years was in error. She had always said that her ancesters where originally from boston and new york which is exactly what the records show with such accuracy and detail. My unfortunately mother had no more than a grade school education and based on discriminating social aspects of the U.S. in her youth and so many other factors was unable research her genealogy. Of course the family is excited. But for me I would like to know how this discovery may effect my life personally in seeking the spiritual truth? Signed Ne-brew

When I was sixteen I doscovered that I had been adopted as a baby. My fahter's family name is Stymiest or Steynmets originating from Holland and possibly further from Bavaria centuries ago. I would like to know if this name is a Jewish surname. From research I have found some 100 variations of the name throughout the years. Thank you so much for your assistance. I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest.

hello my name is Dorian i am 21 years old and i live in great neck ny i am currently working in a computer company doing sales and marketing as well as bookeeping but it is a really bad environment i was wondering if you can help me find a job in nyc or great neck or somewhere near i have a car so that won't be a problem i just gave in my 2 weeks notice finally i was debating it for a real long tme but i finally did it for hashem and myself but i really need help cause i need money badly that is the only security i have for myself away from my parents to be able to keep up the learning of torah and growing which they are not really into at all actually against so please help me find something ASAP! my number is 516-312-8009 23 carriage rd great neck ny 11024 nemati32584@aol.com please write back or call me ....

is there any way to know that the revelation was really divine- meaning it was from G-d? and any way to know that the torah came from G-d, from the Torah itself? and is there any way to know that G-d really intervened in the Jewish history? ( really all the same question)