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   Rebecca Goldman on December 12, 2018 at 11:45 pm

   My grandfather, Samuel Goldman, was Rav Yaakov Yitzchak’s third son. Rav Yaakov Yitzchak had the following children: Harry, Nathan, Samuel (Shmuel) Bessie (Bat Zion) Ida (Chaya Malka) Liba, Leon (Yehuha Leib), Shaya and Ally (Elchanan). Ida and her husband, Moshe Yehuda Goldstein, left Pawtucket RI in 1929 and moved to Borough Park so their children could have a stronger Jewish education. Leon, Shaya, Bessie and Ally followed with their families and were part of the beginnings of the orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, you can read more about the legacy of a handful of struggling orthodox families, laying the foundations of their community, in Sudy Rosengarten’s book, “World’s Apart”.

   Inyan magazine has an article about the extended Goldman family entitled ” Noble Torah Families, the Legacy of Rav Yaakov Yitzhak Goldman”, about year 2013

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   Sam Goldman on December 13, 2018 at 9:01 am

   Thank you for posting this. He was my great grandfather.

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   Shimmy Goldberger on February 9, 2019 at 10:40 pm

   Thank you for posting. He was my great great grandfather

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   Eli Amsel on March 4, 2019 at 8:07 pm

   Was he ever resident in Roxbury Mass? I have a letter on stationary by the same name, undated, wishing a son mazel tov on the birth of a daughter.

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   Alissa Miller on March 30, 2020 at 9:36 pm

   Hello Eli Amsel – my mother grew up in Roxbury. She was Eleanor Goldman (maiden name). Her father was Leo Goldman. His father was Harry Goldman, the rabbi’s son. Perhaps it was the birth of my mother that was the subject of your letter? Who is it addressed to? From what year? How did you come across it? Thank you.

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   Leslie Goldman Pumphrey on June 16, 2020 at 12:54 am

   Rabbi Goldman was my great-grandfather. His son Nathan was my Grandfather. Nathan’s son, Harry Goldman, was my beloved father. Harry was born in Chelsea, Mass. After his mother died, he moved to Newark NJ.
   I would so love to connect with more of my family.

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   Avi Schwartz on July 10, 2020 at 2:32 pm

   This is great.
   I’m a great-great-grandson living in Teaneck.
   Rav YY Goldman—> Elchanan (Al) Goldman —> Naomi Goldman Schwartz—> Simeon Schwartz—> Me.
   This is an incredible website.

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   Zalman Goldstein on September 10, 2020 at 10:47 am

   What a nice find! I’m the youngest son of Yosef Goldstein, who’s the son of Moshe Yehudah Goldstein who was married to Chaya Malka Goldman, daughter of Reb Yaakov Yitzchak mentioned here. I live in Monsey, NY.

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   Aaron Pressman on September 10, 2020 at 4:09 pm

   Hi. I am Aaron Pressman. Son of Israel (Yisroel) Pressman. Rav YY Goldman was my great great grandfather aka my grandmothers grandfather!
   My father was the older of two sons to Rochel Leah (Ruthy) Pressman who in turn was the oldest daughter of Bessie (Goldman, the fourth child of Rav YY Goldman) & Yitzchok Hakohen Schwartz.
   According to a letter written by Bessie to her daughter Aidel, she arrived in NY Harbor on boat named Potsdam in September 1898 on yom kippur, together with her mother and her brothers Harry, Nathan & Sam. From there they went to Providence and they moved to Pawtucket in 1913.

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    Aaron Pressman on September 10, 2020 at 4:11 pm

    I forgot to mention… I live in Pearl River NY on the outskirts of Monsey.

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    Baila Pressman on September 10, 2020 at 4:13 pm

    Thanks to a Yosey Goldstein, a grandchild of Ida (Goldman) Goldstein, an entire group of us are now aware of this page!

    I am another great great grandaughter of Yaakov Yitzchok Goldman.
    R’ YY Goldman –> Bas Tzion (Bessie) Goldman Schwartz –> Rochel Leah (Ruthie) Schwartz Pressman –> Yisroel Pressman –>Me

    Thank you Rebecca Pilant for the short informative bio. I want to properly acknowledge the specific relatives, whom we credit with my family’s relocation from Pawtucket/Providence to New York.

    Many years after Ida (Chaya Malka) & Moshe Yehuda moved to Boro Park, my father Yisroel (Izzy) Pressman was sent there at only 9 years old (circa 1947?). My Bubby, Ruthie (Rochel Leah) Pressman was encouraged – or perhaps challenged – by her aunt Ida and cousin Shmueli Goldstein to send him, alone, to live with the Goldstein family, in order to attend a proper yeshiva (Toras Emes), and develop his yiddishkeit.

    The mesiras nefesh of my Bubby to send away her son at such a young age, was undoubtedly influenced by her early recollections, and relationship with Her zaide, Yaakov Yitzchok Goldman. Her memories of her zaide were always cloaked in the fact that he taught her how to read and daaven from a siddur.

    It was 2 long years, before my grandparents (Ruthie and Jack Pressman) collected barely enough parnassa to join their young son in Brooklyn. There was much resistance and disapproval by the remaining family in Rhode Island to this move. The financial vulnerability, and separation from family was considered reckless at best.

    My Bubby would not be dissuaded, and chose to absorb the Goldman/Goldstein inspiration to relocate to Boro Park, despite the uncertainties involved. In this way, she raised my father and his brother Yaakov Shlomo (Jerry) in a Torah environment that was not available in Rhode Island. Her brothers and sisters slowly followed one by one, and all remained Shomer Shabbos, Torah and Mitzvos as a result, thus preserving another branch of Zaide Goldman’s tree.

    Leon Goldman and his wife Rose had already come to Boro Park, and joined Ida (Chaya Malka) and Moshe Yehuda. I have been told, that among other things, these families invested much energy to promote Beth Jacob of Boro Park, a girls’ elementary school. That institution has educated generations in the path of Torah & Mitzvos – and continues to thrive today.

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    Shai Goldman on September 11, 2020 at 10:56 am

    Hello all, Shai Goldman, son of Jay AH, son of Leon AH son of Zaida YY AH. so I am the only ben acher ben.. BH I have 2 sons to continue the mesora. would love some type of family gathering when covid is done so we can all meet each other.. I live in Monsey NY..

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    Rebecca Goldman on September 20, 2020 at 9:06 pm

    http://www.officehours.com/goldman/

    This has some wonderful family pictures. Some links are broken but some still work, I will try to improve the broken links.

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    Baila P on February 14, 2021 at 11:33 pm

    Hello, Rebecca. I tried your link, and am getting a message that “user not found, or has made their profile private”.
    Is there another way to access the site again?