Documents & journeys

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Timeline of the journeys

  1. 1936

    The journey to America.

    1 document in the archive below

  2. 1954

    The journey from Israel to New York.

    1 document in the archive below

1936 journey to America

S.S. Carinthia passenger manifest — 1936The original passenger manifest of the S.S. Carinthia, sailing from Liverpool, listing Dov Bear Kasachkoff on his arrival in New York in 1936.

1954 journey from Israel to New York

El Al passenger manifest — 1954The original El Al Israel Airlines passenger manifest dated August 25, 1954, listing Dov Bear Kasachkoff traveling from Lod, Israel, to New York.

Other documents

Dov Bear Kasachkoff — U.S. PassportU.S. passport for Dov Bear Kasachkoff, showing his name, photograph, birthplace listed as Russia, and one of the birth dates that appears in the historical records.

Featured family documents

Important original records, gathered by topic. Tap a document to see it larger.

Immigration & Citizenship

Dov Bear Kasachkoff — U.S. naturalization recordAn official U.S. naturalization record for Dov Bear Kasachkoff, preserving details from his immigration and citizenship history.
Sadie Kasachkoff — U.S. Naturalization RecordAn official U.S. naturalization record for Sadie Kasachkoff, preserving information from her immigration and citizenship history.
Dov Bear Kasachkoff — Petition for CitizenshipThis 1931 U.S. citizenship petition identifies Dov Bear Kasachkoff as also known as Boris Kasachkoff and records earlier immigration information under the name Borys Kozackow. The document also contains personal information that differs from later family accounts. Those differences are preserved here without attempting to resolve them.
Boris Kasachkoff — Declaration of Intention (1930)A U.S. Declaration of Intention filed in 1930 in Baltimore, showing a photograph of Boris Kasachkoff. Based on the family records and related documents, this appears to be the same person later known as Dov Bear Kasachkoff. The document is presented as part of his immigration and identity history.
Dov Bear Kasachkoff — 1935 Florida State CensusThe 1935 Florida State Census records Dov B. Kasachkoff in Jacksonville, Florida. This provides independent documentary evidence of his presence in Jacksonville during the period he later described in his oral history.

Education

Sadie Kasachkoff — D.C. Teachers College graduation at age 63Sadie Kasachkoff earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from D.C. Teachers College at age 63. The accompanying newspaper article describes her earlier teaching career and her return to school later in life.

Jewish Community & Rabbinic Life

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Dov Bear Kasachkoff — Reflections on Jewish and Hebrew EducationDov Bear Kasachkoff’s original handwritten English essay, preserved in its four-page order.

Summary

In this handwritten essay, Dov Bear Kasachkoff reflects on Jewish and Hebrew education and the responsibility of a community to provide meaningful Jewish learning for its children. He discusses schools, teachers, Hebrew education, and the importance of passing Jewish knowledge and culture from one generation to the next.

The manuscript reflects concerns that also appear in Dov’s oral history and helps provide context for his later involvement in Jewish education and the Hebrew Academy of Washington.

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Dov Bear Kasachkoff — Teachers in Hebrew SchoolsDov Bear Kasachkoff’s Hebrew essay on teachers in Hebrew schools, preserved as three pages in their original order. The manuscript’s opening page carries the Hebrew heading «משדה ספר» with the byline «מאת דב קזצ״קוב» (by Dov Kazachkov).

Summary

In this handwritten Hebrew essay, Dov Bear Kasachkoff reflects on the role of teachers in Jewish and Hebrew education. He emphasizes that the success of a Hebrew school depends not simply on having a school or curriculum, but on the quality, preparation, commitment, and standing of its teachers.

The manuscript reflects his concern that Jewish communities take Hebrew education seriously and provide children with meaningful instruction in Hebrew language, Jewish learning, and culture. The essay is consistent with Dov’s broader commitment to Jewish education, later reflected in his involvement with the Hebrew Academy of Washington and in the educational themes he discusses in his oral history.

This is a summary, not a complete translation.

Hebrew Academy tribute to Rabbi Dov KasachkoffThe Hebrew Academy of Greater Washington honored Rabbi Dov Kasachkoff for a lifetime of dedicated service and identified him as the first Chairman of its Board of Education.
Hebrew Rabbinic Testimonial for Dov Bear KasachkoffA Hebrew document concerning Rabbi Dov Bear Kasachkoff, preserved among the family papers. A fuller English translation and historical explanation can be added as the document is studied.

Historical Group Photographs

Historical Group Photograph — Front Row, Second from RightThese archival group photographs are included because family tradition identifies Dov Kasachkoff in each image.

Original caption — English context

The original photograph includes a Hebrew caption. Additional identification and translation may be added as research continues.

Historical Group Photograph — Front Row, Second from LeftThese archival group photographs are included because family tradition identifies Dov Kasachkoff in each image.

Original caption — English context

The original photograph includes a Hebrew caption. Additional identification and translation may be added as research continues.

Family & Genealogy

The Borow Family — S.S. Lituania Passenger Manifest, 1921This 1921 passenger manifest records Rabbi Moses Borow and Pere Borow traveling with members of their family aboard the S.S. Lituania. The ship arrived in Boston on July 13, 1921. The record helps trace Sadie Barow Kasachkoff’s family before their later years in West Virginia.
Borow Family — 1921 Manifest, Enlarged DetailAn enlarged detail of the same S.S. Lituania manifest page, showing the Borow family rows more clearly. Nothing has been added or redrawn; this is an enlargement of the original scan.
Rabbi Moses Borow — Certificate of NaturalizationThis 1928 U.S. naturalization certificate records Rabbi Moses Borow of Keystone, McDowell County, West Virginia. The document belongs to Sadie Barow Kasachkoff’s family and helps document the Barow/Borow family’s presence in West Virginia before Sadie’s 1936 marriage to Dov Bear Kasachkoff.
Borow Household — 1940 U.S. Census, Cincinnati, OhioThe original 1940 U.S. Census population schedule for Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, listing the household of Moses Borow with his wife Pere and son Jacob, all recorded as born in Lithuania. The page also records their 1935 residence in West Virginia, linking this household to the family’s earlier years there.
Borow Household — 1940 Census, Enlarged DetailAn enlarged detail of the same 1940 census page, showing the Borow household rows more clearly. Nothing has been added or redrawn; this is an enlargement of the original scan.

Official Records

Sadie Kasachkoff — Israeli Death-Registration ExtractOfficial Israeli death-registration extract for Sadie Kasachkoff, recording her birth date and her death in Jerusalem in 1988.
Dov Bear Kasachkoff — Israeli Death-Registration ExtractOfficial Israeli death-registration extract for Dov Bear Kasachkoff, recording his death in Jerusalem in 1990. The birth date shown here is one of several differing dates found in surviving records.

Different dates in the records

Some historical records give different birth dates for Zaide. Rather than choosing one as definitive, this archive preserves the different records side by side.