The Story of Pessia Pesse Kruskal from Tartu

The Story of Pessia (Pesse) Kruskal from Tartu, Estonia to Beit-Hanan, Israel in 1925 ~ Dr. Gideon Menda June, 2016

Pessia (Pesse) Kruskal Born in Tartu, Estonia 1902 Died in Beit-Hanan, Israel 1989

Rabbi Wulf Kruskal 1832 -1928 The Grandfather of the Kruskal Family Rabbi in the Synagogue of Tartu

Moshe Shmuel Kruskal 1869 -1917 Taube (Goldberg) Kruskal 1874 -1927

Moshe Shmuel Kruskal 1869 -1917 Hode Malke Tartu 1901 Pessia Pesse Reitze Leibe Tartu 1902 Tuvia Tartu 1907 Taube (Goldberg) Kruskal 1874 -1927 Aryeh Feige Tsipora Tartu 1904 Tartu 1905 Lea Gitta Tartu 1909 Sara Tartu 1910 Chaim Akiva Tartu 1913

Mother Taube Kruskal with her Eight Children Tartu, Early 1920’

KFAR-GILADI From Tartu to Israel Ein-GEV / GENOSAR EIN-HAROD TEL-AVIV BEIT-HANAN 1929 1935 1932 1930 1925

The two who did not arrive to Israel Hode Kruskal Murdered in the Holocaust (WW-II) with her husband two daughters Leibe Kruskal Deported by the Russians from the family home in Tartu and was killed

Israel in the mid-1920’s challenging yet fulfilling Pessia arrives to Israel in February 1925 Hard labour Founding Beit Hanan in 1929, with a group of pioneers Aharon & Pessia Moshav Beit Hanan

Agriculture and Culture in Israel

Happiness and Sorrow Pessia’s children: Gideon (1930 -1948) & Tory (1934)

Heritage Continues… Pessia’s daughter and son-in-law Tory and Rami Menda, in Beit-Hanan

Pessia’s grandchildren visiting Tartu in 2015 still connected … Pessia’s grandchildren: Tal (1963), Orly (1967), Gideon (1972)

Pessia’s great grandchildren Imry, Shay, Gil, Adaya, Nitai, Dan Pessia’s family now-a-days Pessia’s family in Israel