# Noach Veksler (b.1864) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **3x great-grandfather** ![[I500057.jpg|220]] **Born** 10/11/1864 — [[Iași]] **Died** 09/05/1933 — [[Beis Yisrael]] **Parents** [[Moise Veksler (b.1838)]] · [[Etie (b.1842)]] **Spouse** [[Necha Horowitz (b.1868)]] **Children** [[Devorah Chaya Veksler (b.1894)]] · [[Tziporah Veksler (b.1896)]] · [[Freide Sarah Veksler (b.1897)]] · [[Yaakov Shlomo Zalman Veksler (b.1900)]] · [[Rivka Vita Veksler (b.1907)]] **Siblings** [[Itic Veksler (b.1863)]] · [[Șloime Veksler (b.1874)]] · [[Leiba Veksler (b.1875)]] · [[Iosep Veksler (b.1878)]] · [[Avram Veksler (b.1878)]] **📸 Media — from MyHeritage** ![[I500057_1.jpg|180]] ![[I500057_2.jpg|180]] ![[I500057_3.jpg|180]] ![[I500057_4.jpg|180]] ![[I500057_5.jpg|180]] ![[I500057_6.jpg|180]] ![[I500057_7.jpg|180]] ![[I500057_8.jpg|180]] ![[I500057_9.jpg|180]] **Documents — from MyHeritage:** [[I500057_doc0.pdf|📄 נח וקסלר]] *GEDCOM I500057 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Narrative Noach Veksler was a Romanian Jew of the Old Yishuv — born in **[[Iași]]** (Yassy), the great Jewish city of Moldavia, on **11 October 1864**, a son of **Moise Veksler** (himself a son of a Moise) and **Etie**.[^birth] From Iași his path led, as it did for so many pious Romanian Jews of his generation, to **Jerusalem**, where he settled in the **Beis Yisrael** neighbourhood and lived out his life within the Romanian community of the Holy City.[^death][^kollel] In Jerusalem he became a man of communal standing. By **1921** he held the office of **ממונה הכולל — administrator of the Kollel Romania** (the Kollel Romania-Bucharest), the institution that gathered and distributed the *ḥalukah* support sent from Romania to its Jews living in the Land of Israel.[^kollel] To be *memuneh ha-kollel* was to be a trusted officer of the community, responsible for its funds and its members' welfare. His charity is caught in print too: back in **1907**, the directors of the Jerusalem **Institution for the Education of the Blind** published their thanks to their donors in the newspaper *Hashkafah*, and among the names is **Noach Veksler**.[^hashkafah] He also appears in a Jerusalem communal name-list of **1917**.[^list] He married **[[Necha Horowitz (b.1868)]]** — recorded on his family's memorial as Necha "ha-Levi," the Horowitz family being of Levite stock — and they raised a family in Jerusalem: [[Devorah Chaya Veksler (b.1894)]], [[Tziporah Veksler (b.1896)]], [[Freide Sarah Veksler (b.1897)]], [[Yaakov Shlomo Zalman Veksler (b.1900)]] and [[Rivka Vita Veksler (b.1907)]].[^death] He died in **1933**, in the Beis Yisrael neighbourhood of Jerusalem.[^death] His gravestone remembers him in the old formula — "*here lies a wholesome and upright man, the honoured Reb Noach son of Reb Moshe Veksler, of Iași*" — dated **13 Iyar**, and he was buried in the **Kollelim** section, among the Hasidic burial society, his stone standing beside that of his son Yaakov Shlomo Zalman.[^grave] [^birth]: Birth record, Iași (Romania) civil registration, indexed as: **Noeh**, born **11 October 1864**, Iași; father **Moise** ("Moise sin Moise" — Moise son of Moise), mother **Etie** — read directly from the register index. (A later MyHeritage summary card gives a birth year of 1850 and different parents' names — see Open questions; the 1864 civil record and the gravestone's "son of Reb Moshe" are preferred.) [^kollel]: IGRA (Israel Genealogy Research Association) record, **year 1921**, Jerusalem: **כולל רומניה-בורסט** (Kollel Romania-Bucharest), position **ממונה הכולל** ("administrator/overseer of the Kollel"), naming **Noach Veksler**; language of record Hebrew. Cited in a 2024 research summary from the **National Library of Israel** genealogy reference service (Sarah Weil) prepared for the family. The *memuneh ha-kollel* administered the Romanian community's *ḥalukah* funds in Jerusalem. [^hashkafah]: *Hashkafah* (Jerusalem Hebrew newspaper), **22 November 1907**, advertisement/acknowledgement section — the directors of the **Institution for the Education of the Blind** (בית חינוך עיוורים) in Jerusalem thank their donors; **נח וקסלר** (Noach Veksler) appears in the list. Read directly from the clipping. [NLI newspaper page](https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/hsk/1907/11/22/01/article/15.1/). [^list]: Printed Jerusalem communal name-list dated **1917** (family caption "AskVaad"), a large roster of the city's Jews; Noach Veksler is recorded on it (his individual line not isolated in the dense list — read directly, entry not separately confirmed). [^death]: Death recorded 1933, **Beis Yisrael** neighbourhood, Jerusalem (per the family's MyHeritage record and gravestone). Wife **Necha** (née HaLevi / [[Necha Horowitz (b.1868)]]); children Devorah Chaya, Tziporah, Freide Sarah, Yaakov Shlomo Zalman and Rivka Vita Veksler. [^grave]: Gravestone inscription (transcribed): "**פ״נ איש תם וישר הר״ר נח ב״ר משה ז״ל וכסלר מיאם נלב״ע י״ג אייר תר[צ]״[ ] תנצב״ה**" — "Here lies a wholesome and upright man, the honoured Reb Noach son of Reb Moshe Veksler, of Iași; departed 13 Iyar [5693/1933]; may his soul be bound in the bond of life." Burial: Hasidic *ḥevra kadisha*, **Kollelim Bet** section, plot A, row 4. The family-plot photograph shows Noach's stone beside that of his son [[Yaakov Shlomo Zalman Veksler (b.1900)]]. ## Research - **Birth, 1864, Iași (civil register index).** Read directly. **Noeh (Noach) Veksler**, born **11 October 1864**, Iași; father **Moise** (son of Moise), mother **Etie**. (Grandfather also Moise, per "Moise sin Moise.") - **1907 — donor, Institution for the Education of the Blind, Jerusalem.** Named (נח וקסלר) in *Hashkafah*, 22 Nov 1907, among donors thanked by the institution's directors. Read directly. [NLI page](https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/hsk/1907/11/22/01/article/15.1/). - **1917 — Jerusalem communal name-list** (family caption "AskVaad"): appears on a large printed roster of the city's Jews (individual line not isolated). - **1921 — ממונה הכולל (administrator) of Kollel Romania-Bucharest, Jerusalem** (IGRA record, cited in the 2024 NLI genealogy-service letter to the family). His principal documented communal role. - **Death, 1933, Beis Yisrael, Jerusalem.** Gravestone: "Reb Noach son of Reb Moshe Veksler, of Iași," 13 Iyar; buried Kollelim Bet section, Hasidic ḥevra kadisha, plot A row 4 (family plot beside son Yaakov Shlomo Zalman). - **Parents.** Birth record + gravestone agree on father **Moise/Moshe** ([[Moise Veksler (b.1838)]]); mother **Etie** ([[Etie (b.1842)]]). A conflicting MyHeritage card (parents "Yitzchak Yaakov / Chaya Fruma," birth 1850) is not preferred (see Open questions). His mother's name was the subject of a 2024 NLI genealogy inquiry that could not find further documentation. - **Wife:** [[Necha Horowitz (b.1868)]], recorded as Necha "ha-Levi" (Horowitz = a Levite family). ## Evidence - **Gravestone / family plot (Mount of Olives–area Kollelim section, Jerusalem)** — Noach Veksler's matzevah beside his son Yaakov Shlomo Zalman's; the inscription names him "Reb Noach son of Reb Moshe Veksler, of Iași." Documents his death, patronymic (son of Moshe), Iași origin, and burial. ![[I500057_1.jpg]] *The Veksler family plot — the left stone reads "…Yaakov Shlomo Zalman … Veksler" (Noach's son); the right is Noach's own, "Reb Noach son of Reb Moshe Veksler, of Iași," 13 Iyar (Hasidic ḥevra kadisha, Kollelim Bet section).* - **1907 Hashkafah acknowledgement** — Noach Veksler among the donors thanked by the Jerusalem Institution for the Education of the Blind. ![[I500057_9.jpg]] *Hashkafah, 22 November 1907 — donor acknowledgement list of the Institution for the Education of the Blind; "נח וקסלר" (Noach Veksler) highlighted ([NLI](https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/hsk/1907/11/22/01/article/15.1/)).* ## Open questions - **Death date / year.** The gravestone gives **13 Iyar**; the family's records give **1933**, Beis Yisrael. 13 Iyar 5693 = 9 May 1933, which matches the vault's "09/05/1933" if read day/month. The transcribed gravestone year-letters (read as תרצ״ו = 5696/1936) should be checked against the stone itself — 5693 (1933) is the likelier reading. A MyHeritage card's "5 September 1933" is a further variant. - **Parents conflict.** The 1864 birth record and gravestone give the father as **Moise/Moshe**; a MyHeritage summary card instead names parents "Yitzchak Yaakov and Chaya Fruma" and a birth year of 1850. These likely belong to a different record/person or are erroneous; the civil register + gravestone are preferred. His **mother's name** beyond "Etie" remains unconfirmed (per the 2024 NLI inquiry). - **Birth year (1864 vs 1850).** The Iași civil-register index (1864) is preferred over the MyHeritage card's 1850. - **1917 list** — Noach's specific line on the dense 1917 roster was not isolated; worth pinpointing.