Family Photos & Artifacts

The World I Came From: Jaworzno, Poland

Mendek as a child in Jaworzno

Mendek (far left) Front row, left to right: Sisters Bronia and Rutka, brother Tulek. Back row: Mother Ida, cousin Liba, sister Mila, father Israel.

Mendek's mother, Ida

Mendek's father, Israel

Left to right, front row: Mila, Macia, & Simon. Back row: Ida & Israel

Mendek's family home in Jaworzno

Mendek's sister Mila with Bronia and Rutka in Jaworzno, 1936

Mila on the streets of Jaworzno, Winter 1937

Elias Mandelbaum, Mendek's grandfather

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Mila on a bicycle in Jaworzno

Mila in the fields of Jaworzno

The World I Discovered

Mendek in his 20s

Ship's roster bringing Mendek and Bronia to America, 1946

Mendek in America with Simon and Bronia, 1946

Mendek in America, 1950

Mendek and Cesia (Simon’s wife) on a train in New York City.

Circa 1951

Mendek in Korea with Yu, circa 1951

Mendek (left) in Korea with radio and fellow soldier, circa 1951

Mendek in Korea, circa 1951

Mendek in the US army, circa 1951

Mendek's sister Bronia's wedding day, 1953

From left, Mendel Geldswerth (Simon’s brother) next to his wife Regi, Mendek, Bronia, Tzirel (Simon’s mother/Mendek’s aunt), Cesia (Simon’s wife), Mizi (Simon and Cesia’s daughter), and Simon. Two boys in front: Avi and Lipa (Mendel and Regi’s sons).

Mendek with Simon and Cesia’s daughters Mizi and Mati, late 1950s

Mendek & Edith's wedding reception, October 31, 1961

Mendek & Edith, newlyweds

Mendek with his sister, Bronia's, family, c. late 1950s

Mendek's sister, Bronia, in back, Edith with Bronia’s daughter Iti, Mendek with Bronia’s daughter Sheindi

Edith, Ruthie, Mendek, & Baby Myra, 1964

Mendek and his family, c. 1965

Left to Right: Edith, Ruthie, Mendek, and Myra.

Mendek & Simon in their jewelry factory in Brooklyn, circa mid-1970s

Mendek at work, c. 1970s

Mendek in a work room at the shop with a machine he and Simon developed

Mendek & Edith in The Pathwork, early 1970s

Pathwork, c. 1970s

Mendek and Edith in The Pathwork with Judith & John Saly, a marriage vow renewal ceremony, circa mid-1970s.

Mendek & Ruthie at The Center for the Living Force, circa 1976

Mendek in The Pathwork, c. 1970s.

Mizi's (Simon's daughter) wedding day, 1976

Front row, left to right: Froim (Bronia’s husband), Bronia, cousin Ginka and her husband Dr. Mendel Rubin (Uncle Hersh’s son), Dr. Schattner (family friend). Back row, left to right: Sheindi and Etta (Bronia’s daughters), Dr. Irving Zoltan (the groom), Mizi, Mendek, Edith, Myra, and Ruthie.