Goldfoot Genealogy: Being Connected to Benjamin Netanyahu's Mother, Tzila Segal and Father, Benzion Mileikowsky

Thursday, January 26, 2023

Being Connected to Benjamin Netanyahu's Mother, Tzila Segal and Father, Benzion Mileikowsky

Nadene Goldfoot

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel once again, is connected to our family through his mother., Tzila Netanyahu nee Segal.

Hi father was Benzion Mileikowsky; March 25, 1910 – April 30, 2012) was an Israeli encyclopedist, historian, and medievalist. He served as Professor of History at Cornell University. A scholar of Judaic history, he was also an activist in the Revisionist Zionism movement, who lobbied in the United States to support the creation of the Jewish state. His field of expertise was the history of the Jews in Spain. He was an editor of the Hebrew Encyclopedia and Ze'ev Jabotinsky's personal secretary.

Netanyahu was the father of current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yonatan Netanyahu, ex-commander of Sayeret Matkal, and Iddo Netanyahu, a physician, author and playwright.

Benjamin Netanyahu's mother:

Tzila Netanyahu (born Segal), 1913 - 2000

Tzila Netanyahu (born Segal) was born in 1913, in Petah Tikva in the Ottoman Empire's Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, to Binyamin Segal and Chana Segal (born Marcus) .

Binyamin was born in 1866.

Chana was born in 1870, in Lazdijai, Lazdijai, Alytus, Lithuania.

Tzila had one sister: Sypora Florence Ronn(Rotenfeld) (born Segal) .

Tzila married Benzion Netanyahu (Mileikowsky) in 1944, at age 31 in marriage place .

Benjamin Netanyahu's father:

Benzion was born on March 25 1910, in Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Polska.

His occupation was Jewish Historian, Professor of History and Zionist activist.

They had 2 children: Yonatan Netanyahu and one other child.

Tzila passed away on month day 2000, at age 87 in death place .

She was buried in burial place .

Zlata Jermulowski possibly at age 17 in 1903 in USA. A record shows she immigrated on May 6, 1903.

Our grandmother, Zlata Goldfoot nee Jermulowske, was also born in Lazdijai, Alytus, Lithuania or Lazdijai, Suwalki, Lithuania. It's a town on the border between Poland and Lithuania, but in Lithuania. She was born on January 11, 1886, so was at least born a generation before Tzila Segal but in the same town.

From my other article:

Here is my tree on Segal: Notice that Leo Max Segal had married Jeanette Edythe Scheine Goldfus. That's our Lithuanian family line.

It's a connection to our Goldfoot line, not to the Jermulowski line of Benjamin Netanyahu's mother, a Segal. Jermulowski is my father, Maurice Goldfoot's mother, Zlata Jermulowski's line. So we may have 2 different avenues of connection to the Benjamin Netanyahu.

Jeanette Edythe Scheine Goldfus's father was Herman Harry "Yisrael Hirsch Goldfus and his father was Yehudah Leib ben Chaim Goldfus, and his father was Chaim Khaim Goldfus b: about 1801 from Laukuva, Telsiai, Kaunas, Lithuania, and his father was one of my direct relatives, Iankel Yankel ben Abram Goldfus born Bet. 1768 - 1774 in Telsiai, Kaunas, Lithuania.

1 Hersz Zwi Halevi Segal b: Abt. 1840
. +Rachel
.. 2 Hyman Osher Segal b: 1860 in Lithuania Immigration: 1897 Lithuania to USA- on Netanyahu's tree and my tree ; Segal line connects to our Goldfus ancestors and to Netanyahu's mother's father's line --notice a Chana Marcus from our Bobba's town of Lazdijai, Suwalki, Lithuania/Poland
...... +Grasheh Unknown b: Abt. 1870 in Lithuania d: Bef. January 1920 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota Age at death: 50 est.
....... 3 Harry Segal b: 1890 in Lithuania
....... 3 Dora Segal b: 1895 in Lithuania
....... 3 Louis Segal b: 1896 in Lithuania
....... 3 Jessie Segal b: 1897 in Lithuania
....... 3 Samuel Segal b: 1898 in Lithuania
........... +Unknown
........... 4 Granddaughter Segal b: November 1919 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
....... 3 Ida Segal b: 1904 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
....... 3 Mary Segal b: 1905 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
....... 3 Leo Max Segal b: September 02, 1906 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota d: January 02, 1967 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota Immigration: 1929 A Leo Sagal, 23, from Encenado, Mexico to Los Angeles b: Dec 16 Age at death: 60
........... +Jeanette Edythe nee Scheine Goldfus b: January 10, 1910 in Laukuva, Telsiai uesd, Kovno Gubenia, Lithuania-Russian Empire d: October 10, 1993 in St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota m: Aft. April 18, 1940 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota Immigration: March 21, 1912 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Age at death: 83 m: Aft. April 18, 1940 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
........... 4 Susan Segal b: 1942
............... +Gary Jay Bloom b: February 15, 1942 in Minnesota m: August 09, 1964 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota m: August 09, 1964 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota
................ 5 Lora Michelle Bloom b: March 17, 1967 in Ramsey, Minnesota
................ 5 Kimberly Sue Bloom b: May 12, 1970
........... 4 Sandra Mae Segal b: May 05, 1945
............... +Richard Melvin Weintraub b: June 18, 1945 in Los Angeles, California m: December 19, 1965 in Los Angeles, California m: December 19, 1965 in Los Angeles, California
................ 5 Lawrence David Weintraub b: 1968
.. 2 Binyamin Benjamin Halevy "Simon" Segal b: 1867 in Kovno, Kražiai, Kelme District Municipality, Šiauliai County, LithuaniaLithuania d: June 22, 1923 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota Age at death: 56 est.
...... +Chana Malka Marcus b: 1870 in Lazdijai, Suwalki (Alytus), Lithuania
....... 3 Batya Blanche Segal b: 1915 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota d: in Tel Aviv, Israel
........... +Shraga Mazel b: Abt. 1915
....... 3 Ruth Pearl Segal b: 1900 in Minneapolis, Minnesota d: March 17, 1992 Age at death: 92 est.
........... +Moshe Machness
....... 3 Azriel Zelig Halevi Segal b: March 03, 1905 in Minneapolis, Minnesota d: August 14, 1989 in Tel Aviv, Israel Age at death: 84
........... +Leah Melech
........... 4 Ronni Drora Segal
............... +Unknown Renan
....... 3 Sypora Florence Segal b: 1906 in Minneapolis, Minnesota d: 1978 Age at death: 72 est.
........... +David Rotenfeld 'Ronn"
........... 4 Ben Ronn
....... 3 Manuel Mendy Halevi Segal b: August 08, 1908 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota d: December 11, 1968 in London, Greater London, England Age at death: 60
........... +Ann Chaika Padwa b: 1909 in Hornostaipil', Ivankivs'kyi district, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

3 Tzila Segal b: Bet. August 28, 1912 - 1913 in Peta Tikva, Israel d: January 31, 2000 in Jerusalem, Israel Age at death: 87 est.
........... +Benzion Miliekowsky Netanyahu b: March 25, 1910 in Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Polska. m: September 07, 1944 m: September 07, 1944

4. Yonaton Netanyahu,
........... 4 PM Benjamin Netanyahu, 21 October, 1949, Tel Aviv, Israel
........... 4 Iddo Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu was born in 1949 in Tel Aviv and was a middle child. His mother, Tzila Segal (1912–2000), was born in Petah Tikva in the Ottoman Empire's Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem

Now, the only way to be sure is to have DNA tests from both sides. I don't know if Benjamin Netanyahu has taken a DNA test like familyfinder that we took from Family Tree DNA (FTDNA).

My brother, David has taken the DNA test. Upon checking his matches to Segal, the first page of 25 were all Segal matches. I didn't check further. That's a lot.

Out of this group of 25, 7 were from my father's side with an icon. Out of these 7, there were several triangulations. 3 were on chromosome 5 and 2 on #12 and 2 on #16. People involved were Aron, Alan, Steven, Harriet, Anny and Jordan.

I also had all 25 of the first page of matches as Segal, with one triangulation. , 2 women were on X (the 23rd chromosome) and the segment ending was close: Sura with 12,762,665 22,356,343; and

Har. with 17,279,411 22,304,343;

He said, "My brother, Ido, is a writer and doctor,” Netanyahu

explained. “He was approached by people who build family trees

using DNA.”

“Their thesis was that the Jews of Lithuania, and us, came from a

Lithuanian family descended from the Vilna Gaon, which has a

Sephardic Jewish foundation,” he continued, referring to the 18th

century Rabbi Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman, a landmark figure in

Ashkenazi Jewish history.

"Indeed, Ido Netanyahu had his saliva tested, and the test revealed that part of Netanyahu's family are of Sephardic ancestry. "Of course they belatedly informed me of this, as chairman of the Likud party for 30 years, but it shows that all Jews are intertwined and I think that's one of the great lessons one learns when visiting this institution. One sees the family that is Israel," Netanyahu concluded. "

This is from an Italian number I learned.

If it was FTDNA that Ido used, and used "Netanyahu", he didn't share genes with me. I have been told I share some Sephardic genes, though. It made an impression to me because I had taken Spanish Dancing with the castanets and heels for several years; my favorite kind.

It looks like his brother Ido, which is just as helpful, has taken a DNA test !

I have no linkage to the Vilna Gaon that I know of, but it's possible being he was from Lithuania. We are linked to many other well known rabbis.

Resource:

https://www.myheritage.com/names/tzila_segal

http://goldfoot_genealogy.blogspot.com/2019/08/netanyahu-and-others-connected-to.html

https://jewishbubba.blogspot.com/2023/01/finding-very-distant-famous-cousin.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzion_Netanyahu

https://www.972mag.com/unraveling-netanyahus-sephardic-spin/

Labels: Banjamin Netanyahu, DNA Segal, Goldfus, Ido Netanyahu, Jermulowski, Mazowieckie, Vilna Gaon