Ha' rav Alexander Ziskind

I just officated at the wedding of a descendant of R.Ziskind, who was a major figure in early Hasidism. Many descendants go by the name of Braz( abbrev of R Alexander Ziskind) and the groom was named Avi Braz.
The Israeli writer, Amos Oz, has an extensive description of the family history in his work " A Tale of Love and Darkness", and the excerpt is available on line through google books
:http://books.google.com/books?id=t4D4khmZ4LoC&pg=PA83&lpg=P...

There was another R. Alexander Ziskind Maimon, of Lithuania, and there is a brief notation on him in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Ziskind_Maimon.
The names "Moshe" and "Maimon" repeat inthe family, so there may be a connection with the Rambam.

Rabbi Weinberg, thank you so very much for your fascinating information. It is so kind of you to take the time to respond.
http://www.adamsstreet.org/about-us/rabbi-weinberg/rabbi-recent-vid...

Intrigued, I followed the Amos Oz book link you supplied, and indeed
the story of his family history is mesmerizing.

http://books.google.com/books?id=t4D4khmZ4LoC&pg=PA83&lpg=P...

From what I could glean, Ha'rav Alexander Ziskind was Amos Oz's GGGG Grandfather.

• Ha'rav Alexander Ziskind
• Yossele Braz ("B"en "R"av "A"lexander "Z"iskind)
• Alexander Ziskind Braz
• Menahem Mendel Braz + sister, Rasha-Keila who married - Yehuda Leib Klausner
• Alexander Klausner (Ziskind) known as Zusia , married - cousin Shulamit Levin (Rasha Keila's daughter)
• Yehuda Arieh Klausner
• Amos Oz

There is a profile on Geni for this R' Alexander Ziskind
Rabbi Alexander Ziskind (of Grodno)

Another R' Alexander Ziskind profile on Geni
Rabbi Alexander Ziskind Harkavy

Might be the same as;
"Rabbi Alexander Ziskind and his brothers, Reb Eliahu Bar Gershon and Reb Moshe Harkavy all played prominent parts as
leaders of the Novogrudok community life."
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Novogrudok/nov042.html

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You mentioned the Wikipedia R. Alexander Ziskind Maimon from Lithuania.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Ziskind_Maimon

This Lithuanian R' Ziskind occurs in another family tree said to be
a descendant of Maimonides.

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/r/Frederick-W-Ford/i...

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2907...

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If a timeline of the Maimonides family tree could be calculated, it might help us figure out which R' Alexander Ziskind appears in the document.

Is 25 years / generation the accepted genealogical estimate?

Maimonides "Rambam"
Alexander Ziskind Maimon

To everyone, a Gmar Tov!

The ancestry of Alexander Ziskind Maimon looks very suspect.

First, isn't his father named Moses, not Shmuel?

https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transc...

Second, is there confusion between the other Alexander Ziskind b. 1809?

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

I've just sent a geni message to the managers, who include Malka. Hope we can resolve this.

One of the managers replied,

"This section on the tree has been uncertain and it is up to Maimon family to settle it ."

Here's a new link for Ziskind found in "Darkness."
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Tale_of_Love_and_Darkness/qC...