{geni:occupation} Attorney
{geni:about_me} I am a volunteer curator on Geni, and one of [http://www.geni.com/projects/Geni-Top-10-Lists/11937 Geni's most active users], managing over 120,000 profiles. I am a board member of [http://www.jewishgen.org JewishGen] and the Co-Founder of [http://www.jewishgen.org/austriaczech/ JewishGen's Austria-Czech Special Interest Group]. I administer the [http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Schoenberg Schoenberg FamilyTree DNA Project]. I am also the author of the [http://www.jewishgen.org/austriaczech/ausguide.htm Beginner's Guide to Austrian-Jewish Genealogy] and the co-author of [http://www.jewishgen.org/austriaczech/czechguide.html Getting Started with Czech-Jewish Genealogy]. Professionally, I am an attorney and serve on the boards of various philanthropic, artistic and educational organizations. I am President of the [http://www.lamoth.org Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust]. A more detailed biography is at the bottom of this page.

I have initiated or helped develop a number of important projects on Geni, including:

* [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Genealogy-Port...ources-on-Geni/13121 Jewish Genealogy Portal]
* [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Celebrity-Birthday-Calendar/17534 Jewish Celebrity Birthday Calendar]
* [http://www.geni.com/projects/Geni-Top-10-Lists/11937 Geni Top 10 Lists]
* [http://www.geni.com/projects/Holocaust-The-Final-Solution/10996 Holocaust: The Final Solution]
* [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Communities-in...Czech-Republic/12452 Jewish Communities in Bohemia and Moravia]
* [http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 Prominent Jewish Families of Vienna]
* [http://www.geni.com/projects/Tolerated-Jews-of-Vie...the-Inner-City/12892 Tolerated Jews of Vienna]
* [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-Prague/7995 Jewish Families from Prague]

I have a very deep and broad family tree.

All 4 grandparents were from Vienna. 15/16 of my gg-grandparents were Jewish, from Bohemia, Moravia, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary. A list of surnames and cities is below.

I have tried dna testing at familytreedna.com and 23andme.com. I have a relatively unusual y-dna, R1b1b2a1a2c. On familytreedna.com I am R1b1b2a1b3 M222- M269+ P312+ SRY2627+ U106- U152- and have no close matches other than my father and another Schoenberg (likely a 5th or 6th cousin) from the same village in Hungary (Szecseny). Other than that we are pretty unique.

My ancestral surnames are:

AUSCH ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-Prague/7995 '''Praha/Prague'''])

AUSTERLITZ ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 '''Wien/Vienna'''])

BEER ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/12453 '''Lomnice'''], Radimer)

BIEDERMANN (Bratislava, [http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 '''Wien/Vienna'''])

BITTNER ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/11935 '''Břeclav/Lundenburg'''])

BLOCH ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...-Czech-Republic/9525 '''Čkyně'''])

BÖHMER ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/13127 '''Dolni Kounice/Kanitz'''])

BRASCHINSKY (Branky, [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/13135 '''Usov'''])

BRASCHITZ ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/13135 '''Usov'''])

BRAUN ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/12454 '''Holešov/Holleschau'''])

BREITENFELD (Lobkowitz, Rychmburk)

BROCK/BRÜK ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-families-from-...Czech-Republic/15155 '''Heřmanův Městec'''])

CHALFON/HALFON/HALPHEN (Mannheim, Metz)

DUSCHAK ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/13159 '''Uhersky Ostroh'''])

FEITLER/VEIDLER ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/15126 '''České Budějovice/Budweis'''], Kaplice, [http://www.geni.com/projects/jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/15269 '''Kardašova Řečice'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-families-from-...Czech-Republic/15210 '''Rožmberk nad Vltavou/Rosenberg'''], Udoli)

FREISTADT (Bratislava)

FUNK ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/12456 '''Prostějov/Prossnitz'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 '''Wien/Vienna'''])

GLASER (Bratislava)

GOLDSTEIN ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 '''Wien/Vienna'''])

HIRSCH ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/12456 '''Prostějov/Prossnitz'''])

HOFFMAN ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/13167 '''Brno'''])

HOFFMANN ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/11935 '''Břeclav/Lundenburg'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 '''Wien/Vienna'''])

HOFMANN ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/12453 '''Lomnice'''])

HOROWITZ ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-Prague/7995 '''Praha/Prague'''])

JELINEK/JELLINEK ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/12454 '''Holešov/Holleschau'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-of-Ho...Czech-Republic/13133 '''Hodonin'''], Unicov, [http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 '''Wien/Vienna'''])

JONTOF/JONTOF-HUTTER/JONTOW ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-Prague/7995 '''Praha/Prague'''])

KATAN (Eisenstadt, [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-Prague/7995 '''Praha/Prague'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 '''Wien/Vienna'''])

KATSCHER (Branky, [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/13136 '''Loštice'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/13130 '''Slavkov/Austerlitz'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/13175 '''Valašské Meziříčí'''])

KÖNIG ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/13149 '''Miroslav'''])

KOHN ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...-Czech-Republic/9525 '''Čkyně'''])

KOLISCH ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-of-Ho...Czech-Republic/13133 '''Hodonin'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/11934 '''Korycany'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 '''Wien/Vienna'''])

LANG ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/12456 '''Prostějov/Prossnitz'''])

LEWY/LÖWY ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...C3%AD-Kalladay/12331 '''Koloděje nad Lužnicí/Kalladay'''])

LÖWY (Bratislava, [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-Szecseny-Nograd-Hungary/12961 '''Szécsény'''])

LUCERNA ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 '''Wien/Vienna'''])

MENZELES (Bratislava, [http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 '''Wien/Vienna'''])

MÖLLER ([http://www.geni.com/projects/jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/15269 '''Kardašova Řečice'''])

NACHOD ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-Prague/7995 '''Praha/Prague'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 '''Wien/Vienna'''])

PALLAK/POLLACK (Bratislava)

PRESSBURG (Bratislava)

REICHMANN (Hlinsko, Pradubice, Raab)

REIF ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/13159 '''Uhersky Ostroh'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 '''Wien/Vienna'''])

ROSENFELD ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/11934 '''Korycany'''])

SCHMIDT (Branky, [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/13175 '''Valašské Meziříčí'''])

SCHOENBERG/SCHÖNBERG (Bratislava, [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-Szecseny-Nograd-Hungary/12961 '''Szécsény'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 '''Wien/Vienna'''])

SCHWARZ (Bratislava, Pezinok, Wien)

SIMON (Bratislava, Tyrnau)

SINGER ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/12099 '''Kojetin'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/12456 '''Prostějov/Prossnitz'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/13159 '''Uhersky Ostroh'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/13175 '''Valašské Meziříčí'''])

SINSHEIM/SINZHEIM/SINZHEIMER (Mannheim, [http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 '''Wien/Vienna'''])

SPITZER ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/12456 '''Prostějov/Prossnitz'''])

STAMPFER ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...-Czech-Republic/9525 '''Čkyně'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...C3%AD-Kalladay/12331 '''Koloděje nad Lužnicí/Kalladay'''])

STEININGER (Kaplice, [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-families-from-...Czech-Republic/15210 '''Rozmberk nad Vltavou'''])

TAUSEK/TAUSSIG (Lobkowitz, Rychmburk)

TEOMIM (Padua, [http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 '''Wien/Vienna'''])

TREBITSCH (Bratislava)

TRITSCH ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-Prague/7995 '''Praha/Prague'''])

VAIDAL ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-of-Frankfurt-am-Main-Germany/13208 '''Frankfurt'''])

WEINBERGER ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/13140 '''Velké Meziříčí/Gross Meseritsch'''])

WEIS ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/13159 '''Uhersky Ostroh'''])

WILTSCHEK ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/12291 '''Bučovice'''])

ZAY (Metz)

ZEIMER ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/15390 '''Hřešihlavy/Rescholau'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-Prague/7995 '''Praha/Prague'''])

ZEISEL/ZEISL/ZEISSEL/ZEISSL (Jevicko, Lednice, [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/12453 '''Lomnice'''], Radimer, Rozsochy, Svojanov, [http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-...Czech-Republic/13140 '''Velké Meziříčí/Gross Meseritsch'''], [http://www.geni.com/projects/Prominent-Jewish-Fami...-Wer-Einmal-War/9272 '''Wien/Vienna'''])

ZODEKS/ZODEX ([http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Families-from-Prague/7995 '''Praha/Prague'''])

And my non-Jewish 1/16 is

ERTL (Kula)

INQUART (Budapest, Wien)

RESCH (Budapest, Kula, Pecsvarad)

STRAZSAI (Kula)

VIGHARD/VICKARDT (Kula)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Randol_Schoenberg

E. Randol Schoenberg was the co-founding partner of Burris, Schoenberg & Walden, LLP, where he handled a number of complex business litigation matters, specializing in cases involving looted art and the recovery of property stolenby the Nazi authorities during the Holocaust. He won the return of five famous Klimt paintings for his client, Maria Altmann.

In 2007, Mr. Schoenberg received the California Lawyer Attorney of the Year award for outstanding achievement in the field of litigation. He also received the 2006 Jurisprudence Award from the Anti-Defamation League and the Justice Louis D. Brandeis Award from the American Jewish Congress.

Mr. Schoenberg graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics in 1988 and a certificate in European Cultural Studies. In 1991, he received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Southern California.

His interests include classical music, tennis, skiing, genealogy, art, basketball, law, mathematics, backpacking, philately, German, French, and computers. He serves on the board of the Los Angeles Opera, the Los Angeles Museum ofthe Holocaust, Sinai Akiba Academy, Southwest Chamber Music Society, JewishGen, Choral Society of Southern California, and the L.A. Jewish Symphony.
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