This is a photo of my grandson Mois Yulzari and Nevena's wedding. The photo was taken in 2000 in Ruse.
To the right of the bride, Nevena Yulzari, you can see her mother-in-law dancing, Sima Yulzari, nee Maier; she is my daughter-in-law, the wife of my son Sinto Yulzari. Next to her is my grandson Mois Yulzari; he is Sima Yulzari's son and the brother of Stela Yulzari, who adopted the Bulgarian family name three years later.
I am proud of my three grandchildren: Irena, Mois and Stela. Irena Cestnik, born in1962, is the daughter of my daughter Buena Mois Cestnik, nee Yulzari, whereas Mois Yulzari, born in 1973, and Stela Dimitrova, born in 1976, are the children of my son Sinto Mois Yulzari. All of my grandchildren are, as people say, ‘pure-blooded’ Jews.
The wife of my son Sinto Mois Yulzari is called Sima Nissim Mayer. The family name of my daughter’s husband is Cestnik. Their daughter, Irena Cestnik, is a teacher of Ivrit in the Jewish school in Sofia. She is 42 years old, not married.
Two of my grandchildren, however, already have mixed marriages. They are my son’s children: Stela Dimitrova and Mois Yulzari. Stela married Nikolay Dimitrov, who is from Yambol, in 2003. Now they live and work in Varna and she is expecting a baby. Mois married Nevena – I know next to nothing about her – in 2000. Now they live and work in Ruse and are also expecting a baby.
