Alperovitz clan

 The origin of the name Alperovitz is from the city of Heilbronn in Germany. The Jews who lived there at that time adopted it as their family name. When they migrated to Poland, they added the suffix “witz,” which means “son of” in Polish.

Heilbronn/Alpert, Halperin, Gelbrin, Gelbart, and others are additional family names that originate from that same community in Germany. It is known in our family that Rabbi Yechiel ben Solomon Heilprin, who wrote the book “Seder HaDorot,” was...