Pritzker ancestors are from the village of Velikiye Pritski, near Kiev. They emigrated to the United States in the 1880s, when the area, today we call Ukraine, was known as Pale of Settlement. Where Jews were allowed to reside, but not relocate from. The surname “Pritzker” is a Jewish habitational name for someone from Pritski in Ukraine.
Pritzker ancestors are from the village of Velikiye Pritski, near Kiev. They emigrated to the United States in the 1880s, when the area, today we call Ukraine, was known as Pale of Settlement. Where Jews were allowed to reside, but not relocate from. The surname “Pritzker” is a Jewish habitational name for someone from Pritski in Ukraine.