Amy Wachs – Our Eastern European Roots: We Are What Our Ancestors Ate
September 22, 2024 @ 12:15 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
at Beech Street Center (Watch Party*)
September 22, 2024 Potluck Lunch @ 12:15, Speaker @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm EDT
at Beech Street Center
266 Beech St, Belmont MA (Watch Party*)
New Location! New Meeting Format!
Lots of free parking, easy to find, and a comfortable event
space.
See potluck lunch details below.
*Speaker will present on Zoom. You may attend in person and (optionally) bring your family's traditional dish to share with other members at 12:15, or you may attend on Zoom at 1:30.
This program will not be recorded at the speaker's request. The handout will be available on the Members' Only Page for 60 days after the presentation.
JGSGB members: Program is free. Members do not need to register.
Join us in person, or you can find the Zoom link by logging in to your JGSGB Membership account. Once logged in, use the “What would you like to do” dropdown to locate the Members-only Page for the Zoom link. You will also receive an email with the Zoom link the morning of the program.
Non-members: Pay $5.00 at the door to attend in person, or click here to pay $5.00 fee to receive the Zoom link.
If you do not receive an email with the link to the program within 15 minutes, please check your Spam folder.
Program Description:
What can family recipes reveal about your ancestors’ places of origin and life in the shtetls of Eastern Europe? The foods our ancestors ate in their shtetls can offer clues to help you learn more about your family history. Amy’s presentation will focus on the Russian Pale and Galicia. She will include examples from Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, and Moldova, based on her personal experiences there.
Shared “Potluck” Lunch Before Speaker
Luncheon at 12:15 PM
Speaker at 1:30 PM
Come in person with a dish representing your family’s traditional recipe to share with other members. Luncheon details below.
Or, come in person without a shared dish and sample others’ creations. You know there will be enough to go around in any Jewish recipe!
Or, join us on Zoom but miss the wonderful tastes and smells and connections of the in-person experience.
Bio:
Amy Wachs, past president of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland, has been involved in Jewish genealogy for over 30 years, including currently serving on the Board of LitvakSIG, Inc. A retired attorney, she taught law in Latvia as a Fulbright Scholar and in Moldova as a Fulbright Senior Specialist. Amy is a frequent presenter of talks on Jewish and Eastern European genealogy.
Luncheon details for all of you terrific cooks (and noshers) of Jewish food:
Many of us have favorite recipes passed down in our families, possibly adapted for the modern home kitchen, or something “Jewish-style” you have created. Make something and join the party! Bring a dish for a shared luncheon prior to this fun program discussing food from our Eastern European shtetls.
Please bring the dish at 12:15 pm to share our “potluck” lunch beginning at 12:30 pm. The speaker will present on Zoom at 1:30 pm.
If you plan to bring a dish, please email Sonia by September 18th at President@JGSGB.org to tell me what you’re bringing. I’d like to manage a list so we have a wide variety of main dishes, side dishes, salads, and sweets.
Perhaps you’ll trace the origin of your dish to your great grandmother’s shtetl kitchen!
Of course, members and guests are most welcome to come to enjoy the food and each other even if you don’t bring a dish.
Join us for this celebration of food!