Heidi Urich Annual Lecture – Sponsored by JGSGB and Hebrew College:
Sarah Abrevaya Stein – A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century
- Zoom Meeting
Virtual
Program Description: For centuries, the bustling port city of Salonica was home to the sprawling Levy family. As leading publishers and editors, they helped chronicle modernity as it was experienced by Sephardic Jews across the Ottoman Empire. When 20th century wars changed the borders around them, the Levys were transformed from Ottomans to Greeks. Family members spread … Continue reading
Heidi Urich Annual Lecture – Sponsored by JGSGB and Hebrew College:
Sarah Abrevaya Stein – A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century
JGSGB Book Group
- Zoom Meeting VirtualThe JGSGB Book Group will hold its next meeting via Zoom at 7:30 PM. <!--We will be discussing Once We Were Brothers by Ronald Balson.--> If you are not already on the mailing list, please write to BookGroup@jgsgb.org and I will add you to the mailing list.
JGSGB Connect
- Zoom Meeting VirtualMembers Helping Members January Topic: Share your suggestions of websites and techniques that have advanced your genealogy research. JGSGB Connect is an informal online, monthly, one-hour drop-in group for current JGSGB members To pose questions and learn from each other A place to share your knowledge of genealogy and strategies with others An opportunity to connect with … Continue reading JGSGB Connect
Galicia SIG
- Zoom Meeting VirtualJGSGB members who wish to join this SIG may email galicia@jgsgb.org.
Evgenia Kempinski – Shtetl: a Jewish Universe
- Zoom Meeting VirtualProgram Description: Shtetls, Jewish market towns, were vibrant centers of Jewish life and tradition. Evgenia Kempinski will bring the shtetl to life and immerse you in these communities. Evgenia’s virtual tours are the next best thing to being there! Learn about the food, traditions, language, beliefs, jobs, community structures, and other important elements of everyday … Continue reading Evgenia Kempinski – Shtetl: a Jewish Universe
Litvak SIG
- Zoom Meeting VirtualJGSGB members who wish to join this SIG may email litvak@JGSGB.org.
JGSGB CONNECT
- Zoom Meeting VirtualMembers Helping Members Topic for the February Meeting: Sharing Family Trees: Where to put your tree and keep it safe JGSGB Connect is an informal online, monthly, one-hour drop-in group for current JGSGB members To pose questions and learn from each other A place to share your knowledge of genealogy and strategies with others An … Continue reading JGSGB CONNECT
Robin Meltzer – How Not to Read a Jewish Tombstone
- Zoom Meeting VirtualProgram Description: Did you ever wonder how to interpret symbols or words on a tombstone? Jewish tombstones are a treasure trove of information despite common problems that make it difficult to accurately translate and interpret their inscriptions. Using examples from Jewish tombstones in this presentation, Robin Meltzer will help us build skills to understand an … Continue reading Robin Meltzer – How Not to Read a Jewish Tombstone
Research Sunday
- Zoom Meeting VirtualJoin us for our next Virtual Research Sunday for individual research help via ZOOM Video Conferencing. Registration for Research Sunday is now closed. Join us for our next Research Sunday on May 19, 2024. Registration will open one month in advance. Research Sunday is a benefit of JGSGB membership.Open to Individual, Dual, and Sustaining members. Register for … Continue reading Research Sunday
Ukraine SIG
- Zoom Meeting VirtualJGSGB Members, to join this SIG email Ukraine@JGSGB.org.
JGSGB Book Group
- Zoom Meeting VirtualWe will be reading The Matchmakers Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman. JGSGB members who wish to join this group may email BookGroup@jgsgb.org to be added to the mailing list.
Galicia SIG
- Zoom Meeting VirtualJGSGB members who wish to join this SIG may email galicia@jgsgb.org.
JGSGB CONNECT
- Zoom Meeting VirtualMembers Helping Members Topic: Engaging the Next Generation in Genealogy Below are some videos on this topic, to engage you and start you thinking! Fostering Genealogical Enthusiasm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6ENk9EDy_k Genealogy & the Next Generation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVgJtBTk9oQ Genealogy for the Next Generation (a curriculum for use in the classroom): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4vRvj-Ru7I JGSGB Connect is an informal online, monthly, one-hour drop-in group … Continue reading JGSGB CONNECT
Poland SIG
- Zoom Meeting VirtualJGSGB Members, to join this SIG email Poland@JGSGB.org.
Janice Sellers – Bubbie, Who Are You?: Finding the Maiden Names in Your Family Tree
- Zoom Meeting VirtualProgram Description: Female relatives can be difficult to trace, but they can be found. Janice Seller’s lecture introduces resources for tracing the women in your family, many of which are available online, including family items, oral histories, federal and state census records, immigration records, vital records, religious records, journals, newspapers, legal and court records, library … Continue reading Janice Sellers – Bubbie, Who Are You?: Finding the Maiden Names in Your Family Tree
Belarus SIG
- Zoom Meeting VirtualJGSGB Members, to join this SIG email Belarus@JGSGB.org.
JGSGB CONNECT
- Zoom Meeting VirtualMembers Helping Members TOPIC: Passing on Your Genealogy Legacy JGSGB Connect is an informal online, monthly, one-hour drop-in group for current JGSGB members To pose questions and learn from each other A place to share your knowledge of genealogy and strategies with others An opportunity to connect with other members Veterans and newbies alike are … Continue reading JGSGB CONNECT
Sephardic SIG
at Congregation Beth El Atereth Israel 561 Ward St, Newton, MA, United StatesJGSGB Members, to join this SIG email Sephardic@JGSGB.org. The Sephardic SIG will hold an in-person organizational meeting both prior to and following the speaker's presentation. Stop by the table in the main room to chat with the Coordinator and other members. JGSGB members, please email Sephardic@JGSGB.org if you wish to join.
Patrice Dabrowski – Jews in the Polish Lands: From the Statute of Kalisz to 1926
at Congregation Beth El Atereth Israel (Hybrid Meeting*) 561 Ward St, Newton, MA, United States*Speaker will present in person. You may attend in person or on Zoom. At the speaker's request, this program will NOT be available for future viewing. Program Description: The Statute of Kalisz recorded the privileges bestowed on the Jews in Poland in the year 1264 by Duke Boleslaus the Pious. Dr. Patrice Dabrowski’s presentation reviews this framework … Continue reading Patrice Dabrowski – Jews in the Polish Lands: From the Statute of Kalisz to 1926
Poland SIG
at Congregation Beth El Atereth Israel 561 Ward St, Newton, MA, United StatesJGSGB Members, to join this SIG email Poland@JGSGB.org. In Person following Dr. Dabrowski's presentation. She has graciously agreed to join the SIG meeting to continue the conversation.
Sephardic SIG
at Congregation Beth El Atereth Israel 561 Ward St, Newton, MA, United StatesJGSGB Members, to join this SIG email Sephardic@JGSGB.org. The Sephardic SIG will hold an in-person organizational meeting both prior to and following the speaker's presentation. Stop by the table in the main room to chat with the Coordinator and other members. JGSGB members, please email Sephardic@JGSGB.org if you wish to join.