JGSGB PROGRAMS

JGSGB Book Group
“House of Glass” by Hadley Freeman
January 7, 7:30 pm
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Journey Through Jewish Romania: Unveiling Stories of Heritage and Resilience
Evgenia Kempinski
January 12, 1:30 pm
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JGSGB CONNECT
January 21, 7 pm
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ONLINE COURSES, EVENTS & WEBINARS

All program times listed are East Coast time.

Fundamentals I: Fresh Start
Nancy Holden
JewishGen
Course: January 5-26, 2025
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A Moroccan Jewish Genealogical Journey: Tracing Roots through DNA and the Paper Trail
Raquel Levy-Toledano
International Institute for Jewish Genealogy and Paul Jacobi Center
January 12, 1pm
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Voices of the Warsaw Ghetto
Samuel Kassow
Vilna Shul
January 16, 6:30
The Vilna Shul, 18 Phillips St. Boston MA 02114
$25
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The Six Million Project: Combining Genealogy, Art and the Holocaust
Liora Blum
Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado
January 19, 11:30
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Getting Started with Jewish Studies at The New York Public Library
The New York Public Library
January 22, 5 pm
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The 2024 Genevieve Geller Wyner Lecture: Catholic and Jewish Communities’ Reactions to Antisemitic Violence in Wartime Boston
Laurel Leff
New England Historic Genealogical Society
January 22, 6 pm
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From Shoebox to Digital Archive-Essential Photo Scanning and Organization for Genealogy
Michelle D. Novak
Genealogical Society of Bergen County
January 27, 7 pm
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Jewish Country Houses
Juliet Carey and Abigail Green
New England Historic Genealogical Society
January 28, 1 pm
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8 Tips for Using AI as Your Genealogy Assistant
Dana Leeds
North San Diego County Genealogical Society
January 28, 1 pm
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JGSGB NEWS

Our Annual Course
Jewish Genealogy: Discover Your Family History
Registration Now Open

JGSGB will teach its award winning eight-week course, Jewish Genealogy: Discover Your Family History, via Zoom from January 22 through March 26, 7:00-9:00 pm.

Lectures and individual help sessions cover topics including:

• Basic research strategies & skills
• Major online resources & software
• Jewish migration history & changing European borders
• Jewish names & traditions
• Finding immigrant ancestors in U.S. and European records
• Identifying Holocaust victims & survivors
• DNA Testing

Tuition is $250 and includes free access to Ancestry and MyHeritage for the duration of the course and a 1-year membership in the JGSGB.

For more information and to register, go to course.jgsgb.org. Class size is limited to 20 students and has always filled up, so if you are interested, don’t wait too long.

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