Types and Benefits

Note:  First-time new JGSGB members who join after June 1st will have their membership extended through December of the following year.

Member Benefits

  • Monthly Programs – Free admission to interesting and informative programs with internationally renowned speakers.
  • Mentoring Mavens – Help with focused research questions on specific topics.
  • Special Interest Groups (SIGs) – Opportunity to join groups that focus on research in Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, Galicia, German ancestry, and on Sephardic ancestry.
    Another SIG explores AI for Genealogy.
  • Mass-Pocha – Three issues a year of our award-winning journal, available digitally in color and in print through US mail. (Members may choose to opt out of the print version.)
  • Program Recordings – Access to the Members-Only Page of the JGSGB website with speaker handouts and program recordings with slides. Opportunity to order recordings from programs prior to 2019.
  • JGSGB Book Group – Opportunity to participate in the JGSGB Book Group, with genealogy-themed selections.
  • JGSGB Connect – Informal online, monthly, one-hour drop-in group.
    ▪ To pose questions and learn from each other
    ▪ To share your knowledge of genealogy and strategies with others
    ▪ An opportunity to connect with other members
    ▪ Members of all levels of research experience are welcome to attend
  • Research Library – Access to the JGSGB’s extensive collection of books and maps on selected program dates.
  • One free day‐pass to use the research facilities of American Ancestors and the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center in Boston.
  • Opportunities to network with and learn from other people interested in Jewish genealogy.

Membership Types

We offer the following types of membership, all of which run on a calendar-year basis:

  • Individual membership ($35) for a single person.
  • Dual membership ($45) for two people who live at the same address. The
    person who signs up will be the primary member and will be able to add
    a second member, who may attend meetings and other member events.
  • Sustaining membership ($60) for a single person or two people who want to provide extra support to the Society.
  • Mass-Pocha ONLY membership ($15) is for someone who lives outside Massachusetts. This membership includes only the journal subscription.
    (Members outside the US receive digital access only.) It DOES NOT
    include attendance at our meetings (virtual or in-person), other
    member events, or access to our Members-Only Page for past
    program recordings.

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