June 2025

JGSGB PROGRAMS


Stranger in the Desert: Rediscovering and Reimagining a Family Story

Jordan Salama
Zoom only
June 8, 1:30 pm
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JGSGB CONNECT
Share a Genealogy Success
Zoom Only
June 17, 7:00 pm
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ONLINE COURSES, EVENTS & WEBINARS

All program times listed are East Coast time.

Using Gravestones and Memorial Plaques as Research Tools: Insights from International Experts on Jewish Cemetery Research
Yad Vashem
May 28, noon
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Developing Your Jewish Family History
Emily H. Garber
New York Genealogical & Biographical Society and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
June 5, noon
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2025 Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center Benefit Dinner: Honoring “The Jews of Boston”: The Book, The People, The History
Barry Shrage, Jonathan D. Sarna, and Ellen Smith
June 5, 6 pm
61 Exeter St. Boston
$180
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Uncovering their Names and Stories: 300 Years of a German Jewish Family
David Marlow
Israel Genealogy Research Association
June 9, noon
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Family History Today: Interpreting Your DNA Test Results for Ashkenazi Jews
Jenny Rappaport
Center for Jewish History and Ancestry
June 9, 5 pm
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To America on Foot”: Romanian Jewish Fusgeyers from 1900 in History and Memory
Dana Mihailescu
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
June 10, 1 pm
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Landscape of Dreams: Jewish Genealogy in Canada
Kaye Prince Hollenberg
Jewish Genealogy Society of Pittsburgh
June 22, 1 pm
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How Not to Read a Jewish Tombstone
Robin Meltzer
Orange County Jewish Genealogy Society
June 22, 1 pm
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Not in Fine Fettle: Researching Your Ancestors’ Medical History
Jane Neff Rollins
The Jewish Genealogical Society of New York
June 22, 2 pm
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Reconstructing the history of the Chudnovsky orphan family – memories vs. reality
Eyal Agassi
Israel Genealogy Research Association
June 23, noon
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Finding Our Fathers (and Mothers, too): The Joys and Pitfalls of Tracing Jewish Ancestors
Daniel Rottenberg
The Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center,
July 20, 11 am
$5
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JGSGB NEWS

The New England Regional Genealogical Consortium (NERGC), of which JGSGB is a member, will hold a regional conference in Manchester, NH, October 29 to November 1.

For information and to register, go to www.NERGC.org.


IAJGS Conference NEWS

Attend the conference to take advantage of special access to the Allen County Public Library, one of the premier genealogy resources in the country!

The Northeast Indiana Jewish Genealogy Society is hosting the 45th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Fort Wayne, Indiana, this summer, from August 10-14.
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Learn more about it by viewing the video, reading the Facebook discussion group, and watching the playlist on YouTube.

Early Bird Registration is now open!


MEMBERSHIP

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