Special Virtual Issue

JGSGB PROGRAMS AND BEGINNERS’ COURSE

US Research— Beginners’ Workshop
Carol Clingan and Debbie Lerner
October 22, 10 am
Congregation Beth El Atereth Israel, 561 Ward St., Newton
Hybrid Meeting
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A kosher, catered luncheon will be available for purchase between the morning workshop and the afternoon program. Pre-registration is required. For more information and to register, click here.

Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success
Leah Boustan
October 22, 1:30 pm
Congregation Beth El Atereth Israel, 561 Ward St., Newton
Watch Party
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Watch Party: Speaker will present on Zoom. In-person attendees will watch via a large screen and participate in a discussion following the presentation. Attendance via Zoom is also an option.

Beginners’ Course
JGSGB is again presenting our award-winning Beginners’ Course starting January 3, 2024. There will be eight sessions held over Zoom on Wednesday evenings. Class size is limited to 20, and it always fills up. For more information and to register, click here.

ONLINE COURSES, EVENTS & WEBINARS

All program times listed are East Coast time.

Jewish Neighborhood Voices
The Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors
All month
Online exhibit
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Archival Research in the Former USSR Before and After February 2022
Mark Kramer
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
October 3, 12:30 pm
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Putting Family History On The Map
Megan Nally
Boston Public Library
October 11, 6 pm
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Family History Today: Illegitimacy in the Jewish Communities of Galicia
Janette Silverman
Center for Jewish History’s Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
October 12, 7 pm
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Exploring Trends in Technology and Genealogy
New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
October 13 and October 14, 9:30 am Friday – 4:30 pm
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Jewish Neighborhood Voices Community Reception
The Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors
180 Walnut Street, Chelsea, MA 02150
October 15, 2 pm
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Among the Righteous — Arab Rescuers of Jews
Robert Satloff
Sousa Mendes Foundation
October 15, 2 pm
film available online: October 13-16
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Russian-Jewish Literature: Reinventing Tradition Under Communism
Klavdia Smola
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
October 18, 4:30 pm
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How to Do Research at YIVO: Pursuing Research Projects
Ruby Landau-Pincus
Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
October 24, 1 pm
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Bruno Schulz and the Hijacking of History
Benjamin Balint
Center for European Studies Harvard
October 25, 4 pm
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Between Testimony and Trial: A Transnational History of the Kamenets-Podolsk Massacre of 1941
October 31, 4 pm
Center for European Studies Harvard
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