JGST Virtual Event: Using Artifacts to Make Connections with Families
2022-04-24 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Toronto)
Tentative Date: April 24, 2022
Speaker: David Matlow
https://www.thestar.com/life/2021/05/26/toronto-collector-of-theodor-herzl-artifacts-aims-to-reunite-families-with-their-documents-and-heirlooms.html
Register: front page, http://oldsite-2022-10.jgstoronto.ca

Collecting the Dream “Including Tales of Using Memorabilia to Enhance Your Research”
2022-04-24 10:30 - 13:00
Hybrid MEETING:
Participate in person at Sha’arei Shomayim
or OR
View from home
Sunday, 24 April 2022, 10:30 AM
David Matlow owns the world’s largest private collection of Theodor
Herzl memorabilia. Through his website and weekly Canadian Jewish
News online column, David uses his collection to inform people about the
history of the Zionist movement and the State of Israel.
Collecting the Dream tells Theodor Herzl’s story illustrated through
items in David Matlow’s collection of Herzl memorabilia. Herzl is not
only an important historical figure as the visionary of the State of Israel
and founder of political Zionism, but his life and work serve as a
continuing inspiration to foster his dream of a homeland for the Jewish
people in Israel.
David is a lawyer and partner at Goodmans LLP in Toronto. He is a past
Chair of the Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto and was the Co-Chair
of Toronto’s 2015 Campaign for the United Jewish Appeal. He is a
member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Israel Education and
the Ontario Jewish Archives.
As part of his presentation, David will discuss his Herzl Project, one of
the elements of which is “reverse collecting” where items from his
collection are reunited with the original owner or a descendant.
If you will be participating in person, please let us know by e-mailing
program@jgstoronto.ca
If you will be viewing from home, to register, please go to
jgstoronto.ca/register
You will then receive an immediate acknowledgement plus the link
to access the event on 24 April.
The presentation will be recorded. It will be available to JGS
Toronto members in the “Members Only” section of the Society
website a few days after the event. It will also be available to non-
member registrants for one week after the event in the
“Registration” location.

JGS Board Meeting
2022-05-09 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-06-15 19:30 - 21:00

JGS Toronto - Special Interest Group - DNA
2022-05-24 19:30 - 20:30
Gil Bardige and Arthur Sissman (both recognized as experts in Jewish DNA) are two new members of JGS Toronto who will host this Q & A. Open this link for the details. This is a virtual event that will be open to members as well as non-members. Participants will be invited to send in their specific questions which shall be used as case studies/examples.

JGST Virtual Event - Comparing the Genealogy Giants
2022-06-01 19:00 - 20:30
Comparing the Genealogy Giants
Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org,
Findmypast.com, and MyHeritage.com
Speaker: Sunny Morton
Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 7:00 pm
Go to http://oldsite-2022-10.jgstoronto.ca to Register
Participate from Home on Zoom
Open this link to see the full description of this event

JGST Virtual Event - Brick Walls and Breakthroughs
2022-06-22 19:30 - 21:00
Every year in June JGS Toronto invites 4 members to share their breakthroughs.
BRICK WALLS AND BREAKTHROUGHS
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Kenneth Golish, a lawyer, Bathurst Manor raised, lives with his family in Windsor. He has been working on his family tree for over twenty years. Kenneth has recently resolved the history of “The Sisters Kirszenbaum”. A returned letter addressed to a Harvey Wolman, dated 1946, was not found until long after the death of Ken’s father. This bittersweet discovery of previous relatives unknown, led to family who were living in London, England.
Ruth Chernia, is the current VP, Membership Services at JGS Toronto and is Editor of Shem Tov. She is a publishing consultant specializing in production editing. Ruth’s area of expertise is in non-fiction. “DNA to the Rescue”: Ruth’s husband’s maternal history has been complicated by a murder, separations and immigration to Canada in 1913. There are also no surviving records from their town. Ruth’s discovery of a 1920 Form 30A record provided the only clue for her husband’s grandmother’s family surname. Recent DNA testing led to the discovery of new found cousins.
Gerri C., a journalist, author and retired university professor, has been working on her family tree since the 1970s. She presents “DNA, Archives and Not Giving Up”, three stories of recent successes, entitled: Ukraine: The Mysterious Mark; Ukraine: Bluma Who?, and Poland: Samuel and the family business. Gerri shares her strategies and tools used in the research of her ancestors’ journey to the USA.
Register at www.jgstoronto.ca/register
Please keep the acknowledgement email when you receive it as it contains your personalized link to join the Zoom meeting.
The presentation will be recorded. It will be available to JGS Toronto members in the “Members Only” section of the Society website, a few days after the event. It will also be available to non-member registrants for one week after the event at jgstoronto.ca/register

JGS Toronto - Annual General Meeting - Virtual Only
2022-06-29 19:30 - 21:00
We encourage our Members to be sure to attend our Annual General Meeting as a new Board will be elected. This is a very important event as our executive and volunteers plan our programming, prepare our workshops and seminars, assist our newbies in getting started. As members of JGS Toronto you have a voice and your input is welcome. This will be a virtual event. Please login as a Member for more details.

JGS Hybrid Event -- President Emeritus Henry Wellisch - 100th Birthday
2022-09-18 10:30 - 12:00
JGS Hybrid Event — President Emeritus Henry Wellisch – 100th BirthdayJoin us to honour Henry Wellisch, our President Emeritus, on his 100th Birthday
Hybrid MEETING:
Participate in person at Sha’arei Shomayim
OR
View from home
Sunday, 18 September 2022, 10:30 AM
Henry Wellisch will respond to questions from Neil Richler, and then from the audience
Born in Vienna in 1922 Henry Wellisch and his parents fled Austria in December 1939, after the outbreak of World War II. On route by way of the Danube to the Black Sea and then the Mediterranean, they sought entry to Palestine. Instead British authorities sent them to Mauritius where they remained for the duration of the War. In 1945 Henry joined the Jewish Brigade and fought briefly in Europe and then left for Palestine in 1946. He joined the fledgling Israeli Army and served during the War of Independence in 1948. In 1952, age 30, Henry emigrated to Canada where he has lived ever since. Henry will share his many experiences with us.
Also, Daniel Horwitz, on behalf of the Israel Genealogical Research Association, will outline genealogical resources in Israel covering the 1939-1952 period.
If you will be participating in person, please let us know by e-mailing program@jgstoronto.ca
If you will be viewing from home, to register, please go to JGStoronto.ca/register

You will then receive an immediate acknowledgement plus the link to access the event on 24 April.
The presentation will be recorded. It will be available to JGS Toronto members in the “Members Only” section of the Society website a few days after the event. It will also be available to non-member registrants for one week after the event in the “Registration” location.
www.jgstoronto.ca
Tel 647-247-6414 twitter: jgsoftoronto
facebook: Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto
Before the meeting attendees should download and read Henry’s personal story ESCAPE FROM VIENNA

JGS Toronto Event *** Cancelled "He thought that his family was wiped out in the Holocaust
2022-10-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Shaarei Shomayim Congregation, 470 Glencairn Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M5N 1V8, Canada
Due to illness Mr. Cilevitz has had to cancel. Please monitor our website for a rescheduling of this event.
Ralph Cilevitz will relate the story of how he discovered new connections and relatives. If you will be viewing from home go to http://oldsite-2022-10.jgstoronto.ca/register
There are over 75,000 descendants of the same man, Aba Kukla, who lived in a tiny shtetl in Lithuania in the late 1700s. His nine children went on to produce large families of their own, creating a sprawling family tree that, only now, with the advent of DNA testing, can be fully visualized.
Ralph has made it his mission to track down all possible relatives in Canada and abroad. His tree is still growing. It may now be the largest documented Ashkenazi family in the world.
