JGS Event – Poland Special Interest Group
POLAND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) MEETING WITH DAVID PRICE THURSDAY, 20 MAY AT 7:30 p.m. David Price writes: Suppose from age 15 you survived five years in a half dozen concentration camps and you came out thinking all your family was murdered. You have trouble even remembering what your parents […]
JGS Toronto Event – Sharing Data on Genealogical Websites: Uses and Abuses; Risks and Rewards
This is a virtual Zoom event presented by JGS Toronto. Henry Blumberg who sits on the Board of Directors is the featured speaker. Sharing Data on Genealogical Websites Uses and Abuses Speaker: Henry Blumberg VIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home Wednesday, 26 May 2021, at 7:30 p.m. In an age […]
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JGS Toronto Event – Break Throughs and Brick Walls
Kenneth Golish raises the question: “Why Did My Grandfather Return to Poland After Settling in America”? Before his father’s death, Kenneth heard the story of his grandfather’s return to the Kielce area of Poland. Never knowing the real reason behind the return, he spent several years researching this question until the truth was […]
JGS Event – Prague, Budapest, and Vienna
Prague, Budapest, and Vienna: History and Jewish Research. This is a Zoom Virtual Event. Our speaker will be Henry Wellisch who was born in Vienna and survived the War. Hernry, is President Emeritus of JGS Toronto and is a well known speaker on Central European Jewish History. VIRTUAL MEETING: […]
JGS Event – David Price
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DNA Sig The Avotaynu DNA Project: The Genetic Origins and Migrations of the Jewish People
OnlineThe Avotaynu DNA Project: The Genetic Origins and Migrations of the Jewish People Speaker: Adam Brown Tuesday, 19 October at 7:30 pm ET Under the auspices of the Technion (Israel’s MIT), the Avotaynu DNA Project is a landmark scientific study that has tested over a thousand men in far-flung Jewish […]
UKRAINE SIG VIRTUAL EVENT Jewish Life in Ukraine: A selected history from 800 to 1914
Speaker: Marla Waltman Monday, 25 October at 7:30 p.m. The JGS Toronto Ukraine Special Interest Group (SIG) provides an opportunity for members and registered guests to focus on subjects of interest for those with ancestors from Ukraine. This presentation, “Jewish Life in Ukraine: A selected history from 800 to 1914”, […]
JGS Virtual Event: Jacob and the Mandolin Adventure – Jewish Orphans from Poland to Ontario
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QZN2qTcfeqFVn8QEUXA8FadZUNThMQDl/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115643481973909166856&rtpof=true&sd=true JGS member, Anne Dublin discusses Jewish orphans from Poland to Ontario. This is a JGS event that is open to all viewers. Please register by following the tab on the JGS website homepage.