Chaverim,

Although some conference details are still not confirmed, organizers of

the IAJGS 2005 conference have assured us that the Hungarian SIG=20
luncheon will be on Monday, July 11. Watch for announcements about the=20=

luncheon program!

Here's the tentative schedule for some other sessions and events that=20
are likely to be of interest to H-SIG members:

TUESDAY, July 12, 2005

9:45am - 11:00am
Jewish Soldiers in the Austro-Hungarian Army=A0Erwin Schmidl

11:15am - 12:30pm
Transcarpathian Jewish Records=A0=A0Jordan Auslander

2:00pm - 3:15pm
Jewish Life in Galicia=A0Laughlin II Suzan Wynne

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WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2005

8:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Hungarian SIG Business Meeting

9 AM- 5 PM
SIG FAIR

11:15-12:30 pm
NORTH BY NORTHWEST : THE PECKING ORDER OF HUNGARIAN JEWS=A0(HOWARD=20
LUPOVITCH)

5 pm-6:15 pm
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE : CONVENTIONAL & UNCONVENTIONAL=20
RESOURCES=A0=A0(HENRY WELLISCH)


8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
FILM FESTIVAL : "DIVAN" (2004, 77 minutes)
To reclaim an ancestral couch upon which Hasidic rabbis slept, Pearl=20=

Gluck travels >from her Hasidic community in Brooklyn to her roots in=20
Hungary.

I'm looking forward to seeing many old friends and meeting new ones in=20=

Las Vegas. Please get in touch if you have any questions.

Vivian Kahn, H-SIG Coordinator