Eli Rabinowitz, a board member of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) who lives in Australia and is from South Africa, will speak on “Journeys from Shtetl to Shtetl”

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Genealogist Deborah Long to speak on Holocaust research in April 25, 2021, free webinar: Deborah H. Long, founder of the Triangle Jewish Genealogical Society in Durham/Chapel Hill, N.C., will speak on

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“Finding Your Kaplans,” a free Jewish genealogy webinar about researching common Jewish names, will be presented Sunday, March 21, 2021, for the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois monthly virtual

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Mindie Kaplan to share tips on researching common Jewish names on March 21, 2021: “Finding Your Kaplans” is the title of a free genealogy webinar about researching common Jewish names for the Sunday,

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Photo expert Ava ‘Sherlock’ Cohn to share her expertise in Feb. 21 JGS of Illinois event: Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois member Ava “Sherlock” Cohn will present a free webinar called “Clued-I

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Jewish Records Indexing-Poland’s founder and executive director, Stanley Diamond, will present “JRI-Poland Update and More” for the Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, virtual meeting of the Jewish Genealogical So

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Adam Turner wrote: "Does anyone know anything about the people involved in the early history of Anshe Motele in Chicago? I am researching a KAPLAN family with at least two sons who were connected to t

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Stanley Diamond to present update on JRI-Poland on Jan. 24, 2021: Jewish Records Indexing-Poland’s founder and executive director, Stanley Diamond, will present “JRI-Poland Update and More” for the Su

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“Using FamilySearch for Jewish Research” is the topic of a webinar by expert genealogist W. Todd Knowles for the Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020, Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois virtual meeting. His liv

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The Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois has posted an updated and improved list of links to informative genealogy podcasts and webinars atop their website's homepage at: https://jgsi.org/ Just loo

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The recent post by Adam Cherson of class photos from Havana's Centro Israelita reminded me that I had this photo, which was taken in June 1942 of the going-away party for my mother, Chana Anita Levik,

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“Resources for Jewish Genealogy in Chicagoland—What’s New” will be the topic of a talk by genealogist Mike Karsen for the Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois virtual meeting

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Does anyone recognize the child in this old photo taken in Berlin? Martin Fischer

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Genealogist Deborah Long to speak on Holocaust research on Aug. 30 Deborah H. Long, founder of the Triangle Jewish Genealogical Society in Durham/Chapel Hill, N.C., will speak on “Out of the Whirlwind

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Ellen Kowitt, past president and current outreach chair of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado, will give two virtual lectures for the Sunday, July 26, 2020, Jewish Genealogical Society of Ill

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The community newspaper article linked below from Forest Park, Illinois, is not new, but I only became aware of it this week. It tells the story of an important leader of the largest Jewish cemetery i

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Morasha, the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois newsletter formerly edited by the late Peggy Morrow z"l and now edited by Dale Amdur, has won the first-place award for newsletters in the Internat

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The Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois meeting scheduled for Sunday, March 22, 2020, at Temple Beth-El in Northbrook, Illinois, has been canceled. The planned program, “When DNA or Documents Reve

Debbie Kroopkin, president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois, will speak on “Unique Aspects of Jewish Genealogy” at the Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, JGSI meeting. Her presentation will begin at

Yes, we do plan to contact the cemetery managers in the near future.