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IGRA Upcoming Free Webinar and Zoom Meeting #events
Elena Bazes
The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) will be broadcasting
a free webinar and a “Show and Tell’ free Zoom meeting next week. The Zoom “Show and Tell” meeting in English will be broadcast on May 4th at 9pm Israel Time, 2 pm (EDT). The topic is “Reuniting Sisters”. Nitai Elboim will describe the use of clues, MyHeritage technology and logic culminating in the reunion of sisters after 70 years. There is no need to register in advance. The meeting will be open to those who connect to ZOOM with the following link and meeting code. https://us04web.zoom.us/j/73433251958 Meeting ID: 734 3325 1958 “Using the JDC Archives Website and Online Databases for Family Research”, a webinar in English, will be broadcast on Thursday, May 7th at 7 pm Israel Time, 12 pm (EDT). The lecturer will be Jeffrey Edelstein. The JDC Archives online database includes material of great interest to Jewish genealogists. This webinar will present the lists, index cards, and other documents that have been indexed, with an emphasis on material from the Shoah era, and will introduce both basic and more advanced Names Index search options. Jeff Edelstein is the digital initiatives manager at the JDC Archives, where his responsibilities include management of the collections database and website, the digitization of text collections, and the JDC Archives Names Indexing Project. Prior to his arrival at JDC in 2013, he had a long career in academic reference publishing, culminating as project director of The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. He has presented on digital resources of the JDC Archives at numerous conferences and workshops, including IAJGS, the Association of Jewish Libraries, the Association of Jewish Studies, EVA Minerva, and the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI). Publications include articles in Jewish Culture and History, Metropolitan Archivist, and the Journal of Modern Jewish Studies. Edelstein holds a BA from Amherst College, an MA from Columbia University, and an MS in Library and Information Science from the Pratt Institute. Registration in advance is required. There are a limited number of seats available. Entrance will be according to those arriving first. Reminders will be sent out closer to the date of the webinar. To register go to the link below. https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3296815653008839692 Elena Biegel Bazes IGRA Publicity Chair
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To register I’m asked for 9 digit code? Where do I find that?
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On Apr 29, 2020, at 5:47 AM, Elena Bazes <elena@...> wrote:
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