Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston December 2014 Newsletter
JGSGB Programs:
Jews in Focus: Film Clips from Eastern & Central Europe Between the Wars
Presented by Sharon Pucker Rivo, Executive Director, National Center for Jewish Film
Plus: Spotlight Talk by Leora Tec on I’m Not Polish: My Discovery of Identity
4:00 meet with the new Belarus Special Interest Group (SIG)
Other Events:
Limmud Boston: A Day-Long Conference of Jewish Learning JGSGB member Marilyn Okonow will present an Introduction to Jewish Genealogy at 10:15 am. Visit us at the JGSGB booth. December 7 at Congregation Mishkan Tefila, Chestnut Hill, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm $36 advance, $54 at door More info
The Legacy of Jan Karski Meeting of American Association of Polish-Jewish Studies Speakers: Prof. Richard Pipes, filmmaker Waldemar Piasecki, Prof. Michal Szporer December 7 at Harvard Hillel, 2:00 pm Soviet Jewry: Then and Now Panel discussion on recent history and current situation of Russian Jews, with JGSGB-member Alan Shuchat speaking on “Connecting to Your Jewish Past” (via genealogy) December 9 at Newton Free Library, 7:00 pm More info
Courses:
JGSGB 8-Week Course: Foundations of Jewish Genealogical Research A comprehensive introductory course on how to research your Jewish family history Starts February 18, meets eight Wednesday evenings at Hebrew College, 7-9 pm, $250. Registration is open - Enroll More info
Boston University Online Courses in Genealogical Research Genealogical Essentials - for genealogy enthusiasts, 4 weeks, $775. Certificate in Genealogical Research, rigorous 15 week course, $2,695. Webinar with program information December 2, 12 - 1 pm. More info Courses begin January 20; Enrollment deadline December 18. More info
JewishGen Online Courses Beginning Jewish Genealogy in the U.S., January 16 - February 10, $100 Advanced JewishGen, January 1 - 30, $100 Basic 1-Search Strategies on JewishGen, January 2 - 16, $18 More info_____________________________________________________
Membership renewals for 2015 are now underway. Please respond to our email invitation to rejoin and spare our volunteers the work of sending you a letter by regular post. If you have an item for the next newsletter, please submit it by December 15 to newsletter [at] jgsgb.org
Happy Chanukah!
Heidi Urich President, JGSGB
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