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JGSGB eNews
May 2016

JGSGB PROGRAMS

Polish Books of Residents and Other Valuable Polish Resources

Speakers: Julian and Fay Bussgang
May 1, 2:00-4:00 pm, Goodnow Library, Sudbury
Parking available at the library and at Salem Five Bank next door.
More info

Galician Portraits: Jews, Gentiles and Emperors

Speaker: Andrew Zalewski
May 15, 1:30-3:30 pm, Temple Emanuel, Newton
Special Interest Groups will meet.
More info
 

Liven Up Your Family History With Images

Speaker:  Mike Karsen
June 5,1:30 pm-3:30 pm, Cong. Beth El-Atereth Israel, Newton

Special feature: A one-day exhibit of family histories written by JGSGB members will accompany the lecture. Bring your book, pamphlet, scrapbook or report to the program by 12:30 pm to be included.

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PROGRAMS ELSEWHERE

Square Pegs into Round Holes: Creating Moscow’s New Museum of Jewish History

Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Dekel-Chen, Professor of History, Hebrew University & University of Columbia
May 3, 4:15-6:00 pm
Harvard University, Center for European Studies
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Jewish Film 2016: National Center for Jewish Film’s Annual Film Festival

May 4 – 22, various locations
JGSGB is sponsoring the film The Kind Words (May 15, 7:30 pm, West Newton Cinema)
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Poland: Uncovering the Past and Revealing the Future

Speakers: Glenn Kurtz and Leora Tec
May 9, 7:30 pm, $18
Hebrew College, Newton
More info

Tracking Ancestors Using Local Resources – Yours and Theirs

May 16, 7:00-8:30 pm (limited space; registration required)
Newton Free Library, Newton
More info

Saturday Evening Girls: Jewish and Italian Immigrant Artists and Scholars of Early 1900s Boston

May 18, 6:00-7:30 pm
New England Historical Genealogical Society, Boston
More info

COURSES, WEBINARS & VIDEOS

Discovering Ashkenaz: Jewish Life in Eastern Europe

with Prof. Samuel Kassow
YIVO online course, available through August
More info

United States Holocaust Museum’s Electronic Resources

May 1, 12-1 pm
Israel Genealogy Research Association webinar, register in advance
More info

Getting the Most from Genetic Testing (for Ashkenazi Jews)

May 22, 12-1 pm
Israel Genealogy Research Association webinar, register in advance
More info

Basic 3 – Let’s Get Organized

JewishGen online course, $18
April 30 – May 14
More info

Basic 4 – Explore the New Belarus SIG Website

JewishGen online course, $18
May 15 – May 29
More info

CONFERENCES

IAJGS International Conference

August 7-12,  Seattle, WA
Get the lowest fees during Early Registration, which runs through April 30.
More info

JGSGB NEWS

We’re looking for volunteers to help take photographs and transcribe headstones in local cemeteries. Contact cemetery [at] jgsgb.org

Please send items for the next newsletter by May 15 to newsletter [at] jgsgb.org

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