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Researching Jewish Families in America: Synagogue Records as a Genealogical Resource
Sunday, June 25
Researching Jewish Families in America: Synagogue Records as a Genealogical Resource  (Society Meetings)
1:30 pm
Zoom meeting, free for members of JGSGW. Nonmembers may register to attend for a fee of $5.
Join us for a primer on how to find synagogue records and what genealogical material they include. See examples and hear about JewishGen's new Shul Records America: the first-of-its-kind inventory of American synagogue records.
 
Finding synagogue records can be problematic and time consuming as there are errors in catalogs and a variety of ways materials are described. To make it easier, and in one place, JewishGen starts the search for you with Shul Records America. This new finding aid points to the location of American synagogue records. Launched in fall 2022 with over 500 collections held at 50 repositories or websites, about 20% include URLS for digitized materials. Not only a historical resource but important as modern-day synagogues merge or close, Shul Records America also encourages congregations to preserve records with genealogical value. See https://www.jewishgen.org/sra/ 
 
This one-hour program, conducted over Zoom, is free for members. This is one of the many activities that is a benefit of JGSGW membership. Instructions for joining the online meeting will be placed under Meeting Info & Links in the Members Only Files. (These files become visible on this website after members sign in.) Nonmembers may register to attend for a fee of $5.
 
Speaker: Ellen Kowitt is Director of JewishGen's USA Research Division and National Vice Chair of the DAR Jewish Specialty Research Team. She is past president of Jewish Genealogical Societies in Colorado and Greater Washington, DC, and she served for three years on the IAJGS board of directors. Ellen has published articles in Family Tree Magazine and Avotaynu: The International Journal on Jewish Genealogy. She has completed the ProGen Study Group, attends genealogy institute programs, and is a member of the Colorado Chapter Association of Professional Genealogists. For upcoming lecture dates or more information, visit www.EllenKowitt.com.


Sunday, July 16
Live Virtual Tour of The Sassoons exhibit at the Jewish Museum in NYC  (Society Meetings)
1:30 pm
Zoom Link will be posted on the Members Only page and sent to members and registrants.
The Sassoons reveals the fascinating story of a remarkable Jewish family, following four generations from Iraq to India, China, and England through a rich selection of works collected by family members over time. 
This event, in lieu of a formal JGSGW July Meeting, will be a live virtual tour through the Jewish Museum in NYC. 
The museum's live Educator will take questions from the chat during and after the one-hour tour. The exhibition highlights the Sassoon family’s pioneering role in trade, art collecting, architectural patronage, and civic engagement from the early 19th century through World War II through over 120 works—paintings, decorative arts, illuminated manuscripts, and Judaica—amassed by family members and borrowed from numerous private and public collections. Highlights include Hebrew manuscripts from as early as the 12th century, many lavishly decorated; Chinese art and ivory carvings; rare Jewish ceremonial art; Western masterpieces including paintings by Thomas Gainsborough, and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, and magnificent portraits by John Singer Sargent of various Sassoon family members. The Sassoons explores themes such as discrimination, diaspora, colonialism, global trade, and war that not only shaped the history of the family but continue to define our world today. 
 
This event is free to JGSGW Members.  Non-members may attend by registering at GUEST Event Registration on the left for a fee of $5 per person.
 
Suggested Reading:
The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire by Joseph Sassoon.
The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China by


JGSGW Member Panel Highlights from the IAJGS Conference
Sunday, August 20
JGSGW Member Panel Highlights from the IAJGS Conference  (Society Meetings)
1:30 pm
Zoom meeting, free for members of JGSGW. Nonmembers may register to attend for a fee of $5.
Members who have attended the London conference will discuss the experience.


Sunday, September 10
"Goodbye" -- Challenges Faced by Eastern European Emigrants  (Society Meetings)
1:30 pm
Zoom meeting, free for members of JGSGW. Nonmembers may register to attend for a fee of $5.
Emily Garber will discuss what it was like to make the long and perilous journey from home and across the sea.
This one-hour program, conducted over Zoom, is free for members. This is one of the many activities that is a benefit of JGSGW membership. Instructions for joining the online meeting will be placed under Meeting Info & Links in the Members Only Files. (These files become visible on this website after members sign in.) Nonmembers may register to attend for a fee of $5.
Check back later for more information.