Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain Blog

There is no meeting on Sun 10 th July, so here is early warning of a future Sunday meeting in the JGSGB Programme - an outside visit in person! Date: Sunday July 24 th 2022  Time: 14:00 London  Venue: Sandy’s Row Synagogue   Address: 4A Sandy's Row, London E1 7HW  How to get there: Sandy’s Row is a short walk from Liverpool Street station or Aldgate  Description: Sandy's Row Synagogue is a historic Grade II listed synagogue and former Christian church in the East End of London. Built by refugee French Huguenots in 1766, it was later converted into a Baptist chapel and in 1867 was acquired by a Jewish congregation. It is the oldest surviving Ashkenazi synagogue in London.      After touring the synagogue there will be a short Jewish East End tour involving about a one mile walk.    Essential  (1) RSVP to Anita Benson at anita.benson@virgin.net     (2) Bring enough cash or a credit card to buy a ticket. £5.50 ...

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a General Workshop session, covering all regions, by Zoom. • Date: Sunday June 26th 2022 • Time: 14:00 London; 15:00 Amsterdam 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; • Title: “BWBU: The JGSGB Brick Walls and Brush Up Workshop” • Description: Mentors will be on hand to assist you overcome the ‘Brick Walls’- this is where you feel that you can’t go any further with your researches … but with a little help from experts and fellow Members, possibly can - plus the much needed ‘Brush Up’ - for those who may have lapsed in recent times and are seeking that extra boost to get going again. We hope to point one and all in the right direction. If you have any specific questions please send a brief summary to Raymond Montanjees at programme@jgsgb.org.uk and he will brief the relevant expert before the meeting. But it is fine to just turn up on the day and we will answer with the best advice we can muster. The invitation to registe...

Our next Sunday meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is from the JGSGB Dutch & Sephardi Special Interest Group (D&S SIG) by Zoom.   Date: Sunday June 19 th 2022   Time 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 07:00 Salt Lake City   Title: “ The Etty Hillesum Research Centre”   Speaker: Lotte Bergen   Description: The Etty Hillesum Research Center (EHOC) was founded in 2006 by Professor Dr. Klaas Smelik and his collaborators at the time, all working at the University of Ghent. The aim of the EHOC was to promote scientific research into the writings and person of Etty Hillesum. One of the objectives was the publication of a periodical. This is where the results of this research could find a place. The yearbook was named Etty Hillesum Studies.   In Etty’s birthplace at Molenwater 77, Middelburg we will realize The Etty Hillesum House, an institute for education, science, art and culture. Various activities will ...

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a German Special Interest Group Meeting by Zoom. Date: Sun June 12 th 2022   Time: 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 15:00 Germany   Title: “New developments and recent discoveries in German-Jewish Genealogy” Speaker: Jeanette Rosenberg OBE     Description: We will discuss new developments and recent discoveries in German-Jewish genealogy. As ever, the presentation from the meeting will be made available after the meeting. If you have questions about your research that you would have asked in person at the meeting, you will still be able to ask them, but for this meeting, you will need to email them in advance to jeanette.r.rosenberg@googlemail.com and hopefully either I or others attending our virtual meeting will be able to help you and answer them. For 2022 the future meeting dates are Sundays 4 September and 4 December. Please add them to your forward calendar. Jeanette R Rosenb...

There is no JGSGB meeting next Sunday due to Shevuot, but an upcoming special meeting in about a month in the JGSGB Programme is a joint meeting between the JGSGB and the Jewish Historical Society of England (JHSE) by Zoom and in person at the Jewish Museum, Camden, London.   Here are the details: • Date: Sunday July 3rd 2022 • Time: 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 15:00 Switzerland • Title: “Just Passing Through: Interactions With the World, 1938-2021” • Speaker: Daniel Snowman • Venue: Zoom details below, and/or in-person at the Jewish Museum London, Albert Street, London, NW1 7NB • Essential: To attend in person please email programme@jgsgb.org.uk to avoid paying Museum entrance. • Description: We will celebrate a book that is as much an autobiography as a history of Britain, and of English Jews: Just Passing Through: Interactions with the World, 1938–2021 . In the book, historian Daniel Snowman writes of a Jewish child's memories of the War, gives c...

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a Leeds Regional Group Meeting by Zoom. Date: Sunday May 29th 2022 Time 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 15:00 Switzerland Title: “Mamaliga Blues - a Brazilian man's J-Family search in Moldova” Speaker: Cassio Tolpolar Description: This is an award winning & interesting film "Mamaliga Blues" & the director Cassio Tolpolar is from Brazil; he travelled with his family to find his Jewish roots in Moldova. The film is in English and English subtitles.(Yiddish/Portuguese) Following the showing will be Q&A after the talk. About Cassio Tolpolar     Cassio Tolpolar was born in the south of Brazil. Cassio’s debut as a director and writer, the short Venus , was screened in a number of film festivals around the world and won several awards, including Best Director and Best Cinematography. It led him to direct for television and, ultimately, to move to the US and complete the MFA in Film at the San F...