Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain Blog

Our next Sunday meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a specialist talk on a MyHeritage theme by Zoom. • Date: Sunday 4 July 2021 • Time: 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 07:00 Salt Lake City • Title: "The latest updates on MyHeritage" • Speaker: Daniel Horowitz • Description: Check out the latest MyHeritage innovations to expand your research! Explore MyHeritage features that will enhance your family tree and make the most of your DNA results. Learn more about the Pedigree Tree, Pedigree Map™, Tree Consistency Checker, the Theory of Family Relativity™, AutoClusters, and many more. About Daniel Horowitz Dedicated to Genealogy since 1986, Daniel was the teacher and the study guide editor of the family history project "Searching for My Roots" in Venezuela for 15 years. He was a board member of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) for 10 years, now is involved in several ...

Our next weekday meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a specialist talk on a Sephardic theme by Zoom. • Date: Tuesday 22 June 2021 • Time: 19:30 London; 14:30 New York; 21:30 Jerusalem; 11:30 San Francisco • Title: Sephardic Jews - Their story via culinary traditions, customs, memories and connections • Speaker: Rebbetzen Ilana Epstein • Description: Ilana has collected many experiences over the last few decades, including qualifying as a French pastry chef. She is the founder and director of Ta’am, which is the crystallisation of over three decades of fascination, excitement and experimentation with Jewish food and makes food and food history vivid and alive. About Rebbetzen Ilana Epstein Ilana has collected many experiences over the last few decades, from interior designer to international educator, qualifying as a French pastry chef and working as a journalist for a number of publications. An educator with over 25 years’ experience...

From The Jewish History Association of South Wales: "The Jewish History Association of South Wales would like to take this opportunity to invite you to our summer series of online talks. We will be holding three separate talks throughout July, the first of which is being held on Friday 2nd July at 11am. 'Lionel Elton: The Life and Times of an Eccentric Welsh Jewish Atheist' Lionel was born in Grangetown, Cardiff in 1933. He will be talking about his ancestry which stretches back to Poland and Odessa, through to his family emigrating and what life was like growing up in Wales. Lionel is also a very accomplished musician and will be performing some pieces for us on the clarinet. - so grab a beverage and a biscuit and join us for your elevenses! Please register for Lionel’s talk at the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82934261708?pwd=NjI2QlU3QmUxSEp4bVB4L1doSlF2Zz09 All of our online events are completely free. At the end of each talk there will be a Q&...

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a General Workshop session, covering all regions, by Zoom. • Date 20 June 2021 • Time 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 07:00 Salt Lake City • 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 raymondtax2@gmail.com 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 invitati...

CARPETS, TEXTILES and KISS-ME-QUICK HATS: THE SEPHARDIM OF YORKSHIRE WITH NIGEL GRIZZARD TUESDAY 15 JUNE   7:30 pm UK / 11:30 am PT/ 2:30 pm ET/ 8:30 pm Europe/ 9:30 pm Israel   Leeds-based Nigel Grizzard, Yorkshire’s Jewish Heritage and Tour Guide, has been delving into the Sephardi history of England’s largest county: the Turkish merchants who established a Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue in Leeds, the Sephardi Rabbanim who still serve in Yorkshire, the deportation of Leeds Sephardi Jews on the infamous ship the Dunera to Australia during WW2, the exodus from Egypt in 1956 and the housing of Jewish refugees in Horsforth, the settlement of four generations of Baghdadi Jews in the seaside town of Scarborough – and much more!  Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 89258521233?pwd= TFV2UUkwZTE2cDAxSzl2M2MvbXR3UT 09 Meeting ID: 892 5852 1233 Passcode: Leeds   Please note that no registration is required but for security reasons, only partic...

From Jewish Renaissance: BLACK BRITISH JEWISH LIVES "In an attempt to tackle the wide-spread assumption that all Jews are essentially white and European, we're launching our virtual seven-part series with Lyons Learning this Sunday 13 June. For the first discussion we welcome Marie van der Zyl, president of the Board of Deputies, and journalist Stephen Bush to talk on the topic of Black British Jewish Lives: The Bush Report . Marie is also an accomplished employment lawyer, played a crucial role in the fight against antisemitism in the Labour Party and was voted '40th most influential Jew' by The Jerusalem Post in 2018, the same year she was appointed president of the Board. Stephen led the Board’s 10-month investigation on racial inclusivity in the Jewish community. "I hope my report will enhance communal life for black Jews, Jews of colour and Sephardi, Mizrahi and Yemenite Jews," he said of his findings. Find out more on Sunday night when the pa...

The JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme has, this coming Sunday, our annual Members’ Social Meeting by Zoom on a DNA theme by Vice President Michael Tobias OBE. • Date: Sunday 13 June 2021 • Time: 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 07:00 Salt Lake City • Title: The Woolf Pack - a DNA case study • Speaker: Michael Tobias OBE • Description: During the Covid19 pandemic in the UK Michael was approached by several people whose recent DNA tests had revealed Jewish ancestry (typically an unknown Jewish birth father). This talk will cover one such case and will provide an overview of the steps taken in under 2 weeks to construct a family tree of over 800 individuals including over 40 DNA matches and identifying the Jewish birth father. At the end of the talk, questions will be answered and listener opinions will be welcomed. After a 15-minute tea break we will return for a fun exploration of Zoom rooms where we will delight you with some topics o...

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a German Special Interest Group Meeting by Zoom. • Date Sunday 6 Jun 2021 • Time 14:00 London • 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 2021 the future meeting dates are Sundays 5 September and 5 December. Please add them to your forward calendar. Jeanette R Rosenberg OBE Convenor of German SIG The i...