Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain Blog

Now that the Jewish festivals of Sukkot and Simchat Torah are behind us, we can move back to our regular meeting time of Sunday at 2pm (UK time) for the rest of October and November. Soon the clocks will be changing and I hope we do not lose too many of our International members with the change as not everyone changes their clocks at the same time or even at all. All meeting times will be shown in UK time using the Gregorian rather than the Julian calendar… Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is from the JGSGB Dutch and Sephardi Special Interest Group (D&S SIG) by Zoom. Date: Sunday Oct 18th 2020 Time: 14:00 London Title: “The House of Rothschild in Italy and the Jewish Community of Naples” Speaker: Marco Soria Description: The history of the Jewish Community in Naples is quite varied, and one should consider the context in which it developed. Indeed, Jews lived in Naples and in all of Southern Italy continuously up to the beginning of the 16th century. Trac...

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is from the JGSGB Dutch & Sephardi Special Interest Group (D&S SIG) by Zoom. • Date July 12th 2020 • Time 14:00 London • Title: Cousins, three per crate • Speaker: Bernard Miller • Description: When Bernard Miller volunteered to be a guide at the Anne Frank exhibition last year, he knew that he was related to her in various ways. What he didn’t suspect was that researching facts and people would lead him to a whole series of family discoveries, some incredibly sad, some really heartwarming. They included one shared Dutch relative who was kept in hiding by a farming family and, like Anne, kept extensive diaries. Unlike Anne, he survived the war and even wrote a novel about his experiences. Discovering him led to a fascinating group of gay Dutch resistance fighters, many of whom were blood relatives. And when he was asked to give a talk about some of them, a chance comment led to a Swedish diplomat less well known than R...

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Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is from the JGSGB Dutch & Sephardi Special Interest Group (D&S SIG) by Zoom. Date: June 21 st 2020 Time: 14:00 London Title: "Where are the Grown-Ups?" Speaker: Ruth Badley Description: How Ruth uncovered details about the death of her maternal grandmother. After the talk, there will be an opportunity for Q&A on the talk. Please email chairman@jgsgb.org.uk if you’d like to join, so that we get an idea of numbers. The invitation is below, but please keep it to yourself!   ============================== ============================== == Leigh Dworkin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.   Topic: D&S SIG: "Where are the Grown-Ups?" by Ruth Badley Time: Jun 21, 2020 02:00 PM London   Join Zoom Meeting (this link should be all you need) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 86243784084?pwd= cC9wbU95MkJqRGdNVVhYY1hleEFWZz 09   Meeting ID: 862 4378 4084 Pa...