The Cercle de Généalogie Juive is pleased to invite you November 19 and 20, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Genealo-J Days.to be held at Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme, 71 rue du Temple – Paris
EXHIBITION
November 19 and 20: In the “Salle Contemporaine” – Free admission*
This exhibition is the first event dedicated to the work of the Cercle de Généalogie Juive since its creation.
Thirty three unpublished large panels retrace the family journeys of men and women of all origins, and a looping projection of our teams in the field, will make you discover the wide range of research topics of our Cercle.
In all, more than three hundred documents, objects, clothing, photos, reproductions of paintings, artifacts and ketoubbot from personal collections or loaned by the MAHJ will be exhibited.
Experts in various geographical area will be present to help you and specialists will explain how our databases work.
All the books edited by the CGJ will be sold at the exhibition and at the MAHJ bookstore.
* The visit of our exhibition entitles you to free admission to the permanent exhibitions of the museum
CONFERENCES
November 20 in the MAHJ auditorium
Morning session, organized by the CGJ
10h15 – 10h30 : Presentation by Alain Nedjar, organizer of the event
10h30 – 11h30 : Genetic genealogy
Introduction of the speakers by Claire Weill
Genetic diversity and ancestral origin of Moroccan Jews
Raquel Levy-Toledano, MD, PhD, founding president of the NAJMA Association, co-administrator of AvotaynuDNA
Conference followed by a round table
Moderator: Raquel Levy-Toledano
Patrick Atlas, MD, and Adam Brown, Administrator of AvotaynuDNA – The Genetic Census of the Jewish People
11:30 – 12:30: An example of a family life course
Moderator : Alain Nedjar
Tunisian-Livornese genealogy, Serge Moati, or “time found”
Gilles Boulu, radiologist and Serge Moati, director, producer, writer
Afternoon program, organized by the MAHJ
In partnership with the Cercle de Généalogie Juive
(Entrance fee 6€, on reservation)
The contributions of genealogy to history| Museum of Art and History of Judaism (mahj.org)
Contributions of Genealogy to History
Session coordinated by Max Polonovski.
If genealogy has become considerably popular in recent years thanks to the Internet, it occupies a special place in the Jewish tradition. Biblical genealogies have been replaced over the centuries by rabbinic lineages, encouraging social and religious endogamy.
Considered as ancillary science of history, genealogy, onomastics and now genetics constitute for historians valuable sources on Jewish history, from the Middle Ages to the present day, allowing to study families, kinships and marriage strategies.
14:30 – 14:45: Introduction by Max Polonovski, President of the CGJ
14h45 – 15h05 : Provençal Judaism at the end of the Middle Ages: genealogies and prosopography
Danièle Iancu-Agou, PhD in medieval history
15:05 – 15:25: Reconstructing trajectories, between migration and persecution. Contributions and limitations of nominative approaches. The Lubartworld project
Claire Zalc, Research Director at CNRS, Director of Studies at the EHESS
15h25 – 15h40 : Exchanges with the audience
15:40 – 16:00: Space and kinship; The Alliances of Jewish Banking Dynasties in Western Europe, 1790-1940
Cyril Grange, Research Director at CNRS, Roland Mousnier Center and Nicolas Todd, CNRS Research Fellow, Roland Mousnier Center
16:00 – 16:20: An atlas for the history of the family and Jewish populations of the Italian peninsula (fifteenth – nineteenth century)
Michaël Gasperoni, CNRS researcher, Roland Mousnier Center
16:20 – 16:40: Onomastics: a major tool for tracing Jewish migrations
Alexander Beider, linguist, specialist in Jewish surnames
16h40 – 17h00 : Exchanges with the audience
