On November 16, 1707, 18-year-old Jakob stood in front of a three-member beit din (rabbinical court) to testify about an unfortunate joke that he had made four years earlier. On the first day of Sukkot in 1703, Jakob, the son […]
Finding Immigrant Ancestors in Historical Newspapers
The following article has been adapted and updated from a presentation given at the IAJGS conference in New York City in August 2006— Ed. Jewish genealogists tracking ancestors who emigrated to the United States generally are amazed to discover how […]
IAJGS 2007 Salt Lake City, Here We Come!
Jewish genealogists from around the world will be heading to Salt Lake City, Utah, to attend the 27th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy from July 15–20, 2007. Co-chairs Hal Bookbinder (Los Angeles, California) and Michael Brenner (Las Vegas, Nevada) […]
Some Issues in Ashkenazic Name Searches
During the symposium that inaugurated the International Institute of Jewish Genealogy in September 2006 in Jerusalem, one lecture particularly attracted my attention, that given by Professor H. Daniel Wagner of the Weizmann Institute of Science. During his presentation, Wagner enumerated […]
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