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Polygamy in the Jewish and Western Tradition: Religion, Culture and Class 

Filed Under Academia, Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל, Mediterranean, Mizrachim, United States By Zev Kalifon on July 23, 2015

Why Are We So Hung Up On Polygamy? In the March 2015 elections in Israel, two Muslim polygamists were elected to the Knesset on the United Arab list. Numerous news outlets reported this fact and questioned whether it would be […]

“Sousa Mendes’s List” — The Search for Survivors

Filed Under Crowdsourcing, Europe - Northern, Holocaust, Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל By Olivia Mattis on May 9, 2015

The Sousa Mendes Foundation actively seeks families who received lifesaving visas from the Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes in the Spring of 1940. Sousa Mendes, stationed in Bordeaux, France, rescued thousands from the Holocaust by providing them visas to […]

12 Exciting Tours and Research Visits Prior To This Summer’s IAJGS conference in Jerusalem! by Garri Regev

Filed Under Collaboration, Conferences, Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל By Garri Regev on March 5, 2015

The organizers of this year’s conference in Israel of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies have announced a variety of exciting research and touring options for Sunday, July 5th, the day immediately preceding the 35th Annual IAJGS Conference on Jewish […]

From IIJG: Sephardi and Mizrahi Elite Families in Eretz Israel From 1800 to1948

Filed Under Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל, Mediterranean, Mizrachim By Ruth Kark and Joseph Glass on February 1, 2011

Introduction With the support of the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy and Paul Jacobi Center, we have completed two years of data collection, organization and analysis of material relating to two Sephardi elite families in Jaffa – the Chlouches and […]

The Six Lives of Gregory Meisler: Jew, Warrior, and Polish Patriot

Filed Under Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל, Polska By Valery Bazarov on December 1, 2009

The deeds of man, when unconfirmed by the voices of the witnesses or written documents, are bound to pass swiftly away and disappear from memory.                                       Prince Boleslaw V the Pious The history of the Holocaust is never ending. Every […]

Directories

Filed Under Deutschland, Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל, Methods, Polska, United States By Alex E. Friedlander on April 1, 2009

This section will discuss four categories of directories whose contents can be useful for genealogical research: city directories, telephone directories, biographical directories, and professional directories. All of these valuable reference sources can be found in the United States and internationally. […]

Gleanings from a Week in Israel

Filed Under Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל By Sallyann Sack-Pikus on October 1, 2008

     On the surface, Jerusalem seemed relatively calm the first week in December. It was unseasonably warm; flowers were blooming, and the rebuilding of the famous Hurva Synagogue in the Old City (destroyed by the Jordanians during the War […]

Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem, Israel

Filed Under Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל By Shalom Bronstein on April 1, 2008

Some medieval maps show the city of Jerusalem as the center of the world. Thanks to modern technology, this is becoming more and more of a reality when it comes to Jewish genealogical research. Many archival collections that have gathered […]

Search Bureau for Missing Relatives: Brief History and Current Status of Records

Filed Under Holocaust, Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל By Batya Unterschatz on April 1, 2008

As head of the Jewish Agency’s Search Bureau for Missing Relatives in Jerusalem for many years until my retirement in 1999, I have helped many Jewish genealogists locate family living in Israel and abroad. Since then, I have often have […]

Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem, Israel

Filed Under Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל By Shalom Bronstein on April 1, 2008

Some medieval maps show the city of Jerusalem as the center of the world. Thanks to modern technology, this is becoming more and more of a reality when it comes to Jewish genealogical research. Many archival collections that have gathered […]

Military Resources in Eretz Israel For the Genealogical Sleuth

Filed Under Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל By Rose Avigael Feldman on October 1, 2007

The following article is adapted from a talk given at the IAJGS conference in Salt Lake City, July 2007—Ed. For thousands of years, Eretz Israel has been the crossroads of invasions and an arena for wars, but documentation of individual […]

Israel Report, Spring 2007

Filed Under Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל By Sallyann Sack-Pikus on April 1, 2007

No traces of the Second Lebanese War were apparent in early March, neither down by the Port of Haifa, nor anywhere in the stunning vistas surrounding Tzippori, an archeological park in the lower Galilee. Tzippori is the place where Rabbi […]

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