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Introducing GAIA, MyHeritage’s new AI research agent Project Zikaron website is now open to the public Genealogy Assistant: Find the surnames and ancestors your DNA matches share Fold3: Free Access for Veterans Day (Wednesday, November 11th) The Daily Ancestor: Read the records your ancestors left behind Fall Release – IGRA’s October 2026 Release Young Jews aren’t disengaging; they’re finding Jewish meaning in different ways than their parents and grandparents did Has Biblical Sodom Finally Been Found? The Oldest Property Deed in the Bible: What Archaeology Reveals About the Cave of the Patriarchs Remembering Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass Saadiah Gaon, Rashi and Maimonides: How Three Rabbis Revolutionized Judaism Ethiopian Jewish heritage takes center stage ahead of Sigd festival From purple dyes to olive oil: Ancient factory made every season count; study finds The race to capture the last images of the Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan The History of Ashkenazi Cuisine ‘Gold’ exhibition opens at Tower of David ahead of Jerusalem reunification anniversary U.S. high school student discovers 3,300-year-old amulet in Israel 26 Great Yiddish Words, Expressions, Phrases & Sayings The Story of the Gay Jewish Socialist Who Saved 10,000 Jews During World War II New York’s 4 Most Famous Jewish Gangsters French court orders return of Nazi-looted Pissarro painting to Jewish collector’s heirs

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New: Confirm Known Relationships with DNA Matches on MyHeritage New Genealogy Website To Try: Find your ancestors in the open archives of the world Ancestry Just Launched a New Community Site—Here's a Tour Fold 3 Update Family Search New Free Historical Records from 26 Countries How Columbus brought America its first Jew Buried, forgotten, demolished: Archaeologist searches for New York City’s lost mikvehs Sweet home Alabama: An unlikely Jewish story of the Deep South Medieval Joel ben Simeon sefarim for sale in £12m Judaica auction Israel returns 22 artifacts as Greece pushes to bring antiquities home This town in the Alps rescued Jews from the Nazis Yohanan Ben Zakkai Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi Rebecca Gratz: The Woman Who Protected America's Jewish Children from Christian Missionaries Why Evangelical Christians are hell-bent on finding Noah’s Ark History and Development of Shabbat On Columbus Day, remember Abraham Zacuto, the Jewish astronomer history forgot A major Jewish museum hopes to join the Smithsonian – at a difficult moment for the storied institution The Venice, Italy Jewish Museum is reopening after a full-scale, multi-million-euro revamp and expansion that kept it closed for six years The synagogue in Seini, Romania is reopening after its full-scale restoration Sephardic Cuisine These legendary magicians made their Jewish identities — poof! — disappear Tzitzit, the Fringes on the Prayer Shawl. Fringes for four-cornered garments Kandinsky painting, restituted to Jewish family after Nazi looting, sells for over $42 million Nine Stunning Jewish Facts About Marilyn Monroe

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This Jewish heritage news digest is this week’s NewsNosh (The Weekly News Nosh) from L’Dor V’Dor Foundation—a curated set of links for anyone interested in Jewish family history, Jewish history, and Jewish heritage. This week’s NewsNosh Jewish heritage news digest includes DNA matches, new historical records, Jewish museums, Sephardic cuisine, and more.

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About The Weekly News Nosh The Weekly News Nosh (NewsNosh) is the L’Dor V’Dor Foundation’s weekly Jewish heritage news digest—a curated set of links for anyone interested in Jewish family history, Jewish history, and Jewish heritage. NewsNosh is published on Sundays and shared on our website and social media platforms. “A Family Without The Understanding Of Their Past History, Foundation And Ethnicity Is Like A Tree Without Roots.” Subscribe to receive NewsNosh every Sunday, directly in your inbox. Browse past issues of our Jewish heritage news digest in the NewsNosh archive. CLICK HERE TO READ THE WEEKLY NEWS NOSH Jewish Heritage · Jewish History · Jewish Family History Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Headlines September 27, 2026

NARA quietly expands two databases of its most valuable immigration collections to 2.5 million files Relatives from South Africa? Register for RootsTech 2027 Two Newly Identified Y-Chromosome Lineages with likely Silk Road origins in Kurdish and Bukharan Jewry OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Cracked a Nazi Enigma Message in 10 Hours How to Find a Yahrzeit Date Thailand’s Jewish story He was a hidden child during WWII. The French town that saved him lost his painting and rediscovered a chapter of its history The Indian Jewish general who shaped the birth of Bangladesh Israel’s Biblical Museum displays elephant sukkah The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art: 5,000 Years of Jewish Art & History A new chapter for the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre An Amateur Film Reel from Camp Boiberik Nobody can tell me how many animals die for a shtreimel First-ever Hanukkah Barbie sparks both outrage and excitement with ‘beautiful’ big nose: ‘She deserved better.’ ‘The Jazz Singer’: How the world’s first ‘talkie’ could not be more Jewy The Trailer for Season 3 of Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ Features Conversion Class Led by Sarah Silverman

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In Observance of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement… Far from the Holy of Holies: How did ancient Jews observe Yom Kippur 2,000 years ago? Israel unveils National Archaeological Database with some 4 million records Finding Family History in School Records ‘A Call to Courage’: Czech parliament to pay historic tribute to 129 ‘Righteous Among the Nations.’ Exhibit at NY Holocaust museum shows how Jews tried to ‘speak through history’ by hiding items in death camps This Filter Makes DNA Matches Easier to Place FindAGrave: Search Genealogy Websites Jewish geneticist finds mutation behind sudden deaths that haunted her family for decades How to Greet Someone on Yom Kippur One Woman’s Yom Kippur Sermon During the Holocaust Kol Nidrei Kapparot, Swinging a Chicken Over One’s Head 2,000-year-old Jewish ritual bath uncovered intact in southern Israel Follow up to above story: 25-ton Second Temple-era mikveh lifted from ground intact during Kiryat Gat construction ‘We are home again’: Vienna’s Jewish community welcomes renovation of 200-year-old synagogue ‘Long overdue’: Henry Ford home to confront his antisemitism LA Federation sues museum for custody of looted paintings once hoarded by Hermann Göring How synagogues and Southern Jews came to mourn Robert E. Lee The Founder of the Women’s Pro Baseball League Is an Inspiring Jewish Woman Jewish sleepaway camp made them comedians, so they made a movie about it ‘The Housewife’ Review: Naomi Watts Is Chilling In Disturbing Post-Holocaust Drama With A Surprising Twist Elstree Studios in the UK: 100 years in the making

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### About The Weekly News Nosh The Weekly News Nosh (NewsNosh) is the L’Dor V’Dor Foundation’s weekly Jewish heritage news digest—a curated set of links for anyone interested in Jewish family history, Jewish history, and Jewish heritage. NewsNosh is published on Sundays and shared on our website and social media platforms. “A Family Without The Understanding Of Their Past History, Foundation And Ethnicity Is Like A Tree Without Roots.” Subscribe to receive NewsNosh every Sunday, directly in your inbox. Browse past issues of our Jewish heritage news digest in the NewsNosh archive. A Happy, Healthy, and Sweet New Year to All... Phil Goldfarb

JewishGen’ s Memorials & Plaques Database Grows to 368,000 Records New update to the LitvakSIG All Lithuania Database Important new resource: A Living Story Across Europe – Handbook on Jewish Heritage, developed by the AEPJ and published by the European Commission Family Search: New Free Historical Records from 31 Countries | September 2026 Update All 24 volumes of the important journal Jewish Art, formerly the Journal of Jewish Art, have been digitalized and made freely available for download Sotheby’s selling one of ‘most significant’ manuscripts by renowned Jewish medieval artist Joel ben Simeon that have not been seen in 100 years Must-Know Rosh Hashanah Words and Phrases How the Yiddish project took root in the U.S. after the Holocaust How a new tool in Lithuania helps people read letters from their Jewish ancestors He went to a different Manhattan synagogue every week. Here’s what it taught him Western Wall Foundation completes pre-holiday removal of prayer notes from holy site How did ancient Israelites make wine? Over 20,000 olim made Aliyah to Israel from 100 countries in past year, data shows In Taiwan, a new cemetery marks rebirth of Jewish life Argentine court orders return of Nazi-looted painting found via a real estate ad German general honored for helping restore identities of fallen Jewish soldiers Switzerland releases 200-page intelligence dossier on Nazi ‘Angel of Death’ Mengele In a San Francisco garage, this 84-year-old keeps the art of shofar making alive Gal Gadot Blows a Shofar on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live.’ A Recipe for Remembering – How Jewish Cookbooks Preserve Family Stories The Jewish Roots of Rummikub Carnegie Deli Opened 89 Years Ago. 10 Years After Closing Its Doors, It’s Returning to N.Y.C Paws for reflection: early Rosh Hashanah service for pet dog’s delights congregants.