THE FORGOTTEN EXODUS - AN AMERICAN REFUGE (University of Miami Exhibit)

Feb 28, 2020, 11:52 PM (15 hours ago)

 Report by Yoram Millman and Peter Tarjan

The Forgotten Exodus-An American Refuge - is a portrait of the last generation of Sephardi Jews born in North Africa, the Middle East and Iran.  JGSGM member - Professor Henry Green - is one of the curators of the exhibit.  The exhibit consists of stunning photographs taken by J. Thomas Lopez and video testimonies.  The Department of Art and Art History, the Department of Religious Studies and College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami are sponsors of this exhibit.

HOLOCAUST FILM ON NETFLIX AND AMAZON

The JEWISH News published an article about Holocaust films availabe on Netflix and Amazon.  Some available films are:

Defiance (2008)

Schindler's List (1993)

Denial (2016)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

The Resistance Banker (2018)

Operation Finale (2018)

Red Trees (2017)

The Pianist (2002)

To read the article click on the following link:

https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/ten-iconic-holocaust-films-to-watch-now-on-netflix-and-amazon/

Vatican Holocaust-era Archives

The JEWISH News published an article about the Vatican Shoah-era archives.  Holocaust researchers are now able to research the millions of records located in the archives.  To read the article click on the following link:

https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/vatican-thanked-by-jewish-leaders-for-opening-shoah-era-archives/



An interesting article about the release of the archives can be found at this Smithsonian Magazine link:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/vatican-will-unseal-archives-pius-xii-controversial-holocaust-era-pope-180971620/

Jews Who Fought in the Bomber Command

THE JEWISH NEWS featured an article about a London International Bomber Command archivist who has created a database of Jews who served in many air forces that supported the Bomber Command.  

You can read the article by clicking on this link:

https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/telling-the-stories-of-jews-who-fought-in-bomber-command/

Click on the link to view the web site:

https://www.thejewsofbombercommand.com/

MyHeritage Family Tree Fan View Announced on Blog

MyHeritage has announced a new feature - Family Tree Fan View - on it's blog.

A description and instructions for using the new feature can be found by clicking here:

https://blog.myheritage.com/2020/02/introducing-fan-view-for-family-trees/

ROOTS TECH FEBRUARY 26 - 29, 2020 LIVE STREAMING

The site provides links to Jewish genealogy in Argentina.  

Topics include:

Jewish Surnames

Learning Jewish Genealogy

Search for Jewish Surnames

Passenger Lists

Search for Immigration Records

Jewish Cemeteries burial records

Census of Jewish Colonies

Yiddish Given Names

Search for Buenos Aires Burial Records

Search for Jewish Obituaries

Ashkenazi/Sephardi families

Italian Jews in Argentina

Sephardic Marriages

The site also includes a list of ships which arrived in Buenos Aires.

Click this link to get to the site:

https://www.hebrewsurnames.com/

GERMAN-JEWISH RESEARCH LIBRARY - The Leo Baeck Institute

"The Leo Baeck Institute - New York / Berlin is a research library and archive focused on the history of German-speaking Jews.  It's extensive library, archival, and art collections comprise one of the most significant repositories of primary sourch material and scholarship on the centuries of Jewish life in Central Europe before the Holocaust."

Click this link to go to the site:

https://www.lbi.org/

JEWISH GENEALOGY IN ARGENTINA

The site provides links to Jewish genealogy in Argentina.  

Topics include:

Jewish Surnames

Learning Jewish Genealogy

Search for Jewish Surnames

Passenger Lists

Search for Immigration Records

Jewish Cemeteries burial records

Census of Jewish Colonies

Yiddish Given Names

Search for Buenos Aires Burial Records

Search for Jewish Obituaries

Ashkenazi/Sephardi families

Italian Jews in Argentina

Sephardic Marriages

The site also includes a list of ships which arrived in Buenos Aires.

Click this link to get to the site:

https://www.hebrewsurnames.com/

GOOGLE ALERT TO FIND ANCESTORS

Dick Eastman sponsers a free online genealogy newsletter.  It is sponsored by MyHeritage.com.

You can subscribe to "Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter - Standard Edition".

In his February 21, 2020 edition Dick reported on a post by Randy Majors about using Google Alert to find ancestors.  

To read Dick Eastman's article click this link:

https://blog.eogn.com/2020/02/21/ancestorsearch-alert-your-ancestor-is-long-gone-but-google-may-find-something-new-tomorrow/

To read the post by Randy Majors go to this link:

https://www.randymajors.com/p/ancestorsearch.html

Thank you to Jan Meisels Allen for including this in her IAJGS Leadership Digest.

New York City Police Department DNA Storage Rules Changed

As reported by Jan Meisels Allen in the IAJGS Leadership Digest the New York City Police Department is changing their DNA collection and storage rules.

Read the original article in the New York Times at the following link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/nyregion/dna-nypd-database.html

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Requests Artifacts From New York Holocaust Survivors

100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl SW

Washington, DC 20024

https://www.ushmm.org/

https://www.jta.org

As reported by Jan Meisels Allen in the IAJGS Leadership Digest the JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY reported about the request by the UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM for artifacts from New York Holocaust survivors.

Read about this at the JTA web site by clicking here:

https://www.jta.org/2020/02/21/united-states/the-us-holocaust-museum-asked-new-yorkers-for-their-family-artifacts-from-wwii-here-are-9-incredible-donations

If you wish to donate Holocaust artifacts to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum contact the curator at the following address: curator@ushmm.org

The article in the JTA was written by Josefin Dolsten. 

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREATER MIAMI - 31ST ANNIVERSARY WITH DANIEL HOROWITZ OF MY HERITAGE

 Left to right row one: Margarita Lacko (BRANCHES newsletter Editor), Ed Schwartz (Treasurer), Joan Parker (previous President JGSGM), Fran Waxman (past Membership Chair), Paulette Bronstein (President). Row two: Peter Tarjan (Secretary), Reuven Shefer (Webmaster), Larry Kohn (Branches newsletter committee), Yoram Millman (VP Programming), Robbin Smith (Board Member)

Daniel Horowitz - Genealogy Specialist of MyHeritage

HAL BOOKBINDER-"You've Got DNA Matches!" Article

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Subject: [IAJGS Leadership] "You've Got DNA Matches!"

Dear IAJGS Leaders,

"You've Got DNA Matches!" But, very few of those 1% or 2% DNA matches actually lead to anything. So, how much effort should you put into trying to make a connection? This month's article shares a way to efficiently but meaningfully reach out to these potential mishpucha.

All Practicing Safe Computing articles published to date are available in a single PDF that includes an index. This resource is accessible at https://tinyurl.com/SafeComputingArticles

We will continue to update this resource with monthly articles. Consider placing a link to it on your society's web site or otherwise sharing it with your members as an ongoing free resource, reminding them when new articles are available.

If you have any questions or suggestions for future articles, please contact me.

Hal

Hal Bookbinder
hal.bookbinder@ucla.edu
Los Angeles, CA

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German Parliament/German Jews Who Fled the Nazis

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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:35:16 -0800
Subject: [IAJGS Leadership] (Germany) The German Parliament Rejects Proposed Law that Would Have Guaranteed Naturalization for German Jews Who Fled the Nazis

The German Parliament, the Bundestag, rejected a proposed law that would have guaranteed naturalization for German Jews who fled the Nazis.  On January 30, "reparation in the German nationality law" was on the agenda of Germany's parliament. The move for this legislation resulted from over 6,000 applications in 2017 and 2018 under the existing Article 116 Constitution provision. That provision states” former German citizens who, between 30 January 1933 and 8 May 1945, were deprived of their citizenship on political, racial or religious grounds and their descendants shall, on application, have their citizenship restored.”  Because of the large number of declinations, Germany announced in two legal decrees that it would make naturalization easier for German Jews who fled the Nazis because of persecution, and for their descendants. As a result the legislation was introduced by the Article 116 Exclusions Group which represents more than 100 people, mostly of Jewish descent, who have had applications rejected or been told they are not eligible to apply.

The legislation failed because two political parties felt the decrees were sufficient: center-right Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union (CDU+CSU), and center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD).

I have no more information on this, or naturalization issues for former German Jews or their descendants. Please do not ask me any more as I only have what is in the news article below.

To read more see: 

https://eurojewcong.org/news/communities-news/germany/germany-rejects-proposed-law-to-naturalise-jews-who-fled-the-nazis/

Jan Meisels Allen

Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTATION CENTER-THE JEWS OF GREECE

RSVP to  education@hdec.org or call 954-929-5690 X 304 if you wish to attend this program.

Pre-Registration: General Admission $10 | Student Admission $5;

At the Door: General Admission $15 | Student Admission $10

Survivors, Liberators and their spouses admitted free of charge.

  

Payments can be made through:

• Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/HDECM

• Checks can be made payable to the Holocaust Documentation & Education Center, Inc. and can be mailed to: 303 N. Federal Hwy. Dania Beach, FL 33004.

• If you wish to pay by credit card over the phone please call (954) 929-5690 X 304 or X 306.

Please know, all attendees will also be welcome to tour the Israel: Then & Now exhibition after the program concludes.

MyHeritage Announcements

MyHeritage has added a colorization feature for subscribers, added millions of records and will be participating in a 24-hour geneaology marathon webinar.  For details go to the MyHeritage Blog by clicking on this link:https://blog.myheritage.com/

FAMILY HISTORY & DNA CONFERENCE JGSPBC (Jewish Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County)

https://jgspalmbeachcounty.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=febd3af8be6b40a18b07f1718&id=7b394b3ef8&e=558adae5ec

Northeast Dade - Aventura Branch Library: German Resistance During WWII Tuesday, February 18, 6 PM

DANIEL HOROWITZ MyHeritage Genealogist Expert Northeast Dade - Aventura Branch Library February 23 at 2:30 pm

 JGS of Greater Miami

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami

 Sunday February 23, 2020 at 2:30pm

Northeast Dade – Aventura Branch Library

 2930 NE 199^th Street, Aventura, FL 33180

Daniel Horowitz

My Heritage Genealogist Expert

Integrating DNA and Family History Research

at MyHeritage

Note – On the same day at 11:00 am Daniel Horowitz will be discussing Advance MyHeritage features at the Jewish Federation of Greater Miami 4200 Biscayne Blvd.

For more information on both events, please view our website www.jgs-miami.org or inquire JGSGM.vpprogramming@gmail.com

February 2020 marks our 31st anniversary.

Please support our society and our community events – renew your membership for the year 2020 or join us as new members (applications available at our website and at the time of the event).

DANIEL HOROWITZ MyHeritage Genealogist Expert February 23 at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation

 JGS of Greater Miami

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami

February 2020 is the 31^st anniversary of our society

Join our senior members for slicing of the cake

Sunday February 23, 2020 at 11:00 am

4200 Biscayne Blvd Miami, Florida **

Special guest joining us from Israel

Daniel Horowitz ­

My Heritage Genealogist Expert

Presenting

Advance MyHeritage Features

An advance review of the features and technologies on MyHeritage, the online family history service. Take full advantage of My Heritage’s unmatched technologies to help you find long-lost relatives.

Note - there will be a different presentation with Daniel Horowitz on the same day at the Northeast Dade Aventura Library – 2:30 pm

Please view our website www.jgs-miami.org

Admission Fees: Members - Free/Non-Members $5.00

** Entrance behind the building 3199 Federal Hwy

Please RSVP jgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com

JGSGM BRANCHES Newsletter Sent to Members

 

The latest issue of the JGSGM BRANCHES Newsletter was sent to all members today.  

Thank you to our editor (Margarita Lacko) for a wonderful newsletter.

Please consider sharing your story in our newsletter. 

Contact our editor at editor.jgsmiami@gmail.com 

IAJGS Leadership News from Jan Meisels Allen - Changing Market for Home DNA Testing

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Read about layoffs at 23andMe and Ancestry.com.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21126360/23andme-ancestry-layoffs-genetics-dna-market-privacy

Holocaust Documentation and Education Center

Beit Hatfutsot New Robot Tour Introduced by Temple Beth Am Sunday Salon and The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami and Temple Beth Am of Pinecrest Sunday Salon featured a live televised presentation and tour of the Museum of the Jewish People (Beit Hatfutsot) on Sunday, February 2nd.  Beit Hatfutsot launched a new robot tour that allows those who are unable to visit the Museum in person to experience a full guided tour from the comfort of their own homes.

Yoram Millman, Vice President of Programming of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami, introduced the Beit Hatfutsot program at Temple Beth Am's Sunday Salon.

(From IAJGS Leadership) Ancestry Announces a Reduction in the Company's Workforce

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Subject: [IAJGS Leadership] Ancestry Announces a Reduction in the Company's Workforce.

Ancestry’s president and CEO, Margo Georgiadis, announced a 6 percent reduction in the company’s workforce blaming a slowdown in consumer demand for the company’s DNA service over the past 18 months. Over sixteen million people have taken a DNA test with Ancestry and the statement says 30 million people worldwide have taken a NA test with some company, not only Ancestry.

Ancestry is not the only DNA company that has noticed a slowdown in consumer demand for DNA testing. Georgiadis said, “Future growth will require a continued focus on building consumer trust and innovative new offerings that deliver even greater value to people.” … “Future growth will require a continued focus on building consumer trust and innovative new offerings that deliver even greater value to people.”

To read the statement see:

https://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2020/02/05/our-path-forward/

Jan Meisels Allen

Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

(From IAJGS Leadership) AROLSEN ARCHIVES ADDS ONLINE TOOLS: New Information on Survivors of Nazi Persecution

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Subject: [IAJGS Leadership] Arolsen Archives Adds Online Tools: New Information on Survivors of Nazi Persecution

The Arolsen Archives has added an online tool to describe documents the e-Guide. The new part online focuses on documents about people who were looked after by the Allies as survivors of Nazi persecution during the period after 1945.The first part of the e-Guide supplied information on concentration camps.

Following the war the displaced persons (DP) were included with the survivors that aid organizations took care of from concentration camps and the liberated forced laborers.  The new part of the e-Guide deciphers numerical codes and other abbreviations for items the DP needed and recorded on their registration cards. The documents explained in the e-Guide make it possible to trace the paths taken by DPs, starting from the place where they first received support and continuing on through to their emigration.

The post-war file is now available on the e-Guide.  All the personal data within this card file is available online in early 2020, and provides additional explanatory information on the contents of the card file, which contains about 3.5 million documents.

To access the e-Guide to then/  Arolsen Archives see: 

https://eguide.arolsen-archives.org/en/

Samples of documents are available on this page as well.  It suggested to use the guide on PCs. While it can be used on smart phones not all the features will be available.

The third part of the e-Guide which will focus on Eastern and Western European forced laborers will be available at the end of 2020.

To read the press release see:

https://arolsen-archives.org/en/news/neues-wissen-ueber-die-ueberlebenden-der-ns-verfolgung/

This is available in English and German. See the dropdown box in the upper right hand corner.

The Arolsen Archives (its predecessor was the International Tracing Service -ITS)  are an international documentation center on Nazi persecution and the liberated survivors.  It preserves documents about concentration camp prisoners, foreign forced laborers and the postwar registration of Displaced Persons (DPs)

Jan Meisels Allen

Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee