FROM MYHERITAGE:

"We’re happy to introduce Deep Nostalgia™, a groundbreaking new photo feature on MyHeritage that allows you to animate the faces of your loved ones in still photos. This new addition to our suite of photo tools produces a realistic depiction of how a person from an old photo could have moved and looked if they were captured on video."

To view this amazing new feature please go to the MyHeritage blog by clicking here:

https://blog.myheritage.com/

New: Animate the Faces in Your Family Photos 

Upload your DNA Data to MyHeritage and Get FREE Access to All DNA Features-Limited-time Offer!

 Upload your DNA Data to MyHeritage and Get FREE Access to All DNA Features — Limited-time Offer!

•  By Esther · 
• February 21, 2021
•  · DNA, MyHeritage News

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Christmas came just a tad early for MyHeritage DNA users when we finally released a long-awaited enhancement to our DNA ethnicity results: Genetic Groups. This feature significantly increases the resolution of MyHeritage DNA’s ethnicity breakdown to 2,114 geographic regions. Our users have been raving about it ever since.

But many folks who have tested their DNA with other services, such as 23andMe, Ancestry, or FamilyTree DNA Family Finder, were unable to join the fun.

MyHeritage allows you to upload your DNA data from other providers and get DNA Matches for free, but a one-time unlock fee of $29 (or a Complete plan with MyHeritage) has been required to access the advanced DNA features — and that includes the Ethnicity Estimate and the new Genetic Groups.

Well, we don’t want you to feel left out just because you tested with another service! For a limited time only, between February 21–28, 2021, we are waiving the unlock fee. You can now upload your DNA data to MyHeritage and get access to your Ethnicity Estimate, Genetic Groups, and other advanced DNA tools such as the Chromosome Browser, AutoClusters, and Theory of Family Relativity™ — absolutely free! These features will remain free forever for the DNA kits you upload to MyHeritage during this week.

Upload your data to MyHeritage now

If you’ve already tested your DNA with another service, you don’t need to waste your time and money purchasing a new kit. We’re aware that people who are searching for family members — such as adopted people searching for their birth parents — want to “fish in multiple ponds” and try multiple DNA databases to find leads, and purchasing multiple DNA kits gets expensive. That’s why we offer users the option of uploading their DNA data to MyHeritage for free.

Here’s what one user, Joan Matalon, recently had to say about her experience uploading her DNA data to MyHeritage: “I uploaded my raw DNA from Ancestry to MyHeritage and in May last year I joined and it has been fabulous! I have found relatives that I never knew about! I would recommend MyHeritage to anyone who would like to learn more about their family! MyHeritage has so many features that are helping me with my research.”

If you tested your DNA with another service and haven’t uploaded it to MyHeritage yet, now’s the best time to do it! 

Click the following link for more information:

https://blog.myheritage.com/2021/02/upload-your-dna-data-to-myheritage-and-get-free-access-to-all-dna-features-limited-time-offer/

Enjoy!

LODZ VIRTUAL TOUR Thursday, February 25th, at 10 am Pacific, 12 pm Central, 1 pm Eastern, 7 pm Warsaw, 8 pm Tel-Aviv time

 JRI-PL Digest for Sunday, February 21, 2021.

1. Forum for Dialogue Zoom: Virtual tour of Lodz

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Subject: Forum for Dialogue Zoom: Virtual tour of Lodz

From: Mark Halpern <mark@halpern.com>

Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 22:03:06 -0500

X-Message-Number: 1

Dear Fellow Genealogists:

Whether you have ancestry from Lodz or not, you don't want to miss this

online tour of Jewish Lodz, the second most important Jewish city in

Poland after Warsaw. I have been on tours with the Forum for Dialogue

and their tours are just first rate even online.

Join me this Thursday at 10 am Pacific time, 1 pm Eastern time, 6 pm in

UK, 8 pm in Israel for a very worthwhile hour.

Mark Halpern

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FORUM FOR DIALOGUE

As the travel restrictions still hinder our international friends from

visiting Poland in person, I would like to invite you to a virtual tour

of another Polish city with a rich Jewish heritage and a special place

in the history of Polish Jews. We feel that virtual tours of Warsaw and

Krakow we hosted last summer were a great success, therefore let me

invite you to our Zoom in on the Forum session devoted to Lodz and its

20th century history.

Our guest, Milena Wicepolska-Goralczyk, Lodz tour guide and a

genealogist, will walk us through the rise of "Polish Manchester" as a

significant social and industrial center with vibrant Jewish community

and its tragedy during the Nazi occupation with the creation of

Litzmannstadt Ghetto.

Join us next Thursday, February 25th, at 10 am Pacific, 12 pm Central, 1

pm Eastern, 7 pm Warsaw, 8 pm Tel-Aviv time for a session about Lodz.

REGISTER FOR THE ZOOM 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIucumvrzgpEtTV_NpHaWZC0oyr0QtXN0VW

Milena Wicepolska-Goralczyk, graduate of English Philology and History,

is a tour guide and a Jewish genealogy researcher with more than 10

years of experience. She has cooperated with numerous organizations,

such as Taube Center for Jewish Life and Learning, Center of Jewish

Research in Lodz, Jewish Historical Institute, University of Lodz,

University of Michigan, University of Haifa.

Do not hesitate to share this information with people who might be

interested in joining this session!

Looking forward to meeting you on Thursday,

Olga

Olga Kaczmarek

Director General

MyHeritage - Free Marriage Records February 10-16, 2021

Visit the MyHeritage blog for more details about their Valentine's competition. 

https://blog.myheritage.com/

HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTATION AND EDUCATION CENTER-Sunday, February 7, 2021 at 4:00 PM

Announcement from the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center

https://hdec.org/

Register for the program at their website:

https://hdec.org/online-programming/

Dear Members of the Board, Survivors, Teachers, Students, Volunteers and Friends,

 

As the Holocaust Documentation & Education Center continues to feature and offer a wide variety of online programs focused on various topics of the Holocaust, today we are adding the following to our list from the Sousa Mendes Foundation:

 

Program:          In My Mother’s Footsteps

 

Date:                Sunday, February 7, 2021

 

Time:               4:00 PM

 

Platform:          This discussion will take place online and is free to the public.

 

 Please note, registration is required and will close on Thursday, February 4 at 10 PM. Please click HERE https://hdec.org/online-programming/to register.  

 

Robert Jacobvitz is a member of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami

 

Once you have finished viewing this program please fill out the Program Survey attached and email it back to the HDEC at education@hdec.org.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

STAY SAFE AND TAKE GOOD CARE!

Rositta E. Kenigsberg, President

Holocaust Documentation & Education Center, Inc.

303 N. Federal Highway

Dania Beach, FL 33004
Office (954) 929-5690
Fax (954) 929-5635
Website: http://www.hdec.org/
Email: Rositta@hdec.org