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Once you are registered you will be receiving a direct email from the mentor.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Sunday, April 25, 2021
SEPHARDI VOICES EVENT - May 2, 2021 at 1:00 PM EST - Personal Stories of Hispanics in Miami - Event entirely in Spanish
LINK TO FACEBOOK PAGE TO REGISTER:
WE HAVE VERY EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE!Join us for our very first ever event entirely in SPANISH! 
Sephardi Voices, along with
Florida Humanities
, Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami Inc.
, Israel in Miami
and Society for Crypto Judaic Studies
invite you to: "Desde la Inquisicion Espanola hasta Miami: Historias personales de Hispanos en Miami" ("From the Spanish Inquisition to Miami:
Personal Stories of Hispanics in Miami") on MAY 2ND, 2021, 1:00PM EST
"
Thursday, April 22, 2021
NATIONAL ARCHIVES GENEALOGY SERIES MAY & JUNE 2021 ON YOUTUBE
https://www.archives.gov/calendar/genealogy-fair
Sunday, April 18, 2021
Free Birth Records on MyHeritage April 18-24, 2021
MyHeritage is offering free birth records for the whole week of April 18-24, 2021.
Read about it on their blog.
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Vilna Shul: "The Light of Days: The Untold Stories of Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos" / Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 7:00 PM
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Dear Members of the Board, Survivors, Teachers, Students, Volunteers and Friends,
As part of our Online Programming opportunities, the Holocaust Documentation & Education Center is pleased to share the following program from The Vilna Shul:
Program: “The Light of Days: The Untold Stories of Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos”
Date: Thursday, April 15, 2021
Time: 7:00 PM
Platform: This program will take place online.
Please note, registration is required. Please click https://vilnashul.org/events/events/events/upcoming to register.
One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters-a group of unknown heroes whose exploits have never been chronicled in full, until now.
Check out the recent Op Ed piece in the New York Times!
Author Judy Batalion joins us to talk about her new book, The Light of Days, an unforgettable true tale of war, the fight for freedom, exceptional bravery, female friendship, and survival in the face of staggering odds. The novel focuses on a cadre of Jewish women in Poland, some still in their teens, that witnessed the brutal murder of their families and neighbors, and the violent destruction of their communities. As a result of their trauma, they helped transform the Jewish youth groups into resistance cells to fight the Nazis. With courage, guile, and nerves of steel, these “ghetto girls” paid off Gestapo guards, hid revolvers in loaves of bread and jars of marmalade, and helped build systems of underground bunkers. They flirted with German soldiers, bribed them with wine, whiskey, and home cooking, used their Aryan looks to seduce them, and shot and killed them. They bombed German train lines and blew up a town’s water supply. They also nursed the sick and taught children.
Judy Batalion is the author of White Walls: A Memoir About Motherhood, Daughterhood, and the Mess in Between. She has written for The New York Times, Vogue, The Washington Post, and many other publications. Prior to her writing career, she was an academic, and is fluent in both Yiddish and Hebrew. Born and raised in Montreal, she now lives in New York with her husband and children.
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.
Best Regards,
Rositta
Rositta E. Kenigsberg, President
Holocaust Documentation & Education Center, Inc.
303 N. Federal Highway
Dania Beach, Florida 33004
Office (954) 929-5690
Fax (954) 929-5635
Website: www.hdec.org
Email: Rositta@hdec.org
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Yom HaShoah Remembrance-Salakas, Lithuania from Paulette Bronstein
Yom HaShoah Remembrance
Salakas, Lithuania
from Paulette Bronstein's July, 2011 visit to Salakas
Link to my Salakas, Lithuania kehilalink
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/salakas/
Yom HaShoah Remembrance for Kupiskis, Lithuania July 13, 2004 from Ann Rabinowitz
Yom HaShoah Remembrance
from our member Ann Rabinowitz
Kupiskis. Lithuania Kehililink:
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kupiskis/kupishok.htm
REMEMBRANCE MEMORIES OF YOM HASHOAH AND YOM HAZICHARON
This is a remembrance plaque for Kupiskis, Lithuania, which was laid July 13, 2004. Then, as a memory of Ponary, Lithuania, there is the oak I found and kept as a remembrance of those killed and buried there as well as a photo of a remembrance service by the 48 members of our Wall of Memory trip to Kupiskis.
The chill rain drizzled continuously that day in July as we prayed and cried, yes everyone cried, one could not help it. The time in the Ninth Fort was also a place one could not stop crying either.
Let there be the memory of this day, today, April 8, 2021, that will remind us of the past so brutal and lacking in compassion, yet give us insight into the future, so that never again will these deeds be repeated by anyone on G-d’s green earth. Let the oak speak for those who believe in peace and prosperity and never those who wish to kill and maim.
Take the time perhaps when the State of Israel does to stop everything and pray on Yom HaShoah and Yom Hazicharon as I will.
Ann Rabinowitz
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
JewishGen Talks-A series of educational webinars with Jewish genealogical experts
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Jewishgen.org has a YouTube Channel. Lectures are free.
You can view the videos by clicking this link:
Hadassah Magazine article: HOW GENEALOGY BECAME THE GREAT JEWISH PASTIME
By November 2020
Hilary Danailova wrote an interesting article about the popularity of genealogical research.
You can view the article by clicking
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