Free access to newspapers.com May 9, 2024, through May 12, 2024, to 11:59 pm
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Free Access to newspapers.com for Mother's Day May 9, 2024 through May 12, 2024 at 11:59 pm MT
Newspapers.com Mother's Day access.
Monday, May 6, 2024
JewishGen Talks - Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 2:00 pm - Jews of Syria, Iraq, and Egypt: Their Names & History
JewishGen Talks - Jews of Syria, Iraq, and Egypt: Their Names & History
Thursday May 9, 2024
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Topic
Jews of Syria, Iraq and Egypt: Their Names & History
Speaker
Dr. Alexander Beider
Registration
Free with a suggested donation.
About the Speaker
Alexander Beider was born in Moscow in 1963. He studied mathematics and theoretical physics in Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology from which he received a PhD in applied mathematics (1989). Since 1990, he lives with his family in Paris, France. In 2000, he received his second PhD, this time in the domain of Jewish studies, from Sorbonne. Beider uses onomastics and linguistics as tools allowing to unravel the history of the Jewish people. He has written a series of reference books dealing with the etymology of Jewish surnames, all published by Avotaynu Inc. They include: A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire (1993, 2nd revised edition in 2008), Jewish Surnames in Prague (15th-18th centuries) (1994). A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland (1996), A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia (2004), A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Maghreb, Gibraltar, and Malta (2017), and A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Italy, France and “Portuguese” Communities (2019). His Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names (2001) is the reference study in the domain of traditional Yiddish first names. Origins of Yiddish Dialects (Oxford University Press, 2015) synthesizes scholarship on the subject for the half century since the publication of Max Weinreich's “History of the Yiddish Language” (1973) and, according to certain critics, represents a comprehensive and convincing revision of its esteemed predecessor, no less than a new standard work in the domain. Beider is also the designer of the linguistic part of the Beider-Morse Phonetic Matching method of computer-based searches for equivalent surnames
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Daniel Horowitz: How to Share Your Family Story with AI-Assisted Tools-April 21, 2024-Zoom recording is available on our website to members.
Daniel Horowitz: How to Share Your Family Story with AI-Assisted Tools
April 21 @ 11:00 am
The zoom recording is now available on our website.
Instructions will be emailed to all members.
Paulette Bronstein, Daniel Horowitz, Yoram Millman
Jewish Federation of Greater Miami
April 21, 2024
44th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy - Philadelphia - Aug. 18-22, 2024
"Now in its 44th year, the IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy is
the flagship educational and networking gathering for Jewish genealogy world-wide.
Hundreds of Jewish genealogists will meet this year in Philadelphia to study, share, and
celebrate Jewish family history. This year’s meeting is co-hosted by the International
Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies and the Jewish Genealogical and Archival
Society of Greater Philadelphia (JGASGP)."
Click this link to register and learn about the conference:
May is Jewish American Heritage Month
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Subject: [IAJGS Leadership] May is Jewish American Heritage Month
May is Jewish Heritage American Month. The (US) White House has issued a proclamation by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on this month. The proclamation may be read at:
The White House has issued such a proclamation every year since 2006. It is issued in recognition of the indelible contributions Jewish Americans have made, and continue to make, to our nation’s history, culture, and society.
“The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Jewish Americans who helped form the fabric of American history, culture and society.” See: https://www.
According to Wikipedia, Why is Jewish Heritage Month in May?
According to the Library of Congress hosted website, JewishHeritageMonth.gov, May was chosen as the month of Jewish American Heritage Month because of the successful 350th Anniversary Celebration of Jews in America marking the Jewish arrival in New Amsterdam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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