An Important Update on The Future of Conferences — And Why We’re Excited About It
Our community is built on stories. Stories of families who crossed oceans, rebuilt lives, and carried their histories forward against tremendous odds. It's that spirit of resilience, of doing what it takes to keep going, that guides everything we do at IAJGS. And it's...
Yad Vashem: Finding Relatives Lost in the Holocaust
It’s becoming something of a tradition in Israel, on Yom HaShoah in the spring, to gather at someone’s home to share stories about family members who were lost in the Holocaust. As Dr. Serafima (Sima) Velkovich, an IAJGS board member, points out, most Israelis are...
Future Conferences: What You Told Us
By Susan Weinberg, IAJGS President We’d like to thank those of you who participated in IAJGS’s recent conference survey. We reached over 1000 people and received valuable input that will influence how we organize conferences in the future. We asked respondents if they...
IAJGS Welcomes the Center for Jewish History
by Maura Lerner Fisher One of the joys of genealogy, for me, is discovering my family in historical records I never thought I’d have a chance to see, or in some cases, even knew existed. The challenge for many of us, as we search for information about our ancestors,...
IAJGS Remembers Gary Mokotoff
The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS), on behalf of its member societies around the world, expresses its sorrow to learn of the death of Gary Mokotoff. Gary was a central figure in the history of IAJGS with many firsts attached to his...
