October 17, 2018
JRI-Poland founder Stanley Diamond makes an incredible discovery while assisting a user (who was rescued as a baby during the Holocaust) thanks to DNA. Read about it in the Canadian Jewish News
January 27, 2018
CTV News Toronto included a segment for International Holocaust Remembrance Day in their January 27, 2018 broadcast at 6:00pm, and rebroadcast at 11:30pm. The presentation featured JGST member Carol Brook and her search for descendants of her relatives who were separated by the events of that terrible time.
December 5, 2017
The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island (JGSLI), winner of the IAJGS 2015 Outstanding Publication Award for its You Tube Channel, is pleased to announce its latest video, “What Genealogists Should Know About DNA…Without the Science Lesson!” DNA and genealogy. It’s all over…TV commercials, Facebook groups, print media, and DNA […]
October 17, 2017
Alice Collins Plebuch thought she would take a DNA test for “fun” and was amazed what she found out. The test showed this Irish American Catholic woman that she was half European Jewish, Middle Eastern and Eastern European. While she asked Ancestry if they were wrong-they weren’t the results changed […]
June 29, 2017
IAN McCALLUM’S DISCOVERY, THANKS TO DNA Ian McCallum spoke to our Society on Oct. 30th, 2016. He employed very extensive use of DNA to trace his grandfather’s lineage. Ian provided our members with a lengthy, and technical, explanation of DNA and specifically how he was able to track down his […]