• The Shtetl: The Real, the fictitious, and the Nostalgic

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    March 15, 2023.   Via Zoom Presented by:  Dr. Joseph Gilbert The word “shtetl” means several things, among them a small town in Eastern Europe populated mainly by Jews or metaphorically an old Yiddish way of life. In this talk we will explore how shtetls came about, what was “shtetl […]

  • JGS Toronto Virtual Event: Central European SIG

    JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO and Classi Lectures PRESENT   CENTRAL EUROPEAN SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) Speaker: Trudy Gold Wednesday, 8 Mar 2023, 4-5 p.m. EST Wednesday, 15 Mar 2023, 4-5 p.m. EST Wednesday, 22 Mar 2023, 4-5 p.m. EST VIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home Virtual doors open at 3:50 pm. EST. The Wandering […]

  • The Rothschilds Central European Sig

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    JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO and Classi Lectures PRESENT The Rothschilds CENTRAL EUROPEAN SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) Speaker: Trudy Gold Wednesday, 19 Apr 2023, 4-5 p.m. ET Wednesday, 26 Apr 2023, 4-5 p.m. ET VIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home Virtual doors open at 3:50 pm. ET The Rothschilds In the history of the […]

  • Getting Back to Basics Poland Sig

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    Poland Special Interest Group Getting Back to Basics Coordinator: Hazel Boon Thursday 20 Apr 2023, 7:30 p.m. EDT VIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home Virtual doors open at 7:20 p.m. EDT According to Wikipedia, “a special interest group (SIG) is a community within a larger organization with a shared interest in […]

  • The Rothschilds Central European Sig

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    JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO and Classi Lectures PRESENT The Rothschilds CENTRAL EUROPEAN SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) Speaker: Trudy Gold Wednesday, 19 Apr 2023, 4-5 p.m. ET Wednesday, 26 Apr 2023, 4-5 p.m. ET VIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home Virtual doors open at 3:50 pm. ET The Rothschilds In the history of the […]

  • JGS Virtual Event – Family Tree Maker (FTM) User Group (SIG)

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    JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO and Family Tree Maker (FTM) PRESENT  JGS Toronto & FTM User Group SIG Speakers: Mel Fishman and Mark Olsen Wednesday 26 Apr 2023, 7:30 p.m. ET VIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home Virtual doors open at 7:20 p.m. ET   For thirty years Family Tree Maker has […]

  • Genealogy and Technology Virtual Meeting

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    JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO Genealogy and Technology Speaker: Jerry Scherer Sunday, 7 May 2023 at 10:30 a.m. ET VIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home Virtual doors open at 10:20 a.m. ET Discover how new technologies are transforming the field of genealogy, helping to identify and analyze historical records and predicting relationships. […]

  • JGS Toronto Virtual Event (Members Only) The Jews of Holland

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      This is a virtual event presented by Classi Lectures in partnership with the Jewish Genealogy Society of Toronto.  Judy Gold returns to present the second of the series on the Jews of Spain and the Arab Lands with a focus on Holland.  This event is free to members of […]