• Sugar, Slavery and the Sephardim of Barbados 1654-1934

    Shaarei Shomayim Congregation 470 Glencairn Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Speaker: Simon Kreindler   Shaarei Shomayim Congregation  470 Glencairn Avenue Entrance: North (parking lot) doors Doors open at 10:00 am The Portuguese brought sugar cane from their Atlantic colonies to Brazil in the early 1500s and within a relatively short time, that country became the largest sugar producer in the […]

  • Legacy Webinars – 24 Hour Webinar

    Legacy Family Tree webinars, part of the MyHeritage Family of companies and MyHeritage are holding a 24-hour genealogy webinar marathon with world- renown genealogists and educators.   Its free!  There will be time for questions and answers. You must register in advance as space is limited To see the list of […]

  • POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE JGS Toronto Event: Finding and Using Naturalization/Citizenship Documents in Canada, USA and UK

    Shaarei Shomayim Congregation 470 Glencairn Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Due to health concerns for our members this program is postponed until further notice We will keep you updated   Panel of Presenters from JGS:  Les Kelman, Barry Spinner and Marla Waltman Our panelists will show you how and where to obtain naturalization records in each of the three countries […]

  • “The Holocaust, 75 Years after It Ended”

    The Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies “The Holocaust, 75 Years after It Ended” Professor Gerhard Weinberg (Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Date: Tuesday, May 12th at 10:00am Location: ONLINE through Zoom Webinar Live To attend this lecture, go to https://zoom.us/j/93236274111 on Tuesday, May 12th at […]

  • Ukraine SIG virtual

    The meeting, on Wednesday 27 May at 7:00 pm, will consist of an informal discussion about SIG members’ current research into their Ukrainian families, with the goal to try to provide suggestions about possible research tools that could be helpful. The meeting will also be used to discuss topics for […]

  • Ukraine SIG virtual

    The second meeting, on Wednesday 10 June at 7:00 pm, will focus on the topic originally scheduled for February. The goal is to share information about how our families traveled from their homes in Ukraine to various ports of departure on their emigration to Canada, the USA, Great Britain, or […]