This is a JGS event for members only.  Jerry Scherer will be presenting "DNA a Refresher" by way of Zoom.   Begins at 7:30 pm

POLAND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) MEETING WITH DAVID PRICE THURSDAY, 20 MAY AT 7:30 p.m. David Price writes: Suppose from age 15 you survived five years in a half dozen concentration camps and you came out thinking all your family was murdered. You have trouble even remembering what your parents […]

This is a virtual Zoom event presented by JGS Toronto.  Henry Blumberg who sits on the Board of Directors is the featured speaker. Sharing Data on Genealogical Websites  Uses and Abuses Speaker: Henry Blumberg VIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home Wednesday, 26 May 2021, at 7:30 p.m.   In an age […]

Virtual Event

Kenneth Golish raises the question: “Why Did My Grandfather Return to Poland After Settling in America”?  Before his father’s death, Kenneth heard the story of his grandfather’s return to the Kielce area of Poland.  Never knowing the real reason behind the return, he spent several years researching this question until the truth was […]

Prague, Budapest, and Vienna: History and Jewish Research.  This is a Zoom Virtual Event.  Our speaker will be Henry Wellisch who was born in Vienna and survived the War.  Hernry, is President Emeritus of JGS Toronto and is a well known speaker on Central European Jewish History.   VIRTUAL MEETING: […]

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The Avotaynu DNA  Project: The Genetic Origins and Migrations of the Jewish People Speaker:  Adam Brown Tuesday, 19 October at 7:30 pm ET Under the auspices of the Technion (Israel’s MIT), the Avotaynu DNA Project is a landmark scientific study that has tested over a thousand men in far-flung Jewish […]

Speaker: Marla Waltman Monday, 25 October at 7:30 p.m. The JGS Toronto Ukraine Special Interest Group (SIG) provides an opportunity for members and registered guests to focus on subjects of interest for those with ancestors from Ukraine. This presentation, “Jewish Life in Ukraine: A selected history from 800 to 1914”, […]