Speaker: Valerie Schatzker Temple Sinai: 210 Wilson Ave. Toronto, ON Time: 8:00 pm Doors Open: 7:30 pm The near-annihilation of Europe’s Jews in the Second World War destroyed not only much of their history, but also knowledge of the contributions they made to the regions in which they lived. In […]

Valerie Schatzker researched the Galician Oil Industry of the 19th century. The oil boom probably began here and interestingly, Jews were involved in owning and administering the fields while impoverished Jewish peasants risked life and limb to extract the valuable resource.

The Ukraine Special Interest Group (SIG) will meet for the first time on October 26 at the Family History Centre, 24 Ferrand Drive in Toronto from 7:30pm to 9:00 pm. The Family History Centre is easily accessible by TTC and is a short walk from Eglinton Ave. East and Don […]

The initial meetings of our Special Interest Groups (SIGS) are as follows: LITHUANIA - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND POLAND - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH These meetings will be held at the Toronto Family History Centre located at 24 Ferrand Drive in Toronto, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm. At these meetings we will […]

Stanley Diamond is a family historian and is the executive director and founder of Jewish Records indexing Poland. He will be speaking on how one can research one's Polish ancestors by accessing the vast number of records that JRI Poland has compiled over the years and placed on the internet […]

The initial meeting of the Poland Special Interest Group will take place on Thursday, November 9th at the Toronto Family History Centre, 24 Ferrand Drive in Toronto, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. Email [email protected] to register. Everyone is welcome to this first meeting. The following will be open to members […]

KENSINGTON MARKET HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS – “FROM DELIS TO DAIRY: Kibitzing about Kensington’s Early Jewish Restaurants” Join us for an evening of storytelling featuring Marion Kane, Food Writer Howard Moscoe, Former City Councillor Rick Salutin, Novelist, Playwright and Columnist Karen Shopsowitz, Documentary Film-maker Hosted by Corey Mintz, Food writer and […]

In this Toronto debut, Esquire and NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs discusses his new book It's All Relative with Jessica Allen, co-host of CTV’s The Social. A best-selling author of four books and genealogical expert whose TED talk on the global family has been viewed over a million times, Jacobs brings […]

Beth Tzedec Congregation is sponsoring a unique and exciting program on the state of Jewish cemeteries around the world, from small towns to shtetls across Europe and elsewhere. This would be of great interest to the members of JGST as cemeteries are an important source of vital information. See this […]