Two February Programs!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Putting Flesh on the Bones: New & Improved
with Ron Arons
Toyota USA Automobile Museum
Why limit your self to simply expanding your family tree by looking for names, dates and places? Beyond the questions Who?,When?, and Where?, it is possible to explore the far more interesting questions, WHY? and HOW? Why did our ancestors behave the way they did? How did they have an impact on us? In this presentation Ron provides two related examples from his own research experience on how this process works. Click here for more information and directions >>
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Jews in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Polish Republics: Discontinuity and Reinvention
with Konstanty Gebert
Skirball Cultural Center
For much of contemporary history Poland did not exist as an independent country. The two periods of foreign occupation separate what is known as the three Polish republics.. In each republic the Jews perceived themselves, and were treated, very differently: as an indigenous social caste, as an alien ethno-religious minority, and as equal citizens. The republics, too, were fundamentally different countries, in terms of political system, demography and borders. Furthermore, developments in the periods of foreign occupation (the onset of modernity, the Shoah) were crucial for Polish Jewry. In this sense one can say that, as Poland periodically had to reinvent itself, so did Polish Jews: with fundamental consequences for Jewish identity and fate. Click here for more information and directions >>
This program is co-sponsored by the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland and UCLA’s Center for Jewish Studies and is free to all.
Upcoming JGSLA Meetings:
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 – 7:30PM
“For the Sake of the Children: Letters Between Otto Frank and Nathan Straus, Jr.”
Speaker: Joan Adler, Executive Director, Straus Family Historical Society.
Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Irmas Campus, West Los Angeles.
Sunday, April 1, 2012 – 12:30-6PM
Assisted Research Day at the Family History Library – the day before the 1940 Census is released to the public!
Speaker: Steve Morse, creator of the One-Step Tools
Los Angeles Family History Library, Los Angeles.
Sunday, May 6, 2012 – 1:30-4:30PM
Double Program: Forensic Genealogy: CSI Meets Roots and The Database Detective
Speaker: Colleen Fitzpatrick, PhD
Wilshire Blvd. Temple, West Los Angeles.
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles (JGSLA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the sharing of genealogical information, techniques and research tools with those who are interested in Jewish genealogy and family history.
Founded in 1979, the Society has grown to over 500 members and is governed by an elected Board of Directors. We publish a quarterly journal, “Roots-Key,” and hold monthly meetings and twice-yearly research workshops which provide a varied mix of lectures and films to assist our members in their family history research.