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Melvyn R. Werbach: Sons of the Lion’s Cub
June 30, 2019
1:30 pm
Speaker: Melvyn R. Werbach
Melvyn R. Werbach “Sons of the Lion’s Cub: The Horenstein Brothers and Their Fortune.” June 30th, 2019 Sunday Afternoon 1:30 pm at AJU Melvyn Werbach will speak about his recently published book, “Sons of the Lion’s Cub: The Horenstein Brothers and Their Fortune.” With the aid of an international group of cousins and Ukrainian archival research, he uncovered a fascinating story. In the second half of the 19th Century, two Hasidic brothers, of moderate means, amassed a huge family fortune. These brothers were celebrated in folk tales and even in a Yiddish song. Sholom Aleichem wrote a short story about [...]
Valerie Edwards The Double Life of Szmul Jedwabinski
August 25, 2019
1:30 pm
Speaker: Valerie Edwards
Valerie Edwards “The Double Life of Szmul Jedwabinski” August 25th, 2019 Sunday Afternoon 1:30 pm at AJU Valery Edwards will speak about “The Double Life of Szmul Jedwabinski”, an intriguing family detective story. There was a legend in the family that grandfather Samuel Edwin of Chicago had a second family in New York. Using DNA matching, interviews with family members, life events and movements from Poland to New York to Chicago, and archival records in Poland and the United States, Valerie Edwards investigated whether Samuel Edwin, Samuel Edwards and Szmul Jedwabinski were in fact the same person with two different [...]
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles (JGSLA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing genealogical information, techniques and research tools with those who are interested in Jewish genealogy and family history.
Founded in 1979, the Society has over 500 members and is governed by an elected Board of Directors. We hold monthly meetings providing a mix of lectures and films to assist our members in their family history research and twice-yearly research workshops with volunteer helpers and translators.
IAJGS 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio
July 28 – August 2, 2019
Co-hosts: The Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland
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Support JGSLA with the purchase of
Jews in the Great War: Family Histories Retold
by Rosen, Lois Ogilby, ed.
Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles, 2015. 208 pp.
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A Review by Marion Werle: Jews in the Great War is a collection of 37 stories of the World War I experiences of Jews from all over the world. The stories and accompanying photos were initially exhibited at the 34th IAJGS Jewish genealogy conference, held in Salt Lake City in 2014. The book is partly a scrapbook and partly an exhibit catalog. The level of detail varies from story to story, the longest of which is 11 pages of narrative, photos and documents, with the typical entry consisting of a page or two of text accompanied by one or more photos and small family trees. Read More