Date/Time
Date(s) - July 23, 2023
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Speaker
Laura Gold
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JGSLA’s next meeting– Live & Zoom
Beth Chayim Chadashim Synagogue
6090 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90035
The entrance to the synagogue is from the alley behind the building.
Ring the buzzer on the parking lot gate.*
There will be informal mentoring at the Schmooze Table at 1:00 p.m. prior to the start of the meeting.
Coffee and tea will be available.
JGSLA invites you to our next in person and Zoom meeting with
Laura Gold, President JGSLA
“Ukraine Research and Status of Archival Record Preservation During War with Russia“
July 23, 2023 Sunday Afternoon, meeting will start at 1:30 pm
Pacific Time (US & Canada)
Click here to see recorded presentation
Laura Gold, president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles, will address resources for researching Ukraine Jewish genealogy. Her talk includes what currently is being done to digitize and preserve Ukrainian archival records during the present war with Russia. She’ll touch on ways to find ancestral towns and give ideas for historical research based upon her in depth research into both her ancestral towns and her husband’s towns.
Biography:
Laura Gold is President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles. She has engaged in genealogical research since about 1995 when she received her mother’s family trees from a cousin. A former debater at California State University Northridge and qualifier for the National Debate Tournament, she is now retired from the Office of the Attorney General where she worked as a trial lawyer defending the State of California. She is a skilled public speaker and has made genealogy presentations to genealogical societies, synagogues and Jewish women’s organizations, coordinated genealogy classes, and led tours of Jewish Los Angeles. Researching her family roots in Belarus and Ukraine she traveled to ancestral towns and actually saw the homes of her family.
JGSLA MEMBERS FREE – NO CHARGE FOR GUESTS, ALL ARE WELCOME, members, please share the ZOOM link with folks you know.
*There is free street parking on Sunday on surrounding streets. Limited handicap parking is available in the rear of the synagogue. If you need to park in the synagogue parking lot, please let us know RSVP. The entrance to the synagogue is from the alley behind the building. Ring the buzzer on the parking lot gate.