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Future Meetings
Marion Werle: "O'Canada! Researching Your Canadian Jewish Ancestors"
October 27, 2019
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Speaker: Marion Werle
Marion Werle "O Canada! Researching Your Canadian Jewish Ancestors" Oct 27th, 2019 Sunday Afternoon 1:30 pm at AJU Marion Werle will teach your how to research in Canada records...... This presentation focuses on Canadian family research since the major wave of Jewish immigration to Canada after 1880. Topics range from Jewish farming settlements in the Canadian West to residents of larger cities. The speaker has researched family members in five provinces. The presentation covers the major sources of Canadian genealogical records – government, commercial services, educational and other institutions – and encompasses ship manifests, naturalization records, Canadian census and census [...]
Diane Mizrachi Jewish and Israel Studies Librarian/Librarian for Social Sciences
November 24, 2019
1:30 pm
Speaker: Diane Mizrachi Ph.D.
Diane Mizrachi Ph.D. “The genealogical resources at the UCLA Young Research Library ” November 24th, 2019 Sunday Afternoon 1:30 pm at AJU Diane Mizrahi was appointed Jewish and Israel Studies librarian of the UCLA Library in March 2019. Dr. Mizrachi earned her library degree at Bar Ilan University in Israel, and fulfilled an internship requirement at the United States Information Agency Library housed in the US Embassy in Tel-Aviv. From 1994-2000, Dr. Mizrachi worked as a reference and instruction librarian at Beit Berl College in Israel. She began working at UCLA in 2002, and is currently located in the Young [...]
ANNUAL CHANUKAH PARTY AND FILM at University Synagogue
December 15, 2019
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Speaker: movie time: The Samuel Project
ANNUAL CHANUKAH PARTY and FILM at University Synagogue 11960 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049, Chanukah buffet and the Mentor's Corner to answer your questions will open at 1:00. Program begins at 1:30. JGSLA MEMBERS FREE and GUESTS $5.00. This is a great opportunity to bring friends to learn about JewishGen and get into the holiday spirit. The film will be The Samuel Project: an inter-generational story we will all relate to and enjoy. Much to the annoyance of his father (Michael B. Silver), high school student Eli (Ryan Ochoa) isn’t interested in anything other than drawing and being [...]