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SUMMARY:Sephardic Jewish Identity in the Americas: A 250-Year Anniversary Perspective.
DESCRIPTION:Sunday Salon & The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami (JGSGM) proudly present \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAPRIL 12\, 10:30 AMAdult Reading Room – The Hub LibraryAddress: 5950 SW 88th St\, Pinecrest\, FL 33156 \n\n\n\nSEPHARDIC JEWISH IDENTITY IN THE AMERICAS \n\n\n\nA 250-Year Anniversary Perspective \n\n\n\n\nGuest speaker Dr. Abraham Benyunes will guide us through the origins\, migrations\, and cultural legacy of Sephardic Jewish communities throughout the Americas and will reflect on how this history continues to shape Jewish identity today.\n\n\n\nThe talk will include historical context\, cultural traditions\, and insights relevant to anyone interested in Jewish history\, genealogy\, and community heritage. \n\n\n\n\nRSVP TO ETTA GOLD\, EGOLD@FBAM.ORG \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nADULT READING ROOM REMINDERReminder to visit our own libraries here on campus where you can enjoy award-winning books and so much more. ~ We welcome you all to our extraordinary library collection\, which is now divided into three locations\, all enhance the mission of the Temple Beth Am Congregational Library – “to provide materials of education\, entertainment and enrichment for congregation and community.” Our Fiction books are in Meeting Room 2\, where you can find detailed instructions for borrowing whatever you like. On that same floor\, in the Clergy Satellite Library\, are the religious study books\, i.e. Torah\, Talmud\, observance\, education\, and languages. Our Hub location\, the Adult Reading Room\, contains an enormous variety of literature\, community\, history\, geography\, all Judaic.We look forward to greeting you there.
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/sephardic-jewish-identity-in-the-americas-a-250-year-anniversary-perspective/
CATEGORIES:Sunday Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T103000
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DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
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SUMMARY:From Roots to Story Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami presents \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom Roots to Story Workshop \n\n\n\nA Tu BiSh’vat Family History Celebration \n\n\n\nFEBRUARY 15\, 10:30 AMTHE ADULT READING ROOM – THE HUB LIBRARYLocation: Temple Beth Am\, Adults Reading Room (The Hub Library)Address: 5950 SW 88th St\, Pinecrest\, FL 33156 \n\n\n\nOn Tu BiShvat\, the Jewish New Year of the Trees\, we traditionally celebrate planting\, growth\, and continuity. Trees remind us that what we see above ground is nourished by deep\, often unseen roots. \n\n\n\nIn that same spirit\, our special gathering celebrates personal roots—spirit\, family trees from which our own lives have grown. \n\n\n\nDuring this program\, participants from our From Roots to Story workshop will share the narratives they create about an ancestor of their choice. Each story represents a living branch of a family tree\, shaped by time\, place\, culture\, and historical events. \n\n\n\nThese short presentations reveal how individual lives were influenced by the larger world around them—and how memory\, identity\, and heritage continue to grow across generations. \n\n\n\nJust as Tu BiShvat honors the planting of trees\, this event honors the planting of stories—stories that preserve the past\, strengthen the present\, and inspire future generations. \n\n\n\n\nWe invite you to join us for this meaningful morning of reflection\, storytelling\, and shared heritage\, where personal history and Jewish tradition come together.\n\n\n\nSponsored by: Sunday Salon & the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami (JGSGM) \n\n\n\nRSVP: Etta Gold\, egold@tbam.org \n\n\n\n\nWE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU! COME CHECK US OUT!To explore the library online\, visit: TBAM.ORG/LIBRARY \n\n\n\nADULT READING ROOM REMINDERReminder to visit our own libraries here on campus where you can enjoy award-winning books and so much more. ~ We welcome you all to our extraordinary library collection\, which is now divided into three locations\, all enhance the mission of the Temple Beth Am Congregational Library – “to provide materials of education\, entertainment and enrichment for congregation and community.” Our Fiction books are in Meeting Room 2\, where you can find detailed instructions for borrowing whatever you like. On that same floor\, in the Clergy Satellite Library\, are the religious study books\, i.e. Torah\, Talmud\, observance\, education\, and languages. Our Hub location\, the Adult Reading Room\, contains an enormous variety of literature\, community\, history\, geography\, all Judaic.We look forward to greeting you there. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n26-02-15 From Roots to Story
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/from-roots-to-story-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings,Sunday Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260111T103000
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SUMMARY:Henry Green:  The Forgotten Exodus: Sephardi Voices
DESCRIPTION:Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami presents \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPROFESSOR HENRY GREEN \n\n\n\nThe Forgotten Exodus: Sephardi Voices \n\n\n\nDates: Sunday\, January 11th\, 2025Time: 10:30 AMLocation: Temple Beth Am\, Adults Reading Room (The Hub Library)Address: 5950 SW 88th St\, Pinecrest\, FL 33156 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThrough the life stories of Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews displaced from Arab lands and Iran during the 20th century\, voices are absent from the mainstream Jewish narrative. \n\n\n\nProfessor Henry Green is a distinguished scholar of Jewish history and culture at the University of Miami\, where he serves as Professor of Religious Studies and was the former Director of the Judaic Studies Program. He is the founding Director of the Jewish Museum of Florida and is the founder and Executive Director of Sephardi Voices\, the largest digital archive of the voices of Jews ethnically cleansed from Arab lands and Iran. \n\n\n\nHis research and public work have been featured internationally—at the United Nations\, in museums\, academic journals\, and cultural institutions\, positioning him as a leading voice in documenting and preserving Sephardi and Mizrahi heritage. \n\n\n\nSponsored by: Sunday Salon & the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami (JGSGM) \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nRSVP TO ETTA GOLD\, EGOLD@TBAM.ORG \n\n\n\n2026-01-11 Sunday Salon Hebry Green\n\n\n\nADULT READING ROOM REMINDERReminder to visit our own libraries here on campus where you can enjoy award-winning books and so much more. ~ We welcome you all to our extraordinary library collection\, which is now divided into three locations\, all enhance the mission of the Temple Beth Am Congregational Library – “to provide materials of education\, entertainment and enrichment for congregation and community.” Our Fiction books are in Meeting Room 2\, where you can find detailed instructions for borrowing whatever you like. On that same floor\, in the Clergy Satellite Library\, are the religious study books\, i.e. Torah\, Talmud\, observance\, education\, and languages. Our Hub location\, the Adult Reading Room\, contains an enormous variety of literature\, community\, history\, geography\, all Judaic.We look forward to greeting you there.
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/henry-green-the-forgotten-exodus-sephardi-voices/
CATEGORIES:Live Meeting,Monthly Meetings,Sunday Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250608T103000
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DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Shavuot: Ancient Traditions Meet Modern Times
DESCRIPTION:The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami Presents: \n\n\n\nSUNDAY SALON \n\n\n\nCelebrating Shavuot: Ancient Traditions Meet Modern Times \n\n\n\nLIVE & ZOOM EVENT \n\n\n\nSunday\, June 8th @ 10:30 a.m.\n\n\n\nat the Temple Beth Am\, Adults reading Room ( The Hub Library)5950 N Kendall Drive\, Miami Florida 33156 \n\n\n\n\nHave you ever wondered how ancient Jewish traditions continue to shape our modern celebrations? Having celebrated Shavuot (תוֹעוּבשָׁ)\, one of Judaism’s most significant holidays\, we’re honored to welcome renowned scholar MICHAEL MILGROM to guide us through the rich tapestry of customs that have been passed down through generations. \n\n\n\n\nThis two-day celebration\, falling on June 1-3\, 2025\, marks a pivotal moment in Jewish history – the divine giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai more than three millennia ago. It’s not just another holiday on the calendar; it’s a profound connection to our ancestors’ spiritual journey\, marked by its unique blend of spiritual devotion and joyful celebration. \n\n\n\nFrom the warm glow of holiday candles to the time-honored tradition of staying up all night for Torah study\, Shavuot weaves together elements of both solemn remembrance and festive celebration. \n\n\n\nJoin us as we explore these time-honored traditions\, understand their significance\, and discover how they continue to resonate in our modern world. Whether you’re familiar with Shavuot or just beginning to learn about this meaningful holiday\, this journey through its customs and folklore promises to be both enlightening and inspiring. \n\n\n\nContact jgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com to get the link. \n\n\n\nAlong with our Sunday Salon\, we will be having interactive sessions around the ARR table on most Thursday mornings (10:30 AM to Noon)\, diving into our family’s heritage where you can share your story\, explore documentaries and books in the reading room within our extensive collection of resources. To stay updated on all our upcoming events and activities\, please provide us with your email address. Let’s make this summer a season of learning\, discovery\, and community at the Adult Reading Room! \n\n\n\nARR JuneJuly 2025 –  New
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/celebrating-shavuot-ancient-traditions-meet-modern-times/
CATEGORIES:Live Meeting,Live Streaming,Sunday Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241117T103000
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SUMMARY:Professor Marsha B Cohen
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, November 17th\, 2024\, at 10:30 a.m. \n\n\n\nAt the adult reading room (Library) located in the Hub at Temple Beth Am\, \n\n\n\n5950 N Kendall Drive\, Pinecrest\, FL. \n\n\n\nEvent administered by Sunday Salon with the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami \n\n\n\nPresenting \n\n\n\nProfessor Marsha B Cohen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs the results of the 2024 U.S. election are analyzed\, Dr. Marsha B. Cohen looks at the implications of the presidential\, congressional and some contentious state elections for Jewish Americans.  Is there still such a thing as the “Jewish vote”? What issues seem to have mattered most to Jewish voters of both political parties? What do the election results reveal about anti-Semitism in the U.S.? What role might Jews play in the incoming administration? Will U.S. policies toward Israel change?   \n\n\n\nIn addition to our monthly Sunday Salons\, we ask you to come join us on a Tuesday or Thursday for an engaging get-together. We will continue to host groups\, as we did over the summer\, discussing genealogy\, family search or watching a movie and come together a week later to talk about it.  \n\n\n\nThese gatherings will be held in the Adult Reading Room\, administered by Library Programs along with the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami\, so be sure to add your names to our mailing lists: \n\n\n\nSend email to: egold@tbam.org  and/or jgsgm.vpprogrammimg@gmail.com.
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/professor-marsha-b-cohen/
CATEGORIES:Live Meeting,Monthly Meetings,Sunday Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241020T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241020T103000
DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
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SUMMARY:The Feast of Tabernacle - Sukkot
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, October 20\, 2024\, at 10:30 a.m. \n\n\n\nat the Chapel of Temple Beth Am \n\n\n\n5950 N Kendall Drive\, Pinecrest\, FL \n\n\n\nEvent administered by Sunday Salon with the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami \n\n\n\nJoin us to celebrate. \n\n\n\nThe Feast of Tabernacle – Sukkot\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami presents scholar Michael Milgrom to fill us in on some unknown obscurities to well-known Jewish Holidays. \n\n\n\nThe feast of gathering the Harvest is one of the three pilgrimages to Jerusalem. It is a very joyous holiday\, marked by the building of a Sukkah and using the four species. \n\n\n\nTogether we will uncover the deeper meaning of the holiday and its symbolism. Come a little early and schmooze with others\, indulge in some bagels and coffee\, and look at some book gifts for you. \n\n\n\nPlease confirm your attendance RSVP: jgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com \n\n\n\nIn case you are unable to attend\, the program will be live streamed. \n\n\n\nContact us for more information.
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/the-feast-of-tabernacle-sukkot/
CATEGORIES:Live Streaming,Monthly Meetings,Sunday Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240915T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240915T103000
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SUMMARY:From Old to New: Discovery and Insight into a Long-Forgotten World
DESCRIPTION:Discussion group gathering at Temple Beth Am’s Adult Reading Room\, administered by Sunday Salon along with the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSunday September 15th\, 2024\, at 10:30 am \n\n\n\n Event administered by Sunday Salon with the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami \n\n\n\nTemple Beth Am5950 N Kendall Drive\, Pinecrest\, FL 33156 \n\n\n\nJoin us for an engaging presentation\, starting our new season 2024-2025!\n\n\n\nFrom Old to New: Discovery and Insight into a Long-Forgotten World \n\n\n\n\nDoron Friedman\, who has lived and worked throughout the Americas\, Israel and Europe and traveled extensively to various corners of the world for both work and pleasure\, relates an incredible story of his genealogical search. In the mid-2000s\, Doron stumbled upon a treasure trove of family documents in Israel\, including photos\, official correspondence and personal letters ranging from the late 1800’s to the late 1940s. Together\, they tell a fascinating modern-day history of the Friedman family in the Old World and their experience and struggles in the Land of Israel before the creation of the modern-day State. They document everyday life in a Jewish enclave in a small Ruthenian outpost of Subcarpathian Galicia\, the trials and tribulations of soldiers and families in WWI\, interwar Poland\, Aliya to the Jewish homeland\, rising antisemitism back home\, struggles in creating a new life and the ultimate horrors of the Holocaust and the demise of those left behind in the old world. Doron will recount the process of organization\, documentation\, human interaction and the domino effect of how one discovery led to the next\, revealing fascinating historical first-person accounts and stories\, ranging from the detailed experience of a Jewish soldier in WWI to present day interactions with the family of friends mentioned in letters over 100 years ago. \n\n\n\n\nPlease confirm your attendance RSVP: jgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/from-old-to-new-discovery-and-insight-into-a-long-forgotten-world-2/
CATEGORIES:Live Meeting,Sunday Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231105T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231105T103000
DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
CREATED:20231003T030619Z
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SUMMARY:Trial and Error: History of Zionism (Chaim Weizmann\, Arthur Balfour)
DESCRIPTION:JGS of Greater Miami in collaboration with Sunday Salon Eventat Temple Beth Am Library5950 SW 88 Street\, Miami\, FL \n\n\n\nEvent will be held at the Temple Chapel.Sunday\, November 5\, 2023 at 10:30 am  \n\n\n\nTrial and Error \n\n\n\n\n\nHistory of Zionism as written by first president of Israel.Our society co-sponsor an event presented by Temple Beth Am Congregational Librarian\, Etta Gold in observance of the death anniversary of CHAIM WEIZMAN (November 9) and the Balfour Declaration (November 2) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease Join!! RSVP to egold@tbam.org \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore Info
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/trial-and-error/
CATEGORIES:Live Meeting,Monthly Meetings,Sunday Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221023T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221023T063000
DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
CREATED:20220901T051551Z
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SUMMARY:Jeff Wallach (renowned author): Mr. Wizard
DESCRIPTION:The following event is done in collaboration with Temple Beth Am Library’s Sunday Salon\n\n\n\nAt Temple Beth Am Chapel: \n\n\n\n5950 SW 88th St\, Pinecrest\, FL 33156 \n\n\n\nLIVE MEETING Sunday\, OCTOBER 23rd\, 2022 @ 10:30 A.M.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJeff Wallach -Renowned Author \n\n\n\nLIVE ZOOM from Oregon \n\n\n\nMr. Wizard – A DNA test set off a genetic treasure hunt in search of oneself  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA link is available if you are unable to attend. Please contact: jgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com  \n\n\n\nPlease support the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami with your membership for 2023 (register now!). Information and application at our website www.jgs-miami.org \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore Info
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/jeff-wallach-renowned-author-mr-wizard/
CATEGORIES:Live Meeting,Live Streaming,Monthly Meetings,Sunday Salon,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221009T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221009T063000
DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
CREATED:20220901T050337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220901T052822Z
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SUMMARY:Rosalind Merritt: A Slice of our Jewish Heritage Community
DESCRIPTION:The following event is done in collaboration with Temple Beth Am Library’s Sunday Salon\n\n\n\nAt Temple Beth Am Chapel: \n\n\n\n5950 SW 88th St\, Pinecrest\, FL 33156 \n\n\n\nLIVE meeting Sunday\, OCTOBER 9th\, 2022 10:30 A.M.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresenting recent research of Rosalind Merritt (author) \n\n\n\nMiami Beach High! Decades of Fame \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis program will be moderated by \n\n\n\nSylvia Gurinsky (Historical researcher of Florida Heritage) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA link is available if you are unable to attend. Please contact: jgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com  \n\n\n\nPlease\, support the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami with your membership for 2023 (register now!). Information and application at our website www.jgs-miami.org \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore Info
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/a-slice-of-our-jewish-heritage-community%ef%bf%bc/
CATEGORIES:Live Meeting,Monthly Meetings,Sunday Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220501T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220501T070000
DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
CREATED:20220117T000158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220126T082534Z
UID:1386-1651388400-1651388400@www.jgs-miami.org
SUMMARY:Dr. Peter Tarjan\, Ph.D.: Women fighting the Nazi
DESCRIPTION:The Genealogical Society of Greater Miami Live Meeting! at the Greater Miami Jewish Federation (4200 Biscayne Blvd. Miami\, Florida 33137)** \n\n\n\nObserving Yom HaShoah\n\n\n\nWomen fighting the Nazi by Dr. Peter Tarjan\, Ph.D.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Peter Tarjan\, Ph.D. Holocaust Survivor\, Professor emeritus of the university of Miami\, is also a board member of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami and a well-known Holocaust educator. Peter will present some rarely told stories of young women in Europe resisting the Nazi atrocities. Many of them ended up tortured and murdered for their efforts to save human lives.  \n\n\n\nHis presentation will include details of recent intensive research performed by Dr. Judy Battalion who uncovered so much information for her recently published book\, The Light of the Days. Additionally\, Peter will offer material provided by ANU – the Museum of the Jewish People (Beit Hatfutsot) in Israel. \n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP by email to: jgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com  \n\n\n\n**Access to the parking is through the street in the back of the Federation building. The entrance code is “#001”. For a GPS or Google maps\, use “4199 Federal Highway\, Miami FL 33137” as the address. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore Info
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/dr-peter-tarjan-ph-d-women-fighting-the-nazi/
CATEGORIES:Live Streaming,Sunday Salon,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220313T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220313T063000
DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
CREATED:20211124T090357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211204T232600Z
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SUMMARY:Professor Miriam Hoffman: Curious Rabbinic Tales: The Shortest Tall Stories
DESCRIPTION:Sunday Salons\n\n\n\nPresented monthly by the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Miriam Hoffman is a retired professor of Yiddish language\, literature and film\, Jewish culture\, Yiddish humor\, and classical and minor Yiddish writers. She is also a known Yiddish journalist and worked as a feature writer for the Yiddish Forward from 1982 to today. Now\, with her latest book\, she brings us the magic of storytelling. Folktales belong to the earliest folk literature\, predating Jewish sources. Once they were adapted into the Jewish setting\, the tales were integrated into our own mythology. Folktales were told as parables with a moral undercurrent to expose human frailty and strength\, vanity\, and heroism. Anything that was not said openly was disguised as a parable or a folktale. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo join us by Zoom or Live Streaming\, contact JGSGM to get your link: jgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com  \n\n\n\n\nMore Info
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/professor-miriam-hoffman-curious-rabbinic-tales-the-shortest-tall-stories/
CATEGORIES:Live Streaming,Monthly Meetings,Sunday Salon,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T053000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220206T053000
DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
CREATED:20220126T071958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220126T081911Z
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SUMMARY:Hiding In Plain Sight: A Memoir of Surviving the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:The following Zoom event is done in collaboration with Temple Beth Am Library’s Sunday Salon \n\n\n\nin observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAllan J. Hall J.D. with his own testimony \n\n\n\n\nAllan Hall was born in Cracow\, Poland in 1935. He led a charmed life until September 1939\, when Nazis marched into Poland. Seeking safety\, the family walked over two hundred miles to Lvov\, where Allan was the first child picked up in the children’s pogrom in the Lvov Ghetto. With false identity papers\, the family fled to Warsaw\, where Allan and his mother were arrested and taken to the train station to be sent to Treblinka. When the trains briefly stopped running\, Allan was marched to an orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto. Allan’s father\, passing as Aryan\, rented an office in a high-rise building which housed German Air Force headquarters\, where they hid for two years. When the war ended\, Allan’s father was arrested\, and his mother sent Allan with his baby brother to make his way to Palestine. Hunted by the Soviets for months\, eleven-year-old Allan bravely made his way across Europe. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact us to get your link: jgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com  \n\n\n\n\nMore Info
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/hiding-in-plain-sight-a-memoir-of-surviving-the-holocaust/
CATEGORIES:Live Streaming,Monthly Meetings,Sunday Salon,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220109T053000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220109T053000
DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
CREATED:20211204T233408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211204T233443Z
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SUMMARY:Robbin M. Smith: Writing Genealogical Stories
DESCRIPTION:The following event is done in collaboration with: \n\n\n\nTemple Beth Am Library’s Sunday Salon\n\n\n\nWriting Genealogical Stories. Everyone has a story – How to put it together?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStart with a time line-An inter active discussion together with the audience which will go over the process of preparation\, organizing and put together your personal records to generate your own book. \n\n\n\nPresenter: Robbin M. Smith \n\n\n\nA professional genealogist for 20 years and a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists. Her other current professional affiliations include the National Genealogy Society\, Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Miami\, and Utah Genealogy Association. \n\n\n\nSampling of work done for her grandchildren by grandma: Paulette Bronstein\, President of the Jewish Genealogical Society will be shared at the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo join us by Zoom or Live Streaming\, contact JGSGM to get your link: jgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com  \n\n\n\n\nMore Info
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/robbin-m-smith-writing-genealogical-stories/
CATEGORIES:Live Streaming,Sunday Salon,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211205T053000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211205T053000
DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
CREATED:20211124T084850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211124T090627Z
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SUMMARY:Janice Masur: Shalom Uganda
DESCRIPTION:December Sunday Salons\n\n\n\nPresented monthly by the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJanice Masur grew up in a tiny\, remote European Jewish community in Kampala\, Uganda\, under British Imperial rule\, with no rabbi or Jewish infrastructure. And yet\, this community of only twenty-three families formed a cohesive group that celebrated all Jewish festivals together and upheld their Jewish identity. Sadly\, while Kampala Jewry made every effort to survive\, it eventually failed and withered under the hot African sun. \n\n\n\nIn Shalom Uganda: A Jewish Community on the Equator\, Masur tells her story of living in this little-known Ashkenazi Jewish community from 1949 to 1961. Because so many Jewish communities were obliterated in the last century\, she documents\, remembers\, and preserves Kampala European Jewry with all the respect that it deserves. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Jacobvitz\, who serves on the Advisory Board of the Sousa Mendez Foundation\, brings us this fascinating author as part of his foundation’s programs. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo join us by Zoom or Live Streaming\, contact JGSGM to get your link: jgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com  \n\n\n\n\nMore Info
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/janice-masur-shalom-uganda/
CATEGORIES:Live Streaming,Monthly Meetings,Sunday Salon,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211010T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211010T063000
DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
CREATED:20210828T181300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210930T212234Z
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SUMMARY:Horia Haim F. Ghiuzeli: Centuries-old history of the family names of the Jews of Morocco
DESCRIPTION:Temple Beth Am Sunday Salons via Zoom and live streaming \n\n\n\nSlice of Jewish Life + The Morocco Community\, presenting: \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHoria Haim F. Ghiuzeli\n\n\n\nHoria Haim F. Ghiuzeli\, a historian\, is the Director of the Databases of ANU – Museum of the Jewish People. The presentation focuses on the centuries-old history of the family names of the Jews of Morocco.  Surnames may provide an insight into the geographical origins of some families or into the occupations of their ancestors\, the role they played in the life of their communities and the way family members were perceived by their neighbors and friends. Understanding the rich linguistic background of the Jews of Morocco is an essential clue for a correct interpretation of the meaning of their family names. A knowledge of the meaning of these family names may reveal details about past Jewish life in Morocco and could be instrumental for a successful research of family roots. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerated by Professor Henry Green\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor of Religious Studies of Judaic and Sephardi Studies at the University of Miami – founder of Sephardic Voices – whose latest book published through Just in Press is SEPHARDI VOICES: The Untold Expulsion of Jews from Arab Lands   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParticipant Sete Bentata\, a renowned architect born in Tetouan\, Morocco\, tracing her family story. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP online for the event with jgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\nMore Info
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/horia-haim-f-ghiuzeli-presenting-focuses-on-the-centuries-old-history-of-the-family-names-of-the-jews-of-morocco/
CATEGORIES:Live Streaming,Sunday Salon,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210926T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210926T063000
DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
CREATED:20210803T202101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210803T202104Z
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SUMMARY:Libby Copeland: The Cultural Phenomenon of Home DNA Testing
DESCRIPTION:The following event is done in collaboration with Temple Beth Am Library’s Sunday Salon: \n\n\n\nThe Cultural Phenomenon of Home DNA Testing\n\n\n\n\n\nLibby Copeland: is an award-winning journalist who has written for the Washington Post\, New York magazine\, the New York Times\, the Atlantic\, and many other publications. She specializes in the intersection of science and culture and will explore with us the extraordinary cultural phenomenon of home DNA testing\, which is redefining family history. It will draw on Libby Copeland’s years of research for her new book The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are (Abrams\, 2020)\, which The Wall Street Journal calls “a fascinating account of lives dramatically affected by genetic sleuthing.” With more than 37 million people having been tested\, a tipping point has been reached. Virtually all Americans are affected whether they have been tested or not\, and millions have been impacted by significant revelations in their immediate families.  The presentation will discuss the implications of home DNA testing for Jewish genealogy\, as well as the unique challenges of genetic genealogy for Ashkenazim. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo join us by Zoom\, contact to get a link \n\n\n\njgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\nMore Info
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/libby-copeland-the-cultural-phenomenon-of-home-dna-testing/
CATEGORIES:Live Streaming,Monthly Meetings,Sunday Salon,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210516T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210516T063000
DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
CREATED:20210321T062443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210417T162507Z
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SUMMARY:Marina Berkovich: A Slice of Jewish Life: Two Island Stories
DESCRIPTION:The following event is done in collaboration with Temple Beth Am Library’s Sunday Salon: \n\n\n\nA Slice of Jewish Life: Two Island Stories\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by Marina Berkovich\, the founding president of The Jewish Historical Society of Southwest Florida\, along with acclaimed Florida historian Sylvia Gurinsky. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSince 2010 the society has interviewed numerous eyewitnesses and is producing its own documentary films\, collectively known as Southwest Florida Jewish Pioneers series. Two documentaries’ films will be shown based on the personal accounts of early SWFL Jewish history and stories relating to the founding and development of the Jewish communities in this region.   \n\n\n\nElena Rosner\, Holocaust survivor\, a founder of Marco Island synagogue Chief RICHARD PLAGER- The first Jewish Police in Sanibel Island \n\n\n\nTo join us by Zoom\, contact to get a link \n\n\n\njgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\nMore Info
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/monthly-meeting-soon-to-be-announced/
CATEGORIES:Live Streaming,Monthly Meetings,Sunday Salon,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210425T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210425T063000
DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
CREATED:20210405T222020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210406T045628Z
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SUMMARY:Judith Roumani\, PhD: Jews in Southern Tuscany during the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:The following event is done in collaboration with Temple Beth Am Library’s Sunday Salon. \n\n\n\nYom HaShoah Event 2021\n\n\n\nJews in Southern Tuscany during the Holocaust\n\n\n\nPresented by Judith Roumani\, PhD. \n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Judith Roumani is listed by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as All Fellows and Scholars. \n\n\n\nShe is one of the leading scholars on the subject of Sephardic literature. \n\n\n\nSephardic Jews lived mainly in the Balkan States\, North Africa\, and the Middle East\, and many were murdered during the Holocaust but have largely been forgotten by history. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo join us by Zoom\, contact to get a link:\n\n\n\njgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\nMore Info
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/judith-roumani-phd-jews-in-southern-tuscany-during-the-holocaust/
CATEGORIES:Live Streaming,Sunday Salon,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210418T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210418T063000
DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
CREATED:20210318T230323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210414T141037Z
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SUMMARY:Lisa Cooper (Live from Great Britain): A Forgotten Land - Growing up in the Jewish Pale
DESCRIPTION:The following event is done in collaboration with Temple Beth Am Library’s Sunday Salons: \n\n\n\nA Forgotten Land: Growing up in the Jewish Pale.\n\n\n\nPresented by Lisa Cooper\, live from Great Britain.  \n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Cooper is a British writer\, journalist\, and artist. She studied Russian at Edinburgh University and spent a year in the Soviet Union as a student. Armed with an address dating from the 1960s and a family tree\, she contacted cousins in Kiev\, then part of Soviet Ukraine\, who introduced her to a web of relatives she knew nothing about. The experience helped breed an interest in both family history and Ukrainian Jewish history.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP Online!\n\n\n\njgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\nMore Info
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/a-forgotten-land/
CATEGORIES:Live Streaming,Monthly Meetings,Sunday Salon,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210321T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210321T063000
DTSTAMP:20260515T103951
CREATED:20210317T231652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210321T062859Z
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SUMMARY:Doug Kaplan: Who Are the Israelite Samaritans?
DESCRIPTION:The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami in collaboration with Temple Beth Am Sunday Salon is presenting this special Passover program:  \n\n\n\nWho Are the Israelite Samaritans?.\n\n\n\nPresented by Doug Kaplan\, JGSGM member\, a retired attorney\, whose blog (judaicarevisited.com) will examine the history of the Samaritans.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n While Dale Lazar\, a photographer (www.dalelazarphotography.com)\, will share his photos and personal experiences with the Samaritans of today.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIsraelite Samaritans view themselves as descendants of the Israelites that settled in the northern Kingdom of Israel after the exodus from Egypt. They trace their lineage to the tribes of Manasseh\, Ephraim and Levi and later survived the Assyrian exile of 722-721 BCE.  \n\n\n\nThere are approximately 800 Samaritans in the world today with half living in Holon\, Israel and half living in the town of Kiryat Luza\, West Bank. The Samaritans have one sacred text\, the Samaritan Torah\, written in ancient Hebrew. They are led by their High Priest; venerate their Temple Mount on Mt. Gerizim\, near Nablus; and practice a style of Israelite religion that predates the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.  \n\n\n\nRSVP Online!\n\n\n\njgsgm.vpprogramming@gmail.com \n\n\n\n\nMore Info
URL:https://www.jgs-miami.org/event/israelite-samaritans/
CATEGORIES:Live Streaming,Monthly Meetings,Sunday Salon,Zoom
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