2024
| Date | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2024 | Discussion of recently published book HUNGARIAN PATCHWORK [more info] | UM |
| Mar 06, 2024 | Caribbean Jewish and Gentile Records [more info] | Zoom |
| Feb 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 2024 | Thursday Evenings: Search for your ancestry via FamilySearch.org [more info] | Zoom |
| Feb 13, 2024 | Dr. Robert Wolf: Not A Real Enemy (Holocaust Survivor True Stories)[more info] | Temple Sinai |
| Feb 11, 2024 | Jordan Auslander: Genealogy Goes to the Movies [more info] | JFED |
| Jan 28, 2024 | Prof. Daniel Wagner: When People Disappear III [more info] | Zoom |
| Jan 21, 2024 | Dr. Robert Wolf: Not A Real Enemy > The True Story of a Hungarian Jewish Man’s Fight for Freedom [more info] | TBAM |
| Jan 17, 2024 | Mark Olson: Family Tree Maker [more info] | Zoom |
2023
| Date | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2023 | GENIE MILGROM: My Return to the Ancestors: A Spiritual and Genealogical Journey [more info] | JFED |
| Nov 12, 2023 | Steve Jaron: Unlocking the past. Exploring Ashkenazi Dutch Jewish Ancestry [more info] | JFED |
| Nov 5, 2023 | Trial and Error: History of Zionism (Chaim Weizmann, Arthur Balfour) [more info] | JFED |
| Oct 15, 2023 | Rositta E Kenigsberg: Grand Opening of the New interactive Learning Center [more info] | HDEC |
| Oct 15, 2023 | Claudia Starosta: Two Branches, Two Destinies [more info] | Temple Beth Am |
| July 16, 2023 | Visages of Memory at University of Miami [more info] | Live |
| June 11, 2023 | Sharing family history from Orla from 1805 to present [more info] | Live |
| Feb 14, 2023 | Mark Olsen: What’s New in Family Tree Maker Q&A Discussion [more info] | Zoom |
| Feb 8, 2023 | Paulette Bronstein: Creating a family history book using MyCanvas [more info] | Live |
| Jan 15, 2023 | Mona Freedman Morris: Treasures from Historical NY Vital Records [more info] | Live |
2022
| Date | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 04, 2022 | Yom Haplitim: Voices of Jewish Refugees from Islamic LandsYom Haplitim [more info] | Live |
| Nov 08, 2022 | Arthur Sissman: Geni.com – How to use the website? [more info] | Zoom |
| Nov 01, 2022 | Jews of Color – The Controversy [more info] | Virtual |
| Oct 23, 2022 | Jeff Wallach (renowned author): Mr. Wizard [more info] | Live |
| Oct 9, 2022 | Rosalind Merritt: A Slice of our Jewish Heritage Community [more info] | Live |
| Sept 18, 2022 | Paulette Bronstein: What Our Genealogical Research Can Reveal [more info] | Zoom |
| June 1, 2022 | Paulette Bronstein: Search your ancestor’s timeline and historical records via JewishGen.org KehilaLinks [more info] | Live |
| May 15, 2022 | (Part 2) The Second Exodus: The Clandestine Jewish Immigrants to Palestine from Muslim States Prior to Israel Independence [more info] | Zoom |
| May 1, 2022 | Dr. Peter Tarjan, Ph.D.: Women fighting the Nazi [more info] | Live |
| April 10, 2022 | Ann Rabinowitz: The Value of Kehilalinks in Jewish Genealogy Research [more info] | Live |
| April 3, 2022 | (Part 1) The Second Exodus: The Clandestine Jewish Immigrants to Palestine Prior to Israel Independence [more info] | Zoom |
| March 13, 2022 | Professor Miriam Hoffman: Curious Rabbinic Tales: The Shortest Tall Stories [more info] | Zoom |
| March 8, 2022 | Professor Hal Bookbinder: Practicing Safe Computing [more info] | Zoom |
| February 8, 2022 | Mr. Arthur Sissman: How to set up to be a successful and cooperative genealogist [more info] | Zoom |
| February 6, 2022 | Allan J. Hall J.D.: Hiding In Plain Sight: A Memoir of Surviving the Holocaust [more info] | Zoom |
| January 5, 2022 | Robbin M. Smith: Writing Genealogical Stories [more info] | Zoom |
2021
| Date | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| December 5, 2021 | Janice Masur: Shalom Uganda [more info] | Zoom |
| November 9, 2021 | Alex Krakovsky: World-Renowned Ukrainian genealogical researcher [more info] | Zoom |
| November 7, 2021 | Genie Milgrom: Finding Hidden Lineages Through Crypto-Jewish Genealogy [more info] | Zoom |
| October 10, 2021 | Horia Haim F. Ghiuzeli: Centuries-old history of the family names of the Jews of Morocco [more info] | Zoom |
| September 26, 2021 | Libby Copeland: The Cultural Phenomenon of Home DNA Testing [more info] | Zoom |
| September 14, 2021 | Mr. Arthur Sissman: How to share your Family Tree on Ancestry or My Heritage and Keep your Privacy [more info] | Zoom |
| August 10, 2021 | Mr. Arthur Sissman: GEDmatch.com – Should I Upload or Not? Part II [more info] | Zoom |
| August 2-5, 2021 | 41st IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy by IAJGS [more info] | Zoom |
| July 13, 2021 | Mr. Arthur Sissman: GEDmatch.com – Should I Upload or Not? [more info] | Zoom |
| June 8, 2021 | Mr. Arthur Sissman: Visit your deceased relatives via Find-a-Grave [more info] | Zoom |
| June 6, 2021 | The Forgotten Exodus: Florida’s Hispanic Jews from the Islamic World [more info] | Zoom |
| May 16, 2021 | Marina Berkovich: A Slice of Jewish Life: Two Island Stories [more info] | Zoom |
| May 11, 2021 | Mr. Arthur Sissman: Explore the stevemorse.org website [more info] | Zoom |
| April 25, 2021 | Judith Roumani, PhD: Jews in Southern Tuscany during the Holocaust [more info] | Zoom |
| April 18, 2021 | Lisa Cooper: A Forgotten Land – Growing up in the Jewish Pale [more info] | Zoom |
| March 21, 2021 | Doug Kaplan: Who Are the Israelite Samaritans? [more info] | Zoom |
| February 21, 2021 | Dr. Lior Sternfeld: Slice of Jewish Life – The Jewish Community in Iran [more info] | Zoom |
| January 31, 2021 | Kim Sheintal: Jews of Sarasota-Manatee [more info] | Zoom |
| January 10, 2021 | Doron Friedman: Discovery and Insight into a Long-Forgotten World [more info] | Zoom |
2020
| Date | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| December 13, 2020 | Barbara Rosenthal and Sylvia Gurinsky: Seders and Cigars – A History of the Jews in Tampa [more info] | Zoom |
| December 6, 2020 | Prof. Henry Green, Alain Farhi, Yves Fedida, Juliette Glasser: A Slice of our Jewish Heritage Community – The Jewish Community from Egypt [more info] | Zoom |
| November 15, 2020 | Robbin Smith: Where exactly is that picture? [more info] | Zoom |
| November 8, 2020 | Ruth Badley: A slice of Jewish Heritage – Three generations of a Dutch/Jewish family living at the East End of London [more info] | Zoom |
| October 18, 2020 | Sylvia Gurinsky: A slice of Jewish Heritage – A timeline of the Cuban American Jewish Community [more info] | Zoom |
| August 5, 2020 | Paulette Bronstein, JGSGM President: Genealogy Research Before the Internet [more info] | Zoom |
| July 6. 2020 | Robbin Smith, JGSGM Board Member: Getting Started with FamilySearch [more info] | Zoom |
| May 17, 2020 | Elaine Farran: Memoir Writing – A Personalized Method of Recording Family History for Future Generations [more info] – Postponed | JFED |
| APRIL 19,2020 | Deborah H. Long: Out of the Whirlwind: Resources for Holocaust Research [more info] – Postponed | JFED |
| April 12, 2020 | Avi and Prof. Miriam Hoffman: Legends of the AlefBet: The Origins of the Alphabet [more info] – Postponed | TBAM |
| March 1, 2020 | Bill Farran: The Story of our Shtetls [more info] | TBAM |
| February 23, 2020 | Daniel Horowitz, MyHeritage Genealogist Expert: Integrating DNA and Family History Research at MyHeritage [more info] | AVLB |
| February 23, 2020 | Daniel Horowitz, MyHeritage Genealogist Expert: MyHeritage Advanced Features [more info] | JFED |
| February 2,2020 | Rabbi Rachel Druck: A LIVE Virtual tour from Beit Hatfutsot, The Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, with C-U-ROBOT! [more info] | TBAM |
| January 19, 2020 | Nolan Altman, JewishGen VP Data Acquisition: Patronymic Naming and Cemetery Records [more info] | JFED |
| January 5, 2020 | Doug Kaplan: Truth or Consequences, the Confrontation between Karism and Rabbinism [more info] | TBAM |
2019
| Date | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| December 15, 2019 | Election and Hanukkah Party | JFED |
| November 17, 2019 | Fred Blum: Locate individuals through genealogy [more info] | JFED |
| October 27, 2019 | Marc Gueron: Jews in Ottoman Lands [more info] | JFED |
| October 20, 2019 | Elliot Colchamiro: The Jews of Greece [more info] | TBAM |
| October 13, 2019 | Genie Milgrom: Recipes of My 15 Grandmothers [more info] | TBAM |
| September 22, 2019 | 2019 Fall Season Kickoff [more info] | JFED |
| September 15, 2019 | Robert Jacobvitz: The Center for the Jewish History [more info] | TBAM |
| June 23, 2019 | Robbin Smith: Show & Tell [more info] | JFED |
| May 19, 2019 | Mindy Robbin: A Slice of Jewish Life [more info] | TBAM |
| May 5, 2019 | My Dear Children: The quest to unravel a family mystery (Film) [more info] | TBAM |
| April 24, 2019 | Paulette Bronstein: Mentor Session with JGSGM President – Check our blog | AVLB |
| April 7, 2019 | JGSGM 30th Anniversary – Sharing Members research [more info] | JFED |
| March 17, 2019 | Peter Tarjan: Rescue Efforts and Resistance in Nazi Occupied Budapest, 1944-45 | TBAM |
| March 10, 2019 | Andrew Zalewski: Galician Portraits-The Story of Jews, Gentiles, and Emperors [more info] | JFED |
| February 13, 2019 | Paulette Bronstein: Mentor Session with JGSGM President – Check our blog | AVLB |
| February 10, 2019 | Lara Diamond: DNA Research and Genetics [more info] | JFED |
| February 3, 2019 | Mark Olsen: A guideline to creating your Family Tree [more info] | TBAM |
| January 30, 2019 | Paulette Bronstein: Mentor Session with JGSGM Pres. Check our blog | AVLB |
| January 28, 2019 | Robert Jacobvitz & Prof Haim Shaked: Screening of “Disobedience” (Sousa Mendes) | UM |
| January 20, 2019 | Hal Bookbinder: The Changing Borders of Eastern Europe [more info] | JFED |
| January 20, 2019 | Hal Bookbinder: Ships of our Ancestors (@ 1:30 p.m.) [more info] | JFED |
| January 13, 2019 | Genie Milgrom: Pyre to Fire @ 11:00 AM | AVLB |
| January 6, 2019 | Bill Farran: The Jews and the Czars | TBAM |
2018
| Date | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| December 16, 2018 | Bill Farran: Wooden synagogues till the Partition of Poland [more info] | JFED |
| December 9, 2018 | Louise Uzan: “Operation Finale” at the Holocaust Recording Center | TBAM |
| November 19, 2018 | A Slice of Jewish Life – Study Group | TBAM |
| November 4, 2018 | Allan J Hall, JD: The Process of Writing and Publishing a Memoir [more info] | JFED |
| October 14, 2018 | Panel Discussion: Searching Our Lithuanian Heritage [more info] | JFED |
| September 23, 2018 | Our Legacy (part 2) | TBAM |
| September 16, 2018 | 2018 Warsaw IAJGS Conference Report [more info] | JFED |
| August 26, 2018 | Our Legacy [more info] | TBAM |
| August 19, 2018 | Paulette Bronstein, JGSGM President: Genealogy Workshop | AVLB |
| June 24, 2018 | Panel Discussion: Researching the Polish Archive [more info] | JFED |
| May 6, 2018 | Genie Milgrom: Pyre to Fire [more info] | TBAM |
| April 29, 2018 | Robert Jacobvitz: The Sousa Mendes Story [more info] | AVLB |
| April 29, 2018 | Cami Hofstadter: Scandinavia at the Holocaust Years [more info] | TBAM |
| April 22, 2018 | Rebecca Barber: A Journey of Faith, Hope and Survival [more info] | TBAM |
| April 15, 2018 | Rose Feldman: Searching Genealogical Resources in Israel [more info] | JFED |
| March 11 2018 | Robert Jacobvitz: The Sousa Mendes Story [more info] | TBAM |
| March 4, 2018 | Phyllis Kramer, V.P. Education, JewishGen: Effective Online Search Techniques [more info] | JFED |
| February 19 2018 | Peggy Freedman: DNA report interpretation | CONS |
| February 18, 2018 | Peggy Freedman: Researching Your Jewish Family History in Lithuania [more info] | JFED |
| February 11, 2018 | Ava “Sherlock” Cohn, The Photo Genealogist: Jewish family photographs [more info] | TBAM |
| January 14, 2018 | Mark Olsen, FTM Genealogy Community Ambassador: Family Tree Maker 2017 – Latest Release New Features [more info] | JFED |
| January 7, 2018 | Nolan Altman, VP for Data Acquisition, JewishGen: Patronymic Naming and Cemetery Records – Their Importance in Jewish Genealogy [more info] | TBAM |
2017
| Date | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| December 10, 2017 | JGS Election and Hanukah Party [more info] | TBAM |
| November 19, 2017 | Paulette Bronstein, JGSGM VP Programming: Searching for My Father [more info] | JFED |
| November 5, 2017 | Nancy Borowick: The Family Imprint – A Daughter’s Portrait of Love and Loss [more info] | TBAM |
| October 22, 2017 | Genie Milgrom, JGSGM immediate past President: What happened to the Spanish Jews [more info] | JFED |
| June 11, 2017 | Peter Tarjan, Ph.D.: The Persecution of the Jews in PÉCS & Prof. Henry Green: Jewish Migration to Florida [more info] | JFED |
| May 21, 2017 | Bette Heisler: The Last Minyan in Havana [more info] | TBAM |
| May 7, 2017 | Paulette Bronstein, JGSGM VP: How to make strides in your research using JewishGen Databases | JFED |
| April 23, 2017 | Louise Uzan & Cheryl Deakter: The Holocaust Documentation & Education Center [more info] | JFED |
| April 2, 2017 | Robert Jacobvitz and Lyanne Lindo Wasermann: Preserving Panama’s Jewish Heritage [more info] | TBAM |
| March 5, 2017 | Crista Cowan, The Barefoot Genealogist: Full Day Ancestry Workshop [more info] | JFED |
| February 26, 2017 | Diahan Southard: Let your DNA Tell Your Story [more info] | TBAM |
| February 19, 2017 | Cindy Potter Taylor, President of JGS Palm Beach County: Previewing the 2017 IAJGS Conference in Orlando, FL [more info] | JFED |
| February 5, 2017 | Doug Kaplan: The Return [more info] | AVLB |
| January 29, 2017 | Phyllis Kramer, V.P. of Education, JewishGen: Passenger Manifests and the Immigrant voyage [more info] | JFED |
2016
| Date | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| December 18, 2016 | Linda Cantor, JewishGen Webmaster: KehilaLinks discussion [more info] | JFED |
| December 15, 2016 | Ignacio Sternberg, JGS Venezuela: Search and Record your Roots (Spanish class) [more info] | AVLB |
| December 11, 2016 | Ruth Glasberg Gold: Father Alexandere Glasberg – Righteous among the Nations [more info] | AVLB |
| December 4, 2016 | Elizabeth Rynecski: Chasing Portrait – Live internet program [more info] | TBAM |
| November 13, 2016 | Share your Story [more info] | JFED |
| November 7, 2016 | Yoram Millman: Searching for Records – Israel pre independence (workshop) | TBAM |
| November 6, 2016 | Ruth Greenfield: Instruments of Change (In collaboration with the G2G Project of Beit Hatfutsot in Israel) | TBAM |
| October 30, 2016 | Robert Jacobvitz and Lyanne Lindo Wasermann: Preserving Panama’s Jewish Heritage [more info] | JFED |
| October 9, 2016 | Doug Kaplan: Descendants of the Conversos [more info] | TBAM |
| September 25, 2016 | Paulette Bronstein & Sandi Frankel: Reports from the 2016 IAJGS Conference in Seattle [more info] | JFED |
| June 19, 2016 | Paulette Bronstein: Jews in the Military [more info] | JFED |
| May 22, 2016 | Dr. Peter Tarjan: A child at the Holocaust [more info] | JFED |
| May 1, 2016 | Daniel Horowitz, MyHeritage Chief Genealogist: Discovering Your Family History with MyHeritage 7 unique technologies [more info] | TBAM |
| April 28, 2016 | Daniel Horowitz, MyHeritage Chief Genealogist: Prepare for a cemetery trip (search photo and index) [more info] | AVLB |
| April 17, 2016 | Diahan Southard: Your DNA Guide [more info] | JFED |
| April 10, 2016 | John Christensen: A brief introduction to the history of photography [more info] | TBAM |
| April 3, 2016 | Panel Discussion: Do You Know Who You Are? [more info] | TBTAS |
| March 20, 2016 | Avraham Groll: The Jews in Poland [more info] | JFED |
| February 28, 2016 | Liz Coursen: Award winning author and historian, Black History Month event [more info] | TBAM |
| February 14, 2016 | Ann Rabinowitz: Jewish Love Stories workshop [more info] | JFED |
| February 4, 2016 | Reuven Shefer, Technology Officer of JGS of Greater Miami: How to build your Family Tree Using A Computer [more info] | AVLB |
| January 31, 2016 | Dr. Henry Green: The Sephardic Voice [more info] | TBAM |
| January 31, 2016 | Marcia Finkel: Cemetery Project, Shalom Memorial Park | |
| January 27, 2016 | Susanna Moross Tarjan: The legacy of her father, Academy Awards Nominated composer Jerome Moross [more info] | BSHR |
| January 17, 2016 | Stephen Morse ( San Francisco) Case Study: Genealogy of Renee Kaufman [more info] | JFED |
| January 16, 2016 | Stephen Morse ( San Francisco) One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools [more info] | PBLB |
2015
| Date | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
| December 6, 2015 | Walter Schlomann: Award Winning Video editor, director and producer: Creating A Family Video Biography in the Temple library | TBAM |
| December 3, 2015 | Walter Schlomann: Award winning filmmaker, will share his expertise on creating a family video biography [more info] | AVLB |
| November 15, 2015 | Dr. Simon Kreindler (Canada): A Genealogist’s Journey [more info][graphic] | JFED |
| November 8, 2015 | “Telling your story to your children” – Discussion with the audience. This program is affiliated with My Family Story, in the Temple’s library | TBAM |
| October 25, 2015 | JGSGM honored Ann Rabinowitz– on the occasion of inaugurating its branch library and research facility at the Temple Beth Am library | TBAM |
| October 18, 2015 | Shulamith Bahat (Israel/New York): USA CEO of The Museum of the Jewish People in Israel (Beit Hatfutsot) will launch a unique community project of the Museum and its International School initiated by JGSGM: Generation to Generation (G2G) and My Family Story [more info] | JFED |
| September 27, 2015 | Dr. Annette Fromm: Folklore and Identity of the Jewish Community of Ioannina Greece | TBAM |
| September 20, 2015 | Fall Opening Meeting: Previews and Reflections [more info] | JFED |
| May 17, 2015 | John Christensen, member of the Genealogical Society of Greater Miami:”A very brief introduction to the history of photography for the family historian” A brief introduction to the various kinds of photographs that a family historian may find in your family papers and archives. How to identify, date and preserve your family photos | JFED |
| April 19, 2015 | Yom HaShoah Event | JFED |
| March 22, 2015 | Nadia Lipes (Ukraine Genealogist): HIDDEN GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES: THE COURTS` PAPERS, NOTARY BOOKS AND POLICE FUNDS AT UKRAINIAN ARCHIVES (1800-1930) [more info] | JFED |
| February 15, 2015 | Celebrating 26 years of activities! featuring a presentation by Ann Rabinowitz on “NATURAL DISASTERS AND THE AFFECT ON JEWISH MOBILITY” | JFED |
| January 11, 2015 | David Laskin, the keynote speaker at the 34th IAJGS Conference | TBAM |
| January 11, 2015 | Reuven Shefer, Technology Officer of JGS of Greater Miami: How to build your Family Tree Using A Computer | PBLB |
2014
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| December 21, 2014 | Program to be announced |
| November 23, 2014 | “What’s in a Name? Trouble!” Guest Speaker: Ron Arons [more info] |
| October 12, 2014 | “The Z Family: A Story of Suffering and Resilience (The Oys and Joys), A Genealogical journey around the world from 1789 through the Holocaust,” Guest Speaker: Dennis J Rice [more info] |
| September 21, 2014 | “Reflections from IAJGS convention at Salt Lake City (August 2014)” with Paulette Bronstein, Mentor; and “Jewish Portugal From a Personal Perspective” By Genie Milgrom [more info] |
| June 22, 2014 | Whereabouts of the Jews of Iran. |
| April 27, 2014 | Yom Hashoah Event. |
| April 13, 2014 | Erwin Joos from Antwerp Belgium – The Red Star Line Museum – The shipping line that brought over a Million immigrant Jews from Europe [more info] |
| April 9, 2014 | Daniel Horowitz presenting How we share and preserve memories in a digital era? in North Miami Beach/Aventura [more info] |
| April 8, 2014 | Daniel Horowitz presenting Mobile applications for genealogy research in Pinecrest [more info] |
| March 2, 2014 | Clued In – Case studies from Sherlock Cohn, the photo Genealogist [more info] |
| February 2, 2014 | Phyllis Kramer- Getting the most out of Jewish Gen Part 2 (at 1:30 PM) [more info] [Download presentation] |
| January 19, 2014 | Tracing our Jewish Roots at 2:00 PM at the Jewish Museum of Florida – A community wide program with speakers, Discussion panels and refreshments [more info] |
2013
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| December 15, 2013 | Holiday Party for Members only at the Home of Genie and Michael Milgrom |
| November 17, 2013 | Sylvia Gurinsky will present “Tropical Wanderings,” a history of the Jewish community in the Greater Miami area |
| October 13, 2013 | How to research your Sephardic Identity |
| September 22, 2013 | Reviews and Impressions of the Boston IAJGS Conference that took place in August, 2013 |
| June 9, 2013 | We will also have a two-part program with our resident experts sharing their research and organization efforts as well as a general Book Discussion on available books in print for research |
| May 19, 2013 | The topic is American Jewish Entertainers and their genealogies |
| April 7, 2013 | On this Day of Yom Hashoah we will host a two part program with stories from Holocaust Survivors. Dr Marsha Cohen will mentor the event demonstrating the use of online tools to research victims and survivors of the Holocaust |
| March 10, 2013 | Presentation by Bennett Greenspan, Pres., Family Tree DNA (this event to be held at FIU Main Campus) |
| February 17, 2013 | Webinar with Daniel Horowitz, Chief Genealogist, MyHeritage.com |
| January 27, 2013 | Presentation by Phyllis Kramer, JewishGen VP of Education |
2012
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| December 16, 2012 | Annual Meeting & Chanukah Celebration |
| November 18, 2012 | “Searching for Relatives in Israel” (Followed by Board Meeting including Committee Chairs) |
| October 21, 2012 | Regular meeting |
| September 23, 2012 | Regular Meeting |
| August 26, 2012 | Board of Directors Only |
| July 15-18, 2012 | 32nd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, in Paris, France |
| July 15, 2012 | Board of Directors Only |