Jewish Genealogy Month

"The two great myths of Jewish genealogical research are that no one remembers, and all the records were destroyed in the Holocaust. Nothing could be further from the truth."
  – Gary Mokotoff

Jewish Genealogy Month is April 6 - May 5. This year's theme is "The Family Tree of the Jewish People." Caroline Guillot of the French Jewish Genealogical Society, Gen Ami, has illustrated the theme in a poster. The poster shows a family tree that depicts all Jews as descendants from Abraham and Sarah. The tree divides into four main branches of the Jewish people: Ashkenazim, Sephardim, Oriental, and Ethiopian. Each branch then continues with sub-branches of the Jewish people.

20th International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
You can now register online for the twentieth International Conference on Jewish Genealogy to be held in Salt Lake City from July 9-14. The program will feature more than eighty lectures; Breakfasts with the Experts; luncheons sponsored by Special Interest Groups; Birds-of-a-Feather meetings; and time to research at the Family History Library, the largest genealogy library in the world. The library holds some 2 million microfilm reels, 700,000 microfiche and 270,000 books.

Web Resources for Jewish History and Genealogy
Center for Jewish History and Culture
Located in Cracow, Poland, these two institutions were created to meet the burgeoning demand both within Poland, and internationally, to learn first-hand about the long and rich history of the Jewish community in Poland.

The Jews of Romania – a Virtual Exhibition
Beth Hatefutsoth, the Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, has created a virtual exhibition on the Internet about Jewish life in Romania.

JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy
Created to assist those researching their Jewish ancestry and based on the concept of free sharing of information, JewishGen Inc. is staffed entirely by volunteers.

American Jewish Historical Society
The mission of the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) is to foster awareness and appreciation of the American Jewish heritage.

Avotaynu, Inc.
Avotaynu, Inc. is the leading publisher of information and products of interest to persons who are researching Jewish genealogy and Jewish family history. Avotaynu has launched a free Internet newsletter for Jewish genealogy entitled Nu? What's New?. It is published biweekly providing subscribers with recent-breaking news of interest to Jewish genealogists.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is a 400,000 member strong international center for Holocaust remembrance, the defense of human rights and the Jewish people.