Tag: Jewish Genealogy

Yizkor books, compiled by survivors after WWII, serve as crucial documents of pre-war Jewish life and the Holocaust, containing firsthand accounts and vital details for genealogists.
Jacob Rosen-Koenigsbuch, a retired Ashkenazi diplomat, has compiled a list of Jewish family names from various cities in the Arab world before the Mizrahi exodus in the mid-20th century.
The International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, hosted by the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies in London, will take place from July 30 to August 3, offering attendees the opportunity to explore their ancestral history with the help of genealogists from around the world.
The article discusses the challenges and complexities of tracing the descendants of early American Jews.
In her memoir "At Home in America," Esther Safran Foer embarks on a journey to uncover her family's history, including her Holocaust-survivor father and her mother's lost sister.
Simon Phippen, an 85-year-old resident of Andover, England, is officially registering himself as alive at Yad Vashem after being listed as dead for over six decades.