Welcome to the Jewish Genealogy Society
of Long Island (JGSLI)!
JGSLI was founded in 1985 to encourage and assist the pursuit of Jewish family history. Our goal is to bring together people interested in tracing their Jewish family roots.
We are a non-profit organization, operating through member efforts. We work to educate members and the public regarding the “how to” of finding one’s roots. See our September 2020 - June 2021 program listing or the future meetings tab below for dates, speakers and topics.
CONGRATULATIONS!
JGSLI was again named Member of the Year for 2021 by IAJGS. In addition, JGSLI'S past president and long-time board member, Nolan Altman, received the IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award. View both acceptance speeches below.
JGSLI MEMBERS-ONLY BENEFITS
Current members can now access our 1988 - 2021 LIneage newsletter issues, featured lectures and speaker handouts. Visit our members-only section to find out more. To join JGSLI visit our Membership page.
JGSLI MEMBERS-ONLY FAMILY FINDER
JGSLI Members: Register your names in our Family Finder (https://form.jotform.com/93131251488153)
(Members only, please. Other entries will be deleted.)
JEWISHGEN MEMORIAL PLAQUES DATABASE
Join our efforts to grow the JewishGen Memorial Plaques Database. Find out how you can help here.
August JGSLI Meeting via Zoom
Wednesday, August 18th, 7:00PM
Book Talk: Mr. Wizard - Jeff Wallach
Mr. Wizard, Jeff Wallach’s debut novel, follows Phillip and Spencer Elliot, two Jewish brothers on Long Island who learn via DNA testing that their supposed father is not who they thought. The brothers pursue a genetic treasure hunt by following clues that may or may not have been left by their irreverent mother, Jenny—herself a master of misdirection.
While searching to learn more about their identities the brothers consider who they are and what that means: are they pure products of genetics; formed more completely by upbringing and social interactions; victims of randomness; or some combination of these factors? The action takes place in 1970s Long Island, and current-day Manhattan, Westchester, and Ireland.
Jeff Wallach is the award-winning author of five non-fiction books as well as nearly 1,000 articles, essays, reviews, and columns in The New York Times, The Oregonian, Sports Illustrated, Men’s Journal, GOLF Magazine, Men’s Health, Health, Money Magazine, and many other national publications. He holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from Brown University, and claims to have been a huge hit at his bar mitzvah at Long Island’s Temple Hillel. He currently lives, writes, hikes, fishes, golfs, plays soccer and does the NYT crossword puzzle in Portland, Oregon.
Register at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqcuGqrz4iHNe03oO9ILZnX9I5G6tel-83
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Join the Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island!
Membership Benefits Include:
Free Admission to monthly meetings
Receive periodic Lineage Newsletter
Receive JGSLI Online. A Monthly digital publication with tips and links to online resources
Opportunity to Network with other people and experts in Jewish Genealogy
Advanced notice of our Family Workshop and other special events.
Click here for more information!
The 2020 event was held virtually on Sunday, November 1, 2020, 12:30 - 5:00 PM. Jewish Genealogy 101: Four Hours+ to Your Family Roots JGSLI’s 30th Annual Family History Workshop A review of the fundamentals of Jewish genealogy. Topics include interviewing relatives; identifying ancestral towns; Holocaust research; using censuses, city directories, ship's manifests, naturalizations, vital records, and other U.S. sources; European records; and internet resources. The annual beginner's workshop is generally held on the first Sunday in November.
WATCH JGSLI ON PUBLIC ACCESS TV
JGSLI's Genealogy 101 airs on PATV Great Neck North Shore (Cablevision channel 20, Verizon channel 37) at 6:30 pm on Tuesdays and 2:00 pm on Thursdays. Alternatively, tune into their live stream at those times. The program also airs throughout Long Island on Cablevision/Altice channel 115 on Tuesdays at 8:00 pm. The Genealogy 101 episodes air in a five-week rotation (Beginning Genealogy by Nolan Altman, Researching Ancestors using Vital Records by Bonnie Birns, Computers and the Internet by Chuck Weinstein, European Ancestral Research by Nolan Altman and Create a Family Legacy from your Research by Debbie Wang.)
Jewish Community of Long Island, a publication in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island, is available from major online booksellers and in many Long Island bookstores. For further information, click YouTube Overview to see how this book can help your genealogy research, a name-index supplement to the book, and a Press Release. JGSLI Board Member Rhoda Miller was interviewed by Radio Sefarad. Listen here.