Moriah Amit is the Senior Genealogy Librarian at the Center for Jewish History (CJH). For over a decade, Moriah has provided on-site and remote guidance to thousands of family history researchers of all ages, abilities, and levels of experience, Jewish and non-Jewish. She coordinates the CJH’s "Family History Today" monthly series of genealogy public programs and teaches its 10-week online course “All in the Mishpocheh: Intro to Jewish Genealogy at the CJH.” In addition, Moriah is the creator and manager of the New York Historical Synagogues Map (synagoguemap.cjh.org), a free online tool for Jewish genealogy, which was awarded a grant from the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies in 2019. She earned a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from Pratt Institute.

The Center for Jewish History in New York houses the largest archive of the modern Jewish experience outside of Israel, illuminating the history and culture of Jewish communities around the world. Among the Center’s collections are many items that can provide information about your ancestors and ancestral towns – including the records of Jewish orphanages in New York, Jewish immigrant aid organizations in the U.S., and Jewish communities throughout Germany -- a significant portion of which can now be viewed online. In this session, Moriah Amit will highlight the collections of greatest value to Jewish genealogists and demonstrate how to access them.