JGS – Ukraine SIG Meeting

Family History Centre 24 Ferrand Drive, Toronto, Ontario

The members of the Ukraine SIG will meet at the Family History Centre. Please see the link for details: https://mailchi.mp/9a151a5e3a51/next-ukraine-sig-meeting-to-be-held-on-thu-dec-12?e=1acbd9d9d2   Dec. 12, 2019 Time: 7:30 pm

Toronto Jewish Storytelling Guild

Congregation Habonim 5 Glen Park Ave., Toronto, Ontario

The Toronto Jewish Storytelling Guild will be hosting evenings of stories, the 3rd Sunday of each month at 7:30 PM at Congregation Habonim (5 Glen Park Ave., Toronto, M6B 4J2 one street north of Bathurst and Glencairn) Each evening will feature a blend of tales - traditional and personal - […]

JGS Toronto Event: “The Not So Mythological Village of Chelm”

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation 470 Glencairn Ave., Toronto, Ontario

Speaker: Steven Brock Shaarei Shomayim Congregation Sisterhood Hall Doors Open at 7:30 pm Jewish folklore is filled with stories about the village of Chelm. Outsiders consider the villagers as fools, but they know that they are the great sages of the world and that their logic always makes perfect sense […]

Store Front Stories

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JGS Toronto Panel: Comparison of Genealogy Software: Advantages and Shortcomings

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation 470 Glencairn Ave., Toronto, Ontario

A Panel of experienced genealogists from our JGS membership will present their views on family tree software.  They will delve into the pluses and minuses of each. Shaarei Shomayim Congregation Room to be Announced Doors open 10:00 am

The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust

Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, Ontario

Annual Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Chair in Holocaust Studies Lecture “The Archive Thief: The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust" Lisa Leff (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and American University) Date: Monday, January 27th at 4:00pm, a reception will precede the event starting […]

JGS: Lithuania-Latvia-Belarus SIG

Family History Centre 24 Ferrand Drive, Toronto, Ontario

Please note the next Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus SIG will be held on January 30th, 2020 at the Family History Center at 7:30 pm to 9:15 pm Please add to your calendars, social media, etc.. Henry Blumberg will  discuss: “My hundred and fifty year journey from Grobina., Latvia to Greenville, Mississippi, […]

Sugar, Slavery and the Sephardim of Barbados 1654-1934

Shaarei Shomayim Congregation 470 Glencairn Ave., Toronto, Ontario

Speaker: Simon Kreindler   Shaarei Shomayim Congregation  470 Glencairn Avenue Entrance: North (parking lot) doors Doors open at 10:00 am The Portuguese brought sugar cane from their Atlantic colonies to Brazil in the early 1500s and within a relatively short time, that country became the largest sugar producer in the […]