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Re: JewishGen Newsletter - July 2022 (fwd)



 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 11:50:26 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > how come when I click on links it does not open link?

Hmm.  Not sure.  Let's try it together this morning.

 >  > From: "JewishGen.org" <http://www.JewishGen.org/~info>
 >  > Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 02:06:47 +0000
 >  > 
 >  > https://www.jewishgen.org/
 >  > 
 >  > ** July  2022 / Tamuz-Av 5782
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > Dear JewishGen Community,
 >  > 
 >  > We just returned from Poland after a highly successful JewishGen Future 
 >  > Scholars Fellowship program, conducted in partnership with Friends of Jewish 
 >  > Heritage in Poland and The Matzevah Foundation, Inc.
 >  > 
 >  > We journeyed throughout Poland in an effort to explore and understand the 
 >  > lives of our ancestors, before partnering together with students from the 
 >  > University of Szceczyn, and spending three days cleaning up the Jewish 
 >  > cemetery in Przysucha (פשיסחא/Pshiskhe in Yiddish).
 >  > 
 >  > On this trip, our students figuratively and literally had an opportunity to 
 >  > preserve our Jewish family history and heritage with their own two hands!
 >  > 
 >  > Starting this Wednesday, our Fellows will publish a day-by-day recap (and 
 >  > personal reflections) of the whirlwind 10-day trip! You can follow along 
 >  > here: https://lnkd.in/dwtuUf7a
 >  > 
 >  > And you can learn more about the program here: JewishGen.org/fellowship (
 >  > http://jewishgen.org/fellowship
 >  > ) .
 >  > 
 >  > Avraham Groll
 >  > Executive Director
 >  > 
 >  > ** Features
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > 
 >  > ** Musings of a Jewish Genealogist:
 >  > Success! Finding a Link to Family In Belfast via the JewishGen Blog
 >  > by Ann Rabinowitz
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > 
 >  > “The internet can be such a powerful tool, but so is serendipity.” Read 
 >  > More (https://www.jewishgen.org/blog/?p=musings-of-a-jewish-genealogist-10)
 >  > 
 >  > ** Yizkor Book Spotlight:
 >  > Chelm Yizkor Book
 >  > by Bruce Drake
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > 
 >  > The Miracle of the Last Jews in Chelm
 >  > “The sadistic and murderous chief of the prison where the Jews were being 
 >  > held was getting drunk on whiskey.” Read More (
 >  > https://www.jewishgen.org/blog/?p=yizkor-book-spotlight-chelm-yizkor-book)
 >  > 
 >  > ** Letter to New York Review of Books
 >  > by Dan Rottenberg
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > 
 >  > Dan Rottenberg responds to Ms. Carole Fraser's 12 May piece about genealogy. 
 >  > Read More (
 >  > https://www.jewishgen.org/blog/?p=letter-to-new-york-review-of-books)
 >  > 
 >  > ** PROGRAMS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > 
 >  > JewishGen Press Update – July 2022
 >  > by Susan Rosin, Press Publications Manager
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > Announcing the Publication of the Memorial Book of Krynki, Poland.  Read 
 >  > More (https://www.jewishgen.org/blog/?p=jewishgen-press-update-july-2022)
 >  > 
 >  > JewishGen Future Scholars Fellowship Program
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > 
 >  > JewishGen’s second JewishGen Future Scholars Fellowship program took place 
 >  > in Poland from July 5, 2022 to July 14, 2022.
 >  > Read More (
 >  > https://www.jewishgen.org/blog/?p=jewishgen-summer-2022-fellowship-program)
 >  > 
 >  > JewishGen Announces New Weekly Genealogy Informational Update
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > 
 >  > With the announcement of the closing of both Avotaynu and Nu? What’s New? 
 >  > JewishGen is pleased to announce that we will be starting its own weekly 
 >  > Genealogy Informational Update to take the place of Nu? What’s New?
 >  > 
 >  > We plan on sending out the first JewishGen Genealogy Informational Weekly 
 >  > Update on Sunday, August 21 to help kick off the IAJGS Virtual Conference. 
 >  > Read More (
 >  > https://www.jewishgen.org/blog/?p=announcing-a-new-weekly-newsletter)
 >  > 
 >  > ** RESEARCH DIVISION & PROJECT UPDATES
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > We thank all the volunteers and donors who support the work of JewishGen’s 
 >  > Research Divisions and Special Projects.
 >  > 
 >  > Bessarabia Research Division Update – June 2022
 >  > by Yefim Kogan & Inna Vayner, Co-Directors
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > In June we uploaded 10,066 records consisting of vital records and Revision 
 >  > lists. There is a new JewishGen upload system making additions available to 
 >  > all. Read More (
 >  > https://www.jewishgen.org/blog/?p=bessarabia-research-division-update-for-june-2022)
 >  > 
 >  > Memorial Plaques Update
 >  > by Nolan Altman
 >  > Director for Special Projects – Memorial Plaques
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > The Memorial Plaques Database grew to more than 230,000 records with the 
 >  > addition of 4,600 records and 4,000 photos. Read More (
 >  > https://www.jewishgen.org/blog/?p=memorial-plaques-database-update-july-2022)
 >  > 
 >  > JOWBR Database Update
 >  > by Nolan Altman
 >  > Director for Special Projects - JOWBR
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > The latest update added 73,500 new records and 51,000 new photographs. Data 
 >  > for 437 cemeteries has been added and updated. The total number of records 
 >  > is now 4.25 million.
 >  > Read More (https://www.jewishgen.org/blog/?p=jowbr-database-update-july-2022)
 >  > 
 >  > Yizkor Books Summary for June 2022
 >  > by Lance Ackerfeld
 >  > Director of Special Projects - Yizkor Books
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > Twenty-eight existing Yizkor Book projects were updated in June. Read More (
 >  > https://www.jewishgen.org/blog/?p=yizkor-book-project-summary-for-june-2022)
 >  > 
 >  > KehilaLinks Update – July 2022
 >  > by Susana Leistner Bloch and Barbara Ellman
 >  > Project Directors
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > Three Kehilalinks have been revised and improved: Delyatin and Nadvorna, 
 >  > both in Ukraine and Shchadryn, Belarus. Read More (
 >  > https://www.jewishgen.org/blog/?p=kehilalinks-update-july-2022)
 >  > 
 >  > ** All of the articles and updates can be accessed directly via the 
 >  > JewishGen Blog
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > CLICK HERE TO ACCESS NOW (https://www.jewishgen.org/Blog/?c=newsletter)
 >  > 
 >  > ** Enjoy!
 >  > ------------------------------------------------------------
 >  > Nancy Siegel, Editor and Director of Communications
 >  > Richie Baum, Associate Editor
 >  > JewishGen.org
 >  > 
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