> 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. 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