Middle East Mediterranean Basin
Upcoming Events
- April 9, 2024
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Givatayim MeetingTime: 19:00 - 21:00
Location: Shazar Community Center, 30 Yave'eli St., Givatayim, Israel
חקר משפחות יוצאות תימן: צעדים ראשונים" מוגשת ע"י אורית
לביא
.התכנסות וכיבוד קל מ19:00. ההרצאה תתחיל ב19:30. דרושה הרשמה מראש.כניסה לחברי העמותה ללא תשלום. דמי כניסה לאורחים 20ש"ח. להזמין מקום באולם שלח דוא"ל אל[email protected]ההרצאה לא תיקלט ולא יהיה שידור בזום"Researching Yeminite Families: First Steps". Presented by Orit Lavi.
The lecture will be in Hebrew. Gathering and light refreshments from 7:00 PM The lecture will begin at 7:30. Advance registration required. No charge for IGRA members. Entrance fee for guests is NIS 20. For a seat at the venue send an e-mail to [email protected]. The lecture will NOT be recorded and will not be broadcast on Zoom.
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- May 7, 2024
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Givatayim MeetingTime: 19:00 - 21:00
Location: Shazar Community Center, 30 Yave'eli St., Givatayim, Israel
"עלד.נ.א (D.N.A) - אגדותומציאות - הרצאה חווייתית, מהנה ומעשירה" מוצג ע"י אביעד בן יצחק.
התכנסות וכיבוד קל מ19:00. ההרצאה תתחיל ב19:30. דרושה הרשמה מראש.כניסה לחברי העמותה ללא תשלום. דמי כניסה לאורחים 20ש"ח. להזמין מקום באולם שלח דוא"ל אל[email protected]לא יהיה שידור בזוםD.N.A - Legends and Reality - An Experiential, Fun and Enriching Lecture" presented by Aviad Ben Izhak. The lecture will be in Hebrew. Gathering and light refreshments from 7:00 PM The lecture will begin at 7:30. Advance registration required. No charge for IGRA members. Entrance fee for guests is NIS 20. For a seat at the venue send an e-mail to [email protected]. The lecture will NOT be broadcast on Zoom.
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IGRA’s Aim
This focus is to add to the All Israel Database (AID) Collection materials of genealogical interest for North African Jewish communities, and the Jewish communities in countries of the Middle East such as Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and others. The additional material will be mainly based on materials in archives in Israel such as the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP), the Central Zionist Archives (CZA), the Council of the Sephardi and Oriental Communities of Jerusalem (part of the Jerusalem Municipal Archives), the National Library of Israel, the Historical Archive of Rehovot, Yad Ben-Zvi, the Montefiore Endowment in London, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), and and databases donated by Jeff Malka from SephardicGen, Dov Cohen, Nagi Georges Zeidan, and Sarina Roffe.
Databases relevant to genealogy in the Sephardic and Mizrachi communities in Eretz Israel, the Middle East and around the Mediterranean Basin already in the IGRA AID collection
- Montefiore Censuses Index 1839. 1840, 1849, 1855. 1866, 1875
- Syria, Allepo: Britot 1868-1945, Marriages 1874-1934 , Deaths 1910-1946
- Morocco: Alliance Students in Morocco (A portion done by Mathilde Tagger before her death).
- Greece, Salonica: Tombstones of the Jewish Cemetery, Marriages 1900-1918
- Turkey, Izmir: Brides and Grooms (1820-1933), Register of deaths Gürçesme cemetery (1927-1928)
- Iraq: Nufus of Baghdad 1892 of the males paid a tax because they didn’t serve in the army – from the National Library of Israel
- Nufus Jerusalem 1910 of the Council of the Sephardi and Oriental Communities of Jerusalem
- Yemenites in Rehovot 1914
- Goods – Customs agreement between Palestine (Eretz Israel) and Syria 1929
- Immigrants to Palestine via North Africa 1945 (together with the JDC)
- On Eagles’ Wings 1949-1950 (together with the JDC)
- Information on people who immigrated from the countries around Palestine (Eretz Israel) through 1948
Projects for the Future
- Alliance Students in Morocco (a work in progress).
- Alliance Students in Tunisia
Volunteering for Transcription
To make these documents available, IGRA needs your help! Most of the projects will be transcribed with the use of the website of Crowd Sourced Indexing. An explanation can be found here. If you are interested in transcribing please contact us.