Barbara Ann Ellman z”l

It was with great sorrow that IGRA received word that Barbara Ellman suddenly passed away at the end of January.  In addition to all of

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My Czech Roots

Jill Meron became interested in genealogy in 2016 after a Jewish Heritage tour of Poland. She was born in England and immigrated to Israel in

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Shana Tova!

Shana Tova! The Officers and Board of IGRA wish for you in the coming year good health, personal satisfaction, renewed energy and sense of purpose.

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October 1 is almost here!

With the large genealogy conferences behind us and the New Year is looming, as daylight hours slowly decrease and we prepare for the Fall…. We

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Surprise

What A Surprise! I Found A “Divorce On Condition” that My Uncle Signed Rose Avigael Feldman My Uncle Yehezkel Lulkin was the second oldest of

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Genealogy of Eretz Israel

This lecture was recorded as part of the Genealogical Seminar in Memory of Zvi Bernhardt z”l, organized by Yad Vashem, that took place virtually on

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Research Assistance

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Heshvan Event – October 24, 2021

Yearly, in conjunction with International Jewish Genealogy Month, IGRA holds its “Heshvan Event”. Our virtual seminar day with lectures (four in Hebrew and four in English)

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IGRA Annual Meeting

The IGRA Annual Meeting, open to members, was held on June 15, 2021. We welcome Menachem Carmiel as our new Treasurer. Eyal Hollander and Ingrid

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Google for Genealogy

We were happy to have Jeanette Rosenberg OBE with us again and this time presenting all the wonders of Google and how, by taking advantage

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IGRA Membership Policy

Considering joining IGRA? We love having you as part of our family! The policy IGRA has developed allows those joining from October to enjoy member

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Zvi Bernhardt

In Memory of Zvi Bernhardt

The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Zvi Bernhardt, Deputy Director of the Hall of Names and

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IGRA 2020 Webinar Series

Join us for the upcoming free webinar series of the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) starting April 22nd. We have chosen a variety of genealogy

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Heshvan Event 2017 אירוע חשוון

(This event has lectures in both Hebrew and English. .באירוע הזה יהיו הרצאות בעברית ובאנגלית) In celebration of International Jewish Genealogy Month during Heshvan, the

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Invitation to IGRA Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Invitation to General Assembly Paid Members Only Date: Tuesday, 20 June, 2017Time: 18:00 (6pm)Place: Beit Fisher, 5 Klausner

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Chag Sameach!

“In the story of the Exodus, the Torah teaches us that G-d spoke to Moses and instructed him to encourage the reluctant children of Israel

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An Inspiring Visit to Yad Vashem

On September 14, 2016, the Raanana and Petach Tikva IGRA groups, in conjunction with Zvi Bernhardt, Deputy Director of Reference and Information Services and Deputy Director

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We’re back up and running!

Our thanks to Brooke Schreier Ganz for moving the IGRA website to a new, much quicker server. Daniel Horowitz and Philip Trauring were essential as well

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Are you available???

With the Spring weather, IGRA resumes its documentation project of cemeteries in cooperation with MyHeritage and BillionGraves. We worked on the Holon cemetery several months

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Archives in Israel Series

IGRA is continuing its Archives in Israel series of webinars. The next webinar will be on Monday, March 23, 2015 at 6pm Israel time. This webinar

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Ten Years Ago…..

I happened to be sitting in a meeting today at Yad VaShem when those around the table realized that today, ten years ago, Yad VaShem

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Time to volunteer!

IGRA has a variety of volunteer opportunities and hopes that you will join us in one or more areas. The IAJGS International Jewish Genealogy Conference

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IGRA Annual Meeting 2014

On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 IGRA held its Annual Meeting at Beit Hatfutsot in Tel Aviv.  There were members from seven communities from the Negev up

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Cemeteries: 14 for 2014

To open 2014 IGRA has prepared a new group of records.  We have been hard at work documenting cemeteries, most of which have not been

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Bringing in the New Year

To welcome the New Year IGRA will be releasing additions to our databases.  Look for the upcoming announcement! There will be a meeting in Jerusalem

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Upcoming lecture schedule

IGRA has four lectures in the coming weeks.  We are taking advantage of local talent as well as traveling genealogists who will share with us

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IGRA News & Chanukah plans

The Montefiore Endowment Fund is celebrating the publication of the five censuses (1839, 1849, 1855, 1866 and 1875) done in the Middle East as commissioned

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Eight Days of Chanukah

IGRA will be releasing new databases each night of Chanukah. We have selected databases from a variety of time periods, covering many topics, involving additional

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IGRA update

The November calendar should be checked on the IGRA website! There are a variety of lectures in different venues – Jerusalem, Petach Tikva, Ra’anana and

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Special WEBINAR opportunity

Searching the All Galicia Database & the Gesher Galicia Map Room Online The All Galicia Database (AGD) on the Gesher Galicia website has over 230,000

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Book Reviews, by Irwin M. Pikus

Selected Lectures on Genealogy: An Introduction to Scientific Tools, edited by H. Daniel Wagner, Printed.  Rehovot, Israel: Weizmann Institute of Science. Cost $30. Order from

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Where have we been?

– SAVE THE DATE!! IGRA invites you to join us on October 7, 2013 for a special event. – A new article has been posted

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IGRA Annual Meeting

The Israel Genealogy Research Association held its Annual Meeting at Beit Hatfutsot – The Museum of the Jewish People on June 12, 2013. There was

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May Day!

“International Workers’ Day (also known as May Day) is a celebration of the international labour movement. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries and

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IGRA releases new databases!

Israel tonight celebrates its 65th birthday. In honor of Israel’s Independence Day the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) has chosen to release the following new

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IGRA “Springs Ahead”

The Israel Genealogy Research Association, with the help of our many volunteers, has reached another milestone.  We now have 100 databases in our collection!  Thank

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ELECTIONS!!

Today is Election Day in Israel and everyone is taking another moment to think about their choice before heading to vote. Want to know who

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Images of the Holocaust

(Note: This article, having been edited by the IGRA editorial board, was published as modified simultaneously in Mishpacha Volume XXXIII, Issue 2) by Peter Lande Over the

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Hebrew genealogy terms

English Phonetics Hebrew Search chipus חיפוש Name shem שם Given Name shem prati שם פרטי Family Name shem mishpacha שם משפחה Father av/abba אב/אבא Mother

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Name Your Roots

Video: What’s In A Name?

Description: Surnames hold many secrets – watch as they are decoded. Learn how surnames hold codes to Jewish heritage and watch people revealing their Sephardic

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New databases released

IGRA  has released two new databases: 1. List of Candidates for the Third Knesset 1955 – A list of 1,315 candidates for the 3rd Knesset

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We’re Back!

IGRA is happy to let you know that our website is ready to welcome you again. We hope that you will see improvement in response

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