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The Weekly News Nosh – September 14, 2025

The Weekly News Nosh – September 14, 2025

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA New Free Historical Records from 6 Countries | August 2025 Update. FamilySearch expanded its free online archives with over 13 million new records from 6...

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The Weekly News Nosh – September 7, 2025

The Weekly News Nosh – September 7, 2025

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA MyHeritage Adds 94 Million Historical Records in July 2025. In July 2025, MyHeritage published 94 million historical records across 13 new and updated...

The Weekly News Nosh – August 31, 2025

The Weekly News Nosh – August 31, 2025

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA MyHeritage: Free for Labor Day: U.S. and Canadian censuses. For U.S. search: USA Census & Voter Lists Records - MyHeritage For Canada search: Canada Census...

The Weekly News Nosh – August 24, 2025

The Weekly News Nosh – August 24, 2025

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Gesher Galicia’s War Orphans Bureau Project. After World War One, the Joint Distribution Committee established the War Orphans Bureau to manage the care of...

The Weekly News Nosh – August 17, 2025

The Weekly News Nosh – August 17, 2025

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA 2025 IAJGS Award Winners. Congratulations to the following: Member of the Year: Southern Arizona JGS; Future Leader of the Year: Ethan Parmet, JGASGP;...

The Weekly News Nosh – August 10, 2025

The Weekly News Nosh – August 10, 2025

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA MyHeritage DNA Kits are now on sale for $29.00! This is the lowest price that they have ever offered. This is a great opportunity for anyone who hasn’t tested...

The Weekly News Nosh – August 3, 2025

The Weekly News Nosh – August 3, 2025

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA IAJGS2025 – Conference Program Recordings Now Available To Order. The Fleetwood Onsite offer includes over 34 presentations with 3 months’ cloud access and an...

The Weekly News Nosh – July 27, 2025

The Weekly News Nosh – July 27, 2025

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Two new free Jewish genealogy databases available from The Jewish Board (celebrating 150 years of care). National Desertion Bureau Card Catalog Database,...

The Weekly News Nosh – July 20, 2025

The Weekly News Nosh – July 20, 2025

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA What is the fastest growing and expanding Jewish Event Calendar? …L’Dor V’Dor Foundation’s JDays! JDays is the first comprehensive, central calendar of upcoming...

The Weekly News Nosh – July 13, 2025

The Weekly News Nosh – July 13, 2025

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA MyHeritage Adds 1.25 Billion Historical Records across 21 collections in June 2025. While many are updates to existing collections, the real treasure lies in...

The Weekly News Nosh – July 6, 2025

The Weekly News Nosh – July 6, 2025

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA MyHeritage Adds To MyStories: Audio Recording and Enhanced Editing. Read about their new improvements from their blog: New Features on MyStories: Audio...

The Weekly News Nosh – June 29, 2025

The Weekly News Nosh – June 29, 2025

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA MyHeritage LiveMemory™ on the web is now live!  LiveMemory™ uses cutting-edge AI to turn full photos into video clips. You can let it automatically reenact the...

The Weekly News Nosh – June 22, 2025

The Weekly News Nosh – June 22, 2025

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Have you Checked out World Jewish Relief for Documents? World Jewish Relief’s Case Files were lost and forgotten, until a chance discovery revealed a treasure...