News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA [email protected]  Meet the New Yorker tracing the 300-year history of the Twersky rabbinical dynasty, from Chernobyl to the Bronx. Yitzchak Meyer Twersky has...

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Have you heard of Metrical Books? Metrical books are records that were kept by the various religions according to the mandates of the Russian Empire's...

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Genie Milgrom Launches New Website. Genie Milgrom who has traced her ancestors back 22 generations to Pre-Inquisition Spain and Portugal while identifying 30 or...

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Editor’s Note: This newsletter marks the start of the third year of the Weekly News Nosh. It has always been my intent to keep this newsletter free of charge,...

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA The L’Dor V’Dor Foundation (LDVDF) Announces Worldwide Jewish Event Calendar. The calendar, called JDays, was unveiled at the 44th IAJGS International...

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA MyHeritage Adds 123 Million Historical Records from 18 collections in April and May 2024.  The newly added records are from the United States, Canada,...

News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA 'You probably didn't inherit any DNA from Charlemagne': What it means when your DNA 'matches' a historic person's. A genetic match to an ancient person doesn't...