News About Jewish Genealogy, Jewish History, and Jewish Culture
Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
To our U.S. readers… A Happy, Healthy, Wonderful, and Peaceful Thanksgiving!
- MyHeritage Introduces LiveMemory™ to bring your photos to life in video. Imagine that iconic photo of your mother as a young dancer, or of you and your siblings playing together on the beach as children. Wouldn’t it be amazing to revisit those moments and relive them as if the scenes were playing out right in front of you? Now you can, thanks to their brand-new feature, LiveMemory™, available exclusively on the MyHeritage mobile app! LiveMemory™ enables you to turn any still photo into a short video clip using AI It animates the scene in the photo. Try LiveMemory™ for free now Make certain that you have the latest mobile app!! Watch this video to see LiveMemory™ in action.
- Using Old Maps, Atlases and Gazetteers in Your Family History. How to distinguish between maps, atlases and gazetteers as well as useful resources for finding each type of geographical resource to find your family shtetl or village. Read the article from Family Tree: What’s What? Using Old Maps, Atlases and Gazetteers in Your Family History
- Korean War Era Draft Registration Cards Now Available on Fold3. The Korean War Era Draft Registration Cards from Alaska and Wyoming have been digitized, and the images are now available on Fold3. The cards are from 1948-1959, and these first two states are just the beginning of a collection that will eventually include over 10 million records and 20 million images. Additional states will be arriving in 2025! In 1948, President Harry S. Truman reinstated the Selective Service Act which required that all men aged 18-25 who were eligible to be drafted for 21-24 months of military service register for the draft. Read more from their blog: Korean War Era Draft Registration Cards Now Available on Fold3! – Fold3 HQ
- Black Friday Lowest Price EVER on MyHeritage DNA. At just $29 each, (reg $89.00) MyHeritage DNA kits make the perfect gift for the upcoming holidays, whether for your loved ones or yourself. Explore your origins from across 2,114 geographic regions and find new relatives. You’ll even get a 30-day trial of MyHeritage Complete and enjoy access to 21 billion historical records, advanced matching and DNA tools, and much more — absolutely free! Go to: MyHeritage DNA | Reveal your Ethnicity & Ancestry | DNA Testing – MyHeritage
- 23andMe announces layoffs. Struggling genetics company 23andMe has announced another round of bad news, revealing plans to lay off more than 200 employees, or roughly 40% of its workforce. 23andMe also reported continuing revenue declines in its quarterly earnings report saying: “There is substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.” The company is also winding down two cancer-related therapeutic programs it had in development. Read more from BioPharma Dive: 23andMe to lay off more than 200 employees amid business struggles | BioPharma Dive
- History of the Jews of Ukraine. Once Europe’s largest Jewish community, Ukraine has had a major influence on the development of Ashkenazi Jewish culture. The history of the Ukrainian Jewish community goes back over 1,000 years. Read the story from My Jewish Learning: History of the Jews of Ukraine | My Jewish Learning
- Excavations at ancient synagogue in Phanagoria, on Russia’s northern Black Sea coast, reveal a larger Jewish quarter. Archaeologists had long found evidence, including gravestones marked with menorahs, that a Jewish community had existed there at least from the first century CE. Read more from Jewish Heritage Europe: https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2024/11/22/russia-phanagoria/
- A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years. The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art wasn’t the first museum to bury remains of Holocaust victims in its collection. For decades it held the remains of several unidentified Holocaust victims in its collection. However, last week the Museum of took steps to give those remains a proper home, by burying and holding a Jewish funeral for them. Read the story from The Forward: Jewish museum holds funeral for remains of Holocaust victims – The Forward
- The Secret Tunnels of Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs. Follow ancient and modern explorers as they discover the original burial cave of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs. Read the interesting story from Aish: The Secret Tunnels of Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs | Aish
- The Beginnings of the Hebrew Language. It’s difficult to pinpoint the moment Hebrew emerged as a unique language. Within Biblical Hebrew itself, subdivisions can be made according to the period or stage of the language. The earliest Hebrew texts that have reached us date from the end of the second millennium B.C.E. Read the full story from My Jewish Learning: The Beginnings of the Hebrew Language | My Jewish Learning
- Jewish Astronomers in the Medieval Islamic World. These four Jewish scholars advanced scientific understanding and exemplified the profound synthesis of Jewish wisdom and secular knowledge. Read more from Aish: Jewish Astronomers in the Medieval Islamic World | Aish
- Fourteen Things You Need to Know About King David. The mighty warrior and sweet singer slew Goliath, stole the throne, and conquered Jerusalem—and that’s just a start! Read more from My Jewish Learning: Fourteen Things You Need to Know About King David | My Jewish Learning
- Ancient Hebron and Archeology. Despite the overwhelming evidence, why do some archeologists claim that Hebron was uninhabited during the times of Moses and Joshua? The city of Hebron presents a problem to the Biblical archaeologist. Ancient Hebron, located a few miles west of the Dead Sea and about 20 miles south of Jerusalem, figures prominently in the Jewish Bible, mentioned more than 70 times. Hebron is known to be one of the oldest cities in the world. Read more from Aish: Ancient Hebron and Archeology | Aish
- The Two Jewish American Athletes Excluded from 1936 Berlin Olympics. Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller were likely removed due to antisemitism and the desire by the USA and International Olympic Committees to not embarrass Hitler. Read their story from Aish: The Two Jewish American Athletes Excluded from 1936 Berlin Olympics | Aish
- Jewish Dance. In the Bible, the Israelites use dance as a form of religious expression. From images of Miriam leading the women across the Sea of Reeds to numerous references throughout the Psalms, it is clear that dance was an expression of joy, awe and worship. Read more from My Jewish Learning: Jewish Dance | My Jewish Learning
- Sam Salz is likely the first Orthodox Jew to appear in a Division I college football game. Salz, a walk-on with the Texas A&M Aggies since 2022, made his long-awaited debut Saturday night after Shabbat. Read about him from JTA: Sam Salz is likely the first Orthodox Jew to appear in a Division I college football game – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
- Warner Bros, Aaron Sorkin To Tell Story Of Al Schwimmer, The Unlikely Father Of Israeli Air Force. Schwimmer masterminded a covert, illegal, international operation that aligned with the Haganah, the Jewish underground paramilitary, and put together a rag tag group of WWII vets who defied an American embargo to smuggle 125 military planes and more than 50,000 weapons to Palestine. The volunteer accomplices included Bugsy Siegel’s publicist, mobster Meyer Lansky, Pee-wee Herman’s dad Milton Rubenfeld, and Frank Sinatra. Read more from Deadline: Aaron Sorkin To Tell Story Of Al Schwimmer Father Of Israeli Air Force
- JewishGen Education class. Are you confused by searches on JewishGen? Want to move your research forward using JewishGen’s databases? JewishGen Education is offering an extra section of the class this year – 2024 – in December. It will begin Sunday December 1 and run for 3 weeks through Monday December 23. Two ZOOM sessions – Sunday December 1 at 11 AM Central Time and Sunday December 22 at 11 AM Central Time. The rest of the class is conducted online. Most communication is in writing via our online forum. Registration is limited. If you would like to join the class now in December, please contact the instructor, for registration instructions or questions: Barbara Rice, at [email protected]
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