Where :Congregation Neveh Shalom,  2900 SW Peaceful Lane, Portland, OR   See the special note below.

When:  November 17, 2009

Special Note:  Please enter Neveh Shalom through the first door at the back of the building.Someone will be at door  from 6:30 pm until 7:00 only.  The program will start at 7:00 pm.

Questions and Research

Program:  A research work session with an opportunity to use JGSO's library resources and get assistance from other members.  Bring a laptop with wireless access, if you have one, and want assistance with any on-line resources.

call Barbara Hershey, Program Chair at 503-249-1976 or at Barbara.hershey@comcast.net

^{Where: Ahavath Achim Synagogue, 3225 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR}

^{When: Oct. 20, 2009}

^{Time:　 6:30 pm 　doors open for schmoozing; program will start at 7:00 pm.}

^{For more information contact Barbara Hershey, Program Chair at 503-249-1976 or at Barbara.hershey@comcast.net}

Not Your Grandfather's Synagogue

Religious and Secular (and In Between) in Turn-of-the-Century Eastern Europe

Program: To augment understanding of our ancestors’ way of life in Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s this presentation will be about the shift from traditional religious practice among East European Jews to a much more complicated religious landscape, including an Eastern European version of Reform and, of course, secularism.

Speaker: Natan Meir is the Lorry I. Lokey Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies at PSU. He received his Ph.D. in Jewish history from Columbia University, taught at the University of Southampton (U.K.), and was a Yad Hanadiv postdoctoral fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His scholarly interest is modern Jewish history focusing on the social and cultural history of East European Jewry in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His first book, "Kiev: Jewish Metropolis, 1861-1914", is forthcoming from Indiana University Press. He is working on his next project tentatively titled "Jewish Marginals in Eastern Europe," which explores the lives of widows, orphans, and disabled people in the Jewish communities of 19th centery Russia and Poland.

Where: Ahavath Achim Synagogue, 3225 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR 

When:  September 15, 2009

Time:  6:30 pm  doors open for schmoozing; program will start at 7:00 pm.

For more information  contact Barbara Hershey, Program Chair at 503-249-1976 or at Barbara.hershey@comcast.net

New Year, New Ideas, New Info on your Family Tree

Program: JGSO's meeting is designed to get us all off to a good research start in 5770.  First, some of our members who attended the conference in Philadelphia this summer will talk about the new resources that were announced and the presentations that they found most helpful and enlightening. Next, we will offer some unusual research tips that are simple, yet effective.  Finally, we will try to break down some of the brick walls stalling your research.

We encourage you all to submit your research problems/dilemmas/questions to: Barbara.hershey@comcast.net, in advance.  You may bring questions to the meeting, but having the questions in advance will provide more time for us to try and find answers.