The virtual exhibition Holodomor: A Remembrance commemorates the 87-year anniversary of the Holodomor Famine-Genocide, which occurred in Ukraine in 1932-33. It is a visual arts presentation featuring the works of Ukrainian-American artist Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak. In 1991, the artist traveled to Ukraine for the first time. She states: “My eyes and soul were opened to a land that was beautiful but…
The fourth in our series exploring new research. Shalva Weil discusses her new book "The Baghdadi Jews in India: Maintaining Communities, Negotiating Identities and Creating Super-Diversity." This book explores the extraordinary differentiation of the Baghdadi Jewish community over time during their sojourn in India from the end of the eighteenth century until their dispersion to Indian diasporas in Israel and…
Nov, 4th, 1.00pm EST/6.00pm GMT John, the New York Times bestselling author of A Book of Bones (Hodder /Stoughton) goes back to the very beginning of Private Investigator Charlie Parker’s astonishing career in his brand new novel The Dirty South: A Thriller (Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books). John will be in conversation with NYU’s Dr. John Waters. This event will run for…
In contrast to vital records, family photos do not impart clear, standardized information and have always posed a genealogical challenge. In 2019, amateur genealogist and data scientist Scott Genzer developed a technique for using free online facial recognition tools to identify people in photographs, and has successfully applied it to historical photos of the Jewish community of his ancestral town,…