Recent Events

Thursday, October 23, 2008: Paul Shapiro, Director of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, was the guest speaker at a special JGSWS meeting. He spoke about "Opening the Archives of the Holocaust International Tracing Service."

Sunday, February 24, 2008: Julia Eulenberg and JGSWS member Deb Freedman spoke about "Wandering Urban Pioneers: Reflections on Jewish Settlers in Washington Territory." The event was co-sponsored by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society and JGSWS.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008: Jon Entine, author of Abraham’s Children: Race, Identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People, spoke about "Genes and Jewish Identity" at the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington. The event was presented by Nextbook, http://www.nextbook.org/localprograms/eventdetail.html?id=240&market=Seattle.

Sunday, August 19, 2007: The JGSWS had an information booth at the Jewish Community Festival, an all-day event that was held at Bellevue Downtown Park.

Our February 2007 speaker, Bennett Greenspan from Family Tree DNA, was featured in a JT News article: "Digging deep into ancestry."

JGSWS was a co-sponsor of DNA and Genealogy: Creating a Family Health Portrait on Sunday, March 26, 2006, at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI). The program featured lectures by three local experts:

  • "DNA: The Basis of Inheritance" by Dr. Marshall Horwitz, Departments of Medicine, Genome Sciences and Pathology, University of Washington
  • "Genetic Counseling and Family Health Tree" by Robin Bennett, MS, CGC, Head of Medical Genetics Clinic, University of Washington
  • "DNA and Genealogy" by Dr. Tia Aulinskas, Chief Technical Officer, Genelex Corporation

Program sponsors were Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State, JTNews, Black Genealogy Research Group, Seattle Genealogy Society, Eastside Genealogy Society, Washington State Jewish Historical Society, Puget Sound Chapter of Association of Professional Genealogists, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. Download flyer >>