Local genealogist Diana Nelson will present part two of Introduction to DNA Testing, 10 a.m., Sunday, May 2 via Zoom for Miami Valley Jewish Genealogy & History. Nelson is the education chair of the Greene County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society and a member of the Miami Valley Jewish

Local genealogist Diana Nelson will lead the Zoom session Introduction to DNA Testing at 10 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 14 for Miami Valley Jewish Genealogy & History in partnership with Beth Abraham Synagogue Men’s Club Speaker Series and Temple Israel’s Ryterband Lecture Series. Nelson is the education chair of the Greene

Veteran Jewish records researchers Ellen Shindelman Kowitt and Sunny Jane Morton will present Comparing Jewish Resources on the Genealogy Giants, via Zoom at 10 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 8 as the next program of Miami Valley Jewish Genealogy & History, in partnership with Beth Abraham Synagogue Men’s Club Speaker Series, and

Temple Israel’s Ryterband Lecture Series will present Dayton Jewish Observer Editor and Publisher Marshall Weiss leading the brunch discussion, Jewish Dayton in the Roaring ‘20s, at 9:45 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 26. The author of Jewish Community of Dayton and project director of Miami Valley Jewish Genealogy & History, Weiss will

Ken Bravo, president of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, will present the brunch discussion, The Nuts & Bolts of Jewish Genealogy, as the inaugural program of Miami Valley Jewish Genealogy & History, at 10 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 27 at Beth Abraham Synagogue as part of the congregation’s 125th

Miami Valley Jewish Genealogy & History launches with Facebook site By Marshall Weiss, The Dayton Jewish Observer It was Elie Wiesel who said, “Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.” An opportunity came to Dayton’s Jewish Federation last year to