This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JoyRich51 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.rockland/3382/mb.ashx Message Board Post: "Family History and the Holocaust: A Day of Learning" The Jewish Genealogical Society (New York) will present an all-day seminar, "Family History and the Holocaust: A Day of Learning," on Sunday, April 22, 2007 Five speakers will cover a wide range of Holocaust-related themes. The speakers are: NOLAN ALTMAN, Coordinator of JewishGen's Holocaust Database. ZVI BERNHARDT, Assistant Director of the Hall of Names and Deputy Director of the Reference and Information unit at Yad Vashem. JAN TOMASZ GROSS, Norman B. Tomlinson Professor of War and Society at Princeton University. PETER LANDÉ, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum volunteer. ROBERT MOSES SHAPIRO, Assistant Professor of East European Jewish Studies, Holocaust Studies and Yiddish in the Department of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. The seminar will take place from 9:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Hebrew Union College, located at 1 West 4th Street at Broadway in Manhattan. Registration starts at 9:15 a.m. The first lecture starts at 9:45 a.m. Further details about the lecture topics, along with a complete time schedule of the speakers, will be announced on the JGS website at http://www.jgsny.org/dayoflearning.htm . The early registration fee is $25 for JGS members registering by March 31st; late registration costs $30. The early registration fee is $35 for non-members registering by March 31st; late registration costs $40. A kosher buffet lunch is included. The seminar takes the place of JGS's regularly scheduled April meeting. The last two seminar lectures will be open to all JGS members. Payment of a registration fee is not required to attend those two lectures. The fee for non-members for the two lectures is $10. The seminar flyer and registration form can be printed out from http://www.jgsny.org/Family_History_and_the_Holocaust_Flyer.pdf . If you have any questions about the seminar, you can e-mail [email protected] or call (212) 294-8326. Joy Rich Editor, "Dorot: The Journal of the Jewish Genealogical Society" http://www.jgsny.org Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.