44th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
August 18 - 22, 2024
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Web: https://www.iajgs.org/conference/

JewishGen Southern African SIG meeting
Wednesday, August 21, 2024, 3:15 - 4:15 pm Eastern Daylight Time

Agenda:

• Roy Ogus (SA-SIG Vice President): Overview of the SA-SIG and description of some related South African resources
• Eli Rabinowitz: Overview of "In My Pocket" project
• Q & A

Resources for the meeting

1. Shemot article: Researching SA Jewish Genealogy
   
   
   
   
2. Resource Guide for South African research
   
   
   
   

The terrible events which took place in Lithuania during the Holocaust are the backdrop for this fictionalised story. Kaplinski has drawn on his own family history and historical research to build a psychological thriller around his central protagonist who is a highly respected American lawyer.
 
Drawing on his experiences as an educator and psychologist and grappling with the way in which trauma affects all involved in it, Kaplinski examines the complexity of memory and how the past remains with us even if only in the darkest recesses of the mind.
 
*Solly Kaplinski* was formerly Headmaster of Herzlia School in Cape Town, and thereafter the head of Jewish Day-Schools in Canada. He subsequently worked at Yad Vashem for 6 years and since 2006 has been with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
 
Solly's parents, Izak and Sima, were Bielski partisans. His family history inspired the writing of this novella, as well as an anthology of poetry. He lives in Israel with his wife, three daughters, and nine grandchildren.
 
Thursday 23 February 2017, 18h30 for 19h00
 
Admission is free but booking is essential:
     E-mail: shirley@jhbholocaust.co.za
     Phone: (011) 640-3100
 
VENUE: *Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre*
     1 Duncombe Road, Forest Town, Johannesburg, Gauteng 2193, South Africa.