Meetings/Programs

 

Our meeting programs feature guest lecturers, workshops, seminars, roundtable discussions and the opportunity to network with others sharing the same interests. Visitors with an interest in Jewish genealogy are always welcome.

Meetings are held from September to June, normally on the second Sunday of each month, beginning at 1:30 PM. Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are held at the offices of Gulf Coast Family and Community Services in Clearwater.

 


Location:
14041 Icot Boulevard
Clearwater, FL 33760-3702

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Jewish Genealogical Society of Tampa Bay

 

The Value of Diaries


Presentation by Ursula Szczepinska
 

Sunday, October 8, 2023

 

* Please see our special request below.

 

 

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Tampa Bay will meet at Gulf Coast Jewish Family & Community Services, 14041 Icot Blvd., Clearwater, FL., on Sunday Oct. 8, 2023.
 

Date:         Sunday, October 8, 2023

 

Time:         Social with refreshments begins at 1:30 p.m.; Program – 2 p.m.

 

Place:         In Person: Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services

                   14041 Icot Blvd., Clearwater, FL  33760

 

Program:   The Value of Diaries

 

Speaker:    Ursula Szczepinska

 

      The Jewish Genealogical Society of Tampa Bay will meet Sunday, Oct. 8, and hear Ursula Szczepinska, director of education and research at The Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg. She will share the experiences of Eva and Petr Ginz, teenagers who were deported from Prague to Theresienstadt during the Holocaust. This program will show how excerpts of their diaries help us learn about unique experiences of Jews during the Holocaust and translate statistics into individual lives.

 

For more information about the Jewish Genealogical Society of Tampa Bay, please go to http://www.jgstb.org/. The program is free to members and $5 for non-members. Dues, which will run through 2024, are $25 for single members and $35 for couples/families and can be paid through  our Dues Payment Page.


For specific questions please contact Bruce Hadburg at 727-796-7981, or email him at bhadburg@tampabay.rr.com. For more information about the Jewish Genealogical Society of Tampa Bay, go to http://www.jgstb.org/.

 

* Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services Food Pantry - Donation Appeal:

 

Many families that Gulf Coast JFCS serve struggle to provide food for themselves and their children. The Gulf Coast JFCS William and Sally Israel Food Pantry supports families and individuals in need including through our Family Reunification Services program.

 

Your support ensures program counselors and coordinators can access healthy food items when needed by families experiencing food insecurity. Removing worry about food shortages allows families to focus on other vital building blocks for healthy families. Please consider supporting those in need through the following ways:

 

Bring food donations to JGSTB meetings located at Gulf Coast JFCS in Clearwater

 

Donate debit cards or cash to Gulf Coast JFCS in person or through their website or through its Amazon store.


     For specific questions please contact Bruce Hadburg at 727-796-7981, or email him at bhadburg@tampabay.rr.com. For more information about the Jewish Genealogical Society of Tampa Bay, go to http://www.jgstb.org/.

 
 

 

 

 

 

2023 JGSTB Meeting Schedule
Date Topic Presenter
December 10, 2022 Annual Luncheon Social & Election JGSTB
November 13, 2023 Research Time For Members JGSTB Members
October 8, 2023 The Value Of Diaries Ursula Szczepinska
September 10, 2023 The 3-Legged Stool Protocol for Genealogical and Genetic Research Arthur Sissman
June 11, 2023

Identify Unknown People in Photos Using Facial Recognition 

Scott Genzer

May 21, 2023 Sephardic Genealogy Gary Fernandez
April 16, 2023 Family History Research at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Hallel Yadin
March 12, 2023 Landsmannschaften Avroham Krauss
February 12, 2023 Jewish Surnames and Patronymics -- How to Trace Ancestors Before They Got Fixed Surnames Thomas Fürth
January 17, 2022 University of Florida Judaica Library Roadtrip Rebecca Jefferson