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Slides from Adam Brown’s talk to the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles on August 29, 2021: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FgFQ-sk9YBQCyJ_yeXwL30JDHFiv6-xm/view?usp=sharing
View ArticleSurname list of the Jews of Damascus: 2021 update
Like many other Jewish communities in the Levant, that of Damascus declined from a thriving community with 12,000 members in 1943 to only a handful by 2010. Its members largely left for Mandatory...
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Origine ancestrale des Juifs marocains par l’étude du chromosome Y
Comment identifier nos origines ancestrales ? Il existe malheureusement très peu de sources historiques, familiales ou documentaires pour identifier nos ancêtres Juif marocains. Au mieux, nous avons...
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À la rencontre de nos ancêtres Juifs Marocains et Algériens : NAJMA, la...
La présence de Juifs au Maroc et en Algérie est attestée dès le IIe siècle de l’ère moderne. Arrivés avec les Phéniciens, les Romains, les Arabes, ou à la suite des expulsions d’Espagne et du...
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Genealo-J Days – Paris 11/19-20/2022
The Cercle de Généalogie Juive is pleased to invite you November 19 and 20, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Genealo-J Days.to be held at Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme, 71 rue du Temple –...
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The Surprising Origins of the Coryell Family of Colonial New Jersey
[The following article is reprinted by permission of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. The article originally appeared in the Winter 2023 edition of AMERICAN ANCESTORS on pages 27-31. For...
View ArticleAleppo Jewish Surnames Index
The slow decline of the Aleppo Jewish community began during the 19th century following the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and was accelerated following the turmoil of World War I and the collapse...
View ArticleIndex of Jewish Surnames in Beirut
[This index is dedicated to the memory of Ambassador Isaac Levanon (1944-2023)] As with other Jewish communities in the Levant, the the size of the Beirut Jewish commnity during the 20th century can...
View ArticleAvotaynu DNA Project Discovers 7,000 Year Old Neolithic Lineage
The Neolithic yDNA Haplogroup J-P58 has been a topic of research interest since its discovery over 15 years ago (Hammer & Behar, et al, 2009[1]; Chiaroni, et al, 2010[2]). Amplified by a little...
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The Genetic Origins of the Jews of Kaifeng, China: Preliminary Findings
[This subject matter of this announcement is presently in the pre-publication process and will be published in full with accompanying data following peer review.] The Avotaynu DNA Project is pleased...
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