Most JGSMD programs will be held from 1:30pm-4:00pm at the Park Heights JCC. Some programs will be held at different times or locations. Be sure to check the schedule carefully for the exact time and location of each program.

From 1:30pm-2:00pm before every program, you'll have an opportunity to network with other JGSMD members and discuss your personal research problems.

Program dates for JGSMD follow. Details of each program are listed below.
2005: September 25, October 16, November 6, December 4
2006: January 15, February 26, March 19, April 23, May 21, June 11, August 13-18

Program dates for JGSGW follow. Please visit the JGSGW website for details.
2005: September 11, October 16, November 13, December 11
2006: January 8, February 12, March 5, April 2, May 7, June 11

Date, Time, Location	Description
September 25, 2005 1:30pm-4pm Park Heights JCC Community Room	Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) * Inge Weinberger, former Executive Director * JGS Maryland warmly welcomes Inge Weinberger, former Executive Director of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), as the speaker for our opening program of the year. Inge's presentation will cover the work of HIAS, interesting case studies in immigration and her current work on claims of Holocaust survivors.
October 30, 2005 2pm Owings Mills JCC	JGS Maryland Planning/Organizing Meeting A core group of former JGS Maryland members has worked hard this year to restart JGSMD and get the programming going for the year. However, we need others to get involved to turn JGSMD into a thriving organization. Please join us for this planning/organizing meeting to learn how you can help shape the future of JGSMD.
November 6, 2005 2pm-4pm Jewish Museum of Maryland	My Grandfather's House Joint program with the Jewish Museum of Maryland. Screening and discussion of a documentary that traces film-maker Eileen Douglas' search to find her grandfather's house in Lithuania. Note: There is a nominal charge for this program, to be collected upon entrance to the museum on the day of the program. $5 - JGSMD or JMM members $10 - Non-members
November 17, 2005 7pm-9pm Reisterstown	JGS Maryland Planning/Organizing Meeting Finalize spring 2006 programming calendar and continue discussions on future direction of JGSMD. Meeting will be at a member's home, please RSVP to jgsmd@comcast.net for exact location.
December 4, 2005 1:30pm-4pm Owings Mills JCC Performa Room	American Red Cross Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center * Linda Klein, Executive Director * Located at the Central Maryland Chapter of the American Red Cross in Baltimore, the Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center serves as the national clearinghouse for Holocaust and WWII civilian tracing cases. Executive Director Linda Klein will introduce the work of the center, provide an overview of the tracing process and describe how tracing cases are handled.
January 15, 2006	A Glimpse Into the "Old Country" Film: Echoes That Remain * Elise Friedman, Ed Schechter * "Echoes That Remain" is a poignant, nostalgic study of Jewish shtetl life before the Holocaust. Combines hundreds of rare archival photos and previously unseen film footage with live action sequences shot on location at the sites of former Jewish communities in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania. Dramatizes the folk stories, parables and anecdotes, and brings tears and laughter to the viewer. Covers the traditions: Bar Mitzvahs, weddings, etc., and the poverty and hardships and pogroms, the humor, laughter, and traditional family life that prevailed in the shtetl in the "Jewish Old World". 60 minutes. After the film, JGS Maryland members Elise Friedman and Ed Schechter will share their experiences going back to the "Old Country" in more recent years. Elise spent 10 days in Poland and Belarus in September 2005; Ed visited Germany several years ago.
February 26, 2006	Genealogy Brickwalls Experienced members of JGS Maryland will present common genealogical brickwalls and solutions to them, then we invite members to talk about their own brick walls -- either ones that have already been solved or ones that are still ongoing.
March 19, 2006	Unusual Sources for U.S. Research * Suzan Wynne *
April 23, 2006	Jewish Genealogy Month JRI-Poland * Mark Halpern *
May 21, 2006	TBA
June 11, 2006	Joint Program with JGSGW Connections * Schelly Talalay Dardashti * JGSMD and JGSGW welcome Schelly Talalay Dardashti, genealogist, columnist and president of Jewish Family Research Association Israel (JFRA Israel) as our guest speaker for our final program of the year. More details to come!