Virtual Symposium.
Researching Jewish Roots in Bessarabia
History, Genealogy, Culture
13 - 15 December 2022
The Bessarabia Special Interest Group (Bessarabia SIG) and JewishGen invite you to participate in a Virtual Winter Symposium, a series of live, online presentations to run from December 13 through 15, 2022.
Sessions will explore historical experiences of our ancestors in Bessarabia, assist your family research, and expand your understanding and appreciation of their culture.
You will meet presenters from Canada, Germany, France, Brazil, Moldova, Ukraine, the United States, and perhaps others. Presentations will delve into ideas and issues that are relevant not only to Bessarabia but also to other regions.
List of presentations
| # |
Date |
Time EST |
Session name |
Speaker |
| 1 |
12/13/2022 |
10am-10.45am |
Opening of JewishGen Bessarabia Symposium. |
Yefim Kogan, USA |
| 2 |
11am-11.45am |
Research in Moldavian Archives: Step by Step |
Anna Royzner, Ukraine |
| 3 |
12noon-12.45pm |
Bessarabia SIG website and its different features |
Ariel Parkansky, France |
| 4 |
1pm - 1.45pm |
Translating records from Russian |
Alan Levine, USA |
| 5 |
2pm-2.45pm |
Barely Enough Bread: The Klezmer Connection Between Jewish and Gypsy Musicians |
Yale Strom, USA |
| 6 |
12/14/2022 |
10am-10.45am |
Finding Your Family in Bessarabian Business Directories |
Jeff Wexler, USA |
| 7 |
11am-11.45am |
Borderlands: Traces of Jewish Life in Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova |
Christian Herrman, Germany |
| 8 |
12noon-12.45pm |
How to teach family history to children and grandchildren |
Galina Dobrynina-Kogan, USA
Yefim Kogan, USA |
| 9 |
1pm-1.45pm |
Panel: Where Can I Find Information About My Bessarabian Roots? |
Ala Gamulka, Canada
Yefim Kogan, USA
Alan Levine, USA
|
| 10 |
2pm-2.45pm |
Even a single old photograph can be useful in telling a story |
Alan Levitt, USA
Cassio Tolpolar, Brasil |
| 11 |
3pm-3.45pm |
Laws for Jews in Russian Empire |
Yefim Kogan, USA |
| 12 |
12/15/2022 |
10am-10.45am |
Teaching Holocaust in Moldova |
Sergei Daniliuk, Moldova |
| 13 |
11am-11.45am |
From klezmer to maestro: Jewish musicians in the cultural
life of Bessarabia and Moldova |
Yuriy Daylis, USA |
| 14 |
12noon-12.45pm |
Rediscovered Rashkov: 300 years of Jewish History |
Natalia Alhazov, Moldova
Michael Finckel, Moldova |
| 15 |
1pm-1.45pm |
War In Ukraine |
Alex Dunai, Ukraine,
Natalie Dunai, Ukraine
|
| 16 |
2pm-2.45pm |
Closing of the Symposium. What is next for Bessarabia region. |
Yefim Kogan, USA |
(*) Links to pdf files with session description and bio of the presenter
