Genealogy

The PBS series has previously uncovered the Jewish histories of rock star Alanis Morissette, who also discovered her family’s Holocaust history, as well as Pamela Adlon, Dustin Hoffman and others.

Though Neanderthals have been extinct for tens of thousands of years, their genetics still make up anywhere from 1% to 4% of the human genome.

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

For biblical scholars, it is of the utmost importance to familiarize themselves with all these names and their place in the human mosaic of their times.

Family trees have taken root in America and are laden with memories, so it’s up to you to start the conversations and harvest your history. So, where to begin?

The combined collection of records will number at 5.8 million, expanding the database of Jewish geneology.

Host Henry Louis Gates Jr. asks Adlon to read the translation of the Hebrew inscription on her great-great-grandfather’s tombstone on celebrity genealogy show “Finding Your Roots.”

Yad Vashem has been conducting the Pages of Testimony program since the 1950s and has helped hundreds of thousands of Jews reconnect to their family members that perished.

“The museum’s new name, ANU, which means ‘we’ or ‘us’ in Hebrew, spells out the idea that, in 2021, there is no longer them and us."

Jewish genealogy is complex because Jewish history is complex but you can still “meet” your ancestors.