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A memorial at the site of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Photo/Robinn Magid)
Posted inBay Area, World, Jewish Life, News

Back to the source: genealogy gathering goes to Poland

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 11, 2018July 11, 2018
Scarlett Johansson learning about her ancestry on “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr.” (Screenshot/“Finding Your Roots”)
Posted inCulture

Watching ‘Finding Your Roots,’ family learns they are related to Scarlett Johansson

Curt Schleier by Curt Schleier November 3, 2017March 23, 2018
Michael Twitty gathers ingredients for okra soup and barbecue cottontail rabbit at Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Photo/Courtesy Michael Twitty)
Posted inCulture

Black historian of southern cooking brings side of Jewish identity to S.F.

by Liz Harris August 21, 2017July 25, 2022
father and daughter stand in front of a big science fair-type display
Posted inKids & Family, Jewish Life

San Jose girl’s family story wins top prize at Israel museum

by Rob Gloster June 27, 2017June 27, 2017

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