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Previous IAJGS Conferences
- 26th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy — New York City, 2006
- 27th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy — Salt Lake City, 2007
- 28th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy — Chicago, 2008
- 29th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy — Philadelphia, 2009
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Tours
How to sign up for the tours
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Go to the Attendee Service Center here and enter your log in email and password (which you received with your confirmation email) and click EDIT on your account to add these tours.
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The Tours
Shomer Shabbos Downtown Los Angeles Historical Jewish Walking Tour
Saturday, July 10, 1:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Tour historic downtown Los Angeles. We will walk from the hotel and no transportation is necessary.
$15.00
Old LA, From the First Jews Forward: A Walking Tour
Sunday, July 11, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
A guided walking and public transit tour of Jewish Los Angeles history. Transit will include subway and Dash bus. ($2 not included) Ability to walk and take public transportation required.
$15.00
Boyle Heights & Breed Street Shul Downtown Jewish L.A. Bus & Lunch Tour
Sunday, July 11, 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
This tour includes The Breed Street Shul, Welsh Presbyterian Church, Wilshire Boulevard Temple, San Antonio Winery for the lunch stop. (lunch price not included.) A docent from the Jewish Historical Society will be your guide in this historical tour of the early days of Jewish Los Angeles.
$45.00
Hollywood Forever Cemetery – The Jewish Heritage Tour: Resting Place of the Stars
Sunday, July 11, 12:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Explore the lives and contributions of the Jewish residents interred at Hollywood Forever. This tour includes a visit to the Beth Olam Mausoleum. Highlights include Garbo’s agent, Charles Feldman, mobster, Bugsy Siegel, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, Michael Kanin (“Woman of the Year”), the Ritz Brothers, and the Anne Frank Memorial.
$45.00
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Tour (& kosher dinner)
Tuesday, July 13, 4:15 PM – 7:15 PM
The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust is the oldest Holocaust museum in the United States. The Museum’s board president, Randy Schoenberg, will personally guide you on a sneak peak of the Museum’s new permanent home built into a hillside in Pan Pacific Park. Enjoy a festive buffet dinner in a premiere aesthetic location and be one of the first official visitors to this stunning cultural institution.
$59.00 (tour will return to the Marriott in time for the JewishGen evening.)
Hollywood Forever Cemetery: The Jewish Heritage Tour (Resting Place of the Stars!)
Wednesday, July 14, 1:15 PM – 3:45 PM
Explore the lives and contributions of the Jewish residents interred at Hollywood Forever. This tour includes a visit to the Beth Olam Mausoleum. Highlights include Garbo’s agent, Charles Feldman, mobster, Bugsy Siegel, Academy Award-winning screenwriter, Michael Kanin (“Woman of the Year’), the Ritz Brothers, and the Anne Frank Memorial.
$45.00