Conference Highlights

  • More than 130 speakers and over 250 programs!
  • An onsite Jewish genealogical library, with professional translators, yizkor books, LDS microfilms, and more
  • Holocaust research resources, including books and videos from the Museum of Tolerance and the Shoah Foundation
  • Day trips to Los Angeles’ historic Jewish neighborhoods and cemeteries, with tours of Boyle Heights and the Breed Street Shul
  • Lectures on using DNA and genetic genealogy to trace your family story
  • A focus on the entertainment community, with a Jewish genealogy film festival and new programs on Yiddish theatre, klezmer music, vaudeville, and of course Hollywood!
  • Lectures on the history of Jewish Los Angeles and pioneer Jews
  • New beginner genealogist programs for both the Converso/B’nai Anousim and the Persian Jewish communities
  • …and much more!