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July 2024 RTOM: What Is the IAJGS?

07/11/2024 11:21 AM | Ron Gallagher (Administrator)

Vol. VII, No. 7

Contributor: Ken Bravo (Past President of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland)

Member Ken Bravo is the Immediate Past President of the IAJGS, and a past president of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland. He is a retired attorney who has been researching his family since the mid-1970’s.

You may have heard the name “IAJGS” and you may know that the Cleveland Jewish Genealogy Society is a member of the IAJGS, but what is the IAJGS? It’s an acronym for the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies. Your next question is probably what does the IAJGS do?

The IAJGS is the umbrella organization for approximately 90 JGSs around the world. It was, according to its web page (iajgs.org) “…formed in 1988 to provide a common voice for issues of significance to its members, to advance our genealogical avocation and to coordinate items such as our annual International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.” Its members include...

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