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Jewish Heritage Center
54:20
Introducing Jewish Neighborhood Voices
Based on oral histories with 20 individuals growing up in the neighborhoods of Chelsea, Dorchester and Roxbury, and Lynn in the 1920s through the 1950s, this exhibit combines recorded stories with photographs and archival material from JHC collections—to bring these historical Jewish neighborhoods to life.
Jewish Heritage Center
1:03:03
The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and An American Inheritance
Join the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center and American Inspiration for a program with Rebecca Clarren, discussing her remarkable new family history, The Cost of Free Land. An investigative journalist, Clarren explores the entangled history of her Jewish immigrant ancestors’ land in South Dakota and the Lakota who were forced off that land.
Hosted and Moderated by Rachel King
Family History Research
01:09:14
Getting Started in Lithuanian Family History Research
Genealogist James Heffernan will go over waves of Lithuanian immigration to the United States, what types of records exist, and how to get started with your Lithuanian family history research.