Congregation Etz Chayim

Sharon Fingold has been researching various branches of her family tree for more than 30 years and has not found her Fingold grandfather’s immigration information. Instead of throwing up her hands and saying it’s all lost, she joined an immigration study group which introduced her to a rich variety of resources that helped fill in the gaps. In this presentation, Sharon will share what she started with, the resources she used to provide context and color to the family history, and some of the history she learned along the way. This presentation is for you if you are curious about working on your family history OR curious about the immigrant journey from Russia to North America in the early 1900s OR if you ever wondered what it was like to travel by wagon, train and steamer.

Jonathan Salzedo will lead a service centered around the reading of the Lamentations attributed to Jeremiah. There will be chanting, reading, and discussion of contemporary commentaries surrounding this difficult and beautiful text. It’s a chance to share community, bring up your own ideas about the best and the worst, hear the ideas of others, and perhaps even leave with new thoughts.