Jewish Special Interest Group
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The Jewish Special Interest Group (J-SIG) of St. Louis Genealogical Society began in June 2005 as a revival of the Jewish Genealogical Society of St. Louis, formerly associated with United Hebrew Congregation. It took a hiatus for 2016 through 2018 but returned as an active SIG in 2019, assisted by the Center for Jewish Learning/Jewish Federation of St. Louis. The St. Louis Genealogical Society’s Jewish SIG continues to be a member of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies. |  |
Upcoming Meetings for 2024
Jewish SIG meetings this year will all be a combination of in-person, hybrid, and via Zoom so please note the instructions for each meeting.
Click here for the 2024 J-SIG meeting flyer.
All Jewish SIG meetings are free and open to the public; however it is necessary to register, if you want to join a Zoom webinar. You do NOT need to register for any in-person meetings or to view the digital recordings that will be posted on this page. All meetings begin at 1:00 p.m. (Central)
Next Meeting: Sunday, 1 December 2024
1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.
This meeting will be hybrid—In-person at the Clark Family Branch, St. Louis County Library, and via Zoom
Jewish Genealogy Resources at the St. Louis County Library
Discover the resources available for tracing your Jewish family in the History & Genealogy Department at the St. Louis County Library, including books, periodicals, newspapers, local history indexes, and more. This meeting will be hybrid.
Featured Speaker: Josiah Schmidt
Registration for this meeting will open in October. Please check back!
If there is a handout for this meeting, it will be here.
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Recorded Meeting from Sunday, 25 August 2024
St. Louis Jewish Newspapers
Featured speaker: Ilene Murray, StLGS publications director and Jewish SIG co-leader
Watch the recording here. Password for the recording is 10cSkZ+l
The handout for this meeting is here.
Recorded Meeting from Sunday, 25 August 2021
Techniques to Determine Ancestral Origins
Featured speaker: Ilene Murray, StLGS publications director and Jewish SIG co-leader
Watch the recording here. Password for the recording is d=s&M0*9
The handout for this meeting is here.
Jewish Newsletter
During its existence, the JGS of St. Louis had a monthly newsletter called Generations. Its first editors were founders, Art and Sylvia Jaffe. Then, for a brief time, it was edited by Gene Schneider, followed by Jerry Goldberg. In late 2000, Ilene Murray began her tenure as editor and remained in that position until the last issue, July 2005.
A complete set of all of the issues is available at St. Louis County Library Headquarters in the History and Genealogy Department and at the Missouri History Museum’s Library and Research Center.
Electronic copies of issues from November 2000 until July 2005 can be found on this site. They are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format and can be downloaded, saved, and/or printed. To do so, click here for Jewish Genealogical Society Newsletters
Jewish Community
Click here for more information on the Jewish community in St. Louis.
Click here to go to the Jewish congregations page on this website, where you will find information about specific congregations and a growing set of marriage and death records.
Research Queries
Please address questions about Jewish research in St. Louis to J-SIG co-leader, Phyllis Faintich. You can reach her at .
Last modified: 07-Oct-2024 14:56