The Jewish Special Interest Group (J-SIG) of the St. Louis Genealogical Society brings people together to explore Jewish genealogy and the history of the St. Louis Jewish community.
Upcoming Jewish SIG meetings
Our meetings are free and open to the public. Please register for each meeting you plan to attend by Zoom.
All Jewish SIG events on the StLGS calendar
2026 Jewish SIG meeting flyer (PDF)
Recorded meetings
Open a meeting title to watch the recording or find an available handout. You can watch without registering.
Rituals and Superstitions of Our Ancestors
Speaker: Rabbi Elizabeth Hersh
Watch the Rituals and Superstitions recording.
This meeting had no handout.
Understanding Jewish Cemeteries
Speaker: Ilene Murray, StLGS publications director and Jewish SIG co-leader
Techniques to Determine Ancestral Origins
Speaker: Ilene Murray, StLGS publications director and Jewish SIG co-leader
Watch the Ancestral Origins recording.
Recording password: d=s&M0*9
Jewish research resources
Jewish Heritage
Explore the history of St. Louis’s Jewish community, from its earliest settlers to the growth of its congregations and neighborhoods. Discover genealogical resources, including cemetery and funeral home records, historical timelines and information about local congregations.
Generations newsletters
The Jewish Genealogical Society of St. Louis published Generations monthly. Issues from November 2000 through July 2005 are available as PDFs to download or print.
Browse the Generations newsletters.
Complete sets and newsletter editors
Complete sets are available at the Emerson History and Genealogy Center at the Clark Family Branch of the St. Louis County Library and at the Missouri History Museum’s Library and Research Center.
Founders Art and Sylvia Jaffe were the newsletter’s first editors. Gene Schneider and then Jerry Goldberg succeeded them. Ilene Murray became editor in late 2000 and continued through the final issue in July 2005.
Research questions
Researching a Jewish family in St. Louis? Contact the J-SIG leaders at jewishsig@stlgs.org.
About the Jewish SIG
The J-SIG began in June 2005 as a revival of the Jewish Genealogical Society of St. Louis, formerly associated with United Hebrew Congregation. After a hiatus from 2016 through 2018, the group resumed meeting in 2019 with assistance from the Center for Jewish Learning/Jewish Federation of St. Louis.
The J-SIG continues to be a member of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies.
Last modified: 12-Nov-2026 11:45
