Previous Engagements:
Making Connections: Introduction to Jewish Genealogy
--Congregation Beth Elohim, Brooklyn, NY, January 2010
--Congregation Emanu-El, New York, NY, November 2009
--Brotherhood Synagogue, New York, NY, March 2009
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Bio:
Robert J. Friedman is a frequent guest speaker and workshop leader at synagogues, Jewish Community Centers, Jewish Genealogical Societies, public libraries, and other community organizations. He was Director of the Genealogy Institute at the Center for Jewish History from 2003-2007 and currently performs genealogical research for individual clients.
Mr. Friedman is a graduate of the Bronx H.S. of Science, Columbia and Hunter Colleges, and Long Island University, where he earned a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science with a certificate in Archives and Records Management.
Mr. Friedman’s extensive family history investigations have focused on New York City, Hungary, Romania, and the former Suwalki Province in Russian Poland. He has conducted on-site genealogical research at archives, libraries, cemeteries and other facilities in seven U.S. states, Hungary, and Romania, and corresponded with archives in Austria, England, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia.
Active in the Hungarian and Romanian Special Interest Groups, Mr. Friedman has also participated in the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Cemetery Project and the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project, served on the Executive Council of the Jewish Genealogical Society of New York, and volunteered at the Museum of Jewish Heritage and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
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