The Columbus Jewish Historical Society is beginning its fourth year of motivating Jewish middle schoolers to start learning about their genealogy and family history.
During the Thanksgiving holiday season, Agudas Achim, Beth Tikvah, Beth Shalom, and Temple Israel seventh and eighth graders have an assignment to talk to their relatives, especially the elders, about their family’s origins and history. They will come to religious school, perhaps with their parents, on December 4 for Genealogy Super Sunday, during which CJHS facilitators will encourage them to share family photos, keepsakes, documents, and other family information.
The genealogy committee is seeking interested CJHS members to observe at a Genealogy Super Sunday session as a way of learning some of the activities the genealogy committee does and maybe even catch the genealogy fever! Contact the CJHS office for more information and to sign up as an observer. Please call 614-238-6977 or email our offices at history@tcjf.org .
Date December 4th, 2016
The Columbus Jewish Historical Society (CJHS) will welcome Linda Kass as she discusses the transformation of her mother’s personal story into a work of fiction.
She will be accompanied by young musicians from Suzuki Music Columbus who will play selections pertinent to the various stages in Tasa’s life. This program will benefit the CJHS.
For more information and to purchase tickets, CLICK HERE.
Date October 13th, 2016
LocationRoth-Resler Theater at the Jewish Center of Columbus
Time7:00pm to 8:30pm
CJHS has an exhibit of Maccabi memorabilia on display in the JCC lobby showcases.
If you would like to donate Maccabi items to CJHS please contact the Columbus Jewish Historical Society offices by calling 614-238-6977 or emailing us at history@tcjf.org.
Date Ongoing until September 2016
LocationColumbus JCC Lobby
Time
Bring your visiting family on July 3!
Date July 3rd, 2016
LocationThe Historical Collection, 1175 College Ave.
Time1 to 4pm
The first exhibit in the Columbus Jewish Historical Society’s new exhibit space, the Historical Collection.
Come view 35 years of CJHS’s collecting and preserving of 180 years of Jewish history in central Ohio.
Click Here to view The Columbus Dispatch article and video about the opening.
Location: Esther C. Melton Building, 1175 College Avenue
Open thru June 30th, 2016
10am to 3:30pm Monday thru Friday and
the first Sunday of each month 1pm to 4pm.
Date Thru June 30th, 2016
LocationEsther C. Melton Building, 1175 College Avenue
Time10am to 3:30pm Monday thru Friday
The Columbus Jewish Historical Society Business Meeting will be held at 7pm.
The Annual Meeting of the Columbus Jewish Historical Society will be at 8pm.
Agenda:
-Vote on the updated constitution.
-Vote on the slate of new CJHS officers and trustees.
Date June 7th 2016
Location1175 College Avenue
Time8pm
Join us to share your memories of the Excelsior Club days.
Date June 5, 2016
LocationThe Historical Collection, 1175 College Avenue
Time2pm
Learn how to research the Jewish communities of central Ohio using the CJHS website and its links; including the Ohio Jewish Chronicle!
This program and more will be held the first Sunday of every month, check back for more information!
Date May 1, 2016
LocationThe Historical Collection, 1175 College Avenue
Time2pm
An informal conversation with the author of Sorry, Downtown Columbus is Closed, I. David Cohen.
This program and more will be held the first Sunday of every month, check back for more information!
Date April 3, 2016
LocationThe Historical Collection, 1175 College Avenue
Time2pm
Space to come together for prayer is of major importance to the Jewish community. Toby Brief, president of the Columbus Jewish Historical Society, will present a look at the various Jewish congregations of Columbus, how they developed and where they were located over the years. By looking at all of the synagogues and alternative spaces, we see a reflection of how Jewish Columbus has grown and changed over the last 175 years.
This is a program of the Beth Tikvah Shishim group. For further information, please call Beth Tikvah directly.
Date March 10th, 2016
LocationBeth Tikvah
Time11:00AM
On Dec. 13, CJHS will open a permanent exhibit space. Our first exhibit will be “Preserving Memory: CJHS at 35.”
We will be showing items from our archives that represent Jewish life in central Ohio.
Place: The Historical Collection, 1175 College Ave.
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Date December 13th, 2015
LocationThe Historical Collection, 1175 College Ave.
Time1:00pm to 4:00pm
CJHS Genealogy Committee members, will present an introduction to genealogy to the 8th grade Sunday School classes at Temple Israel, Agudas Achim, Beth Shalom, and Beth Tikvah on December 6th, 2015.
Students will be learning about their family’s heritage and if possible, should be able to identify who they were named for specific to their English and Hebrew names and should come prepared with any derivations in the spelling of their last name. Students are to bring family memorabilia to share and discuss with the group. Parents are welcome to accompany their kids.
Date December 6th, 2015
LocationBeth Tikvah - Temple Israel - Beth Shalom
Time
CJHS welcomed several new Trustees to the Board at our June meeting. This is bound to be an exciting year!
2015–2016 New Trustees (left to right): Jason Crabill, Barry Adelman, I David Cohen, Jeff Grossman, Dan Fleckner with President, Toby Brief. Not pictured is Fred Summer.
The CJHS Art Mail exhibit is currently at the Bexley Public Library.
CJHS challenged you to create Art Mail and look at your history and the history of Jewish Columbus in a new way, come and see the results from now until May 29th, 2015.
LocationBexley Public Library
Time
May 7th, Carol Shkolnik, CJHS genealogy chair, at the Bexley Public Library will be presenting resources and tips for tracing your family’s Jewish roots from 7:00 to 8:30p.m.
Date May 7th, 2015
LocationBexley Public Library
Time7:00 to 8:30p.m.
