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Mishpachah Festival

Name: Mishpachah Festival
Start: 2026-05-31T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-31T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Museum of Jewish Heritage

31 May @ 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

Free

The Hebrew word Mishpachah means family – we invite you to join ours! This day-long festival celebrates and explores Jewish genealogy, heritage, and immigration along with JewishGen, the Museum’s Jewish Genealogical Research Division and other partners, who are celebrating their 40th anniversary. Engage with your family’s genealogy using the Peter and Mary Kalikow Jewish Genealogy Center’s new user interface, learn about historical immigration, and reflect on how we tell our individual and collective stories.

If you would like to make an appointment to meet with a genealogist at the Peter and Mary Kalikow Jewish Genealogy Research Center during the festival, click here.

Festival Schedule:

11 – 11:45 AM: Introduction to JewishGen

11 AM – 12 PM: The Forward, the Forverts, and Yiddish Revival

11 AM – 12 PM: Helping the “Huddled Masses:” Women Reformers Aiding Early 1900s Jewish Immigrants

12 – 12:45 PM: The Syrian Jewish Community – A Century Later

12:30 – 1:30 PM: Mishpachah in Motion: How Jewish Immigrants Shaped a Nation

12:30 – 1:30 PM: Language Workshop: Yidish far der Gantser Mishpokhe/Yiddish for the Entire Family

1 – 1:45 PM: Czars, Cossacks, and Court Documents: Eastern European Records and the Stories Within

2 – 2:45 PM: Researching Belarus Records for Genealogy

2 – 3 PM: Producing History Podcasts – Narrative History and Biography

2 – 3 PM: Mishpokhe-Yerushe: Descendants of Yiddish Writers on Translating Their Family Inheritance

3 – 3:45 PM: Romanian Records: A Deep Dive

3:30 – 4:30 PM: Landsmanshaftn and their Records at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

3:30 – 4:30 PM: Yiddish Dance for Everyone

5 – 7 PM: Charlotte: Life? Or Theater?

Ongoing:

Exhibitors and Vendors: Haus of Babka, Made by Maggie, Myriad Mirage, Sophia Chizuko, Jewish Paper Guy, Jewish Henna NYC

Details

Date: 31 May
Time:
11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Cost: Free
Website: https://mjhnyc.org/events/mishpachah-2026/

Venue

Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Pl.
New York City, 10280 New York City + Google Map

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