JRI-Poland

JRI-Poland Book Club Meeting #2 - "The Keeper of Hidden Books" by Madeline Martin
2025-11-03 20:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | https://www.jri-poland.org/event/jri-poland-book-club/
Join us for the next JRI-Poland Book Club Meeting!
Led by JRI-Poland board members Hadassah Lipsius and Judy Baston, the book club’s next Zoom meeting will be held on Monday, November 3rd at 8 pm Eastern. It will feature special guest, Madeline Martin, award-winning author of the book we are reading, “The Keeper of Hidden Books”.
Published in 2023, this work of historical fiction reveals the real-life perils faced by Warsaw’s heroic librarians during World War II. Booklovers will savor this story focusing on one librarian and the people and books that she works to save. A highly relatable book for genealogists, The Keeper of Hidden Books was nominated for the 2023 Goodreads Award and is a national and international bestseller.
The book can be found here:
The Keeper of Hidden Books

Please note that participants in the Book Group must be dues-paying members of JRI-Poland. You can check your membership status by logging into the JRI-Poland.org website and checking the status bubble just under the “HELLO” message at the top of your screen. Hovering over the “HELLO” message will invoke a drop-down menu with the option called “MY PROFILE” where you can join if you have not yet by paying $54 annual dues.

Finding Your Family's Hometown: A Guide for the Perplexed
2025-11-13 20:00 - 21:30 | https://www.jri-poland.org/event/finding-your-familys-hometown-a-guide-for-the-perplexed/
We realize that our website supposes that you have a good idea of the town(s) that your family came from – but what if you don’t?
Join us either Thursday, November 13th at 8 pm Eastern or Sunday, November 16th at 12 pm Eastern for a 90-minute interactive discussion with JRI-Poland president, Robinn Magid, focusing on Finding Your Family’s Hometown. The two sessions have different sign ups. You are welcome to attend either or both.
This is the signup for the THURSDAY, November 13th event.
We receive a fair number of questions from people who:

Only know that their family came from “Russia”, “Austria” or “Russian Poland”;
Cannot find “their town” on a map;
Think that the town “no longer exists”;
Are unsure why they cannot find their family name in the town they expect;
Have never found a family document in the JRI-Poland database.

If any of these cases describe you, please join us and we’ll do our best to help each other!
Please note that participants in this session must be dues-paying members of JRI-Poland. You can check your membership status by logging into the JRI-Poland.org website and checking the status bubble just under the “HELLO” message at the top of your screen. Hovering over the “HELLO” message will invoke a drop-down menu with the option called “MY PROFILE” where you can join if you have not yet by paying $54 annual dues.

Finding Your Family's Hometown: A Guide for the Perplexed
2025-11-16 12:00 - 13:30 | https://www.jri-poland.org/event/5664/
We realize that our website supposes that you have a good idea of the town(s) that your family came from – but what if you don’t?
Join us either Thursday, November 13th at 8 pm Eastern or Sunday, November 16th at 12 pm Eastern for a 90-minute interactive discussion with JRI-Poland president, Robinn Magid, focusing on Finding Your Family’s Hometown. The two sessions have different sign ups. You are welcome to attend either or both.
This is the signup for the Sunday, November 16th event.
We receive a fair number of questions from people who:

Only know that their family came from “Russia”, “Austria” or “Russian Poland”;
Cannot find “their town” on a map;
Think that the town “no longer exists”;
Are unsure why they cannot find their family name in the town they expect;
Have never found a family document in the JRI-Poland database.

If any of these cases describe you, please join us and we’ll do our best to help each other!
Please note that participants in this session must be dues-paying members of JRI-Poland. You can check your membership status by logging into the JRI-Poland.org website and checking the status bubble just under the “HELLO” message at the top of your screen. Hovering over the “HELLO” message will invoke a drop-down menu with the option called “MY PROFILE” where you can join if you have not yet by paying $54 annual dues.
