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he Jewish Genealogical
Society of Michigan (JGSMI)
is presenting four programs
meant to inspire and encourage any-
one pursuing Jewish family history. All
take place at the Holocaust Memorial
Center (HMC) Zekelman Family
Campus, 28123 Orchard Lake Road,
Farmington Hills. JGSMI members
attend free; guests pay a small fee.
• Stephen Morse,
Ph.D, 12:30-3:30
p.m. Sunday, Nov.
8. World-renowned
genealogist Morse
created the One-
Step Web site (www.
stephenmorse.org )
Stephen
as a way to simplify
Morse
online searching
and provide faster
results from the Ellis Island database
and others. His topics are "Phonetic
Matching: An Alternative to Soundex
With Fewer False Hits" and "One-Step
Web Site: A Hodgepodge of Lesser-
Known Gems." Morse was the architect
of the Intel 8086, precursor to today's
PC processors. Guests: $10.
• Steve Luxenberg,
1-3:30 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 15. A senior
editor at the
Washington Post,
Luxenberg will dis-
cuss the research
techniques that
helped him uncover
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the story of a "lost"
Luxenberg
relative as depicted
in his new book, Annie's Ghosts: A
Journey Into a Family Secret (Hyperion
Books). Luxenberg grew up in north-
west Detroit and graduated from
Henry Ford High School. Guests: $5.
• Captain Laszlo Ocskay, the
Forgotten Hero, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sunday,
Nov.22. In 1944-45, Ocskay of the Royal
Hungarian Army reportedly saved
2,000 Jews inside a former Jewish high
school on Abonyi Street in Budapest.
Former JGSMI president John Kovacs
will lead a discussion of the film and
tell how he and his father were taken to
this very school during the war. Guests:
$5; free for HMC staff. Optional tour of
HMC at 11:30 a.m., if pre-registered.
• Genealogy in the Round, 11 a.m.-
3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. Participate in one
or more ways: tell a success story from
your genealogical research, show and
tell about a family heirloom, submit a
question and get an answer pertaining
to a "brick wall" in doing your research.
Presentations limited to five minutes;
reserve your place by Thursday, Nov. 12,
so the JGSMI can plan the program and
order of appearances. Guests: $5.
Genealogist Betty Starkman found-
ed the JGSMI in 1985. Adina Lipsitz
is the current president and Diane M.
Freilich is vice president for program-
ming. Annual membership is $36 for
an individual; $50 couple. Register for
programs online at www.jgsmi.org . E
Seeking Holocaust Survivors
The Program for Holocaust Survivors
and Families, a service of Jewish Senior
Life of Metropolitan Detroit, and the
Holocaust Memorial Center have col-
laborated to create an electronic exhibi-
tion showcasing "Portraits of Honor:
Michigan's Holocaust Survivors."
"Portraits of Honor" is now being
constructed and will be housed as
an interactive electronic exhibition
at the Holocaust Memorial Center
on the Zekelman Family Campus in
Farmington Hills.
Students and visitors will be able to
learn more about the Holocaust as they
learn about the lives, the journeys and
the survival of Michigan survivors. The
project will be accessible online.
"Portraits of Honor" has been a 10-
year project under the direction of Dr.
Charles Silow that includes photographs
and interviews of Holocaust survivors
for education and posterity. The project
began as a traveling exhibit to schools
and museums across Michigan; now, it
will become a permanent reminder of
our Michigan survivors.
The black-and-white photographs
and brief interviews reveal the strength
and resiliency — and the pain — of
the survivors. The project honors the
individual heroism of each survivor.
Survivors still are being interviewed
for the project and more are being
sought. Survivors and family members
of living or deceased survivors can con-
tact Silow, director of the program for
Holocaust Survivors and Families, or
Sharon Silver Teweles at (248) 661-2999
to be included in "Portraits of Honor."