This story is about a very interesting Jew from Lithuania, named Ana
Ana Sokolskiene-Vinokurova was born in 1944.12.03 in Vilnius, Lithuania. She graduated from the school as well as the pedagogical institute. Later on, she worked as a programmer on some of…
Matthew's Family Story
Matthew's family project is called Family, Faith and Resilience, and it is dedicated to his grandfather, Sol Goldkind, a Holocaust survivor. He chose to document Sol's incredible life story before…
Jordan Samuel's Family Story
For his family roots project Jordan made a replica of what a small Jewish village would have looked like in Eastern Europe in the early 20th Century. These small Jewish…
Avia's Family Story
During the Covid-19 pandemic Avia's family played CATAN endlessly – a famous game which challenges the players to trade, settle and build houses along different terrains which produce resources. While…
Garret Greenwald's Family Story
Garret Greenwald created a project called The Safe With No Lock. He made a Torah to represent that all Jews have the right to a Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Garret's…
Asher Zissman's Family Story
Asher's project incorporates the tools used by his ancestors in their various professions. He did this in a painting because he is an artist, and painting is his tool. His…
John Ackerman's Family Story
John's project is a 156 year family history timeline in the style of a megillah. Topics covered include John's birth in 2011, his Grandparents' wedding, World War II (his great…
Pandemic-style
Nicole used a computer-style diorama to demonstrate the struggles her family endured during the pandemic, but how they managed to keep in touch. While they were so far apart physically…
The power of Serendipity
Amelie's project tells the story of her four grandparents' journeys following the events of the Shoah and Second World War. The family is extremely diverse, geographically, hailing from Iraq, Germany,…
My past is what created me
מיצב האמנות שלי, שקראתי לו "עץ התחדשות", הוא ציור מכיוון שיש הרבה ציירים במשפחתי; יש את קרובי הרחוק פ'. ג'יי. פורטר שהיה צייר ידוע למדי בראשית המאה העשרים. הוא נולד…
Stiches of my history
שמי גבריאלה בלקין. הז'קט הזה מייצג אותי בשנת 2020. הפריטים שנמצאים שם מייצגים את משפחתי ואת ההיסטוריה היהודית שלי. הז'קט מסמל שתמיד אשא איתי את העבר שלי. בגב הז'קט מפות של…
Connections with our families
שמי גבריאלה איירס. הפרויקט שלי מורכב מלוח מכוסה בבד ג'ינס, מעוטר בכיסים מזוגות ג'ינס שונים. הסיפור והמידע המשפחתי שלי כתוב בחוברת המונחת בארגן המכוסה בג'ינס. לצד שלי של משפחת זאידה…