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Workshop led by Rabbi Scott Kalmikoff, a genealogist from New York City who has spent the past 16 years exploring his roots, building his family tree and meeting relatives around the world.
Explore the origins of Jewish given names and surnames.
Recorded November 16, 2022.
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Rabbi Scott Kalmikoff began his genealogical research sixteen years ago at the young age of fifteen. Since then, he has traced parts of his family tree as far back as the 1600s & discovered roots in Belarus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania & Wales. Scott has traveled across the globe, visiting the towns his ancestors emigrated from & meeting distant relatives.
Rabbi Scott has facilitated Jewish genealogy workshops for synagogues, JCCs, Hillels and other Jewish organizations across North America, teaching workshop participants how to conduct genealogical research on their own.
Rabbi Scott received a BA in Jewish Studies with a concentration in Jewish History from Yeshiva University. He was a recipient of the university’s Altshul, Pearlman Memorial Award for Highest Ranks in all Jewish Studies. Following graduation from Yeshiva University, Scott began his studies at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School & was ordained in June 2018. Scott is a member of the Jewish Genealogical Society of New York & currently resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Rabbi Kalmikoff has served as the Coordinator of the Union For Traditional Judaism since 2021.
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