Born into a Roman Catholic family of Spanish ancestry, Genie Milgrom, was able to uncover her maternal Jewish roots going back to 1405. Join us as Milgrom shares her story in conversation with Dr. Yochai Ben-Ghedalia, Director of the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People at the National Library of Israel. Together, they will explore how Inquisition and pre-expulsion archives of Spain and Portugal informed Milgrom’s life story.

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Genie Milgrom  is an award-winning author of four books, including How I found My 15 Grandmothers. She is dedicated to supporting communities of Crypto-Jews and she regularly travels around the world to share her story, to advocate for wider access to community records, and to provide Jewish educational resources. Her research has been showcased in numerous publications, including The Jerusalem Post and the Miami Herald.

Dr. Yochai Ben-Ghedalia serves as the director of the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP), a subsidiary of the National Library of Israel. Yochai earned a doctorate in Jewish History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His forthcoming book, "European Jewish Philanthropy and Jerusalem during the Crimean War", will be published later this year (in Hebrew) at the Ben Zvi Institute.

Born into a Roman Catholic family of Spanish ancestry, Genie Milgrom, was able to uncover her maternal Jewish roots going back to 1405. Join us as Milgrom shares her story in conversation with Dr. Yochai Ben-Ghedalia, Director of the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People at the National Library of Israel. Together, they will explore how Inquisition and pre-expulsion archives of Spain and Portugal informed Milgrom’s life story.

Genie Milgrom  is an award-winning author of four books, including How I found My 15 Grandmothers. She is dedicated to supporting communities of Crypto-Jews and she regularly travels around the world to share her story, to advocate for wider access to community records, and to provide Jewish educational resources. Her research has been showcased in numerous publications, including The Jerusalem Post and the Miami Herald.

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Dr. Yochai Ben-Ghedalia serves as the director of the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP), a subsidiary of the National Library of Israel. Yochai earned a doctorate in Jewish History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His forthcoming book, "European Jewish Philanthropy and Jerusalem during the Crimean War", will be published later this year (in Hebrew) at the Ben Zvi Institute.

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