Hadassah Magazine Discussion Group: "How Genealogy Became the Great Jewish Pastime"

Tuesday, Dec 1 2020

Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein hosts this eye-opening panel about the fascinating complexities associated with current genealogy technology, family roots research and potentially unsettling DNA discoveries.

The acclaimed speakers include Dani Shapiro, author of the 2019 bestseller Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love; Jennifer Mendelsohn, a leading genealogist and journalist who worked with Shapiro to research the writer's family history; and Libby Copeland, author of the recently published The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are.

Watch the discussion here.

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