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The Utah Jewish Genealogical Society has retired its newsletter, Atsmi Uvsari.

This name translates from Hebrew as “My Bone and My Flesh,” taken from the biblical phrase signifying family kinship as in the first book of Moses (Gen. 29:14).

You can view the issues of Atsmi Uvsari by clicking on the links below. These files are in PDF format and can be viewed using Acrobat Reader.

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  • Issue # 24, Winter 2010
    • The Rodker Family and the Great Migration, by Patrick Monson
    • Presentation Review by Rochelle Kaplan — “Going to Poland with My Baba’s Yizkor Book” by Ruth Behar (An IAJGS Conference Session Review)
    • Jewish Immigration to the United States from Estonia: The Interwar Period, by Patrick Monson
    • Book Review by Patrick Monson — A History of East European Jews, by Heiko Haumann
    • Book Review by Rochelle Kaplan — Lost Boryslaw: memories of a Galician Youth by Meilech Schiff
    • Note: This version has some typos corrected from the version that was originally emailed.
    • UJGS Meeting Highlights, August, October, and December 2010
  • Issue # 23, Summer 2010
    • Names, Faces, People, Places: The USC Shoah Foundation Institute Comes Alive, by Patrick Monson (An IAJGS Conference Session Review)
    • Within and Beyond the Pale: Jews in the Russian Empire, by Rochelle Kaplan (An IAJGS Conference Session Review)
    • Gentiles Journey to the Promised Land, by Candy Kammerman
    • Genealogy in the Round, our March Meeting
    • Ost Meets West: Immigrant Moguls Emigre Directors and the Rise of Film Noir, by Rochelle Kaplan (An IAJGS Conference Session Review)
    • Clued-In: Case Studies from Sherlock Cohn, The Photo Genealogist, by Rochelle Kaplan (An IAJGS Conference Session Review)
    • UJGS Meeting Highlights, January, March, April, and June 2010
  • Issue # 22, Winter 2009
    • Utah’s Jewish History, Part 5: The Spirited in the Land of Zion and a Side Trip to Hawaii, by Rochelle Kaplan
    • Gary Mokotoff Presents to UJGS, by Louise Lindorf Silver
    • JGS Southern Nevada Visit to Salt Lake City – or – How to be More Efficient at the Family History Library, by Banai Lynn Feldstein
    • Dedication of Congregation B’nai Israel, by Banai Lynn Feldstein
    • Book Review by Lane Fischer — Small Miracles of the Holocaust
    • Book Review by Rochelle Kaplan — They Call Me Mayer July
    • UJGS Meeting Highlights, October 2009
    • Correction: Page 4 suggests that Utah became a state in 1905, when that actually happened in 1896.
  • Issue # 21, Summer 2009
    • Several articles about the IAJGS conference in Chicago, from Kahlile Mehr and Banai Lynn Feldstein
    • Utah’s Jewish History, Part 4: Mining Magnates, by Rochelle Kaplan
    • Involving Your Children in Family History: The Cemetery Excursion, by Lane Fischer
    • Film Review by Rochelle Kaplan — Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
    • UJGS Meeting Highlights, January, April, and July 2009
  • Issue # 20, Winter 2008
    • Several articles about the IAJGS conference in Chicago, from Rochelle Kaplan and Banai Lynn Feldstein
    • New York Times Articles of Interest to Jewish Genealogists, by Rochelle Kaplan
    • Book/Lecture Review by Rochelle Kaplan — Erased
    • UJGS Meeting Highlights, October 2008
  • Issue # 19, Summer 2008
    • Utah’s Jewish History, Part 3: Ogden, by Rochelle Kaplan
    • Involving Your Children in Family History: Microfilm Race, by Lane Fischer
    • Web Site Review by Banai Lynn Feldstein — wiki.familysearch.org
    • Film Review by Rochelle Kaplan — Forgiving Dr. Mengele
    • Book Review by Robert Neu — Rutka’s Notebook: January – April 1943
    • Book Review by Robert Neu — The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million
    • UJGS Meeting Highlights, January, April, and July 2008
    • Note: Our next meeting is October 21, not October 20 as stated on page 13
  • Issue # 18, Winter 2007
    • Utah’s Jewish History, Part 2: Corinne, by Rochelle Kaplan
    • Involving Your Children in Family History: Creating Timelines, by Lane Fischer
    • Book Review by Robert Neu — Before The Dawn
    • Book Review by Robert Neu — Sonderkommando
    • UJGS Meeting Minutes, 18 September 2007
  • Issue # 17, Summer/Autumn 2007
    • Utah’s Jewish History, Part 1, by Rochelle Kaplan
    • Reports about the 2007 IAJGS Conference from IAJGS President Anne Feder Lee, UJGS President Robert Neu, Hospitality Room Coordinator Rochelle Kaplan, and Resource Room Coordinator Banai Lynn Feldstein
    • Book Review by Lane Fischer — The Last Eyewitnesses: Children of the Holocaust Speak, Volume 2
    • UJGS Meeting Minutes, 20 March 2007
  • Issue # 16, Winter/Spring 2007
    • Speakers Coming to the IAJGS Conference from European Archives and Israel
    • Spoiled by the Internet? by Nancy Ring Kendrick
    • A Poem by Jerachmiel Schwarcz, translated by Roberth Neu: Orszagunk (Our Country)
    • Book Review by Lane Fischer — The First and Final Nightmare of Sonia Reich: A Son’s Memoir by Howard Reich
    • Book Review by Lane Fischer — In My Hands: Memoirs of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke
    • UJGS Meeting Minutes, 16 January 2007
  • Issue # 15, Fall 2006
    • An Unsung Hero: How Paul Shapiro’s Vision and Determination Moved Nations, from the IAJGS Board of Directors
    • ALS and Genetics by Bonnie Frederics
    • Origins of Christopher Columbus
    • Breaking Through Brick Walls One Brick at a Time: Missing Ellis Island Records by Banai Lynn Feldstein
    • Mitochondria DNA by Robert Neu
    • Book Review by Robert Neu – Tiszafured Booklets No.5
  • Issue # 14, Summer 2006
  • Issue # 13, Spring 2006
  • Issue # 12, Winter 2006
  • Issue # 11, Fall 2005
  • Issue # 10, Summer 2005
  • Issue # 9, Spring 2005
  • Issue # 8, Winter 2005
  • Issue # 7, Fall 2004
  • Issue # 6, Summer 2004
  • Issue # 5, Spring 2004
  • Issue # 4, Winter 2004
  • Issue # 3, Summer/Fall 2003
  • Issue # 2, Spring 2003
  • Issue # 1, Winter 2003