How has your family’s past shaped your present reality? How does your life reflect or deviate from the lives of the generations that came before you? How can the people and stories on your family tree help you to better understand yourself? These are the motivating questions to explore families’ histories.
This Sunday, Feb. 7, Rabbi Rachel Bearman, of Temple B’nai Chaim in Georgetown, will lead a class (open to all) on the work and importance of becoming a family historian. Drawing from her experience of researching her own family’s history for close to six years, she will share practical tips and tricks for using both well known and more obscure family history resources. Whether you’re an experienced family historian or are simply interested in the subject, you’ll find this presentation to be both practical and fun.
“Family history is all about honoring the stories and adventures, the trials and triumphs, the journeys and the lives of men and women who came before us,” says Rabbi Bearman. “It’s about zooming out and seeing oneself in the larger context of family relationships.”
The class takes place Sunday, Feb. 7 at 4 p.m. at Temple B’nai Chaim (82 Portland Ave.).This program is open to the whole community. There is an event page on Facebook as well as a special video invitation:
Temple B’nai Chaim is located 82 Portland Avenue, in Wilton, CT 06897, and has served families from the Fairfield County towns of Wilton, Ridgefield, Weston, Redding, Westport, and beyond, for more than 30 years. We are a vibrant synagogue with a progressive religious education program, dedicated to sustaining a strong Jewish community, fulfilling our members’ spiritual and social needs, encouraging the principles of Reform Judaism, and championing social justice. Visit the TBC website.
