Past CJHS Events

(NOTE: dates/times/topics subject to change). List of upcoming events.

Mike Karsen, professional genealogist, presents "Write Your Family History NOW." Wed. April 25, 7:30 PM at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Community Center, 1125 College Ave, Columbus, OH 43209. Free and open to the public. Click here to view event flyer.

Shalom, Y'all. The Columbus Jewish Historical Society will show a movie at Creekside at the Village. The title of the movie is Shalom, Y'all, it will be shown at 2:00 PM Tuesday Feb 13th in the Fitness Room. The public is invited and there is no charge.

Gayle Sweetwine Saini on the Yad Vashem Shoah Victims’ Database Sunday, November 19, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. in the Bexley Public Library Auditorium. Click HERE for more information

Diane Freilich: Exploring Court House Records, Sunday, May 21, 2006, 10:00 A.M. Leo Yassenoff Jewish Community Center, 1125 College Avenue Free and open to the public

"History of Bnai Brith in Columbus," Panel Discussion Moderated by Michael Meckler Sunday, April 2, 2006, 2:00 P.M. Leo Yassenoff Jewish Community Center; 1125 College Avenue; Free and open to the public

Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at the JCC at 7:30 p.m. Steve Friedman will speak on "Planning a Family Reunion."

Thursday October 28, 2004, at the JCC at 7:30 p.m. Leonard Spialter, President of the Dayton Jewish Genealogical Society will speak on "Genealogy-So What?"

Wednesday December 11, 2002, 7pm:
Presenters Dave Graham and Irv Lichtenstein. Graham, enthusiastic WWII
researcher will conduct a live oral history interview of WWII veteran
Lichtenstein. Ben Mandelkorn Board Room of the Esther C. Melton Community Services Building, 1175 College Ave. Free and open to the public.

Wednesday November 20, 2002, 7pm,
Presenters Sam Nahem of ScreenPlay and Murray Ebner, Holocaust survivor. They will discuss the documentary "A Survivor's Journey," which chronicles Ebner's return to Poland in 2001 with his family to revisit his childhood home. Ben Mandelkorn Board Room of the Esther C. Melton Community Services Building, 1175 College Ave. Free and open to the public.

Sunday May 19, 2002, bus trip to Zanesville to meet with members of Beth Abraham to learn about the history of the Zanesville Jewish community. Also part of the day were visits to sites of Jewish interest, including the Jewish cemetery.

Sunday March 3, 2002, "The New Ellis Island Records and Ancestry Plus." This was a joint program with the Bexley Public Library and was held at the Library.

December 13, 2001, Morris Schottenstein, "History and Jewish Life Today in Columbia, South America"

"Columbus Jewish GIs in the Battle of the Bulge" featuring Dave Graham, 7:00 pm Wednesday, November 7, 2001 Ben Mandelkorn Board Room of the Esther C. Melton Community Services Building, 1175 College Ave.

CJHS will be celebrates its 20th year at its Annual Meeting, Thursday, June 28, 2001, 7:00 p.m., at Wexner Heritage House. The program will be "The Lost Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe" that includes a film narrated by Theodore Bikel and an original musical score. The evening includes a message from B. Lee Skilken, president, election of officers and Board of Trustees for 2001-2002, and presentation of awards. This special Annual Meeting is free and open to the public.

Mittelsinn to Columbus: our Jewish Journey" with Garry Stein 7 pm, June 6 Temple Israel, 5419 East Broad Street.

The Vanishing Neighborhood Drug Store--Jewish Style, a panel discussion with Samuel Broidy, Alan Katz, Pearson Press, Ben Sniderman and Danny Waitzman, Thursday, May 10, 2001, Esther C. Melton Community Services Building, 1175 College Avenue, Ben M. Mandelkorn Board Room. Free. Public welcome.

The Bexley Historical Society Guide to Reminiscing about Bexley, Edward Hamblin, President of the Bexley Historical Society, Thursday, 8 March 2001. Esther C. Melton Community Services Building, 1175 College Avenue, Ben M. Mandelkorn Board Room. Free. Public welcome.

Our exhibit, "Becoming One With The Past," which focuses on early Columbus Jewish settlers and the businesses they established, runs through February 1, 1998. It is free and open to the community in the lobby of the Wexner Heritage House, 1151 College Avenue, 237-7417. Below is a small sample of photos included in the display