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Miriam Weiner receives Lifetime Achievement Award
See Press Release » [Word document] The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) presented its 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award winner to Miriam Weiner on July 24th in Washington, D.C., during the 23rd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. The presentation occurred during the closing banquet, held at the JW Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C. where more than 1,200 people from 18 countries attended the conference.

Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to Miriam Weiner Miriam has devoted her life and significant talent to identifying and researching resources for Jewish genealogical research. Miriam’s negotiations and collaboration with archivists has yielded a trove of data about the location of, and access to, important records. She has selflessly shared her knowledge through lectures, articles, books, interviews and the Routes to Roots Foundation website, motivating countless people to research their Jewish ancestry. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES HAL BOOKBINDER, PRESIDENT 24 JULY 2003

Miriam Weiner with the Award

At the Banquet ...


Miriam Weiner receiving the Plaque from Daniel Schlyter, Chairman of the Awards Committee.		Miriam Weiner with Hal Bookbinder, president of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies.

From left: Jill Sagarin, Miriam Weiner and Olga Muzychuk (director of the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Kiev)		From left: Olga Muzychuk, Miriam Weiner, Valery Bazarov and Lucille Gudis

From left: Lucille Gudis, Freya Maslov, Miriam Weiner, Sy Maslov and Judy Solomon

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