RABBI SHMULEY BOTEACH IS PRE-CONFERENCE SCHOLAR FOR 31ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON JEWISH GENEALOGY IN DC, AUGUST 14-19, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2011

When a world-renowned expert on family, and one of the most famous and influential in America speaks, genealogists listen! The 31st IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy opens in Washington, DC at the Grand Hyatt Washington in mid-August with the dynamic Shmuley Boteach, best-selling author of 23 books, host of an award-winning national TV show, “” on TLC and host of “The Shmuley Show” on WABC radio in NYC. He also publishes two weekly syndicated columns appearing regularly in , , AOL and many others.

The Conference officially opens Sunday, Aug. 14-19, although early arrivals are invited to the pre- Conference activities with lectures by Rabbi Shmuley who will speak after the Shabbat dinner Friday, Aug 12, lead a discussion in mid-afternoon on Saturday, and lecture again after Havdalah services Sat. evening, the 13th.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is one of the world’s leading experts on values and relationships and has written extensively on the Family, which in essence is what genealogists really care about. Rabbi Shmuley first came to world attention through his founding in 1988 of the Oxford University L’Chaim Society, an organization of Oxford students that within three years had become the second largest organization in Oxford’s history. As Rabbi to Oxford’s students for eleven years, he played host to and debated some of the world’s greatest thinkers and statesmen. These included , , , and Simon Wiesenthal, to name just a few. Rabbi Shmuley is a highly sought-after TV and radio guest, having appeared on shows ranging from The Today Show to , The O’Reilly Factor, and Good Morning America. In 1999 he won the prestigious “Preacher of the Year” award from The London Times, and was the subject of a full-length BBC documentary “Moses of Oxford.”

Once the Conference officially begins on Sunday, August 14, attendees will have abundant opportunities to partake of the many available human and multimedia resources, lectures and workshops on research tools and techniques that will aid them in finding out more about their family. And in addition to those resources, Washington is such a rich resource itself, proud home of The National Archives, The Library of Congress and the Holocaust Museum, all national, genealogical treasures.

Registration is open for this annual international Conference which is being hosted (for the 6th time) by the Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington (JGSGW) which is one of the oldest (30 years) and most active Jewish genealogy societies now existing. For further information on Rabbi Shmuley, the conference or JGSGW, go to the conference web site www.dc2011.org

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