About JewAge
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What is JewAge?
JewAge is portal about Jewish history. It allows storing family history by means of linked profiles and articles. Its goal is to be the main source of information about Jews.
Who is working on it?
JewAge.org is created and maintained by group of Israeli enthusiasts on non-commercial basis.
What is project status?
Currently project is in beta version meaning some bugs are present, some features are missing, interface isn't as great as it could be and so on. We're working on it very hard so expect changes.
Current features
- person, place and country profiles
- organization profiles
- genealogical links between person profiles
- automatic generation of genealogical trees
- photo albums
- articles
- support for English, Russian and Hebrew content and user interface
- WISYWIG editor in forms
Expected features
- more languages to support
- more links between profiles (education, etc.)
- integration with external sources
- article rating system
Statistics
- 2272 users
- 35297 person profiles
- 5824 place profiles
- 14799 articles
Do you want to help?
Bring your information
If you're person then fill your profile and your family's. The more info we have the more chance is that you will find some relatives.
If you've got interesting articles please publish them here.
If you're organization having genealogical info we'll be glad to cooperate.
Contact us
Please use our forum or mail to info@jewage.org
Am haZikaron
Within the framework of its "Creating a Genealogy of the Jewish People" project, the Am haZikaron institute actively takes part in the creation of the JewAge web-portal. JewAge, among other things, publishes research findings initially carried out by the Am haZikaron institute it the area of Jewish family names origination, the history of Jewish communities and of Jewish migrations.
The Project "Jewish People Genealogy" received supporting letters from two Israeli presidents, the former president Mr. Moshe Katsav and the current president Mr. Shimon Peres. The Endorsement Committee includes prominent social and political figures:
Prof. Walter Kohn, USA, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry, 1998
"May remembrance of the past help to build a better world for all”
Prof. Gerard T’Hooft, Netherlands, Nobel Prize laureate in Physics, 1999
“I consider “Am haZikaron” a project of great human value and fully support it"
Prof. David Gross, USA, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, 2004
“A very interesting project – I am delighted to endorse it”
Prof. Aaron Ciechanover, Israel, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, 2004
“A nation without a past has no future”
Prof. Elie Wiesel, USA, Nobel Prize Laureate in Peace, 1986
“Our past is in the present – that’s why your project seems important to many of us”
Prof. Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian Federation, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry, 2004
“I believe that the history of every people is fascinating, while the history of the Jewish People, persecuted during centuries, is fascinating in particular. This Project is extremely interesting and I support this undertaking”
Prof. Roy J. Glauber, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, 2005
"This Project helps establish a sense of continuity which we all lack. It's important to develop some idea of who we are"
Prof. Douglas D. Osheroff, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, 1996
"The Jewish Genealogy Project provides interesting and valuable glimpse at the near-term history of the Jewish people and their accomplishments"
Prof. Gunter Blobel, USA, Nobel Prize Laureate in Medicine, 1999
"I endorse the project"
Martin Perl, USA, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics, 1995
"I endorse the project. The early history of my own family was lost in the difficulties of emigration from Russian-Poland before the Great War. But it is important to me to see the history of other Jewish families. It is wonderful to build a coherent family history of our people."
Social Figures
Mr. Nathan Scharansky - Israel
Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel
Mrs. Colette Avital – Israel
Deputy Speaker of the 17th Knesset, Chairperson, Committee for Immigration, Absorption, and the Diaspora, Chairperson, Parliamentary Inquiry Committee for the Location and Restitution of Property of Holocaust Victims.
Mr. Yuli-Yoel Edelstein – Israel
Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs
Mr. Amnon Cohen – Israel
Deputy Speaker of the 17th Knesset
Mr. Yuri Stern (z”l) – Israel
Deputy Minister in the Ministry in the Prime minister`s Office at 29th Israeli government
Prof. Arieh Eldad – Israel
Member, Science and Technology Committee in 17th Knesset
Mr. Eliezer Cohen – Israel
Chairman, Lobby for a Constitution in 15th and 16th Knesset
Mrs. Marina Solodkin – Israel
Deputy Minister of Immigrant Absorption at 28th and 30th Israeli government
Rabbi Richard Wertenschlag – France
Chief Rabbi of Lyon and Rhone-Alpes Region
Mr. Efraim Bauch – Israel
Writer; Chairman of the Israeli Federation of Writers' Union; President of the P.E.N. Centre in Israel
Prof. Michael Chlenov – Russian Federation
Secretary-General of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress; President, Vaad of Russia, Federation of Jewish Organizations and Communities
Prof. Jerzy Pomianowski – Poland
Writer; Chief editor of "Nowa Polsza" journal, Warsaw
Mr. Alexander Bakshi - Russian Federation
Composer; Laureate of State Prize of Russian Federation