Project funded by

Association of Latvian and Estonian Jews in Israel

Latvia Special Interest Group of Jewish Genealogy

Riga Jewish Religious Community

Boris Maftsir (Israel)
Yad Vashem

Henry Blumberg
President Latvia Jewish Connections
Barrister in Toronto
Ancestors from Grobina, Liepaja, Jelgava, Riga

Arlene Beare (UK)
Past President of JewishGen Latvia SIG.  Data acquisition for JewishGen
Latvia Database - Latvia SIG Archival representative
Now Co-director of JewishGen Latvia and Estonia Research Division.

Abraham Lenhoff (U.S.)
Professor, University of Delaware
Former Webmaster of the Courland SIG webpage

Eric Benjaminson
U.S. Diplomatic Service, descendant of Jews from Kuldiga, Liepaja and Riga

Constance Whippman (UK)
Barrister; former Co-ordinator, All-Latvia Database,
Member of Steering Committee, Courland Research Group (both JewishGen)

Elie Valk
President of the Association of Latvian and Estonian Jews in Israel

 

Project supported by

Edward Anders (U.S.)
Professor, University of Chicago Author of the Project
Jews in Liepaja, Latvia 1941-1945

Arkady Sukharenko
Chairman of the Council of Jewish Communities of Latvia

Vitaly Gotlib
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
of Latvian Council of Jewish Communities

Shlomo Kurlandchik*
Archivist, Association of Latvian and Estonian Jews in Israel

Gita Umanovska
Executive Director of the Riga Jewish Community

Margers Vestermanis
Founder of the Museum „Jews in Latvia”

Martha Levinson Lev-Zion* (Israel)
President, IGS-Negev; former President, Latvia SIG; Member of Steering Committee,
Courland Research Group (JewishGen)

Mike Getz*
Former President and Founder, Latvia SIG JewishGen

Aina Antane
Former Executive Director of the Centre for Judaic Studies at the University of Latvia

Alda Brazhune
Former Executive Director of the Centre for Judaic Studies at the University of Latvia

Valts Apinis
Former Executive Director of the Centre for Judaic Studies at the University of Latvia

Bella Gitermane
Museum „Jews in Latvia”

Iļja Ļenskis
Director of the Museum „Jews in Latvia”

Karīna Barkane-Vincāne
Vice Director of the Centre for Judaic Studies at the University of Latvia

Svetlana Pogodina
Project manager of the Centre for Judaic Studies at the University of Latvia