My Family's Story
The Professor Y. Halbrecht International Family Tree Competition 2007 - 2008

Junior high school students (11-14 years old) from Israel and Jewish schools all over the world are invited to take part in the tenth My Family's Story - The Professor Y. Halbrecht International Family Tree Competition. The contest is organized by the International School for Jewish Peoplehood Studies at Beth Hatefutsoth - The Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora in Tel Aviv, with the collaboration of the Division of Israel-Diaspora Educational Relations Department of the Israeli Ministry of Education.

The goal of the competition is to encourage students to research their families in depth, and to provide them with the opportunity to add their own families to the database of the Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center. This important information will be preserved for future generations and will help find links with other families.
 

Registration

1. Click here to download the registration form for the competition.
2. Participation fee is US $100.00 per school regardless of how many students participate.

Every participating school will receive

1. Instructions either by mail, e-mail, fax and phone during the entire period of the competition.
2. 2. Access to a Jewish genealogy software program enabling the construction of the family tree and its subsequent registration in the database of the Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center.

The Competition

1. Every student will prepare a "roots project" documenting his/her family.
2. Every student will prepare his/her family tree.
3. In schools where Hebrew is taught, students are recommended to include a page in Hebrew, with content to be chosen by them; e.g. a letter, an interview, some poetry, etc.
4. Ideally students should include in the summary of their work a few words describing what they feel they may have gained whilst working on their project.
5. All family trees will be sent to the Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center.

There will be two stages of judging

First stage

1. In every class the teachers will select the best "roots project".
2. Each school will then send one "roots project" for each class
3. All work submitted must reach Beth Hatefutsoth by April 30, 2006

The second stage

1. All works sent to Beth Hatefutsoth will be evaluated by a jury of representatives from the Israel Ministry of Education, The Constantiner Family School of Education of Tel Aviv University, The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center and the Education Department of Beth Hatefutsoth.
2. Prizes will be awarded for the three best works from Israel and the three best from Diaspora communities.

To guarantee your participation please fill out the registration form and return it along with your payment.

For any further questions please contact:

Martha Mazo

Project coordinator

The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center

Beth Hatefutsoth

Phone: +972-3-7457906

Fax: +972-3-7457831

e-mail: bhfamily@post.tau.ac.il