The Museum of Jewish Heritage invites you to a day-long Mishpachah Festival focused on Ashkenazi heritage that will celebrate and explore Jewish genealogy, heritage, and immigration with JewishGen, the Museum’s Jewish Genealogical Research Division, and other partners. Overlooking the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, the stories of Jewish families and experiences around the world through time will converge in New York City at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.

The festival will feature music, activities for kids and families, Jewish genealogy lectures, cooking demonstrations, Jewish heritage panels, and more. Workers Circle Director of Yiddish Programming Kolya Borodulin will teach an instant Yiddish session at 3:00 PM, and Workers Circle Let There Be Yiddish Culture Organizer Deborah Strauss will lead a Yiddish dance for everyone session at 10:30 AM.