THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH GENEALOGY has opened in Jerusalem and has an ambitious agenda:

Tracing the Jewish nation's family tree
By Amiram Barkat (Haaretz)

Is it possible to trace the family tree of the entire Jewish nation? The task of the world's first academic institute for studying Jewish genealogy will to try and answer this question.

The goals of the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy (IIJG), inaugurated in Jerusalem last month, include academic research into Jewish family names and granting masters degrees to genealogy researchers. The institute also hopes to expand the data base about Sephardi Jews.

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