[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][nd_options_spacer nd_options_height=”30″][vc_custom_heading text=”BIO: Robinn Magid” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text][alg_back_button][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Robinn Magid is the Assistant Director of JRI-Poland.org and a recent recipient of the IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award. She recently became the project manager of the JRI-Poland “NextGen Project” to redesign the JRI-Poland website, search engine and database. She a frequent speaker and writer on Jewish genealogy topics.
As the Lublin Area Projects Coordinator, she is responsible for coordinating the indexing of Jewish vital records for approximately 100 towns. Robinn’s genealogical work resulted in her being recognized by the City of Lublin, Poland – her grandmother’s hometown – with a medal from the mayor for inspiring the future and cultural identity of that city of 450,000 people on Lublin’s 700th birthday in 2017.
Robinn has spoken at many IAJGS conferences on behalf of JRI-Poland and has served as the chair of two groundbreaking conferences: IAJGS 2018 Warsaw, Poland conference, and the IAJGS 2020 Virtual Conference on Jewish Genealogy. She is a member of the San Francisco – Bay Area JGS and has spoken to her group and to other societies.
Robinn is sheltering-at-home in Berkeley, California with her husband, four children and new daughter-in-law.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
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