Schelly Talalay Dardasht

Native New Yorker living in Tel Aviv; freelance journalist and Jewish genealogy contributor for www.ynetnews.com, (English website, Yediot Ahronoth); created/authored (1999-2005) “It's All Relative” Jerusalem Post Jewish genealogy column. Member, Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), American Jewish Press Association (AJPA); Credits: JTA, The Forward, Reform Judaism, Outlook, NGS News, Avotaynu, Dorot, Roots-Key, North American Jewish publications. Co-teaches online Jewish genealogy classes (Ancestry.Com/My Family.com); speaks/teaches Israel/abroad: community groups, JGSs, workshops, Farsi-language programs. President, five-branched JFRA Israel (IAJGS member). Presented: London-2001, Toronto-2002, Washington-2003 and Las Vegas-2005 (IAJGS management seminar). Since 1989, she has researched her TALALAY (Belarus/Spain) and DARDASHTI (Iran) families.