Using Facebook for Researching the Jews of Egypt

Researching Jews in Arab countries is often challenging as records have been destroyed, confiscated or scattered. Most of the Jewish records from Egypt survive but are effectively inaccessible to researchers, kept in the National Archives of Egypt. Jacob Rosen-Koenigsbuch has overcome this challenge, largely by using social media, especially Facebook. Many Egyptian Jews belong to Facebook groups, and through these Jacob has been able to index the memberships of now destroyed communities. His approach has applications across Jewish genealogy, not just the Sephardic part. Live from Israel, this Sunday Jacob shares his experience and findings.
Jacob Rosen-Koenigsbuch is an independent consultant in demographic mapping. Prior to his retirement in 2015, he was the Senior Counselor, Center for Political Research in Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rosen is a veteran diplomat, having served as Israel’s ambassador to Jordan from 2006 to 2009. His other diplomatic posts include in Atlanta, New Delhi, Cairo, New York, London, and Hauge. In November 2002, he took up the post of Political Advisor for International Affairs to the Mayor of Jerusalem. He is a member of the executive of the International Institute of Jewish Genealogy.
Jacob was born in Poland and immigrated to Israel at the age of 9. He served in the IDF from 1966 to 1969 and then went on to earn his B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies at Hebrew University. He is fluent in Polish, Dutch, English, Arabic, and Hebrew and is the author of Crossing the Jordan River: The Journeys of an Israeli Diplomat (Atlanta, 2004).
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