Sallyann Amdur Sack
| Sallyann Amdur Sack | |
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| Born | 1936 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Occupation | Genealogist, Psychologist |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | PhD |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, George Washington University |
| Subject | Jewish history, Jewish genealogy |
| Notable works | Where Once We Walked, Avotaynu Magazine |
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Sallyann Amdur Sack is an American genealogist and psychologist, and editor of Avotaynu Magazine, a journal of Jewish Genealogy and scholarship. Sack is the only genealogist listed in Jewish Women in America. She was instrumental in founding the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy (currently chairperson of the board), Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington (founding president), International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, and Avotaynu. Sack has chaired or co-chaired seven of the annual conferences on Jewish genealogy, authored seven books of use to genealogists and has consulted on numerous projects. A recipient of IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award, she resides in Bethesda, Maryland, where she is a clinical psychologist in private practice, having received her degrees from Harvard University and George Washington University.
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