Eli Rabinowitz
Filmmaker, Web Developer, and Photographer in Perth, Australia
Eli Rabinowitz
Filmmaker, Web Developer, and Photographer in Perth, Australia
Eli Rabinowitz
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Eli Rabinowitz was born in Cape Town and has lived in Perth Australia since 1986.
Eli has been the only non-US Board member of the IAJGS since 2020. The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies is an independent non-profit umbrella organization coordinating the activities and annual conference of 90 Jewish genealogical societies worldwide.
Eli has researched his family's and associated Jewish cultural history for over 30 years. He has travelled extensively, and writes about Jewish life and travel on his website, Tangential Travel and Jewish Life, http://elirab.me
Eli also advises on Litvak and Polish heritage tours.
Eli writes and manages 90 KehilaLinks – Jewish websites for JewishGen.org, the world’s largest Jewish genealogical organisation, with a database of 500000 followers. His KehilaLinks include sites in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Germany, Russia, China, Mauritius, Mocambique, South Africa and Australia. http://elirab.me/kehila
Eli’s articles have been published in numerous international publications:
Avotaynu: http://avotaynuonline.com/2016/08/from-one-photograph-to-journeys-of-research-and-discovery/
https://elirab.me/litvak-portal/a-tragic-romance/
Eli has lectured internationally, at educational institutions, commemorative events, at IAJGS and other conferences, and on online platforms. https://elirab.me/lost-shtetl/
His passion for working with schools in the Former Soviet Union and South Africa has led Eli to establish the Partisans' Song Project, a global initiative. Video: https://youtu.be/tnaCtuqVBgg
Eli established the WE ARE HERE! Foundation in 2018, and was awarded a cultural grant by the U.S. government for his WE ARE HERE! Human Rights and Social Justice initiative. https://wah.foundation
Eli is one of the founders of CHOL https://www.chol.website/
Partisans' Song in New Zealand Parliament: https://wah.foundation/holocaust-centre-of-new-zealand/
Rabinowitz Family Orla - Virtual Shtetl, Polin Museum
https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/node/139505
elirab digital storytelling
http://elirab.com
IN MY POCKET Project https://elirab.au
SKILLS & EXPERTISE
Photographer and documenter
Accessing the past through photographs & blogs
EDUCATION
B.Bus.Sc (Hons) Economics
University of Cape Town 1971-1974