Sallyann Sack-Pikus Explained

Sallyann Sack-Pikus
Birth Name:	Sallyann Amdur
Birth Date:	March 13, 1936
Birth Place:	Cleveland, Ohio
Occupation:	Genealogist, Psychologist
Nationality:	USA
Education:	PhD
Alma Mater:	Harvard University, George Washington University
Subject:	Jewish history, Jewish genealogy
Notableworks:	Where Once We Walked, Avotaynu Magazine
Spouse:	Lawrence Sack (m. 1956-2003; his death) Irwin Pikus (m. 2008)
Children:	3

Sallyann Sack-Pikus (Amdur; born March 13, 1936) 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.^[1]

Born on March 13, 1936, in Cleveland, Ohio, the elder daughter of Max and Frances (Steinsnider) Amdur, Sallyann Amdur was instrumental in founding the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy (currently chairperson of the board), Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington^[2] (founding president), International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, and Avotaynu.^[3]

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.

Published works

• Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy^[4]
• Where Once We Walked, a Guide to Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust. Winner of Best Reference Book of the Year of the Association of Jewish Libraries.^[5]
• Jewish Genealogical Research in Israel^[6]
• Russian Consular Records Index and Catalog^[7]
• Jewish Vital Records, Revision Lists and Other Jewish Holdings in the Lithuanian Archives^[8]
• Some Archival Sources for Ukrainian Jewish Genealogy^[9]
• Search for the Family^[10]

External links

• Guide to the Sallyann Sack Papers at the American Jewish Historical Society, New York.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jewish Women in America: SALLYANN AMDUR SACK. Mokotoff. Gary. July 14, 2013.
2. Web site: Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington. February 10, 2024.
3. Web site: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE for JEWISH GENEALOGY and PAUL JACOBI CENTER: Officers. July 14, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130528150847/http://www.iijg.org/AboutUs/Officers/SallyannSack.aspx. May 28, 2013.
4. Web site: Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy. July 14, 2013.
5. Book: Mokotoff, Gary. Where once we walked : a guide to the Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust. 1991. Avotaynu. Teaneck, NJ. 0962637319. 1. print.. Sack, Sallyann Amdur .
6. Book: Sack, Sallyann Amdur. A guide to Jewish genealogical research in Israel. 1987. Genealogical Pub. Co.. Baltimore. 080631186X.
7. Book: Google Books Record for The Russian consular records index and catalog. 9780824084677. July 14, 2013. Sack. Sallyann Amdur. Wynne. Suzan Fishl. 1987. Garland .
8. Book: Google Books Record for Jewish Vital Records, Revision Lists and Other Jewish Holdings in the Lithuanian Archives. 9781886223028. July 14, 2013. Rhode. Harold. 1996. Avotaynu, Incorporated .
9. Book: Some Archival Sources for Ukrainian Jewish Genealogy. 188622305X. Kronik. Aleksander. Sack. Sallyann Amdur. 1997. Avotaynu, Incorporated .
10. Book: Google Books Record for Search for the Family. 14 July 2013. Sack. Sallyann Amdur. Shulkin. Mark Weiss. Gelman. Milton S.. 1980.