Jake works in Research & Library Services as a Researcher, helping patrons with unresolved genealogical questions, both big and small.

Jake graduated from Brown University in 2023 with a B.A. in Anthropology and International & Public Affairs. His undergraduate thesis focused on Jewish community, memory, & burial in diaspora. Prior to joining American Ancestors, Jake interned with the Center for Jewish History and the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, and participated in two dual restoration-reconciliation projects in Poland. Jake’s areas of expertise include Ashkenazi Jewish history, 20th century New York City, and DNA.