Gerri is the author of the award-winning history book Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre from the Nazis. She was a freelance journalist for global organizations for many years.

She is a board member of the global genealogy organization Jewish Records Indexing-Poland (JRI-Poland) and its town leader for several towns, as well as town leader for several towns for JewishGen, another global organization dedicated to Jewish genealogy, and a member of the Jewish Genealogical Society of New York.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS/BOOK SIGNINGS

Gerri has a been a guest speaker for many Jewish and other organizations in the US and abroad on topics ranging from Jewish-owned art stolen during World War II to genealogy and for audiences that have included high school classes, local and international cultural organizations, synagogues, Jewish community centers and Jewish genealogy societies. Among other venues, she has spoken at:

• International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies annual conference (upcoming August 2025)

• Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, MA

• Jewish Genealogy Society of Toronto

• Tampa Jewish Federation

• Congregation Shaaray Tefila, NY

• Books & Books, Miami, FL, one of the highest-profile independent bookstores in the US

• Association France-Amériques, Paris, France – participant in panel discussion on the protection and restitution of art during World War II. Other panelists were the Chief Heritage Curator of the French Ministry of Culture and Communications and an art historian/archivist at Christie’s.

Gerri is available to speak in person to organizations in the New York City metro area and possibly beyond, and by Zoom anywhere. Don’t hesitate to reach out via the contact form to discuss an event for your organization.