## *PremierE!*## *Glückstadt, Dublin, The Hague and Chennai/Madras: Four Overlooked Sephardic Communities*Watch the YouTube premiere this Sunday! As Sephardic genealogists, our focus is necessarily on the larger communities. It is easy to overlook smaller communities or those that existed for a short time, but that gives an incomplete history.This week Ton Tielen and David Mendoza discuss four smaller communities that each have something to teach us about Sephardic genealogy: These are ***Glücks...
## *Four Overlooked Sephardic Communities*## *David Mendoza and Ton Tielen*## *Sephardic World, Sunday 18 August 2024*As Sephardic genealogists, our focus is necessarily on the larger communities. It is easy to overlook smaller communities or those that existed for a short time, but that gives an incomplete history.This week ***Ton Tielen*** and ***David Mendoza*** will discuss four smaller communities that each have something to teach us about Sephardic genealogy: These are *Glückstadt *in Germ...
## ***Researching the Sephardic Communities of the Ottoman Empire***## ***Sephardic World YouTube premiere, Sunday 11 August 2024***Jonathan McCollum’s presentation to our patrons last Sunday goes on general release this Sunday. The YouTube premiere is on Sunday 11 August 2024, at 11am in LA, 2pm in NYC, 7pm in London, 8pm in Paris/Amsterdam, 9pm in Jerusalem, and 4am the next morning in Sydney. Watch this talk at: https://www.youtube.com/@SephardicGenealogyThe video will remain available on our...
## *Researching the Sephardic Communities of the Ottoman Empire*## *Jonathan McCollum*## *Sephardic World, 4 August 2024*Researching the Jewish communities in the Ottoman Empire has always been challenging. Our presentation by ***Jonathan McCollum*** will cover the use and accessibility of records from the Ottoman Empire for research into Sephardic families and communities. The discussion will include a review of imperial records in Ottoman Turkish and some record sets available in Ladino (Judeo...
## ***YOUTUBE PREMIERE THIS SUNDAY: RULING THE SEPHARDIC ATLANTIC***The YouTube premiere of this new research by ***Carla Vieira*** is this Sunday 14 July 2024, at 11am in LA, 2pm in NYC, 7pm in London, 8pm in Paris/Amsterdam, 9pm in Jerusalem, and 4am the next morning in Sydney. Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDwFUjCsLhAThe lecture compares the regulations (Ascamot) of eight Sephardic congregations: Amsterdam, Recife, Hamburg, London, Curaçao, Bayonne, Suriname, and New York. ...
## *RULING THE SEPHARDIC ATLANTIC*## *THE ASCAMOT AND THE ORGANISATION OF PORTUGUESE-JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES*## *CARLA VIEIRA, SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY 7 JULY 2024*Join us for a lecture comparing the regulations (Ascamot) of eight Sephardic congregations: Amsterdam, Recife, Hamburg, London, Curaçao, Bayonne, Suriname, and New York. We'll explore how these regulations fostered community cohesion and adapted to local challenges while maintaining unity. Discover the influen...
## *YOUTUBE PREMIERE THIS SUNDAY (30 JUNE 2024)*## *LONDON’S 18TH CENTURY SECULAR RECORDS*How do we research our 18th-century ancestors in London? British vital records and census weren’t published until the early 19th century. What do we have apart from the Bevis Marks archives? The meeting will discuss resources available to genealogists researching 18th-century Sephardic ancestors in London. Sources such as contemporary media, publications, images, and financial and court records can give us ...
## ***LONDON’S 18TH CENTURY SECULAR RECORDS***## ***DAVID MENDOZA***## ***SEPHARDIC WORL, SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2024***How do we research our 18th-century ancestors in London? British vital records and census weren’t published until the early 19th century. What do we have apart from the Bevis Marks archives? The meeting will discuss resources available to genealogists researching 18th-century Sephardic ancestors in London. Sources such as contemporary media, publications, images, and financial and cour...
## ***SELOMOH AYLLION - CONTROVERSIAL RABBI***## ***TON TIELEN***## ***SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY 9 JUNE***Selomoh Ayllion was a divisive figure in the early modern Sephardic community. He was born in Salonica, and lived in the Land of Israel before moving to London where he was appointed Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews. Accused of being a secret follower of the false messiah Sabbatai Tsvi, Ayllion moved to Amsterdam where he served as Haham and head of the prestigious Ets Haim seminary. T...
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***Ancestral Origins and Genetic Diversity of Moroccan Jews******Raquel Levy-Toledano******Sephardic World, 12 May 2024***Jews have been present in North Africa for more than 2,000 years. Moroccan Jewish oral tradition claims that they originated in the Holy Land. Some European historians and travelers of the 19th and early 20th centuries thought they were mostly natives – Berbers – who converted to Judaism. Another hypothesis is that part of Morocco's Berber population descends from former Jews...
## ***FIVE CENTURIES OF FIVE ITALIAN JEWISH FAMILIES***## ***GEORGE SACERDOTE***## ***SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY 28 APRIL 2024******Join us today!****(An earlier version of this post had the wrong date)*In his book, Remembrance and Renewal, George Sacerdote traced the history of five Italian Jewish families (three Sephardic, one Italki, one Ashkenazi) back to the 1400s. In this talk, he will share elements of their histories and the process by which he reconstructed their story from documents scatt...
## *FIVE CENTURIES OF FIVE ITALIAN JEWISH FAMILIES*## *GEORGE SACERDOTE*## *SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY 28 MARCH 2024*In his book, Remembrance and Renewal, George Sacerdote traced the history of five Italian Jewish families (three Sephardic, one Italki, one Ashkenazi) back to the 1400s. In this talk, he will share elements of their histories and the process by which he reconstructed their story from documents scattered all over Italy. The talk will run from the 1400s up to the liberation from the gh...
*From the Menasseh ben Israel Insitute in Amsterdam:*The University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Amsterdam, and the Menasseh ben Israel Institute (an academic collaboration between the Jewish Museum Amsterdam, the University of Amsterdam, and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) present:## *THE RABBIS OF EARLY MODERN AMSTERDAM: CHALLENGES, ACHIEVEMENTS AND LEGACIES*In this symposium, we will consider the individuals who made up the rabbinate of Amsterdam in the seventeenth and eighteenth...
## *CENTRAL ARCHIVES FOR THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE*## *DR. YOCHAI BEN-GHEDALIA*## *SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY 14 APRIL 2024*The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) were established in Jerusalem in 1939. They hold the archives of hundreds of Jewish communities, as well as of local, national, and international Jewish organizations and the private collections of many outstanding Jewish personalities. The Archives now hold the most extensive collection of documents, pin...
## ***FINDING YOUR DNA COUSINS***## ***WITH JARRETT ROSS***## ***SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY 17 MARCH 2024***When taking a DNA test, Jewish genealogists normally find tens of thousands of cousins. This is a result of endogamy (marrying within a community). ***Jarrett Ross ***will discuss the differences between general and Jewish genetic genealogy, and whether it is possible to use genetic genealogy to uncover Sephardic ancestry. He will use his own Nunes Vaz family as an example.***Jarrett Ross***,...
## *THE PORTUGUESE NATIONALITY LAW REVISITED*## *WITH ISABEL COMTE*## *SEPHARDIC WORLD, 3 MARCH 2024*Subsequent to the Abramovich Affair, the Portuguese nationality law offering citizenship to people of Sephardic ancestry was subject to national debate. Several amendments were proposed, and President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa applied his presidential veto. On February 24, the President approved changes to the Nationality Law made by the country's parliament. This meeting will review the changes an...
## *LADINO CULTURE AND JEWISH IDENTITY IN BULGARIA*## *WITH LEAH DAVCHEVA*## *SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY 18 february 2024*Growing up, ***Leah Davcheva*** realised she was unusual in knowing a language not widely spoken in Bulgaria. Her friends would tease her about using Spanish, not Bulgarian, names for foods. She descends from the Catalan-origin Sephardic Rosales family.As a linguist she was naturally interested in Ladino culture in Bulgaria. She initiated a storytelling project recording the liv...
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## ***THE IRRESPONSIBLE LIFE OF JOSHUA COHEN RODRIGUES***## ***WITH JAÏR VAN DIJK***## ***SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2024***After the death of his wife, Joshua Cohen Rodrigues from Amsterdam was faced with the care of a large family of six children. He disappeared from the face of the Earth, leaving his children destitute and facing challenges including suffering from poverty, coping with bureaucracy, and having guardians that they didn’t like.***Jaïr van Dijk*** tracked Joshua down, des...
## *‘AS PERFECT, AS IF CAST IN GOLD’**Aspects of manuscript culture and Hebrew printing in Amsterdam in the 17th century*This presentation will take you on a tour through the beautiful manuscripts and printed books held in Amsterdam’s Ets Haim library.At the end of the 16th century, the first conversos from the Iberian Peninsula arrived in Amsterdam. Their desire to connect to the Jewish tradition was strong and developing a Jewish identity was essential. As well as building a synagogue, in 1616...
## ***REWRITING A FAMILY HISTORY: THE DE SOLA FAMILY***## ***WITH TON TIELEN***## ***SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY, 7 JANUARY 2024***The De Sola are one of the earliest Sephardic families to be researched. The family arrived in Amsterdam from Portugal in 1700. From modest beginnings as shochets (ritual slaughterers), the De Sola grew into one of the community’s leading families, producing rabbis, hazans, and teachers. With their rise in social standing, so the family’s humble past was embellished.Ton ...
## ***REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2023***## ***SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY 17 DECEMBER 2023***Join us on Sunday for our final meeting of the year.This has been a momentous year for Sephardic genealogy as we pioneer new technologies, and start to receive recognition from academia. For many of us, the London Jewish Genealogy Conference was the first time we met in person. Our Sunday meetings welcome world-class speakers, both academic and non-academic, covering a wide variety of subjects. We are approaching 5,...
## RESOURCES FOR SEPHARDIC RESEARCH IN ISRAEL## WITH ROSE FELDMAN## SEPHARDIC WORLD, 3 DECEMBER 2023Iberian Jews are recorded living in Israel at least since the Middle Ages. Israel is now home to the world's largest Sephardic community. As well as locally generated records, many documents from the diaspora have found their way to Israel, while archives from other countries - especially those in Hebrew - have been transcribed in Israel, often by the Israel Genealogy Research Association. For non...
## *JEWISHGEN AND SEPHARDIC GENEALOGY*## *A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN*## *AN INTERVIEW WITH AVRAHAM GROLL*## *SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2023*JewishGen is the largest resource for Jewish genealogy but has often been seen by Sephardic researchers as both Ashkenazi and an unwelcoming environment. Under the management of ***Avraham Groll***, JewishGen has sincerely and meaningfully engaged with Sephardic genealogy, exemplified by Dr. Jeff Malka's SephardicGen collection now being hosted by Jewi...