Posts by William Jeuda De Oliveira
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At the cemetery in The Hague, we find the grave of Jozef Chamay, who was the president of "Societé de Bienfaisance Israelite Portugais" in Brussels. (I can't find a date at the moment)I can't find anything about this society, any ideas where I should look?
After being told that this was "a wonderful new book that lists all the important Hakhamim in the field of halakha", I browsed through this book at the WSL. It practically ignores the Western Sephardic world, except for Italy.This is exactly why we started this group!! But we need more action.
Many Sephardic Jews lived in Richmond upon Thames from the 17th through the 20th century. Yet I see absolutely no evidence of a synagogue. Did they never even have a private synagogue in someone's home?
Portuguese Jews in Holland used to eat certain cookies on Pesah named "prialetes". Any similar kind in other communities?
Continuing our earlier discussion about name changes, I searched for more Sephardic names that were changed to Dutch names. There are more than I thought! This is the result of a rather superficial search:-Henriques was indeed changed to Hendrix/Hendriks/Hendrixs in Middelburg, becoming one of the main Jewish families in that city. (Olve Utne)-Dias/Diaz was changed to De Haas in Emden.-De Lion/Leo...
Who was the author of Malkhē Yehuda?JE states it was the same Vega who served as Hakham of Newe Salom in Amsterdam. (The JE article also states Vega left for Constantinople in 1610, but in 1616 he still appears in function in the records of the community.) http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/14656-vega-judahOr was this the author? http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/14915-wiga-judah
Cecil Roth suggested that the custom of naming congregations started in Venice. The "Ponentine" members of the Levantine congregation in Venice formed a study group which they named Talmud Tora. When they built their own synagogue, they kept using this name. Soon other congregations followed.It's interesting if this is true.Can anyone here think of an example earlier than the 1580's?
"The Grandees" mentiones many "old Sephardic families" with very non-Sephardic sounding names. Where did these names come from? Franco-Franks and Henriques-Hendricks make sense, but the others?Etting - “A Sephardic family that had come to [Philadelphia] as early as 1758”Franks - “the name had been Franco in Spain”GratzHartHays - “an old Sephardic family”Hendricks - “in Spain the name was Henriques...
I guess Google Maps decided that Emile and Isaac Pereire deserve a street named after them in Jerusalem:
בַּרְזֶל עִם בַּרְזֶל אַחִים יַחַדאוֹפִים בָּם בִּימֵי מַתַּתְיָהוָפֶלֶא בַלֵּילוֹת אֵין פַּחַדקֹרְאִים חַמִּים הֵם בַּקִּרְיָהרִבּוּעִים רִבּוּעִים תֹּאפֵהוּהַטְעִימֵהוּ: הַטְעִימֵהוּHanukka alegre!
Looking for sources concerning the Ponentine/Portuguese nations of Spalato (Split) and Ragusa (Dubrovnik)
סֻכּוֹת בַּפַּשְׁתֵּל מִבְּשַׂר עֶגֶלדַּק דַּק בֵּין בָּצֵק תָּשִׂימוֹ אִם תִּרְצֶה גַּם עוֹד לָרִים דֶּגֶלמִתַּפּוּחִים הָכֵן עִמוֹלָשוּם אֵשׁ לָשׂוּם אֵש לֹא תֶחְדַּליַקְרִים יִגְדַּל: יַקְרִים יִגְדַּלMongadim lesimha, boas festas!
Surinamese expression I just learned:"Joe kan vouw joe talleh" (You can fold your talleh)Meaning: "You are done" (You have already lost. During a card game)Mongadim lesimha!
At the Casewinica Kreek in Suriname in the 18th century, there were *at least* 5 Jewish plantations, so they easily had a minyan and I think it is safe to assume they held synagogue services. The Almanach from 1794 shows they had a person responsible for funerals, could it be possible there was a cemetery?
hmmmmm?
Does anyone know the origin of the name "Pinquez"?
Came across this book, and he makes some interesting claims... For example that in 1676 a synagogue was built in St Pierre, Martinique. I do know that a Sefer Tora came from Amsterdam to Martinique in 1676, but have never seen any evidence of an actual -purpose built- synagogue. He also says that in Guadeloupe a synagogue was built in the same year (!), even though I can't find any record of it so...
I'm not a soda drinker, but who can say no to the only S&P soda in the world?
Looking for yet another location of a Caribbean esnoga: The Neve Shalom synagogue of Otrabanda, Willemstad. I found one picture of a map that shows its location, but it is too small to make out:
"Cohen-Sprott showed in her lecture the ruin of St. Maarten’s Jewish community’s synagogue. It was built in 1783 and destroyed in 1819."Can't find any info on the location of this Synagogue either.
"...the actual location of the synagogue has now been determined"But the article doesn't tell us where. Does someone here know?
Who can tell me more about Sephardic Houston and Miami?
Does anybody know what happened to the Sephardic community in Albuquerque? David de Herrara seems to be off Facebook again.
Any info on this "Union Israelitish Portuguesa", and on the Forest Park cemetery?
Anybody know where the Esnoga of Shearith Israel, Charleston was located?