Posts by William Jeuda De Oliveira
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Quite a few topics concerning Sepharaddim here. And also the recently discussed Ligurian citrons. Unfortunate that it's on shabbat.
Looking through this list of name changes/registrations in Rotterdam (1811-1812) I noticed something strange. Were these Sephardic Jews whose names before simply hadn't been registered properly? Or is something else going on?https://nljewgen.org/pdf_boeken/1400_naamsaanneming_rotterdam_hillegersberg_kralingen.pdf
Again thanks to Ton's link, a very interesting document: Marriage dispensations of Jews in Holland, mostly for uncles marrying nieces.
Even though, as far as I know, the Portuguese synagogue of Migdal David didn't exist anymore, in the Haarlem burial register between 1887 and 1974 appear quite a number of Sephardic names. Mostly intermarried:
Finally a book dealing with the history of the Nice community. Unfortunately it deals with just a short period, but it's an interesting read. What really disappointed me personally is that the synagogues are barely mentioned. In a footnote it is mentioned that the rue Deloye synagogue was inaugurated in 1886, but other than that the synagogues are just mentioned in passing with no detail on constr...
Morashà has published the new mahzor for Yom Kippur according to the Spanish rite of Florence, edited by Rabbi Spagnoletto.
In the synagogue of Genoa hangs a set of chandeliers, one of which bears the inscription:למקנה לאברהם מעיר אמסטרדם דה קוסטא פונסיקה אלה לשלם אורך שנת התסו ליצירהThey were donated in honour of the inauguration of the previous synagogue in 1707.
I once shared a post here by someone with nice photos of the Staglieno cemetery in Genoa. Unfortunately there were no Sephardic names in those pictures, so I decided to add some myself. Most are old Italian Sephardic family names, a few came to Genoa from places like Egypt, Morocco, Salonica, Rhodes...Sorry for the poor legibility of some, if you would like more info about a specific person, I can...
Giulia Nunes Vais, wife of famous painter Alberto Issel.
Interesting lecture, Shalom Morris. Just a question, is there any specific reason you focus in Charleston on Shearith Israel and not one of the other "breakaways"? The 1824 breakaway of the Reformed Society of Israelites could make more sense in this list.There is also the Beth Elohim Unveh Shalom breakaway in the 1770's.
Would the artist William Jacob Hays of New York (1830-1875) have been a member of Sheerith Israel? His great grandfather Jacob Hays was among the founders of the first SI synagogue.
I had come across Sephardic individuals at that time in Berlin -mostly from Hamburg-, but this is the first mentioning I've seen of a Sephardic synagogue. Does anyone have a clue where to find more info?From the 1928 Jüdisches Lexicon:
Interesting information on the De Tivoli family in England. (Italian Jewish family, "Sephardised" in Livorno.) Scroll down to the comment left by Osmund Bullock:
Is anything known of a movement of Jews from Italy to Iberia before the expulsion? I just saw a suggestion here below of such a case, and there are theories about families such as Piza and Meldola.
Looking for biographical data on the artist John Joseph Fonseca. (1817-1895, English?)
Were Jacob Hart Lazarus (painter) and his family members of Shearith Israel?
By 1882, most Jews in Florence had moved away from the ghetto, and in that year built the new synagogue in the area most of them moved to. There were still some Jews living in the centre -not necessarily in the ghetto- and they opened two new small synagogues -one of Italian and one of Sephardic rite- a few blocks from the former ghetto.Between 1881 and 1898, the ghetto was slowly demolished, befo...
Looking for biographical data on the artist John Joseph Fonseca. (1817-1895, English?) Assuming that he was indeed Sephardic.
Talented Henriques's in Copenhagen.
Would this have been printed fro the French Portuguese communities?
Does anyone have recordings of melodies for these Hanuccá pizmonim? (From Imré Noham)