## *SEPHARDIC WORLD MEETING, SUNDAY 11 JULY 2021*## *THE JEWS OF JAMAICA, AN INTERVIEW WITH AINSLEY COHEN HENRIQUES****Ainsley Cohen Henriques*** is synonymous with Jewish Jamaica and is one of the best-known personalities in the world of Sephardic genealogy. This week on Sephardic World we shall be talking to him about the Jewish community of Jamaica, its history, and genealogy. We shall discuss the Jamaican Jewish archives and other useful records and resources. Ainsley has known many of the important academics and interesting characters who have contributed to Sephardic genealogy in the Caribbean, and will share some anecdotes,Ainsley is the founder of the Jamaica Jewish Genealogical Society, and recognised expert on all things Jamaican Jewish. He welcomes visitors to Jewish Jamaica and has served multiple terms as head of Jamaica's National Heritage Trust. He founded the Jamaica Export Trading Company to sell Jamaican goods abroad; served on the World Spice Council; and has served as the Israeli consul to Jamaica. He was taught the Australian crawl by Errol Flynn’s mother at Flynn’s hotel in Port Antonio.The meeting is on Sunday 11 July 2021 at 11am in LA, 2pm NYC, 7pm London, 8pm Amsterdam, and 9pm Jerusalem. Patrons can join us on Zoom. The link is shared at our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/sephardiEveryone is invited to join us for free at: https://www.youtube.com/SephardicGenealogyAndHistory/ ***Please subscribe to the YouTube channel.*** It helps us a lot and reminds you when we are going live!Over the last year, Sephardic World has become the leading forum for learning about Sephardic history and genealogy. We have no commercial sponsorship or public funding. There is no charge to attend our meetings or to view our content. If you are not a patron and can afford it, please consider supporting our work: https://www.patreon.com/sephardi*Best wishes,**Ton and David**Sephardic World*