## ***DUTCH SEPHARDIM***## ***AN INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR BART WALLET***## ***SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY 15 MAY 2022***Early this year the eminent scholar ***Bart Wallet*** was appointed professor of Jewish history at the University of Amsterdam. We have the privilege of interviewing him.We shall discuss the role of Sephardim in The Netherlands in the 19th Century Jewish; the tension between Sephardic identity and cooperation with Ashkenazim; the shifting meaning of Sephardic identity; the changing role of the Western Sephardic Diaspora in the 19th and 20th Centuries; and the role of Sephardim in 20th Century Netherlands.***Prof. Dr. Bart Wallet*** is Professor of Early Modern and Modern Jewish History, in particular of Amsterdam, at the University of Amsterdam. He is co-editor-in-chief of Studia Rosenthaliana and an editor of the European Journal of Jewish Studies. He is one of the editors and authors of Reappraising the History of the Jews in the Netherlands (London 2021) and has published extensively on subjects related to the history and culture of Dutch Jewry.The meeting is on Sunday 15 May 2022 at 11am in LA, 2pm NYC, 7pm London, 8pm Paris/Amsterdam, and 9pm Jerusalem. Patrons can join us on Zoom. The link is shared on our Patreon page at: [https://www.patreon.com/sephardi](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patreon.com%2Fsephardi%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1sdjm_bczZUNeRkWyeuEcSOtBbyFiFhaHtqJbjWGTKqiH-FZbe-9WqF9c&h=AT2tXQm_ly053LzbvsHLLblGdoed1v90-5Ur8rGkha3i6i1eBBhIhgb3xdcj4CgJELpxAyKDY3vQzzE3Da_sl4HREoobE-Ikl8SKiDrUnQmWgOrAK8NNvOkBtNAaESSH-nuPLomHxXXr898Nnw&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2wjmlSSycd7TNjER-entrohaYCreN6BNMSA2-v4OgG6t_LLKbXE3EMP9xvzYJmHUR5Ed8M2NosYqpm2ned4plv3OKvZfHlbdmhoL0nYrCPZlydeGxCU7qYj8_L31s9yUD2WbjrtQ9k0qGECr2GgAGjCBcJYCwCVPVzOwnZo_OuFbpypQyI3_Gj_EB83Q-e22jnyEkOFWOfCrrHDSM) Everyone is welcome to join us on YouTube at: [https://www.youtube.com/SephardicGenealogyAndHistory](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FSephardicGenealogyAndHistory%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR08Ajl6CiaOTww-KVtLFAK4HOQA5IqzW2QOfkBdROpnyBxtLWprW-zE5GU&h=AT300QfQj6X6SOOl-j7u1ywpcPfwzzvXTguUZX_xR2d_gB6NzAGuhYPh1IWo06urDW_iQHdMMZJa-AUMOjPISU3yxA121gR9huibKvD0ysny6grJaWO4J_QlY1L1kjeH6083F05FpFVfJEDR-Q&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT2wjmlSSycd7TNjER-entrohaYCreN6BNMSA2-v4OgG6t_LLKbXE3EMP9xvzYJmHUR5Ed8M2NosYqpm2ned4plv3OKvZfHlbdmhoL0nYrCPZlydeGxCU7qYj8_L31s9yUD2WbjrtQ9k0qGECr2GgAGjCBcJYCwCVPVzOwnZo_OuFbpypQyI3_Gj_EB83Q-e22jnyEkOFWOfCrrHDSM)You can now watch last week's talk by Hugo Martins on The Portuguese Jews of Hamburg. The History of a Mercantile Community in the Seventeenth Century.Over the last two years, 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.*Best wishes**Ton and David**Sephardic World**Image: Late 18th Century punch bowl showing the river Amstel and the Amsterdam Esnoga*