## ***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. Ton Tielen will share new research on Ayllion’s fascinating and disputatious life.***Ton Tielen*** is well-known in the world of Sephardic genealogy. He co-founded this series of meetings, the Sephardic Genealogical Society, and The Sephardic Diaspora group on Facebook. He formerly served as archivist of the Netherlands Red Cross.Join us on Sunday 9 June 2024, at 11am in LA, 2pm in NYC, 7pm in London, 8pm in Paris/Amsterdam, 9pm in Jerusalem, and 6am the next morning in Sydney. Patrons are invited to join us live on Zoom.This meeting will not be live broadcast on YouTube this week but will be premiered on YouTube next week at [https://www.youtube.com/SephardicGenealogyAndHistory](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FSephardicGenealogyAndHistory%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2Fed50la_P56mha0jD7Oe8VYZtfmW8hdCqGPnpjOc2u038XuOP0F8h-qU_aem_AUwgw2ZAIbElSEVTmPQNyZWIITSbTSbrXvWHngEvQf0N0jrhrlaQiAPmgwbRO7XGecYOEANYB-wWsY4n7PsaZVWF&h=AT0VU_HomZ-v1IZxKq-9GhmhH4VuqFs_dbkCi19yT2-Us4KC5icJZKiPzZs3sAuG0vmS-yNXFYkKOYXq03IkPFR4zGQkHbkbR8XlBSLpRwq8GizKVAzttwWy-OWUaT94Ug&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3EzEb298T0cTUlMbC6NJfFrtErnI-vt4kxbmqg3qQwnL9Bq0ub_cEMdNcy82GZgexOlux0J48gzEVMmOiAFT5lyUHHrCGHjAzyuNG0FefJvCuUwXwEkrqEe64Bu9oQlzGQHI6OGHPjNheORaAmVkuUWHaf-0eFSsDSK2ZOZRPj5goBWJbkxvYlUbPzXxj4) (and please remember to subscribe to the channel).To join us live, please subscribe at [https://www.patreon.com/sephardi](https://www.patreon.com/sephardi?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3714UiGNKHdvk075qzRVhQO8FFf7Y9WOssclVIPtiu2au9qPdjKOc2ncY_aem_AUxQc77M24Rgn2p2fvmrpx9prqJEyaPaMjVHjC8oL0N2FSVQsr3HWdMnnLbKXH5C0iYYr_Bmg9k7fiysTdesXshF)***Digital Humanities and the Ladino Press***Watch a recording of our last meeting, on Digital Humanities and the Ladino Press. Ben Lee discussed the use of artificial intelligence to find images in Ladino-language newspapers.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPPC03sb8-8](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DoPPC03sb8-8%26fbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2d-Eyt1DCUTDDnQHnGwOJflRd6zhi52KlDbWnwtZG0bkDW3PoIhnV04Jc_aem_AUwR8YKLpo1Mmrt47vbI-3o5hKaadvUtN1XKpmn5xmk9ZZ79MFVwrYVLAHiZuY8MKIPpIvjjcRwyFSclJFz47fMI&h=AT3WZ61hYDBtg88IdZlmL4ocafkH9atlFUA3M-3HTLIYo0TZk_s7rIwhiJTebI16-D6GKQlh2S1dLMDSviXwARvdfFS0RObgnvkyY9XpvMDW0sczry5xejntwngv79JX6g&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3EzEb298T0cTUlMbC6NJfFrtErnI-vt4kxbmqg3qQwnL9Bq0ub_cEMdNcy82GZgexOlux0J48gzEVMmOiAFT5lyUHHrCGHjAzyuNG0FefJvCuUwXwEkrqEe64Bu9oQlzGQHI6OGHPjNheORaAmVkuUWHaf-0eFSsDSK2ZOZRPj5goBWJbkxvYlUbPzXxj4)***Can you Volunteer or Donate?***The Sephardic Genealogical Society is looking for volunteers. If you have skills and time to spare, please complete our questionnaire. We are particularly looking for people with video editing, fundraising and web design experience.We rely on the support of our patrons. If you can support our work by donating as little as $5/month, please visit our Patreon page. We have a number of projects that require more substantial support. Please let us know if you can help.[https://www.patreon.com/sephardi](https://www.patreon.com/sephardi?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0f5zltjoBtbvTaBkkVlYsgg9VE0iIdqybOI7SOnYu33NbhjRAmbyzCZDM_aem_AUwhF7_UjDgnDID7afJ9GNth6csQrYpJT890Rr4YEdUBXhxPZKoTmGM7-Tzdxgxx__bstCh8LYBsiwj87wRt0mt5)***Join our new WhatsApp channel***We have set up a WhatsApp channel to better help communication with supporters. If you have WhatsApp, please follow the channel.[https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaHxAjhJ93wTMhWkTF0i](https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaHxAjhJ93wTMhWkTF0i?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0oTpPjfGngNXVLl2XDDeL5K-uTHtLs5nzrRByynEDeumL9MJA5TcZueIA_aem_AUyEp8AvqIpHZclcsNTzR-5cAwtxTVjG1HnWo6Eyug8MzRg4GjGDdU7gb8_eoxNSygjW_MgLRyOIhiuqIedPRmWv)*Best wishes**Ton and David**Sephardic World**Images: Selomo Ayllion, synagogues Izmir, Jerusalem, Amsterdam, London*