## *RULING THE SEPHARDIC ATLANTIC*## *THE ASCAMOT AND THE ORGANISATION OF PORTUGUESE-JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES*## *CARLA VIEIRA, SEPHARDIC WORLD, SUNDAY 7 JULY 2024*Join us for a lecture comparing the regulations (Ascamot) of eight Sephardic congregations: Amsterdam, Recife, Hamburg, London, Curaçao, Bayonne, Suriname, and New York. We'll explore how these regulations fostered community cohesion and adapted to local challenges while maintaining unity. Discover the influence of the Congregation of Talmud Torah of Amsterdam and the unique aspects of each community, including the role of the Mahamad and the adaptation to distinct host environments.***Carla Vieira*** is a senior researcher at the CHAM – Center for the Humanities, FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She is also a researcher at the Cátedra de Estudos Sefarditas Alberto Benveniste (School of Arts and Humanities, Universidade de Lisboa) and editor of the journal Cadernos de Estudos Sefarditas. Her research has focused on the history of conversos in Portugal and the Western Sephardic diaspora in the Atlantic space. At the moment, she is developing the post-doctoral project "Nation between Empires. Sephardic Diaspora and the Anglo-Portuguese alliance (first half of the 18th century)", sponsored by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (SFRH/BPD/109606/2015). She is also the principal investigator of the project Western Sephardic Diaspora Roadmap.Join us on Sunday 7 July 2024, at 11am in LA, 2pm in NYC, 7pm in London, 8pm in Paris/Amsterdam, 9pm in Jerusalem, and 4am 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 premiered on YouTube next week at https://www.youtube.com/SephardicGenealogyAndHistory (and please remember to subscribe to the channel).To join us live, please subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/sephardi***London’s 18th Century Records***Watch a recording of our last meeting. David Mendoza discusses sources to use when researching 18th-century Jewish ancestors in London.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Q3ojsVijcIf you are not already subscribed to the channel, please remember to do so. Also, please ‘Like’ the video. It encourages the algorithm to share the video with other potentially interested viewers. You can see a list of past talks at: https://www.sephardic.world/sephardic-world***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.https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aFsubxSY_PtauwOJzlayxBmLTKjXL8kTzz50jmmRiHA/viewform?edit_requested=trueWe 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***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***From the Sephardic Archives***Watch Adam Brown’s 2021 Sephardic World talk on the Avotaynu DNA Study’s Genetic Census of the Sephardim. Avotaynu’s research is re-writing our understanding of Jewish history.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKyj8Lbbpt0*Best wishes**Ton and David**Sephardic World*