*The Pardo Family Adventure**Ton Tielen**Sephardic World, 13 October 2024*The Pardo are a famous Sephardic lineage. An eastern Sephardic family that traveled west. Leaving Salonika in the early 17th century, the family settled in Amsterdam, providing hahamim and hazanim for the community. The first two generations were successful religious leaders. Subsequent generations tried their luck elsewhere, settling in Jamaica, London, Curacao, Surinam and New York.Ton Tielen tells the story of this remarkable family, correcting widespread errors and false connections in existing family histories.Ton Tielen is joint president of the Sephardic Genealogical Society, co-founder of The Sephardic Diaspora Facebook group and a trustee of A Nação Hebraica. He is a former archivist of The Netherlands Red Cross.Patrons are invited to join us live on Sunday 13 October 2024, at 11am in LA, 2pm in NYC, 7pm in London, 8pm in Paris/Amsterdam/Copenhagen, 9pm in Jerusalem, and 4am the next morning in Sydney. Everyone is welcome to attend the YouTube premiere the following week. Subscribe to us on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@SephardicGenealogyIt is a pleasure to share knowledge about Sephardic history and genealogy, but it is not without cost. For as little as $5/month you can become a patron and join our core community. Please support our work at: https://www.patreon.com/sephardi***Prayer for Prisoners***In their memorial service for the 7th October attacks, Bevis Marks synagogue in London repurposed their traditional Kol Nidrei prayer for prisoners of the Inquisition to remember those still held hostage in Gaza. “Terra Santa” is how the 18th-century congregation referred to the Land of Israel.***Arabic Transcription Software***Transkribus have shared their first Arabic-language public model. An important step forward for those researching Jewish ancestry in the Middle East and North Africa. https://www.transkribus.org/.../arabic-khat-17-20-century...***Bury Street Re-Consultation***This week people who participated in the consultation over whether to build a skyscraper over Bevis Marks synagogue will have received a letter written in incomprehensible English. Possibly, this is deliberate. An interpretation/translation is provided below. It may not be by chance that the very limited consultation period falls over the Jewish High Holidays and Sukkot. Most of the objections come from the Jewish community.*The letter informs the recipient about two planning applications related to a site on Bury Street, London. The applications include:**Planning Permission: The demolition of Bury House and the construction of a new building with 43 storeys, along with partial demolition and restoration work on Holland House and Renown House. These buildings will be interconnected and used for offices, retail, café, and other flexible uses. The project also includes landscaping, a new pedestrian route, cycle parking, and improvements to the surrounding area.**Listed Building Consent: Restoration work on Holland House, including the removal and replacement of some external and internal structures, and the construction of a four-storey extension.**It is the first point that is relevant to the synagogue. The letter invites feedback on these applications, which are available for viewing online. Observations must be submitted by November 7, 2024.**The document ends by stating:**“You may inspect copies of the applications, the environmental statement, the plans and any other documents submitted with it on-line at https://www.planning2.cityoflondon.gov.uk quoting the relevant references 24/00021/FULEIA (planning permission), 24/00011/LBC (listed building consent). If you are finding it difficult to access the on-line documents or require paper documents please contact us by email at plans@cityoflondon.gov.uk or telephone 020 7332 1710. The case officer dealing with this application is Anna Tastsoglou .**Any observations must be received by 7th November 2024 and submitted to lpaburystreet@cityoflondon.gov.uk and will be taken into account in the consideration of these applications.”****Can you Volunteer?***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/.../1aFsubxSY.../viewform...***Join our 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***Servants, Masters and Families. African and Eurafrican Jews in 17th Century Amsterdam. How did the Portuguese Jews in Early Modern Amsterdam relate to African slaves, servants, and non-white community members? Mark Ponte will share the history of black people in Sephardic households during the Dutch Golden Age. One example, Hanna Vas was a black slave who had children with Moses Moreno-Monsanto, and later married him. Moses wrote four Wills, testifying to the complexity of the situation. Who were the black people involved in the life of the Portuguese Jewish community, what was their place in the family, and what is their legacy?Mark Ponte is a historian working on Early Modern migration and slavery in Amsterdam and the Dutch Atlantic. He works part-time at the Amsterdam City Archives, including on the project ‘Alle Amsterdamse Akten’. In recent years he has mainly published on Black Amsterdammers in the 17th Century. He was a researcher and author for the exhibition Black in Rembrandt's Time in the Rembrandt House Museum (2020) and created the exhibition 'Amsterdammers and Slavery’ (2021) was a research fellow at the Mauritshuis Museum. He regularly writes contributions for (public) historical books and magazines.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daR4ya1kWA8*Best wishes**Ton And David**Sephardic World*