Came across this while looking for something on Google. I haven't read the original article, has any of you?In any case, it surprises me that Professor Salomon did not know that there indeed was -and is- a Sephardic community in Genoa. And I am pretty sure there was one in Modena as well.Also surprising that he was unaware of the name "Pires" as a variant form of "Peres". Especially since one member of the family, Diogo Pires AKA Selomo Molkho, was rather (in)famous.