Dear Group,I am the founder of this Group and would like to tell you a bit about myself. I am a 100% Askenazi Jew who happens to love the story of the Sephardic Jews and the food...I started this group a few years ago for fun and it has grown to 2.3 thousand members. I work full time in HiTech in Israel and am a part time Grandma/Savta to my grandkids. My husband Dan Aronovic will join me as administrator and we hope to add more interesting content and grow the group. I am most proud of how many people are using this group to find communities in Spain or Portugal to visit or get information from and how the members are so helpful and giving of their feedback and assistance to everyone.We want to start recommending books to this group that are relevant to the topics and to start with one of my favorite books of all time - the Last Kabbalist in Lisbon by Richard Zimler. Richard has written many other books which we will post later along with other suggestions for reading about Jewish Portugal and Spain.Thanks to everyone for your participation and please invite friends to join who may be interested in the content.Happy Holidays to those who celebrate.