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Interesting article in Freemasonry Today. I can't give a direct link so please go here http://freemasonrytoday.com/magazine click on the latest issue Number 35 ~ Autumn 2016. Turn to page 47 the article is called "the Prince and the Fugitive" by Kevin L Gest. It has information about H J da Costa otherwise Hipólito José da Costa Pereira Furtado de Mendonça. He was from Portugal and fell foul o...
One and All a new discussion1492 some 400,000 of our people are expelled from Spain thats one story, more recently there are suggestions that the numbers were far lessWe use the date because of the 'Alhambra Decree' but I do wonder how many Jews were openly living as such at this time. My view the date should be 1391 the writing was on the wall and many got out, many converted, some could not lea...
Do S&P ministers every wear white robes or are they always black?
A review of two books about the Dönme. One of these titles has been announced here before: Cengiz Sisman. The Burden of Silence: Sabbatai Sevi and the Evolution of the Ottoman-Turkish Dönmes. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. The other is a bit older: Marc David Baer. The Dönme: Jewish Converts, Muslim Revolutionaries, and Secular Turks. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010.
can anyone help, below is a name which appears on numerous online genealogy sites. As you can see it states clearly born Portugal 1762 and the name Hanojh Ha'Cohen. Would love to know if he really existed and if so what was his name.Hanoch A'Cohenfifth great grandfatherBirth: 1762 - Portugal Death: 11/30/1827 - London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Hi everyone, does anyone have access to this catalogue ? :-)
I feel l should offer a general apology if my manners have upset anyone. Its just that l have a number of health issues for which l take 14 tablets a day and one of the side effects being it makesme very emotional
Just wanted to share this book with the group. It is in Portuguese, has items from Curaçao and all over Europe. I just came across a Belinfante authored book as part of the collection. Many thanks!
#Shabbat_Shalom! Today's Sephardi World Weekly features articles on Yemeni-Israeli Sisters in Vogue, Rhodes Paradise Lost, Recipe Saved, and Rosh Hashanah SelichotThis Week’s Articles:1.) #Vogue Magazine traveled to Tel Aviv, Israel to check out the three Israeli sisters known as A-WA, a girls group that sings in Yemenite Arabic. Taken in by their style and sensibility, Vogue’s writer asked the mi...
Gentleman I have just come across this book which infers that Sephardim in the East were much tougher on the Conversos than the Western S&P who being converso themselves did not delve too deeply into the background of the people presenting themselves and London was easier than Amsterdam(not sure l agree)Seperate to that what little l could read was quiet fascinating but being Brill l suppose it co...
We look at Al Andulas and we look at the Islamic influence and the Romance with which it is portrayed today, what many of us forget is Spain of 1492 was late medieval. My point, if you want to hear the music and eat the food from this period it still exists across the channel in Morocco. Music, people would classify today as North African or Arabic originated in Grenada and is very much part of ...
Thank you Michael.
Voilà une agréable surprise !!!Moi Gerard Benoliel ancien de Rabat-Salé.Une rue qui porte mon nom de famille à Lisbonne !!! Géant non !!!Le pionnier au Portugal de photo-reportage.JOSHUA BENOLIEL(1873-1932).Né en 1873, dans une famille juive installée au Cap-Vert. Il voit sa première photo publiée dans "Tir civil" magazine en 1899, avec lequel il collabore également en tant qu'amateur, car on pens...
In a recent blog on Reconectar Ashley Perry revived the rumour that Columbus may have been Jewish. Recent in this context means two days ago, which in Facebook terms may not be very recent. Perry wrote: "This contribution began from the very beginning, with many academics and researchers claiming that Columbus, known in Spain as Cristóbal Colón, was secretly a Jew, and they point to many factors i...
Thanks for the add ;). Reason I am joining is that I come from the Azores in Ponta Delgada and have tested positive for Jewish YDNA (Ashkenazi) on Ancestry, FamilyTree and Gedmatch Interested in some feedback on some of my data and also to hear other peoples input and info thank you.
Hi all,Based on your collective knowledge, has anyone noticed a trend of the changing of a name from the Catholic name to Abraham when they are the first generation that leave Iberia? Could that be a clue of when they left if we find an Abraham in Amsterdam, London, etc.? How about for a woman? Has anyone seen a trend?Many thanks.
Does anyone know what happened to the victims of the Mexican autos-da-fé after they were transported back to Spain? I am especially interested in people denounced by Isabel de Silva and Maria de Rivera in 1642. I would guess the reconciliados were shipped back to Seville and processed through the Inquisition facility at Castillo de San Jorge. Are they any surviving records referencing where they w...
https://youtu.be/kw9bXOwckR4Here is another gem from the London Repertoire: 'Meyuchad BeEheyeh Asher Eheyeh', sung at the conclusion of the selicha 'Chatanu Tsurenu'.Please like and share.For an mp3 of this recording please visit my website, where there are over 40 selections available for downloading.http://danielhalfon.com/multitrack-recordings/
A friend asked me about a fire in a Latin American synagogue around the middle of last century. Maybe someone in this group knows about it. I don't.
Has anyone read this book yet, or can provide a review?
Screening of Rabbi Cardozo's film in the US and Online.