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לעלות עוד קומה עד הקוז'נה???

I am looking for a co-author for my book on Sephardim in Eastern Europe. If you believe that you have the qualifications and/or you posses good organizational skills, or know someone who does, please contact me. Thanks! Joels

I am looking for a co-author for my book on Sephardim in Eastern Europe. If you believe that you have the qualifications and/or you posses good organizational skills, there may be some money and fame in it for you. Please contact me.

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http://eurojewishstudies.org/homepage-announcements/call-for-papers-the-thirteenth-international-conference-on-jewish-names-jerusalem-6-10-august-2017/

je suis d essaouira la ville du rav

JEWS IN WONDERLANDA wonderful article, about the neo-Moorish style of German Synagogues in the 19th century. That style was inspired by the infatuation of German Jews with Sephardic culture or, more exactly, it was inspired by their idealised view of what Sephardic culture was.

And again, the opening of the new exhibition at the JHM in Amsterdam.

RETOUR EN 1950 à RABAT.

Looking for information related to the descendants of David ben Abraham de Castro Tartas ((Tartas, 1630-Amsterdam, 1698), Printer, and brother of the martyred Isaac de Castro Tartas. There was also a third brother, I believe.

For the month of September, American Sephardi Federation's Sephardi Ideas Monthly considers the amazing story of Nino Bitton (נינו ביטון), the son of Moroccan Jews اليهود المغاربة who immigrated to Israel, who used his extraordinarily gifted ear to become a walking encyclopedia of Andalusian music and master of the Oud. In 2011, at the age of 60 and after laboring in obscurity for decades, he fina...

הלכות ראש השנה-להתכונן לתפילות החג - הלכה להצלחת האיש אשר בן סולנג' ההלכה מופצת מאתר דרכי אבותינו מן המערב האתר של יהדות מרוקו וצפון אפריקה -לכניסה לאתר יש ללחוץ על הקישור http://www.morocco-israel.com/

What is on the menu for Rosh Hashanna? Looking for ideas. :-)

Thank you for accept!

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This one is for Rene van Wijngaarden

In case you missed this bit of news, there is an exhibition in the Jewish Historical Museum of Masterdam, celebrating its 400 years. http://www.jhm.nl/…/first-appearance-of-major-vatican-exhib…http://www.jhm.nl/actueel/tentoonstellingen/de-glorie-van-het-joodse-boek

This one is for Eliza De Sola Mendes. Ethical aphorisms by Nahman of Braslav, copied by Jacob de Pinto for Hizqiah Isaac de Jacob de Sola. Amsterdam, 1826.

הלכה להצלחת האיש אשר בן סולנג' -הלכות חודש אלול-ברכות השחר וברכות התורה למתעורר באשמורת הבוקר : מאתר דרכי אבותינו מן המערב האתר של יהדות מרוקו וצפון אפריקה -לכניסה לאתר יש ללחוץ על הקישור http://www.morocco-israel.com/

Words by I. Ricardo to music from I.J. Olman, from 1875:Orchestration of religious songsPerformed on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Sephardic synagogue in Amsterdam, 1875, composed by A.A.C. Belinfante and Cantata for choir and orchestra, words by I. Ricardo, music by I.J. Olman. Amsterdam, 1875.

This one is for Eva Dunn. It is from the website of Ets Haim, from manuscript EH 47 B 03, by none other than David Franco mendes: p. 8: Nuptial poem for Josuah Hayim Sarphati and Esther, daughter of Samuel.

Ets Haim published some primary genealogical registers as well, like this one:

Ets Haim keeps on going in its 401rst year of existence. They put the ""Genealogical history of the Aboab family by Isaac de Matatiah Aboab" online. This manuscript traces the family histories of the families Aboab, Naar and Curiel and some other families back to their Portuguese roots.Copied by his son Matatiah de Isaac Aboab. Amsterdam, 1676-1719.Livro de Nota de ydade Reducido / por my Ishack A...

ROD Borges wants to join this group.

A friend of mine is doing research into some Sephardic families and is interested to know if any other researchers have come across family members with Albinism.