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The Jews of Tetuan, Morocco: Genealogy and Iconography

Filed Under España, Maroc المغرب‎, Mediterranean By Philip Abensur on August 31, 2016

Tetuan Jewry, founded at the end of the 15th century by Spanish-speaking Jews, is a community apart in Morocco. Most other Moroccan Jewish communities were created much earlier and spoke Arabic. In this article, we review the major genealogical resources […]

Spanish-Jewish `Nobility’ of Aleppo, Syria

Filed Under España, Mediterranean, Portugal, Syria سوريا, Uncategorized By Anne de Sola-Cardoza on August 31, 2016

As recently as 1992, more than 4,000 Jews were being held against their will in Syria, unable to leave and kept under watch, branded as “Mussawi,” followers of Moses. At that time, 50,000 Jews from Syria lived in Brooklyn’s Flatbush […]

Launching the Converso Genealogy Project: Tracking the Diaspora of the New Christians

Filed Under Crypto-Jews, España, Indexing Projects, Mediterranean, Portugal, Uncategorized, Western Sephardim By Genie Milgrom on August 20, 2016

I was born into a Roman Catholic family in Havana, Cuba, but from a young age, I felt Jewish and inexplicably was drawn to all things Jewish. After converting to Orthodox Judaism at age 34, I found clues along my […]

Announcing “A Nação Hebrea: A Relational Prosopographic Database of the Portuguese Jewish Nation 1500-1800

Filed Under Academia, Crypto-Jews, España, Mediterranean, Portugal, Western Sephardim By Michael Waas on August 18, 2016

In today’s world, interest in Sephardic Jewry is greater than ever before, particularly with the recent laws in Portugal and Spain enacting the right for descendants of Iberian Jews to reclaim nationality that had been revoked by the Expulsion. The […]

Shealtiel Family World Reunion in Mexico City, July 1st – 5th, 2015

Filed Under España, Surnames, Türkiye, Ελλάδα By Jay London and Miles Saltiel on June 8, 2015

The Shealtiel Family World Association is delighted to announce its exciting 8th World Family Reunion from July 1 – 5, 2015 in Mexico City. The reunion, packed with interesting activities from beginning to end, is an opportunity for cousins from […]

A Brief History and Detailed Listing of the Jews of Tàrrega, Spain, Before and After the Black Death and Pogrom of 1348

Filed Under Academia, España, Indexing Projects, Methods By Maria Jose Surribas Camps on April 9, 2015

Maria Jose Surribas Camps The Jewish community or aljama of Tàrrega, on the Royal Road between Barcelona and Lleida, dates back to 1278 or earlier.[1] What follows is a description of that community from a genealogical perspective, from its earliest […]

Book Review: Jewish Remnants in Spain: Wanderings in a Lost World

Filed Under España By Sidney David Markman on April 1, 2007

Jewish Remnants in Spain: Wanderings in a Lost World. By Sidney David Markman. Large format, softcover, 236 pp. Published by Scribe Publishers, Meza, Arizona, 2003. Out of Print.  Used copies are available at http://www.amazon.com/Jewish-Remnants-Spain-Wanderings-World/dp/0972723706 In the town of Trujillo, Spain, home of […]

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