Finding a Sephardi Husband in Early Modern Amsterdam

On Sunday, on the Sephardi Heritage Project, Ton Tielen will discuss the Amsterdam-based Portuguese Jewish bridal society Santa Companhia de Dotar Orphas e Donzellas, known as Dotar. At 405 years it is the oldest still functioning Jewish charity in The Netherlands, and indeed in the Western Sephardic world. Though established in Amsterdam, its membership was international, and its activities encompassed the whole of the Sephardic world. The core of its archives still exists, and for the larger part is digitally available in the Amsterdam City Archives. If you are not already on the mailing list, please add yourself here:

https://mailchi.mp/sephardicgenealogy/sephardi-heritage

Dutch Brazil and the first Jews of New York

Meeting - Sunday 17th May 2020, with the Sephardi Heritage Project

Daniela Weil will talk about the first public Jews in the Americas. After the Portuguese drove the Dutch from Brazil in 1654, some Jews traveled via the Caribbean to New Amsterdam, later New York. The product of five years of research in the Americas and Europe, Daniela's new book, 'The Diary of Asser Levy: First Jewish Citizen of New York' has just been published.

The seminar will be on Sunday at 21:00 Israel time; 20:00 Paris/Amsterdam time; 19:00 London time; 14:00 EDT; and 11:00 PST.

Join us on Zoom at:

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76726990912?pwd=MnNkNnhvK21QMjNpbjhHWkNvMklvZz09

Meeting ID: 767 2699 0912

Password: 6XPyLz

Our first newsletter, containing links to websites discussed in our seminar on the Amsterdam archives, will be published soon. If you know anyone else who may be interested, please invite them to sign up at:

https://mailchi.mp/sephardicgenealogy/sephardi-heritage

Madrid auto-da-fé of 1680

The 1680 Madrid Auto-da-Fé - Zoom Seminar - Sunday 10th May 2020

The second Sephardi Heritage Project seminar will look at the 1680 Madrid auto-da-fé. An auto-da-fé was the event at which the Inquisition announced prisoners' sentences. 1680 was the last great Spanish auto-da-fé and happened at a key turning point in European and Sephardic history.

The seminar will be on Sunday at 21:00 Israel time; 20:00 Paris/Amsterdam time; 19:00 London time; 14:00 EDT; and 11:00 PT.

Join us on Zoom at:

Meeting ID: 731 3915 5680
Password: 1deD3V

The first Sephardi Heritage Project newsletter, including links to websites discussed in our seminar on the Amsterdam archives, will be published soon. To register for free, please sign up at: https://mailchi.mp/sephardicgenealogy/sephardi-heritage