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The Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State, Congregation Ezra Bessaroth and Sephardic Bikur Holim present a “History and Genealogy of the Jews of Rhodes and Their Diaspora” presented by Leon Taranto.
The event takes place at Ezra Bessaroth on Monday, May 11, Doors open at 
7:00 PM (Please join us for Minha & Arvit) Presentation starts promptly at 7:30 PM. WiFi will be available (bring your laptops).
From the Ottoman Turkish conquest of Rhodes in 1522 until the Holocaust, a vibrant Judeo-Spanish community flourished on this Mediterranean isle. From antiquity, a Romaniote Jewish community lived there.
By the 1700s, Rhodes became an important rabbinical center, and home to a dynasty of Grand Rabbis. In the early 1900s, Rhodeslis émigrés founded colonies in Africa and the Americas.
Mr. Taranto will focus on the history of Jewish Rhodes, and genealogical sources such as cemetery gravestones, burial records, Holocaust deportation lists, Italian census records, synagogue plaques, ship manifests, Hebrew books and manuscripts, and marriage, tax, and Alliance Israélite Universelle records.
Fuente: EZRA BESSAROTH ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
