Sephardic Genealogy in Livorno

The port of Livorno, in northwest Italy, was a major hub of the Western Sephardic diaspora. One of the oldest Portuguese-Jewish communities, Livorno served as a gateway between the Spanish & Portuguese Jews, other Sephardim, and Mizrahi communities of the Mediterranean. Trade networks spread as far as India in the east and the Caribbean in the west. Relying on the recent project mapping the community's ketubot, Alain Nedjar will take us into the heart of the Jewish community of Livorno. He will show us important and recently discovered documents, discuss the origins and meanings of family names, genealogies and family itineraries.
Alain Nedjar is a leading Jewish genealogist in France. With Gilles Boulu, Liliane Nedjar and Raphaël Attias, he is co-author of 'Ketubbot registers of the Jewish Nation of Livorno, 1626-1890' and 'La communauté juive portugaise de Tunis dite livournaise ou Grana'. He has written articles for Genealo-J, the French Jewish genealogy publication, and appeared on TV and radio in France, the United Kingdom, Spain and Israel.
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