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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

Janis Siegel

International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies conference co-chair Phyllis Grossman at a Jewish cemetery in Osova Ukraine, 2015 (Sergiy Omelchukl)
May 17, 2016, 12:59 am
Who’s your daddy? Conference traces Jewish DNA back to Holy Land
Founders of this year’s IAJGS forum in Seattle, WA, promise even newcomers will geek out about discovering their genetic history
By Janis Siegel
Doreen Alhadeff (right) signing her Spanish citizenship papers in the presence of public notary Pedro Bosch (left) and Jesus Cantero Morenos, his legal assistant, on February 2, 2016 in Torremolinos, Spain. (Joseph S. Alhadeff)
February 23, 2016, 11:58 am
500 years after expulsion, Jewish American claims Spanish citizenship
In righting of historic wrong, Seattle-resident Doreen Alhadeff and other descendants of Sephardic Jews receive official entree to ancestral homelands under new Spanish and Portuguese ‘right of return’ laws
By Janis Siegel
University of Washington Prof. Devin Naar is spearheading the Sephardic Studies Digital Library and Museum, a first-of-its-kind project featuring 500 historical books and thousands of rare historical documents, many from Seattle families. (Janis Siegel/The Times of Israel)
July 18, 2015, 3:07 am
Not the first time Spain is apologizing for Inquisition, says prof
In Seattle’s large Sephardic community, offers of Spanish and Portuguese citizenship are met with more skepticism than forgiveness
By Janis Siegel
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