Sarina Roffe to Speak Tuesday April 2nd

On Tuesday, April 2, 2019 the JSGGKC will present Sarina Roffé who will speak on “Branching Out from Sepharad - Solving a Converso Mystery”. Sarina Roffé, author of Branching Out From Sepharad, outlines the history of Jews in Spain, the 1492 expulsion, their history in Syria, and their immigration to the Americas. She will discuss the ancestry and significance of the Kassin rabbinic dynasty, which dates to the 12th century, and the 50-year leadership of Chief Rabbi Jacob S. Kassin, who led the Syrian Jewish community in Brooklyn. At the same time, she solves a Converso mystery. Rabbi Kassin’s ancestors arrived in Aleppo in 1540. Sarina solves the mystery of the time gap from 1492 to 1540.

Place:   Johnson County Central Resource Library – Pickard Room

9875 W. 87^th St., Overland Park, KS 66212

Time: 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM.

Jews on the Prairie

Jews on the Prairie.

Tablet Magazine, an online magazine that has interesting and often insightful articles, recently recalled the early Jewish settlers in Western Kansas. "Eight miles from Garden City, Kansas, in a remote landscape of corn fields without end, punctuated only by pheasants and blackbirds, lies an unexpected discovery: several gravestones, the only physical remains of Beersheba, a Jewish agricultural colony established in 1882."

If you are not familiar with this historical settlement, the article, Jews on the Prairie, is worth a read. 

Enjoy!

New Resource Added to MGC for Jewish Genealogists

Edict of Expulsion

Resources for Jewish Genealogy Research
The Midwest Genealogy Center (MGC) of Independence, MO, has added an online resource for Jewish Genealogy researchers. I have found several new and useful, links on this page. The Jewish Genealogy researcher can access the many useful links here: MGC Resources and Online Resources for Jewish Genealogy 

MGC is a branch of the Mid-Continent Public Library system. If you do not have a Library Card you can apply for one on-line at MidwestGenealogyCenter.org.

Let us know what you  think of their collection of books, periodicals, microfiche, and online resources.

Happy researching!