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. 87th St., Overland Park, KS 66212
Time: 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM.
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