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JGSGB Dutch & Sephardi SIG - 19 Sep 2021 2pm – with Bernard Miller – “Sephardic-Nordic-Noir – Part 2”

Our next meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is from the JGSGB Dutch & Sephardi Special Interest Group (D&S SIG) by Zoom.

• Date: Sunday 19 September 2021
• Time 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 07:00 Salt Lake City
• Title: Sephardic-Nordic-Noir – Part 2
• Speaker: Bernard Miller
• Description: For most people, Scandinavia is still not a geographical region in which we expect to find Sephardic relatives. Even after finding many, since Bernard first introduced us to some of his Scandinavian Sephardic family finds last year, more have appeared and continue to surprise him. Their origins, the paths by which they ended up in Scandinavia, the subsequent history of the Jews there and their geographical spread are just as amazing, as is the fact that when Jews were initially allowed to settle in Denmark, Sephardim were admitted and Ashkenazim were specifically excluded. If you enjoy Nordic Noir mysteries, join us again for the second episode. The plot is definitely thickening.







About Bernard Miller
Bernard Miller, who declared his nationality on the 2011 and 2021 census returns to be ‘Euro-Cockney’, has spent much of his life doing research in one form or another. Living in many countries and working in many languages and several different fields seems to him to be a good basis for applying that research base to his own genealogy. To add to the unexpected genealogical connections, in the past few months, several DNA matches have turned up with people in Denmark to whom he has not yet found family links which would explain the matches. He is now contacting some of the people to try to find out just how they are connected.

After the talk, there will be an opportunity for Q&A on the talk.

The invitation to register is below, but please keep it to yourself!

If you have problems joining please email chairman@jgsgb.org.uk, preferably in the 15 minutes before the meeting proper starts.

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Leigh Dworkin is inviting you to register for a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: JGSGB D&S SIG with Bernard Miller – “Sephardic-Nordic-Noir – Pt2”
When: Sep 19, 2021 02:00 PM London

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sf--rrTMoGdb8DBzFFvct7UgBMcdg2pg7


After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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Keep well!

Leigh Dworkin
Chairman, JGSGB

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