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Due to the bank holiday there will be no Sunday meeting on 2 May, but coming next in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a meeting from the JGSGB Chilterns Regional Group (RG) by Zoom. Here is the information for this meeting: • Date: Tuesday 4 May 2021 • Time: 19:30 London (note, 14:30 New York, 11:30 San Francisco, 21:30 Jerusalem) • Title: Crypto Jewish Governors & Viceroys of Portuguese India • Speaker: Bernard Miller • Description: The first one seemed like an aberration. The second might have been a mistake but by the time he had found half a dozen, there seemed to be a pattern. Several lines of Bernard Miller’s Sephardic ancestors whom he had traced back to 15th- and 16th-century Portugal seemed to contain Governors and Viceroys of Portuguese India. Like so much in genealogy, initially it appeared counter-intuitive. Many of the individuals appointed by the Portuguese Crown to represent it and govern its colonies came from Jewish ...

Harif Lockdown Lectures   The Four Jewish Communities of India with MAISIE MEYER TUESDAY 27 APRIL 7:30 pm UK time/ 11:30 am PT/ 2:30 pm ET/ 8:30 pm Europe/ 9:30 pm Israel   "The four key Jewish communities in India were a minuscule proportion of the subcontinent’s population, but their involvement in the development of India, the contribution they made to Indian Society, and the legacy they left in several unexpected spheres is impressive. We welcome back Dr Maisie Meyer, herself born in India of Baghdadi parents, for another fascinating presentation." Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 87260186673?pwd= VkowTXhsb0R3U2J6Ti9hVEZ6Qm9VUT 09  The event will be livestreamed to the Harif Facebook page and recorded. Enquiries to info@harif.org   [If you're viewing this post via the summary email and the links don't work, please go to https://jgsgbnews.blogspot.com/]

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 January 17th 2021 •       Time: 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem •       Title: Genesis: An Indian Childhood – a beginning and an ending •       Speaker: Margery Cohen •       Description: Margery Cohen was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) to parents of Baghdadi origin.  She will talk to us about what it was like growing up in India, within a very mixed cultural society, in the twilight years of the Raj. . Margery went back to Mumbai on a tour organised by Jewish Renaissance, and was inspired to write an article for Jewish Renaissance about her childhood and early memories.  It was her first trip back to her birthplace after 45 years.  For the first time since she lived there, she was able to...