We are honored to announce that our latest resource guide has been written by Jeffrey Malka, on Sephardic Genealogy. You must be registered on the website to view this guide, but registration is free.

Jeffrey Malka
Jeffrey Malka

A retired professor of orthopaedic surgery, Jeffrey Malka is the author of the prize-winning book “Sephardic Genealogy: Discovering your Sephardic Ancestors and their World” (Avotaynu, 2nd ed. 2009) and creator of the SephardicGen Resources website. Descended from a long line of Sephardic rabbis going back to 14th century cabbalists and authors, he is one of the pioneers of Sephardic genealogy in the United States. Dr. Malka was an invited lecturer at the Library of Congress, several IAJGS annual conferences, the Washington Jewish Historical Society, and Jewish Genealogy Societies in the US, Canada, Spain, and Istanbul.

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