Background Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885) was one of the most prominent Jewish philanthropists in the 19th century. After making his fortune before the age of 40 as a broker on…
It is with great sadness that I inform the IGRA, Sephardi and Jewish genealogy communities that Mathilde Tagger has passed away. For those in Jerusalem, the funeral will be on…
Lecture by Mathilde Tagger given in Hebrew (with English slides) on December 7, 2014.
The November calendar should be checked on the IGRA website! There are a variety of lectures in different venues - Jerusalem, Petach Tikva, Ra'anana and Tel Aviv. Lots of interesting…
With the uploading of the 1875 census of the Jewish population of Eretz Israel, the 6 year project of digitizing and translating the 5 censuses of Eretz Israel and the…