Pascal
Faustini initiates a new range of studies. "The
Allatini, a Sephardic dynasty across Europe" describes
the fate of this family initially originating in Italy. Its wealth
dates back to Moïse Allatini (1809 - 1882) owner of industrial
mills in Salonika. Faustini sketches their and their related families'
family trees.
Pierre-André Meyer
searches the missing link between the families Spire
and Spire Lévy in Metz. He starts from a family
tree published by Pascal
Faustini in his reference book "La communauté juive
de Metz et ses
familles (1565 - 1665)" to find the origin of the composed
surname Spire
Lévy borne in Metz by a family during the 18th century.
Where do the
lineages of Abraham Spire (d. 1705), préposé (parnass)
and Goudchaux Lévy
(d. 1718), also préposé, connect so as to create
Spire Lévy? He assumes
that Goudchaux Lévy married Nenche (Nenchen), daughter
of Abraham Spire, the couple breeding the brothers Isaac and
Alcan Spire Lévy, first bearers of double surname in
Metz.
Eliane
Roos-Schuhl complements our knowledge of her
ancestors Dispeck, originating in a homonymic
village (Diespeck). Ilse Vogel, an awardee of the Obermayer
German-Jewish Award has devoted herself to keep the Jewish
past of the village alive.
Sister
Emmanuelle, a famous Catholic nun who has spent her
long life
helping the poorest to survive, has contacted our Society about
her
ancestors Dreyfus from Mommenheim in Alsace. Ernest
Kallmann, while
providing her the available information, has established a personal
contact. He discovers that the name Emmanuel pervades her family's
family
tree and wonders why his correspondent, proud of her Jewish
ancestors, has
chosen it as her name in religion.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Eliane
Roos-Schuhl guides us in the deciphering the
letter-and-number
riddle appearing in an entry of the Worms Memorbuch.
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