Sephardi_genealogy.com

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: February 29, 2008| Author: SCHELLY TALALAY DARDASHTI | Copyright information


Jerusalem Post

02-29-2008

Headline: Sephardi_genealogy.com
Byline: SCHELLY TALALAY DARDASHTI
Edition; In Jerusalem
Section: Features
Page: 14

Friday, February 29, 2008 -- Harry Stein took up genealogy after he married a Sephardi woman and his friends kept telling him how lucky he was to have wed an Abravanel. "Frankly, I didn't know who or what that was. I had to get the facts."

For years, the field of Jewish genealogy was largely limi...

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