The Sephardic Diaspora (Spring 2018 Lecture Series) The Sephardic Diaspora Spring 2018 Lecture Series Monday Nights @ 7:00 pm Main Auditorium, Touro College, 1602 Avenue J Brooklyn NY 11230 (718) 535-9333 Free and Open to the Public No hard questions, please. Image: Eleanora of Toledo, student of Benvenida Abravanel February 5: Who Was Benvenida Abravanel? February 12 :Who Was Samuel Usque? (No Class Feb 19 President’s Day) February 26: Who was the Chida? March 5: Who Was Sir Moses Montefiore? Sponsored by Christopher and Ann Marie Bray March 12: Who Was Daniel Mendoza? Sponsored by LTC. Richard F. Moreno (US Army-Retired) in memory of his father Frank Moreno (1900-1994), born Pablo Igual Peiró in Sarrión, Spain and whose ancestors were Sephardim who converted to Catholicism as a result of the 14th century persecutions, culminating in the 1492 Alhambra Decree. March 19: Who Was Judah Touro? (No classes March 26, April 2, April 9) April 16: Sephardim and the Holocaust Sponsored by LTC. Richard F. Moreno (US Army-Retired) in memory of his father Frank Moreno (1900-1994), born Pablo Igual Peiró in Sarrión, Spain and whose ancestors were Sephardim who converted to Catholicism as a result of the 14th century persecutions, culminating in the 1492 Alhambra Decree. April 23:Who Was Emma Lazarus? May 7: Who Are the Crypto-Jews? May 14: Who was Rabbi Ovadia Yosef? Schedule subject to change: please follow us for updates! Sponsor a lecture by donating $250 to our Touro College Scholarship Fund. Share this:TwitterTumblrFacebookLinkedInEmailRedditLike this:Like Loading...