Sephardic Jews and a family history

Some 100,000 Jews went into exile, leaving behind their confiscated property, taking with them only their language, Judeo-Spanish. 

In the places of exile they were known as Sephardim, since in the Hebrew language Spain is called Sepharad. The novel biography Sephardim in Exile tells the story of one of these families, the Fisse, who settled in Constantinople, capital of the Ottoman Empire, and from there spread across the continents. 

One of the descendants came to Chile, the son is the author of the book. Among anecdotes from Egypt, Warsaw, the United States and Germany, one name jumped out at me, Jean Aghion Curiel, the Jewish millionaire from Alexandria who would later marry our famous Rosita Serrano, the Nightingale of Chile, after divorcing his first wife, a friend of one of the protagonists. Small the world. 

I recommend Hernán Rodríguez's book, as it is entertaining, easy to read and gives an extraordinary insight into a group of people who have never stopped longing for the Sepharad they left more than 500 years ago.

Sefardíes en el exilio published by Ediciones Lastarria & De Mora in April 2024 info@edicioneslastarria.es www.edicioneslastarria.es, a book that no Spaniard can fail to read and perhaps discover some clues about their ancestors. 

For readers who wish to contact the author directly, please write to his email zejelchile@gmail.com, who will be happy to contact those interested in Sephardic matters.