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The Farhi of Damascus, and their involvement in Ottoman finance and politics
A May 2025 presentation at the International Institute of Jewish Genealogy Bi-Monthly Zoominar Series (49 minutes)
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Les Fleurs de l'Orient Website - Jewish Genealogy of the Middle East
A tutorial presentation at RootsTech 2025 in Salt Lake City (March 2025) with links to a manual and PPS slides.
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Two talks presented at the 43rd IAJGS London Conference by Alain Farhi:

Les Fleurs de l'Orient Website (36 minutes)

The Farhi of Damascus. Their history and Mansions (41 minutes)

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The Fascinating Origin and Riveting History of Sephardi Jewry
A slide presentation by Alain Farhi.
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The history and accomplishments of Dr. Hillel Farhi
A 13 minutes video by Alain Farhi.
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The Sephardim of Manchester: Pedigrees and Pioneers by Lydia Collins, has just been reprinted and distributed by The Sephardi Congregation of South Manchester;

24 Wicker Lane, Hale Barns, Cheshire WA15 0HQ, tel: +44 (0)161 980 1877, e-mail: shaarehayim@clara.co.uk

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Autobiographical paper (in French) by Alain Farhi, Un itinéraire personnel du Caire à New York
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A kindle book Hayim ou le destin des inégaux on Haim el Muallim Farhi (1740-1820) by Youssef Mouawad (in French).
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Video recordings of presentations & papers written by Alain Farhi (webmaster)
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A Jewish house in Damascus, Bayt Farhi
A conversation between Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis and Dr. Steven Zucker on Bayt Farhi, a Sephardic palace in Ottoman Damascus. (Video of 7½ minutes)
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"Out of Egypt" is a 96 page booklet published by Congregation Shearith Israel of New York. Eighteen members and Fleurs contributors wrote a few pages about their families in Egypt.

The Farhi Family in Egypt 1899-1967

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Announcing a new book on the Farhi of Damascus: Bayt Farhi and the Sephardic Palaces of Ottoman Damascus in the late 18th and 19th Centuries by Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis
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New Siddur Farhi 2015 Edition
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Spain's Proposed Law of Return for Sephardim
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