The Inquisition: The Jews that Stayed Behind with Genie Milgrom

This talk discusses the Jews that stayed in Spain after the order for expulsion was given. Who were they? What happened to them? Join historian and genealogist Genie Milgrom for this riveting talk via Zoom. Link provided after registration. 

Genie Milgrom was born into a Roman Catholic family in Havana, Cuba and lives in Miami, Florida where her family emigrated during the Cuban Revolution. In her first book, My 15 Grandmothers, Genie takes the reader through the entire journey from growing up Catholic until she finds her Crypto-Jewish lineage and embraces the religion of her ancestors. Genie is currently the President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami, The President of Tarbut Sefarad-Fermoselle, and is the President of the Society of Crypto-Judaic Studies at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.

This program is presented in partnership with the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society and the Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Boston.