By Miriam Elimeleh I am Miriam Elimeleh, living in Ramla, Israel. The most ancient member of my family that remains in my recollection is my grandfather Shimon Behmoiras who passed away in 1938, when I was only 6 years old. That is why all I can remember about him is that he and...
read moreBy Josiane Smith Behmoiras – Melbourne, 23 June 2003 My mother, Dora Behmoiras, was born in Edirne in 1914, the seventh child of Boulissou and Haim Behmoiras, a weak baby afflicted by some (unknown) ailment, thin gray and wasting away. It is said that well meaning neighbours...
read moreBy Iris Alkalay and Cecilia Merenzon Alkalay From Edirne to Jaffa On hot Saturday afternoons in Jaffa, my grandmother, Sarah Nina Alkalay, would smoke a single long cigarette – her weekly vice. While her daughter Lily told story after story, making my father laugh until...
read moreEach family has its story. The combined stories of our families make up the modern history of the Behmoirases. For the time being, we do not need expert historians to write for us our modern history. Each family knows better than any historian the course of lives, the ups and...
read moreBy Noa Hamiel Victoria Sarova celebrated this year her 100 birthday surrounded by her family.She was born in Plovdiv Bulgaria at 1908, the second of 3 sisters. She also had two younger brothers who passed away at a very young age. Her mother was a professor in the Hebrew...
read moreMy name is Samuel Behmoiras. I am the middle son of Rafael Behmoiras and Lucy Toledo. My father was born in Edirne, Turkey, to Haim Behmoiras, a practicing attorney, and Sol Barisac. While still a teenager, my father left Turkey and went to America. He lived in Canada and New...
read moreI was born in Athens and lived there for 13 years. Then I came to Israel with my family and remained in Israel ever since with only two periods (3 and 1 years) of stay in Chicago. The only grandparent I came to know was my grandmother Sol Cesana (nee Behmoiras) from my...
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