Mathilde Andrée Tagger
Née Cohen Scali 
   

Born in Tangier, Morocco.
Living in Israel from 1949.

Married to Aharon Tagger, born in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Three Children

Eight Grandchildren

Education

Meterology Engineer from Ecole Nationale de Météorologie, Paris, France (1957)

Master of Library and Information Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (1979)

Thesis Title: Guide for Mapping the Atmospheric Sciences Topics found in the Collections of the Israel Special Libraries. School of Librarianship and Archives
 

MY ANCESTORS

  
   
 

 Rabbi Abraham ABIHSERA Casablanca Rabbinical Court

  

Rabbi David GOMEL 
Last Manisa Chief Rabbi

  
  1868-1948 DURAN Family – Mallorca, Spain ca1840-1910  
   
 

Judah COHEN SCALI

Meknes (1849-1949)

My Paternal Grandfather

Djoya FRANCO GOMEL

(Manisa 1860-Caablanca 1937)

My Maternal Great-Grandmother

Aron MOYAL

(Oran 1877- France 1970)

My Maternal Grandfather

  
 

THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN –

THE REGION WHERE  LIVED AND LIVES MY FAMILY:

Spain, Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt,

Italy, France, Turkey and Israel

  
   
 

Researched Families

  
 

ABIHSERA -Tafilalt & Meknès, Morocco

Family of My Paternal Grandmother

COHEN SCALI - Meknès, Morocco

Family of My Paternal Grandfather

DURAN -Gerona & Mallorca, Spain & Algier, Algeria

Family of my Maternal Great Grandmother (Father’s side)

FRANCO - Livorno, Italy & Manisa, Turkey

Family of My Maternal Grandmother (Mother’s side)

GOMEL - Manisa, Turkey

Family of My Maternal Grandmother

MOYAL - Oran, Algeria & Safi, Morocco

Family of My Maternal Grandfather

TAGGER – Bulgaria

My Husband’s Family

  
   
 

Laure Perle née Moyal, Prosper Cohen & Mathilde A. Cohen

My parents- Israel, 1952

  
   

Activities in Jewish Genealogy

1986 - Commenced GOMEL-FRANCO family tree

1988 - Member of the Israel Genealogical Society

1993 - 2000 - Secretary of the Israel Genealogical Society

1997 - Creation the Sephardim SIG in the framework of the Israel Genealogical Society

1998 - Member of the Editorial Board of Sharsheret Hadorot, IGS quarterly Review

2000 - 2005 - Secretary of the Jerusalem Branch of the Israel Genealogical Society

2002 - 2004 - Member of the Organizing Board of the International Conference of Jewish Genealogy, July 2004, Jerusalem

2002 - 2004 - Coordinator of Genealogical Projects in the framework of the International Conference of Jewish Genealogy, Jerusalem,
                      July 2004.

2004   (Aug.) - Member of the R&D Committee of the Israel Genealogical Society
2005 - Founding Member of the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy and Paul Jacobi Center
2005 - Member of Organizing Committee of the First National Seminar on Jewish Genealogy, Family Roots in the Land of Israel and in the
           World, 28 November 2005, Diaspora Museum, Tel-Aviv

2006 - Member of the Management Committee of the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy and Paul Jacobi Center
2006 - Member of Organizing Committee of the Second National Seminar on Jewish Genealogy, Family Roots in the Land of Israel and in
            the World, 20 November 2006, Beit Wolyn, Givatayim
2007 - 2007 IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award

2007 - Honorable Mention for Judiaca Bibliography from the Association of Jewish Libraries (ajl)

2007 - Member of Organizing Committee of the  Third Annual Semiar on Jewish Genealogy - The Wandering Jew: Jewish Migration Between
            the 18th to 20th Centuries, 12 November 2007, Beit Wolyn, Givatayim
 
   

Publications on Jewish Genealogy

1989-2005- Articles on Jewish Genealogy published in the Revue du Cercle de Genealogie Juive (France) (5 articles), Sharsheret Hadorot (Israel) (37 articles: see: Tagger in: http://www.isragen.org.il/ROS/ARTICLES/SH-index.html ).

 

1994

Indices to "Cohen, Benyamin Rafael. Malkhei Tarshish. Netivot, 1986." Jerusalem, Ben Zvi Institute.

1995

Indices to “Ben Naim, Yosef. Malkhei Rabanan, Jerusalem,1931.”. Jerusalem, Ben Zvi Institute.

Moyal Ludger; Oran-Auschwitz. Jerusalem, 1995. (French with added Hebrew introduction).

1997

Printed Books on Jewish Cemeteries in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem; An annotated bibliography. Jerusalem, Israel Genealogical Society.

1998
Sefarad - une étymologie. Etsi 1998, 1,1. (French) [Sefarad- Etymology]
Bibliographie : les Juifs de Bulgarie. Etsi, 1998, 1,2. [Bibliography- Jews of Bulgaria]

1999

Family Trees Found in Yizkor Books. Avotaynu 1999.
Bibliographie : Familles séfarades, histoire et généalogie. Livres se trouvant à la Jewish National and University Library et à la bibliothèque de l'Institut Ben Zvi à Jérusalem. Etsi 1999 ,2,7. [Bibliography: Sephardic Families: History and Genealogy. Books among the collections of Jewish National and University Library and the Ben Zvi Institute Library]

2003
Book Review: Sephardic Genealogy; Discovering Your Sephardic Ancestors and Their Worlds, by Jeffrey S. Malka. Avotaynu, Spring 2003
Jewish Cemeteries in Jerusalem. Avotaynu  Fall 2003

2004
Bulgaria in Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy, Bergenfield, NJ.
Israel Genealogical Society Plans Major Projects for Annual Conference. Avotaynu, Spring 2004
European Refugees Who Found Shelter in Morocco During World War II. Avotaynu,  Fall 2004.

2005

Book Review: Memorial of the Deportation of the Jews of Greece, by Aure  Recanati. Avotaynu,  Summer 2005.
Colloque "Les juifs d'Algérie - Une remise en cause permanente", Etsi 2005, 8,29.
Gomel: un nom, une famille. Etsi 2005, 8,30. (French) [Colloquium on the Jews of Algeria- a continuous reappraisal]

2006
with Y.Kerem. Guidebook of Sephardic & Oriental Genealogical Sources in Israel. Teaneck, NJ, Avotaynu, receiver of an  Honorable Mention for Judiaca Bibliography from the Association of Jewish Libraries (ajl)
     

Genealogical Databases
     

General
 

1. Cumulative Index of Sharsheret Hadorot, IGS Quarterly Journal, Vol.1-Vol.17.

        http://www.isragen.org.il/ROS/ARTICLES/SH-index.html

2. Hebrew Acronyms found in Tombstone Inscriptions

        http://www.isragen.org.il/NROS/Research/Aides/TombInscript-Abbrev.pdf

3. An Annotated Index of the Yizkor Book Collection at the Yad Vashem Collection

        http://www.isragen.org.il/ROS/ARCHIVES/AppendixA.html

4. (With Suzanne Salmon) Index of Family and Private Archives at the Central Archives

     for the History of the Jewish People – Published on 2004 IGS Special CD

5. Printed Books on Jewish Cemeteries found in the Jewish National and University

    Library, the Ben Zvi Institute Library and the Israel Genealogical Library; An

    Annotated Bibliography – Published on the 2004 IGS Special CD
 

Austria

 

1. Index of Tombstone inscriptions of the Sephardic Community members based on a collection of photographs
     

Bulgaria

1.  Listing of Bulgarian Jewish (Sephardic) Soldiers Killed During the Balkans Wars and  WWI 1912 CE - 1918 CE 
      http://www.sephardicstudies.org/bulgwarslist.html

2.  Bulgarian Jewish Officers (Active and Reserve) 1911    http://www.sephardicstudies.org/bulg_off_1911.pdf

3.  Bulgarian Jewish Reserve Troops Sent to the Front- 1917    http://www.sephardicstudies.org/bulgtroops1917.html

4.  Bulgarian Jewish Troops- Active Officers in 1918    http://www.sephardicstudies.org/bulg1918.html

5.   Prominent Jews of Bulgaria   http://www.sephardicstudies.org/prom_bulg_jews.pdf

6.   WW II Bulgarian Jews Deported from France     http://www.sephardicstudies.org/bulg_fran_dep.pdf

7.   Bulgaria Chief Rabbis   http://www.sephardicstudies.org/bulg-rab.html

8.   Bulgarian Jewish Names http://www.sephardicstudies.org/b-names.html

9.   Dictionary of Jewish Bulgarian Surnames (to be soon published)

10. Index of wedding register from Ruse (Rustchuk) including ca900 weddings for the years 1898-1929 (to be soon published)
     

Eretz Yisrael

1. Moshe David Gaon: Oriental Jews in Eretz Yisrael: An Annotated index of 2,882 Sephardic souls.  http://www.sephardicstudies.org/gaon.html

2. 1839 Census of Eretz Yisrael Jewish Population; the Sephardim (only)   http://www.sephardicstudies.org/montefiore.html

3. 1839 Census of Eretz Yisrael Jewish Poluplation (to be soon published)

4.  (with Meriam Haringman) 1875 Census of Eretz Yisrael Jewish Population (to be soon published)

5. Helkat Mehokek; 8012 Tombstone Inscription from Mount of Olives Cemetery, Jerusalem – Published on the Special 2004 IGS Special CD

6. British protégés and Subjects (1839-1914) among Eretz Yisrael Jews – (to be soon published)

7. Eretz Yisrael Refugees in Alexandria (1914) – (to be soon published)
8. Jerusalem Voters List (1928) – (to be soon published)

9. Victims of the 1929 Riots in Eretz Yisrael – (to be soon published)
     

Greece

1. An Annotated Index of the 7 vols. “Histoire des Juifs de Salonique, by Joseph Nehama. Salonique, 1935-1978
     http://www.sephardicstudies.org/nehama.html

2. Bibliography of Prominent Jewish Families in Greece  http://www.sephardicstudies.org/greeks.pdf

3. WW II Greek Jews Deported from France   http://www.sephardicstudies.org/grefrashoah.pdf

4. Surnames from the book “Les Juifs de Salonique”1492-1943  http://www.sephardicstudies.org/carasso-salonique-index.pdf
     

Lebanon

 

1. WW II Lebanon Jews Deported from France  http://www.sephardicstudies.org/leb_dep_france.pdf
     

North Africa & Gibraltar
 

1. A Jewish Wedding in Mogador, 2004; A Name Index   http://www.sephardicstudies.org/mogador.html

2. Index of Voters List from Constantine and its District in 1880   http://www.sephardicstudies.org/constantine.html

3. Rabbis of Algeria: An Annotated Index http://www.sephardicstudies.org/r-alg.html

4. Morocco Rabbis: An Annotated Index http://www.sephardicstudies.org/m-rab.html

5. WW II Algerian Jews Deported from France   http://www.sephardicstudies.org/algeria-shoah.pdf

6. Prominent Sephardic Jews Living in Egypt 1942-1943)    http://www.sephardicstudies.org/egyptjews.pdf

7. WW II Egyptian Jews Deported from France   http://www.sephardicstudies.org/egypt_dep_fr.pdf

8. Representative of Egypt Synagogues 1942 & 1943   http://www.sephardicstudies.org/egyptjews2.pdf

9. WW II Libyan Jews Deported from France   http://www.sephardicstudies.org/lib_dep_france.pdf

10. WW II Moroccan Jews Deported from France  http://www.sephardicstudies.org/egyptjews2.pdf

11. WW II Tunisian Jews Deported from France   http://www.sephardicstudies.org/tunis_dep_fran.pdf

12. Surnames of Gibraltar   http://www.sephardicstudies.org/portgib.html
     

Sephardim in General

1. Sephardic Jews: An Annotated Bibliography of Articles Published in the Jewish Press    http://www.sephardicstudies.org/m1.html

2. Sephardic family Trees Found in Jewish Encyclopedias    http://www.sephardicstudies.org/gen-encycl.sef.pdf

3. With others: A Concise List of Place Name Alternatives for Sephardic Genealogists    http://www.sephardicstudies.org/placenames.html

4. Printed Books on Cemeteries of Sephardic Communities among the Collections of the  Jewish National and University Library and
    the Library of the Ben Zvi Institute – An annotated bibliography: http://www.sephardicstudies.org/cem-israel-bib.pdf

5. Female Sephardic and Oriental Given Names (to be soon published)
       

Spain
 

1. Tombstones: Graves of Rabbis and Notabilities of Toledo    http://www.sephardicstudies.org/toledo.html
2.  A Database of Jewish Surnames current in pre-Expulsion Spain  (to be soon published)
       

Syria

 

1. The Rabbis’ biographies & Writings from Aleppo    http://www.sephardicstudies.org/aleppo.pdf

2. Rabbis of Damascus (1650-1933)   http://www.sephardicstudies.org/aleppo.pdf
       

Turkey
 

1. The Sephardic Community of Akhisar    http://www.sephardicstudies.org/akhisar.html

2. Notable Persons of the Community of Akhisar    http://www.sephardicstudies.org/akh_notables.pdf

3. Izmir Rabbis Prior to 1937 http://www.sephardicstudies.org/izmirrab.pdf

4. Epitaphs of Rabbis from Izmir, found in Laniado’s Book (17th-19th cent.)    http://www.sephardicstudies.org/Laniado.pdf

5. The Sephardic Community of Manisa  http://www.sephardicstudies.org/manisa.html

6. Jewish Communities in Anatolia (Mainland Turkey in Asia) prior to 1937    http://www.sephardicstudies.org/anatolia.pdf

7. Turkish Sephardim Deported from France http://www.sephardicstudies.org/turks.pdf
     

Presentations

1990- 2007- 14 lectures principally about Jewish Cemeteries and Sephardic Genealogy given in different branches of the Israel
                     Genealogical Society.

2003- Jews of Bulgaria; Their Surnames as a Mirror of their History. 23th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy,
                     Washington DC.

2004- (with Yitzchak Kerem) Guide to Sephardic & Oriental Genealogical Sources in Israel.  24th IAJGS International Conference on
                     Jewish Genealogy, Jerusalem.

2004- Helkat Mehokek; Tombstone Inscriptions found on Mount of Olives Cemetery. 24th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish
                    Genealogy, Jerusalem

2005- Jewish Genealogy. Info-Meda, National Conference of Israel Librarians, Herzliya, organized by the School of Archives and
                    Librarianship, Hebrew University.

2006- Female Sephardic and Oriental Given Names - A Datebase. 26th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, New York.

2006- Resources Documenting the Jewish Population in Eretz Israel 1839-1929, with Rose A. Feldman. 26th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, New York.

2006- The Israel Genealogical Society: The Sephardim SIG Activities. 26th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, New York.