The Gallery of Ancestors includes members of the Behmoiras family that were born before 1900. The 93 ancestor pictures received from you, so far, are of unequal quality, including poor. Among them are some very old and precious ones. There are 33 female and 60 male...
read moreFriday morning Opening Lecture Raphael Ventura Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the Behmoaras Family, companions and guests. I am delighted to welcome you all to this extraordinary and unprecedented happening. Here, in Istanbul of 2005, 100 people have come...
read moreBy Raphael Benaroya One of the most important distinguishing characteristics of us humans from all other species may well be the ability to generate ideas. We think them out, we modify them, we discard them, and occasionally we put one to good use. However, it is not very often...
read moreWe wished to establish an emblem for the Behmoiras Family. Such an emblem probably existed in the distant past, but if it did, it has not been preserved. So we had to adopt one. We realized that a modern design will not do for a family who wishes to strengthen its ties to its...
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