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          They followed a path to Geneva blazed by Flore's cousin, Nessim Gaon, a financier and philanthropist born and raised in Sudan who had moved from.!

          In this extract from his memoir A Rocky Road, Rabbi Abraham Levy looks back at some colourful characters from the Sephardi community.

        1. In this extract from his memoir A Rocky Road, Rabbi Abraham Levy looks back at some colourful characters from the Sephardi community.
        2. They followed a path to Geneva blazed by Flore's cousin, Nessim Gaon, a financier and philanthropist born and raised in Sudan who had moved from Khartoum to.
        3. They followed a path to Geneva blazed by Flore's cousin, Nessim Gaon, a financier and philanthropist born and raised in Sudan who had moved from.
        4. Access our collection of historical records and explore the family history of Albert Gaon.
        5. Nessim Gaon, president of the World Sephardi Federation, stressed that Sephardic communities must “strengthen one another and also seek help from the.

          6. Nessim Gaon

          Swiss financier (1922–2022)

          Nessim David Gaon (Arabic: نسيم جاعون, 22 February 1922 – 10 May 2022)[1] was a Sudan-born Swiss financier who founded a trading conglomerate known as Noga SA.

          Outside the business world, he was very prominent in Jewish affairs, acting as president of the World Sephardi Federation since 1971. He was also a vice president of the World Jewish Congress and chairman of the board of governors of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.[2]

          Biography

          Gaon was born in Sudan to Turkish Jews who had been transplanted to Spain and later moved to Egypt and then Sudan.

          He was married to Renée Tamman (1927–2014), with whom he had three children: Marguerite Herzog, David N. Gaon, and Danielle Coën-Gaon.[3]

          Aside from the posts Gaon held in world Jewish organizations, he was the founder of Hekhal Haness Synagogue in Geneva.[4]

          Business career

          Gaon's career in trade began as a trader of burlap bags an