Albert, Perla children and grand children

A picture maybe taken in the 70's.
On the left Jo, in the back Lilly, in the center Perla and Albert, on the right in the back Evelyn, in front Jacky. Please put the children's names in comments.

Jo, Evelyne, Jacky and Perla Foinquinos

Alegria's school

Alegria' s kindergarten school in Tangier. I even taught in that school during the summer months.

Alegria portrait and her husband Juan Delgado

Avihay in Thailand

Another amazing travel picture of Avihay in Thailand. This tiger seems so pacified.

Abraham Tal, the singer

The singer of the family. He is one of the top ten singers in Israel. He has a profile on Facebook with some of his songs, great romantic ballads. He is Maurice Foinquinos' son and Alberto Foinquinos grand son. I hope to hear you live when I come to visit.

Stephanie Gabay

Stephanie the princess in black with the Red riding hood, Pourim 2008. She is Cathy Foinquinos and Claude Gabay's daughter and lives in Tel Aviv.

David et Lea Tal

David and Lea Tal, adorable children of Ilan and Caroline Touitou. Ilan's father is Jacky Foinquinos Tal, son of Alberto and Perla Foinquinos. They all live in the Marseille area.

Ethan Danilovic

Une photo adorable du fils de Valerie Serfati, fille de Patricia Foinquinos et Jean Pierre Serfati. Il a un peu plus d' un an maintenant.

Anat at Euro Disney

Fun place to be! Anat with the Asterix heroes in the background!

Mariage Iris Tal Foinquinos et David Lazimy

Quelques photos du mariage d'Iris et David a Paris en Juin 2008. Tous nos voeux de bonheur.

Iris est la fille de Joseph et Irene Tal Foinquinos, et la petite fille d'Albert et Perla Foinquinos.

A few pictures of Iris and David wedding in Paris in June 2008. Mazal Tov!

Iris is Joseph and Irene Tal Foinquinos daughter, and Albert and Perla Foinquinos grand daughter.

Les Foenquinos et les Bensadon

Un nouveau chapitre s'ouvre avec Sharon Sinai qui a ecrit des commentaires sous le post de Marie-Francoise. Marie Francoise et Sharon ont des ancetres en commun du cote des Bensadon. Rappelons que Reine Bensadon, l'arriere grand mere de Marie Francoise, etait mariee a Jonas, frere d'Abraham Foinquinos, notre arriere grand pere. Le pere de Reine, Abraham Bensadon, avait un frere, Eliahu qui lui est l'arriere grand pere de Sharon.

Sharon est nee a Casablanca qu'elle quitte pour l'Israel il y a une trentaine d'annees. Elle emporta avec elle un album de photos contenant quelques unes de Leon Foinquinos dont elle ne savait rien. Maintenant, elle habite a Haifa comme Simone Melo et travaille a l'Universite de Haifa.

Il y a environ 7 ans, elle regardait par hasard un programme de cuisine a la tele, quand elle entend le nom Foinquinos, c'etait mon cousin Maurice (fils d'Albert et Perla) qui donnait une lecon de cuisine. Elle ne le connaissait pas, mais avait une intuition qu'il etait de la meme famille que la photo qu'elle avait de Leon Foenquinos. Elle decida de telephoner aux studios de tele qui lui donnerent le telephone de Maurice qui a son tour lui donna le numero de son pere Albert a Kfar Saba. Elle rencontre par la suite Albert et croise Simone Melo chez lui. Simone Melo regarde les photos et lui dit que oui, c'est notre famille et qui elle est en relation avec Leon Foenquinos. Ces photos etaient dans son album de famille depuis toujours, mais grace a Simone Melo, elle a enfin su comment Leon etait lie a sa famille. Sans ce hasard, et cette rencontre, ces photos seraient restes dans leur album, un mystere pour toujours. En genealogie, il semble que tout demarre comme ca. Depuis cette rencontre, Sharon et Simone Melo sont devenues amies et se voient souvent.

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Caroline & Armando Bonilla Foinquinos- Geneva, Switzerland

This and the next 6 photos are the meeting between Armando Bonilla Foinquinos who lives in Italy and my sister Caroline who lives in Geneva, Switzerland. His wife Theresa also came and the three of them seem to have spent a wonderful weekend by the lake on the french and swiss side celebrating her birthday and also getting to know each other.

Perla and Albert smiling

This is Perla, my aunt and Albert Foinquinos, my father's brother. Maybe in Marseilles, France where they moved to from Casablanca. Afterwards, they emigrated to Kfar Saba, Israel. I remember when they started learning everyday hebrew. Not a small endeavor. Evelyne really looks like her mom!

Simone Foinquinos in Casablanca

This is my portrait taken in Casablanca at the Bernal studio a year before leaving for Israel. M. Bernal was a photographer, but more importantly he was the King's jeweler. He also made custom jewelry for my mom, Annette Foinquinos. He often showed us pieces destined to the Moroccan court, dignitaries and presidents of other countries. It was for me a lesson in beauty, design and excellent craftmanship.

After my father death in Tangier, Cathy and I left for Israel. I was placed in a french school in Jerusalem then in Natanya, where my mom lived too. I got married to a french, and I lived in Tours, Orleans, Besancon in France where I got my master degree in Law. I lived after that in Lausanne and Geneva in Switzerland before coming to the States 20 years ago. I studied management at UCLA and I am a Human Resource Director. A true nomad! I also have a 10 year old daughter, Anais, who is by far, the best thing I ever did!

Cathy Foinquinos portrait in Casablanca

This is my sister Cathy, she lives in Tel Aviv and has a clothing store in the Dizengoff area with her daughter Carine. She is passionate about fashion and is importing new clothing lines to Israel. She is also an accounting manager and a mother of 3. She has two beautiful daughters, Carine, a fashion designer, and Stephanie, a communication major. Ron, her son, is a guitarist virtuoso often recording with Israeli artists.

This portrait was taken in Casablanca before moving to Israel, maybe in 1969.

Alegria Hadida

A wonderful picture of Alegria Hadida Foinquinos

Dora & Alegria Hadida Foinquinos

They were Esther Hadida's daughters. Esther Hadida was Isaac & Moses Foinquinos sister. They were born and lived in Tanger. Afterwards, Alegria emigrated to Israel and lived in Yavne. She was a very nice person, my sister Cathy and Simone from Haifa remember her with fondness. Dora married and moved to Columbia, South America, where she still lives.

My sister Caroline's birthday was October 6th

She lives in France and works in Geneva, Switzerland at the World Intellectual Propriety Organization, a UN organization. She celebrated her birthday this weekend. Happy birthday Caroline for the big 50! I will never forget when your birthday celebration fell on the same day the Kippour War started. Le mea ve esrim!

Caroline's portrait done in Casablanca, maybe in 1969:

Jo from Cap D'Agde, South of France

This is Joseph Foinquinos Tal, my cousin, Albert Foinquinos and Perla Levy'son. He lives in Cap D'Agde in the South of France. He is an architect and entrepreneur. He is also a talented painter, I remember all the paintings his parents sent to mine when we were kids, we hanged them on our walls and we were amazed at his skills. He also sings beautifully and was the family photographer. He is Rubin's father.