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L’ Shana Tovah 5786 – Happy New Year
The Varsano Family of Culver City celebrates Rosh Hashanah 2025/5786. The Varsano family and guests share a festive Erev Rosh Hashanah meal of round challah, apple slices dipped in honey, dates stuffed with marzipan, pomegranate arils, and pumpkin empanadas to start the dinner. The main course consisted of fritas de prasa (leek patties), cous cous…
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Evidence of the Varsano Synagogue of Salonica
Marc Varsano from New York recently returned from a Sephardic heritage tour of the Balkan region of Europe. Marc share this photo which list the Synagogues of Salonica (or Thessaloniki) before 1941. The circled name says Varsano Synagogue and it existed prior to 1941. The synagogues on this listing plaque were presumable forced to close…
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2025 Varsano Passover in California
2025 Varsano Passover Menu 1st Part Haggadah and Meal Matzah Sephardic Bulgarian HarosetAshkenazi HorosetFritas De Prasa (Leek Patties)Sautéed Rainbow ChardPotato Kugel PieApio (Braised Celery Root and Carrots)Smoked Steelhead Trout with Lemon & Oregano & Shallot Wine SauceSmoked Chicken with Mixed Herbs and Israeli Spices Dessert Erica’s Fresh Baked Macaroons (Plain and Chocolate Dipped)Honey Cake and…
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Spelling Variations of Varsano
The Varsano family name has various spelling variations that complicate genealogical research. The standard spelling of V-A-R-S-A-N-O sometimes changes depending on different countries language and pronunciation anomalies. Many times, the traditional family name is changed because an government or immigration official misheard or misread the name. New immigrants to the United States would often deliberately…
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Alfons Varsano Shares his Adventures and an Amazing Photo
95 year old Alfons Varsano has been married to Genny Varsano for 48 years. Alfons shares his international love and adventure story below: I asked her to marry me, at midnight, in a chalet in the Romanian mountains close to Poland. She is younger than me….maybe this is the secret for my longevity. We love…
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Dror Varsano Contributes his Varsano Family’s History
The following text has been incorporated into the Bulgaria and Israel Sections of the Varsano Family History Section: My father, Herzl Varsano, who passed away about a year ago at 86, was born in 1937 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He and his family came to Israel in 1949, they lived in a Maabara (new immigrants camp) near Pardes…
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Fritas De Prasa and Masapan Added to Food Section
Dror Varsano suggested that Keftes or Fritas De Prasa (Leek Patties) and Masapan – Sephardic Marzipan were Varsano Family traditional foods served in Bulgaria and Israel. He shares memories of those delicious dishes. My mother served Fritas De Prasa at Rosh Hashanah and Pesach. The whole family would eagerly wait for the delicious fritters in…
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Alfons Varsano turns 95 years old
Alfons Varsano, currently living in Canada, may be the oldest Varsano man.