Insights from Reverend Hazan Benlolo

Mayer Sasson is a Sephardic Jew and is a descendant  from a very old Sephardic family with very long old roots going back all the way to the original first Sasson Family in Hong Kong of whose ancestors were Marranos from Spain.

Mayer Sasson remembers with great happiness and pride his Bar Mitzvah like only yesterday,  at the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, in May 1976 and has been member of the Maghen Abraham since 1980, becoming its President several years ago, having brought many new and innovative ideas along with him having brought huge successes to his Maghen Abraham Synagogue, his Kahal, as well as his community.

Mayer Sasson is also a specialist in Dutch, German and Flemish Golden Age Old Master Paintings, Etchings, Prints, Drawings and woodcuts from the 15th-17th Century as well as an accomplished concert pianist specializing as well as anchored mainly in Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and Chopin over 40 years having successfully played the Bach D Minor Piano Concerto (Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis 1052) at 17 years of age, earning him the prized LAUREAT DIPLOMA after having secured the Intermediary as well as Superior Diplomas at the E.M.S.L. in 1980.

Mayer Sasson is presently studying with  Professor Pinchas ANTAL (McGill University), and studying Orchestral and Operatic Conducting with Austrian Conductor, Professor Alexis HAUSER  (McGill University).

Mayer is married to Mortgage Broker Muriel Benisti-Sasson since 1991 and is father to the prominent Speech-Language Pathologist Michelle Sasson. As well as father to Daniela and Solomon Sasson.