From the Collection: Albert Levy’s Ladino Passover poem made an ancient Jewish ritual relevant
Read a translation of Albert Levy's poem about bedikat hamets, the Jewish ritual that involves cleaning one's home for Passover.
Why are these Passover ads different from all other ads?
Matsa ads from American Ladino and Yiddish newspapers compel us to reconsider Jewish food history in the United States.
From the Collection: Medjlis umumi, Jewish elections in the Ottoman Empire
When a Jewish election committee officially appointed Haim Nahum as chief rabbi of the Ottoman Empire, it changed the way Ottoman Jews navigated citizenship, self-governance, and religious authority.
Avlando kon los Ladineros: Intergenerational conversations with Seattle Ladino speakers
A collaborative oral history project between University of Washington graduate students and Seattle's Ladineros, a group of some of the last Ladino speakers in Seattle.
From the Collection: Magen David, a defense of Sephardic Hebrew
In late nineteenth-century Vienna, one Sephardic Jew battled for "authentic" Hebrew pronunciation -- in Ladino.
Bailar a la Turka: 78 rpm Records in Seattle Sepharadi Households
Maureen Jackson investigates Turkish music in Sephardic Seattle with artifacts, audio, and more.
How librarians can recover Sephardic historical figures and improve research on Ladino books
Why do library catalogs sometimes leave out important information about Ladino books, and why is it important to fill in these gaps?
From the Collection: El djugeton, a satirical Ladino newspaper
Published in Istanbul from 1908 to 1931, the satirical Ladino newspaper El djugeton ("The Joker") made headlines in more ways than one.