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.
In this summer’s Ladino class, students translate historic Sephardic songs into English for the first time
Read a Ladino song in three formats: the original Ladino, a transliteration, and a translation, developed by students in the summer 2020 Ladino Language and Culture course.
A Salonican granddaughter on ‘Family Papers’
By Makena Mezistrano As its former inhabitants will tell you, my own grandparents included, there is no place like Thessaloniki — though my grandparents never
Ladino Day 2019 gives Sephardic customs new life
Ladino Day 2019 celebrated Sephardic life cycle customs “de la fasha asta la mortaja" ("from the cradle to the grave").
How to use Mirador to view the Sephardic Studies Digital Collection
New technology from the UW Libraries optimizes the viewing experience in our digital collection.
“Hidden manuscripts, come out!”: Seattle Sephardic Legacies highlights Ladino literature
Hosted on June 2, 2019, the Seattle Sephardic Legacies event showcased Ladino artifacts that made their way from the Ottoman Empire to Seattle.