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  • Hazzan Azose sings Ladino song in zoom recording with Ladino text at right.

Listen to Hazzan Isaac Azose sing a popular Ladino song with an Ottoman melody

With Ladino lyrics drawn from the Sephardic Studies Digital Collection, UW Ph.D. student Ke Guo and Hazzan Isaac Azose preserve the Ottoman tune to "El Dyo Alto."

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2020-12-30T13:19:59-08:00December 30th, 2020|Categories: Sephardic Studies, Student Writing|Tags: Graduate Student Writing, Sephardic music|0 Comments
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  • Stitched photo of pink Ladino booklet with postcard portrait of chief rabbi Haim Nahum in traditional dress.

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.

By Makena Mezistrano|2021-01-12T10:16:16-08:00December 28th, 2020|Categories: Digital Sephardic Treasures, Sephardic Studies|Tags: Jewish Community, Ottoman Empire, Sephardic Studies Digital Collection|1 Comment
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VIDEO | 8th Annual Ladino Day: Revolutionizing Ladino, from the Printing Press to the Smartphone

The 8th Annual Ladino Day at the University of Washington highlighted technological developments that have shaped Ladino over time. Featuring Rachel Amado Bortnick, Carlos Yebra López, and Devin E. Naar.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2020-12-15T12:05:39-08:00December 10th, 2020|Categories: Our Events, Sephardic Studies, Video|Tags: Ladino Day|0 Comments
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  • Black and white photo montage of the Ladineros.

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.

By Makena Mezistrano|2020-12-03T16:00:23-08:00December 2nd, 2020|Categories: Sephardic Studies|0 Comments
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Ladino newspapers are the new wave in “uncharted waters” of digital history

Newspapers capture the past and hold key to Ladino’s future, says UW computer science student Ben Lee.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2020-12-08T13:06:56-08:00November 30th, 2020|Categories: Sephardic Studies|Tags: Graduate Fellows, Ladino|0 Comments
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  • Flyer from Ben Lee event. Purple background with Ladino text at right. Headshot of Ben in left corner.

VIDEO | Teaching Computers to Read Ladino: Student Coffee Hour with SCJS Graduate Fellow Ben Lee

Watch a recording from our fall virtual coffee hour where 2020-21 Jewish Studies Graduate Fellow Ben Lee shared his research that applies machine learning technology to Ladino newspapers.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2020-11-19T15:29:05-08:00November 18th, 2020|Categories: Sephardic Studies|Tags: Graduate Fellows, Ladino|0 Comments
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  • Old sepia toned postcard from Rhodes. Features three brick windmills in the foreground and a brick wall along a sea line.

Between Rhodes and Seattle: Three generations of Sephardic women in family letters

Ladino letters written and dictated by women between Rhodes and Seattle offer a rare insight into the concerns and aspirations of Sephardic women in the early twentieth century.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2020-11-06T12:34:29-08:00October 5th, 2020|Categories: Digital Sephardic Treasures, Sephardic Studies|Tags: Ladino, Ladino Reflections, Rhodes, Seattle Jewish community|0 Comments
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  • Page from the Magen David with Hebrew letters that receive the pronunciation of 'A.' Black Hebrew block letters on parchment colored paper.

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.

By Makena Mezistrano|2020-10-19T14:58:19-07:00October 2nd, 2020|Categories: Digital Sephardic Treasures, Sephardic Studies|Tags: Ashkenazi, Europe, Hebrew, Ladino, Sephardic|1 Comment
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