Reimagining Sephardic Çanakkale and its Ties to Seattle
Stroum Center Opportunity Grant winner Ozgur Ozkan reflects on the ties between Çanakkale, Turkey, and Sephardic Seattle.
5/21 – 5/22 UW Symposium | Jews Amidst the Embers of the Ottoman Empire
The University of Washington is hosting an international symposium focused on the late Ottoman period (variously defined) and successor regimes (e.g. Republican Turkey, Arab and Balkan nation-states, British mandate Palestine or French mandate Syria).
Crossing the Red Sea in Ladino: A Rare Sephardic Passover Ballad
A rare Ladino ballad for the last day of Passover sung by Mr. Leo Azose a native of Mármara.
“Who Knows One?” in Ladino: The Power of Oral Tradition at the Sephardic Passover Seder
To enrich your Passover experience, explore how Sephardic communities developed a variety of lyrics and melodies for their Ladino adaptations of the song Ehad Mi-Yodea.
Dancing and jumping or laughing and singing? Sephardic Purim songs and customs
Ty Alhadeff shares one of the many forgotten Sephardic songs for Purim.
Announcing the Benmayor Collection of Eastern Sephardic Ballads
Dr. Rina Benmayor tells the story of the Benmayor Collection of Eastern Sephardic Ballads, a new addition to the Stroum Center's Sephardic Digital Library.
A Book Lover’s Tour of Judaica Libraries in Los Angeles
Scholar, translator, and librarian Emily Thompson visited Judaica libraries in LA to learn more about their collections and operations.
Devin E. Naar’s “Jewish Salonica” Book Release
Mazel tov to Dr. Devin E. Naar, whose archival work for "Jewish Salonica," his first book, won two National Jewish Book Awards.