Sephardic Studies Chair Devin Naar launches East Coast book tour
Upcoming lectures by Devin Naar about his award winning book "Jewish Salonica: Between the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece."
The Fourth Annual International Ladino Day Celebration Video
We are pleased to share our video recording of the November 30, 2016 International Ladino Day celebration in Seattle.
From Rhodes to Racine: Why a Sephardic Teenager in 20th-Century Paris Was Reading the Tragedy Esther
What can a quote from Racine's play Esther tell us about what it was like to be a young Jewish woman in 20th century France?
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.