Sephardic Ballads Collection
A collection of over 140 audio recordings gathered by Dr. Rina Benmayor in Seattle and Los Angeles during the 1970s.
Dr. Ruth Behar on Seattle’s Sephardic Community
Why is Seattle's Sephardic community unique? Reflections from this year's Stroum Lecturer.
Defining the Ladino Speech Community in Seattle
New commentary by Graduate Fellow Molly FitzMorris, a PhD student in linguistics.
Write Soletreo
Devin Naar and David Bunis teach viewers how to write in Soletreo and discuss the history of the Sephardic script.
Scenes of Shavuot from Salonica to Seattle
Explore Sephardic texts, prayers, and traditions for Shavuot, with archival images from the UW Sephardic Studies Digital Library & Museum.
By the Numbers: Building the Sephardic Studies Digital Library
The UW Sephardic Studies Digital Library is now a national leader in Ladino text preservation. Find out how it all started and what's next.
Prize winner Makena Owens on her Ladino prayerbook project
Makena Owens worked with Prof. Devin Naar to compare two Ladino prayerbooks printed in Vienna, Austria. Her research won a Stern College prize.
Turning Memories into Megabytes in the Sephardic Studies Digital Library
When a family heirloom becomes part of history