How the Turkish “City of Peace” remembers its Sephardic veterans
Grad Fellow Özgür Özkan walks through a new exhibit that remembers Çanakkale’s Sephardic veterans—and reaffirms its pluralistic identity.
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?
The Adventures of Two Izmirlis with the Hebrew Language
Canan Bolel, an Opportunity Grant winner, reflects on how being from Izmir, Turkey, and learning Hebrew have both affected her identity.
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.
Crossing the Bosphorus: A Sephardic Memoir in a 100-Year-Old French Notebook
Finding clues to a great-grandmother's migratory life in her notebook from the Alliance Israelite Universelle school.
The Flavor of Rhodes: Paradise Lost, Recipe Saved
The art of the boreka told through the Ladino letters of Rachel Shemarya.
Jews, Muslims, and the Limits of Tolerance
Non-Muslims were accepted in the Ottoman Empire, but the tolerance policy for Jews had limits. Devin E. Naar suggests why tolerance is a double-edged idea.