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. By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2018-07-25T17:32:50+00:00April 16th, 2018|Categories: Sephardic Studies|Tags: Graduate Student Writing, Ottoman Empire, Sephardic Studies, Student Writing, Turkey|6 Comments Read More
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? By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2018-08-19T21:16:07+00:00June 9th, 2017|Categories: Sephardic Studies|Tags: France, Graduate Student Writing, Ottoman Empire, Rhodes, Sephardic|0 Comments Read More
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. By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2018-08-05T21:44:09+00:00February 2nd, 2017|Categories: Israel & Hebrew Studies|Tags: Graduate Student Writing, Hebrew, Israel, Jewish Identity, Opportunity Grants, Ottoman Empire|0 Comments Read More
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. By Hannah Pressman|2018-01-22T10:24:17+00:00January 18th, 2017|Categories: News, Our Events, Sephardic Studies, Video|Tags: Devin Naar, Faculty Publications, Ladino, Ottoman Empire, Our Events, Sephardic|0 Comments Read More
Between the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece: Interview with Devin Naar | Yiddish Book Center By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2017-07-06T16:10:07+00:00December 6th, 2016|Categories: Sephardic News|Tags: Devin Naar, Jewish Salonica, Ladino, Ottoman Empire, Sephardic Studies|0 Comments Read More
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. By Hannah Pressman|2018-08-05T21:54:35+00:00December 2nd, 2016|Categories: Personal History, Sephardic Studies|Tags: France, Hannah Pressman, Ladino, Ottoman Empire, Rhodes, Sephardic|2 Comments Read More
The Flavor of Rhodes: Paradise Lost, Recipe Saved The art of the boreka told through the Ladino letters of Rachel Shemarya. By Ty Alhadeff|2018-08-05T21:55:51+00:00December 2nd, 2016|Categories: Digital Sephardic Treasures, Global Judaism, Sephardic Studies|Tags: Devin Naar, Ladino, Ottoman Empire, Religion & Ritual, Rhodes, Seattle Jewish community, Sephardic, Sephardic Studies Digital Library & Museum, Turkey, Ty Alhadeff|5 Comments Read More
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. By Devin Naar|2017-09-04T22:41:18+00:00November 21st, 2016|Categories: Jewish History & Thought, Sephardic Studies|Tags: American Jewish Community, Devin Naar, Ladino, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Religion & Ritual, Seattle, Sephardic|1 Comment Read More