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  • Collage of documents from the Allalouf Papers. Black and white photographs, parchment colored documents typed and handwritten in black ink in Greek, English, and Ladino.

Archival documents trace the life and survival of one Salonican Jew through the twentieth century

A cache of letters and government documents, translated by visiting student Dimitris Mitsopolous, reveal the life and survival of Salonican-born Pepo Allalouf.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2020-11-06T12:38:15-08:00October 1st, 2020|Categories: Digital Sephardic Treasures, Sephardic Studies|Tags: Devin Naar, Jewish Salonica, Ladino Reflections, Salonica|0 Comments
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  • Three Ladino title pages. From left to right: a yellowed page with a decorative boarder and the title 'El amor misteriozo'; a brown title page with an illustration of a person blowing a horn and the title 'Un koryozo lad'ron'; a burnt orange page with ripped edges, a border, and the title 'Salvator i Paulina'.

How librarians can recover Sephardic historical figures and improve research on Ladino books

Why do library catalogs sometimes leave out important information about Ladino books, and why is it important to fill in these gaps?

By Makena Mezistrano|2020-11-06T12:42:25-08:00August 14th, 2020|Categories: Sephardic Studies|Tags: Ladino, Ottoman Empire, Salonica, Sephardic Studies Digital Collection|0 Comments
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  • Renan Koen seated at a black grand piano. Renan is wearing a black sleeveless dress and is sitting straight-backed at the piano with hands on her lap. The room has a light brown wood floor and a burgundy wall with white trim around the baseboard and windows.

This year, pianist Renan Koen will lead Seattle’s Sephardic Holocaust memorial from Istanbul’s historic Italian synagogue

Pianist Renan Koen on her family history, her career, and what drew her to music composed during the Holocaust.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2020-11-06T12:44:30-08:00July 27th, 2020|Categories: Sephardic Studies|Tags: Holocaust, Rhodes, Salonica, Sephardic Music, Turkey|1 Comment
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Sephardic by birth, Massarano by choice: Reclaiming my Sephardic heritage

Student Abby Massarano explains why changing her name was an important step in connecting with her Sephardic heritage.

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2020-11-06T12:49:40-08:00June 18th, 2020|Categories: Sephardic Studies|Tags: Graduate Student Writing, Ladino Reflections, Salonica, Sephardic Studies, Student Writing|3 Comments
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  • View of Salonica's port
  • Saltiel family in Salonica Saltiel family in Salonica

A Salonican granddaughter on ‘Family Papers’

By Makena Mezistrano As its former inhabitants will tell you, my own grandparents included, there is no place like Thessaloniki — though my grandparents never

By Makena Mezistrano|2020-06-26T12:37:59-07:00January 15th, 2020|Categories: Sephardic Studies|Tags: Makena Mezistrano, Salonica, Sarah Abrevaya Stein|0 Comments
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I’m an American. But my family came to the US fraudulently | Public Radio International (PRI)

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2019-11-06T18:24:16-08:00November 6th, 2019|Categories: Sephardic News, Sephardic Studies|Tags: Devin Naar, Immigration, Ladino, Salonica, Sephardic Studies|0 Comments
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  • The Greek city of Thessaloniki - Image courtesy of Lydia Emmanouilidou:PRI

In Greece, a city struggles to come to terms with its Jewish past | (PRI) Public Radio International

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2017-09-04T23:10:58-07:00August 30th, 2017|Categories: Sephardic News, Sephardic Studies|Tags: Devin Naar, History, Salonica, Sephardic Studies|0 Comments
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  • “Study for 1917 Fire —Salonika” (2016) by Harry I. Naar (Courtesy of Naar)

A century ago, Jewish Salonica burned. It was rebuilt, only to be destroyed anew | (JTA) Jewish Telegraphic Agency

By Stroum Center for Jewish Studies|2017-09-04T23:09:31-07:00August 18th, 2017|Categories: Sephardic News, Sephardic Studies|Tags: Devin Naar, History, Salonica, Sephardic Studies|0 Comments
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