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The paradox of Hanukkah in Greece—and in Auschwitz

Professor Devin Naar explores Greek-Jewish identity through letters from the Holocaust and prayers from Salonica.

By Devin Naar| 2018-01-22T10:15:14+00:00 December 18th, 2017|Categories: Digital Sephardic Treasures, Sephardic Studies|Tags: Devin Naar, Holocaust, Sephardic Studies, Sephardic Treasures|3 Comments
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  • Sephardic women in Salonica

Salonican Shavuot Traditions | My Jewish Learning

By Ty Alhadeff| 2017-07-06T13:19:18+00:00 May 24th, 2017|Categories: Sephardic News|Tags: Ladino, Religion & Ritual, Sephardic Studies, Sephardic Treasures, Ty Alhadeff|0 Comments
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  • Haggadot collection from the Sephardic Studies Library at the Univesity of Washington

Ladino Songs at the Sephardic Passover Seder | My Jewish Learning

By Ty Alhadeff| 2017-07-06T16:43:08+00:00 April 6th, 2017|Categories: Sephardic News|Tags: Ladino, Religion & Ritual, Sephardic Digital Library, Sephardic Studies, Sephardic Treasures, Ty Alhadeff|0 Comments
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The High Holidays in Ladino: a Rhodesli Custom from Romania to Johannesburg, Seattle, and Beyond

Follow the journey of Rabbi Israel's poetic translations of Sephardic liturgy into the twenty-first century.

By Ty Alhadeff| 2017-09-19T10:00:00+00:00 October 8th, 2016|Categories: Digital Sephardic Treasures, Sephardic Studies|Tags: Devin Naar, Ladino, Religion & Ritual, Sephardic Studies, Sephardic Treasures, Ty Alhadeff|0 Comments
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  • A Hug from Afar - One Family’s Dramatic Journey Through Three Continents to Escape the Holocaust, by Claire Barkey Flash, edited by Cynthia Flash Hemphill

‘A Hug from Afar’: A Sephardic family’s journey of escape as World War II looms | UW Today

By Stroum Center Admin| 2017-07-06T22:54:42+00:00 October 5th, 2016|Categories: Sephardic News|Tags: Devin Naar, Ladino, Sephardic Studies, Sephardic Studies Digital Collection, Sephardic Treasures|0 Comments
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Had Gadya in Ladino: A Sephardic Passover Tradition?

Many Sephardic Jews sing Had Gadya in Ladino at their Passover seders, but some claim the song was never part of Sephardic rituals.

By Devin Naar| 2018-01-22T10:41:23+00:00 April 18th, 2016|Categories: Digital Sephardic Treasures, Global Judaism, Sephardic Studies|Tags: Devin Naar, Jewish Holidays, Ladino, Passover, Religion & Ritual, Sephardic Studies, Sephardic Treasures, Ty Alhadeff|5 Comments
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Learning Ladino–Then and Now

History student Sarah Zaides surveys a unique group of silabarios, or small grammar books that taught children how to read and write in Ladino.

By Sarah Zaides| 2018-04-17T13:19:20+00:00 April 10th, 2016|Categories: Grad Student Writing, Sephardic Studies, Student Writing|Tags: Education, Grad Student Writing, Ladino, Ottoman Empire, Sarah Zaides, Seattle, Sephardic Studies Digital Library & Museum, Sephardic Treasures, Student Writing|2 Comments
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Sephardic Songs Add Merriment to Purim | My Jewish Learning

By Ty Alhadeff| 2018-01-22T10:45:02+00:00 March 21st, 2016|Categories: Sephardic News|Tags: Ladino, Purim, Religion & Ritual, Sephardic Digital Library, Sephardic Studies, Sephardic Treasures, Ty Alhadeff|0 Comments
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