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.
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.
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.
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.