Bar-Ilan University
Faculty of Jewish Studies
Department of Literature of the Jewish People
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Naime and Yehoshua Salti Center for Ladino Studies

INVITATION
19th Ladino Marathon on
THE JEWS OF TURKEY
AND THE LADINO TRADITION
Monday Jan 11, 2010
Whall Auditorium
Bar-Ilan University
Ramat-Gan, Israel
8:30-9:30 Registration
9:30-11:30 First Session
Prof. Shmuel Refael (chair)
Prof. Eliezer Tauber, Dean of the Faculty of Jewish Studies
Lectures:
Dr. Yaron Ben Nahe
THE JEWISH WILL FROM THE OTTOMAN PERIOD AS AN HISTORICAL SOURCE
Dr. David Ashkenazi
JEWISH SOLDIERS IN THE OTTOMAN ARMY
Dr. Orly Meron
JEWISH ECONOMY IN TURKEY
Dr. Ruth Lombrozo Barzilay
JEWISH WOMEN IN THE TURKEY AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE EMPIRE
11:30-12:00 Coffee Break
12:00-13:00 Second Session
Mr. Momo Uzsinay (chair)
Lectures:
Mrs. Sara Pardo
LOS IZMIRLIES: THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE [IN ENGLISH]
Mr. David Angel
THE TURKISH JEWS IN THE NEW BORN ISRAEL STATE [IN HEBREW]
Mr. Selim Amado
TURKISH JEWS IN ISRAEL: A PROFILE OF A COMMUNITY [IN LADINO]
Mrs. Fina Cohen
READINGS IN O. PAMUK’S NOVEL [IN TURKISH]
13:30-15:00 BREAK
15:00-16:30 CEREMONIAL SESSION
Mr. Arad Nir (chair)
H.E. The Ambassador of Turkey in Israel
Prof. Moshe Kaveh, The President of the University
Mr. Selim Salti
Lectures:
Mr. Rifat Bali – From Burden to Multicultural Identity: Sephardim in the Turkish Republic (in English and Turkish)
Prof. Hanan Eshel, Jewish Archeological Findings in Antalia
16:30-17:00 Coffee Break
17:00-18:30 4th Session
Prof. Daniel Yahia (chair)
Lectures:
Prof. Edwin Seroussi, The Ladino Music in Turkey
Arch. Memar Naor, Jewish Quarters in Izmir
Prof. Lea Makovezky, The Ladino Names among Men and Sephardic Women in Turkey
Dr. Naomi Liran, Jewish Cinema’s in Istanbul
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