Conference on «The Ottoman Turkish Sephardi: Inclusion and Prosperity / 10-april-2016 – New York

The consulate General of Turkey in New York and Congregation Kehikat Jeshurum are honored to present a

Conference on «The Ottoman Turkish Sephardi: Inclusion and Prosperity

Sunday, April 10, 2016 starting at 9:45 am.

Venue:

Congregation Kehikat Jeshurum
125 East 85 Street, New York, NY 10028
Between Park and Lexington Avenues

Brunch with Sepahrdic delicacies will be offered

Free admision 

SPEAKERS:

– Mr. Ertan Yalcin, Consul General of Turkey

– Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz, Senior Rabbi, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun
Dr. Mark Meirowitz, Moderator, Asst. Prof. SUNY Maritime College

– Mr. Naim Avigdor Guleryuz, Project Coordinator, Jewish Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
“ The Jews of Turkey — From the Quincentennial and Beyond”

– Dr. Orzan Arslan, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey
“The Young Turks and the Ottoman Jews at the Beginning of the 20th Century:
Converging Interests and Common Threat perceptions in Polarized Europe and the near East”

– Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewish, Graduate Center, CUNY
“Sephardic Houses in Ottoman Damascus in the Late 18th and 19th Centuries”