El Avenir es el newsletter periódico de la Comunidad Judía de Thessalonica.
Editor: The President of JCT, Mr. David Saltiel.
Responsable: The Director of JCT, Mr. Samuel Iosafat.
Comité Editorial: Lydia Abastado, Diamando Arouh, Leon Arouh, Betty Bueno, Barouch Giechaskiel, Paul Hagouel, Leon Nar, Leon Saltiel.
Diseño: Hy Brazil
Editorial
Dear friends,
With the present issue of El Avenir you have in your hands we continue our efforts to provide our friends from around the world with recent news from our Community and articles of interest.
More importantly, we try to highlight several aspects of the Community’s rich history and culture, as well as highlight the lives of individuals with roots in our Community.
As always, we welcome your comments, and your ideas on how we can further improve our newsletter.
We hope you enjoy reading this issue as much as we did preparing it!
The El Avenir editorial committee
Contents
- 4th International Conference on Judeo-Spanish Studies
- Mary Rouben, as a young woman in Salonika
- “A Tale…A Debt”
- Jacov Stroumsa: The Fiddler from Auschwitz
- La Boda, la Hupa, Jewish Wedding in Salonika
- Salamo Arouch
- Daniel Carasso, a Pioneer of Yogurt
- Community News
- Comments from our readers

Jewish Community of Thessaloniki,
email: info@jct.gr
web: www.jct.gr
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Liliana
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