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Join the Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation (SBH) and the Rachel & Nissim Altabet Foundation as we welcome Dr. Devin E. Naar, the Isaac Alhadeff Professor of Sephardic Studies at the University of Washington, for a special three part lecture series on the history of the Seattle Sephardic Community and the Ottoman Empire. Lectures are free and open to the public and begins Sunday, March 3 a 4pm.
Under the Wings of the Sultan: The Rise of Jewish Communities in the Ottoman Empire – The “Golden Age” of Jewish life in Spain came to a devastating end in 1492. In the wake of the infamous expulsion decree of that year, Jews from Spain dispersed far and wide with the largest number ultimately settling in the lands of the Ottoman Empire.
This lecture traces the trans-Mediterranean journey of the exiled Spanish Jews to the sultan’s realm and the cultural and political dynamics that shaped the communities they created and developed over the subsequent centuries. It short, it explores how the descendants of Spanish Jews eventually became Ottoman Jews.
