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English > Una primera traducción al inglés de una obra convincente de una precursora de la literatura feminista sefaradí moderna. Criada en la Judería o barrio judío de Tetuán, Marruecos, a principios del siglo XX, Mazaltob, de dieciséis años, se encuentra comprometida con José, un hombre grosero de su propia …

Leer en Castellano > A first-ever English translation of a compelling work by a forerunner of modern Sephardi feminist literature. Raised in the Judería or Jewish quarter of Tetouan, Morocco, at the turn of the 20th-century, sixteen-year-old Mazaltob finds herself betrothed to José, an uncouth man from her own community …

The book arrives at a time of renewed interest in Sephardic culture, giving a fresh story to American Jewish readers who may be more familiar with the Ashkenazi experience. The very first Jewish book was a multigenerational Jewish family saga. But while the Bible went on to achieve some commercial …

A new book gives voice to some of the million or so Sephardi Jews who once lived harmoniously in the Mideast and North Africa, but who left everything behind when an explosion of antisemitism after Israel’s birth made it impossible to stay In the lands of Arabia, where Jews used …

Three-time NBCC finalist Hemon (The Lazarus Project) returns with a potent story of love, war, and displacement in the early 20th century. Rafael Pinto, a Bosnian Jew, returns from schooling in Vienna and takes over his recently deceased father’s apothecary in Sarajevo. After Pinto witnesses Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, he’s drafted …

Published by Rowman and Littlefield in their Series: Studies in Jewish Literature   The Stolen Narrative of the Bulgarian Jews and the Holocaust collects narratives of Bulgarian Jews who survived the Holocaust. Through the analysis of eye-witness testimonies, archival documents, photographs, and researchers’ investigations, the authors weave a complex tapestry …

Un grand nombre de Juifs originaires de l’Empire ottoman a immigré en France au début du XXe siècle. Ils sont considérés comme les garants d’une culture et d’une langue ayant pris racine en Espagne médiévale. Mais que sont devenus ces hommes et ces femmes après le tourment de la Shoah …

March 19 at 6:15pm at the Hebrew University. All invited!

«Il y a deux ans, Sa Majesté Felipe VI m’a dit : «Comme vous nous avez manqué !» En fait, il s’adressait à l’ensemble des séfarades à travers le monde, ces descendants des Juifs expulsés d’Espagne en 1492. A l’occasion d’une nouvelle loi nous accordant la citoyenneté, le roi d’Espagne …

RESERVE YOUR COPY NOW! «Ezra Bessaroth: The History of a Sephardic Congregation» Just click on this link to pay through our website via Paypal & choose, «Book Pre-Order» under «Campaigns» Alternatively, call Susan during office hours at 206 722 5500 to pay by credit card or mail your check to: …

SERIES: STANFORD STUDIES IN JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE PRE-ORDER THIS BOOK SEPTEMBER 2016 400 PAGES. FROM $24.95 Cloth ISBN: 9780804798877 Paper ISBN: 9781503600089 Touted as the «Jerusalem of the Balkans,» the Mediterranean port city of Salonica (Thessaloniki) was once home to the largest Sephardic Jewish community in the world. The …

Two editors, seven years, fifteen languages, and hundreds of documents. These are the elements of Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History. The impressive new volume out from Stanford University Press was co-edited by Prof. Julia Phillips Cohen of Vanderbilt University and Prof. Sarah Abrevaya Stein of UCLA. Sephardi Lives won the …