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Trends in Reserch into the History and Culture of the Jewish Community in Modern Turkey Thursday, November 2, 2023 09:00 – 18:00 Feldman Auditorium (Building 301) Bar-Ilan University Ramat Gan

El sigiente es un artikulo ke se puvliko en La Vara en desembre de 1939 kuando akontesio un dezastre paresido. Grasias a los esforzos del periodiko La Vara (el jurnal en Ladino de Nueva York) la komunidad sefardí de Nueva York arrekojo miles de dolares en ayuda para Turkiya akeya …

El presidente Isaac Herzog rezó en la sinagoga Neve Shalom, la misma sinagoga que el padre de Herzog, el entonces presidente Chaim Herzog, visitó en 1992. El presidente Isaac Herzog en la sinagoga Neve Shalom de Estambul (Crédito de la foto: Lahav Harkov) ESTAMBUL – El presidente Isaac Herzog oró …

Thanks to lockdowns and online learning, the world of Ladino is now flourishing, leading many to reassess whether they’d been too eager over the years to believe rumors of the language’s imminent extinction Copies of the Istanbul-based Al Amaneser, until a few months ago the only regularly published Ladino language …

  HERMANA The Untold History of Ankara’s Jewish Community Director : Enver Arcak Camera : Larissa Araz & Zeynep Şişman Editing : Sami Öztürk Music : Aydın Akın The origins of one of the earliest known Jewish communities in Anatolia, which was located in Ankara, date back to the 2nd …

Jews were a significant minority till 1950s in Turkey. There are approximately 15.000 Jews living in Istanbul and about 1.500 in Izmir today. As a consequence, there are very important examples of Jewish cultural heritage in the country. Here are five synagogues that have international reputation and significance. NEVE SHALOM …

Located approximately southeast side of Izmir city, Tire is not often mentioned when speaking of Jews from Turkey. While searching the archives, Murat Sanus, a director at the Municipality of Tire, discovered the old pictures of Tirean Jewish couples and then his journey began… Could you tell us a little …

A visit to the port city on Turkey’s Aegean coast and its dwindling community. Kemeralti market, Izmir’s traditional Jewish quarter with several synagogues. Screen grab IZMIR – Amidst the fish market and shoe kiosks in Izmir’s Kemeralti market is a discrete complex of historic synagogues.  Here, in what was once the …

Which is the world’s longest continuously running synagogue? I posed this question over two month ago, and received many comments and suggestions. My working assumption was that London’s Bevis Marks Synagogue is the longest running synagogue. It is where I have the privilege to serve as rabbi. Most of the world’s Jews were …

A prominent Turkish-Jewish businessman and politician, Cefi Kamhi is chairman of an Istanbul-based consulting agency and television distribution company. He heads three councils for Turkey’s foreign economic relations board, and represents his home country in the European Jewish Parliament. His wife is Muslim. Yet after several assassination attempts, Kamhi is …

Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews opened its new exhibition “Battle of Gallipoli, World War I and the Ottoman Jews”. At the opening ceremony that was held at TBMM Mustafa Necati Culture Center, the news of the recent Ankara bombing was a hot topic. Turkish Parliamentary Deputy Speaker Ahmet Aydin …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has extended holiday greetings to the country’s Jewish citizens on the occasion of Hanukkah, which began Dec. 16. In a written statement, Erdoğan wished Turkey’s Jews tranquility, peace, happiness and health for the holiday. “I extend my warmest Hanukkah holiday greetings to our Jewish citizens. …