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Liza Cemal
Jan 711 min read
Las Validjas—National Sephardic Essay Competition Student Winner 2024
Family photo. First row from left to right: Nava, Avram Hatem, Emel, Roza Hatem. Second row from left to right: Doron, Eliza Presented in...


Anthony Gad Bigio
Mar 14, 20243 min read
A Sephardi Turkish Patriot
A Sephardi Turkish Patriot is the biography of Gad Franco, who was at first a journalist, then a lawyer and a jurist, and a prominent...


Rabbi Naftali Haleva
Mar 14, 20242 min read
The Jewish Community of Istanbul
The Jewish Community of Istanbul is still an active and vibrant Sephardic Jewish Community, one that has a long history dating back...


Belin Benezra Yensarfati
Sep 4, 20232 min read
The Jewish Community of Izmir
As the education coordinator of Sunday School in Izmir, I am delighted to share with you all the amazing activities and accomplishments...


Andrew Marcus
Sep 4, 20233 min read
Young Professionals Tour of Jewish Turkey
Our first ever Young Professionals Tour of Jewish Turkey took place in July and it was an incredible experience! Twenty young community...


Rachel Amado Bortnick
Sep 4, 20233 min read
Izmir Se Desperto!
Oy en dia en Izmir biven solo mil djudios entre mas de 4 milyones de povlasion. Ma un tiempo, antes del establesimiento del estado de...

Karen Gerson Sarhon
Apr 17, 20232 min read
Una Reunyon muy alegre kon muestra Kerida Rachel Amado Bortnick
El 26 de Febrero no pudimos selebrar el Dia Internasyonal del Ladino/Judeo-Espanyol, Estambol por modo ke el paiz entero esta vamos en...


Rachel Amado Bortnick
Apr 17, 20235 min read
My Trip to Turkey; Food for My Soul
The celebration of Ladino Day, Dia de Ladino (DIdL) is a big deal in Istanbul. In February of every year since 2013, they put on a...

Dr. Selim Salti
Sep 14, 20224 min read
La Asosyasyon de los Turkanos en Israel
Itahdut Yotsei Turkiya be Israel (IYT), la Asosyasyon de los Turkanos en Israel, fondada mas de 60 anyos antes, kon el eskopo de ayudar...


Karen Gerson Sarhon
Jan 15, 20224 min read
El Renasimiento del Judeo-Espanyol
Muestro Sentro Sefaradi de Estambol se fundio el 1 de Disembre de 2003, djusto 15 dias despues de los atakes desgrasiados a las sinagogas...


Nesim Bencoya
Jan 15, 20225 min read
A New Era of Jewish Life - Izmir Jewish Heritage Project
An unusual cluster of synagogues bearing a typical architectural style dating from the 15th and 16th century exists in Izmir - Turkey....

Nesi Altaras
Jan 15, 20224 min read
Jewish Workers in Istanbul and the 1906 Strike at the Cibali Reji Tobacco Factory
The 1906 strike at one of the largest factories in Istanbul at the time has all but disappeared from the history of the city and the...
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