Tag: Judeo-Spanish

A Russian Jewish Woman in New York Seeks Dating Advice (… in 1916)

The question of the hour: can a Sephardi-Ashkenazi romance survive? The following letters originally appeared in a Ladino newspaper, La Bos del Pueblo. They were translated into English by Aviva Ben-Ur and are excerpted below from Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History 1700-1950: In early-twentieth-century New York City, 

Plumbing 250 Years of Sephardi History

A new documentary history sheds light on a vibrant culture. a Q&A with JULIA PHILLIPS COHEN & SARAH ABREVAYA STEIN Sephardi couple from Sarajevo, circa 1900. Public Domain image via Wikimedia Commons. Inspired by the relative scarcity of information and understanding about Sephardi culture, Julia Phillips