Aron Rodrigue & Sarah Abrevaya Stein 
A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica [EPUB ebook] 
The Ladino Memoir of Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi

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This book presents for the first time the complete text of the earliest known Ladino-language memoir, transliterated from the original script, translated into English, and introduced and explicated by the editors. The memoirist, Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi (1820–1903), wrote about Ottoman Jews’ daily life at a time when the finely wrought fabric of Ottoman society was just beginning to unravel. His vivid portrayal of life in Salonica, a major port in the Ottoman Levant with a majority Jewish population, thus provides a unique window into a way of life before it disappeared as a result of profound political and social changes and the World Wars. Sa’adi was a prominent journalist and publisher, one of the most significant creators of modern Sephardic print culture. He was also a rebel who accused the Jewish leadership of Salonica of being corrupt, abusive, and fanatical; that leadership, in turn, excommunicated him from the Jewish community. The experience of excommunication pervades Sa’adi’s memoir, which documents a world that its author was himself actively involved in changing.

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At Stanford University, Aron Rodrigue is Charles Michael Professor in Jewish History and Culture, Anthony P. Meier Family Professor in the Humanities, and Director of the Stanford Humanities Center. Sarah Abrevaya Stein is Professor of History and Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic Studies at UCLA.

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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 432 ● ISBN 9780804781770 ● Taille du fichier 3.1 MB ● Éditeur Aron Rodrigue & Sarah Abrevaya Stein ● Traducteur Isaac Jerusalmi ● Maison d’édition Stanford University Press ● Publié 2012 ● Édition 1 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 5208154 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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