Rodrigue, Aron-A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture) BLANKET revealing the joy and resilience

revealing the joy and resilience of those places in this country many call ""the margins"" but that Lenny Duncan has called home

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ISBN: 978-1610020480

Rodrigue, Aron-A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture) BLANKET revealing the joy and resilienceThis 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 (18201903), 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