Category: Book

Mi Mundo en Ladino (lit. My World in Ladino) is a first of its kind revolutionary picture book and dictionary that teaches kids and new learners of all ages the basic vocabulary of daily life in Ladino. Mi Mundo offers the basic building blocks for engaging with our surroundings in Ladino – from household items…

Matilda Koen-Sarano was born in Milan (Italy) in 1939 to a Sephardic family from Turkey. Her grand-father, Moshe, was born in Bergama (Turkey) in 1874. Her father Alfredo, and her mother Diana Hadjes, were both born in Aydin (Turkey). Her father lived in Rhodes till 1925, and her mother in Izmir (Turkey) till 1938. The…

Malca Levy recounts the adventures of Djouha. This half-ridiculous, half-clever character is from “everywhere”, thus uniting us in our humanity and Malca is able to present him to us in a nicely illustrated, friendly little book, introduced by people from cultures… not really so different. Also introduced by our life as children in Africa and…

Aki Yerushalayim (Ladino pronunciation: [aˈki jeɾuʃaˈlajim]; meaning ‘Here Jerusalem’) is an Israeli magazine in Ladino published in print two to three times a year between 1979 and 2016, and exclusively online since 2019 David Avayou Member of the Executive of the World Zionist Organization Chairman of the Sephardi Communities Department. Aki Yerushalayim released its first issue on April 4, 1979. It was…

Shira’s Journey is a unique multi-faceted project focusing on the Jews of Greece – Their history, their fate during the Holocaust and their lives today. It is a little known fact that there were thriving Jewish communities in Greece prior to World War II. The Romaniote communities have been in Greece since the fall of…

This commemorative volume was first published in 1965 by the Jewish Agency for Israel, on the 80th anniversary of the death of Sir Moses Montefiore. It appeared in English, French and Spanish editions. The author, Dr. Umberto Nahon, of blessed memory, was one of the outstanding sons and leaders of Italian Jewry. He was particularly…

L’ouvrage de Moïse Rahmani sur l’histoire juive de Rhodes est passionnant à plus d’un titre. Il évoque sa fidélité, sa richesse autant que sa souffrance. Le lecteur qui s’intéresse au destin admirable du Judaïsme sépharade y trouvera ample matière à réflexion. Elie Wiesel Biographie de l’auteur Fondateur et animateur depuis dix ans de la revue…

An overview in 127 pages of jews in Greece since the time of the Diaspora. It includes many plates, pictures, and photographs

Hizkia Franco was born in 1875 in Rhodes and died in 1953 in Rhodesia; he wrote these memoirs in 1947, in French, and published them in the Belgian Congo in 1952. He served as president of the Jewish community of Rhodes and Cos between 1925-36. The memoirs describe events in the community between 1936-44. The…