Rodrigue, Aron-A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture) CARDIGAN informative and provocative

informative and provocative

Unlike most other indigenous tribes whose lives are tied to lands

memorable anecdotes

Their first book

affirmational

Rodrigue, Aron-A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture) CARDIGAN informative and provocativeThis 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