Native New Yorkers Jack Zaraya and Wendy Sabin create new fund to support the Sephardic Studies Program at the UW| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
Native New Yorkers Jack Zaraya and Wendy Sabin create new fund to support the Sephardic Studies Program at the UW| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
Muestras Konsejas ‘Our Tales’ International Sephardic Essay Competition 2023-2024 Presented in partnership with the Sephardic Brotherhood of America, the 2023-2024 “Muestras Konsejas” writing contest opened a new space for the telling of Sephardic stories. Writers were asked to share an original work of prose (fictional or memoiristic) that gives voice to the experiences of the Ladino-speaking Sephardic Jewish communities (whether from family lore, lived experience, community heritage...| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
Winner, general category. A conscripted husband miraculously reunites with his pregnant wife after fighting in the Balkan Wars in the Ottoman army — the great-grandfather and great-grandmother of author Nuia Menda Malki.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
Runner up, general category. Gloria DeVida Kirchheimer offers a hilarious tribute to her feisty, theatrical mom, who came from Alexandria, Egypt, to New York in the 1930s.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
Winner, student category. Liza Cemel tells the story of her family's history, first across cities in Turkey, then across countries, bringing their validjas of memories and relationships with them.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
Runner up, student category. Nesi Altaras recounts summers spent on the island of Buyukada, close to Istanbul, and the "traditional but extremely practical" feeling of being Sephardic in Turkey.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies