Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica
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 v...
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 v...