A Jewish voice from Ottoman Salonica : the Ladino memoir of Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi ; edited and with an introduction by Aron Rodrigue and Sarah Abrevaya Stein ; translation, transliteration, and glossary by Isaac Jerusalmi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haleṿi, Saʻadi ben Betsalel.

Contributor:

Rodrigue, Aron.

Stein, Sarah Abrevaya.

Jerusalmi, Isaac, 1928-2018.

Series:

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish publishers--Greece--Thessalonik--Biography.

Jewish publishers.

Jewish journalists--Greece--Thessalonik--Biography.

Jewish journalists.

Sephardim--Greece--Thessalonik--History--19th century.

Sephardim.

Haleṿi, Saʻadi ben Betsalel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (434 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 vivid portrayal of life in Salonica, a major port in the Ottoman Levant with a majority Jewish population, thus provides a unique window into a way of life before it disappeared as a result of profound political and social changes and the World Wars. Sa'adi was a prominent journalist and publisher, one of the most significant creators of modern Sephardic print culture. He was also a rebel who accused the Jewish leadership of Salonica of being corrupt, abusive, and fanatical; that leadership, in turn, excommunicated him from the Jewish community. The experience of excommunication pervades Sa'adi's memoir, which documents a world that its author was himself actively involved in changing.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Editors’ Acknowledgments

Note on Translation and Transliteration

Note on Currencies, Weights, and Measures

Note on Sigla Used in the Ladino Romanized Text and English Translation

Editors’ Introduction

English Translation

Romanized Transliteration

Notes

Glossary

Works Consulted

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804781770

080478177X

OCLC:

779826744