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Memories of the Meldar: An Ottoman Jew’s Early Education
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Did you go to a meldar as a child? Have any of you been so lucky and blessed? I am sure that, seeing these two questions, you will all object that you had no idea what a meldar was and that you went…

Contributor:

Alexander Benghiat

Places:

Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (İzmir, Türkiye)

Date:

1920

Subjects:

Adolescence, Scholarship, Education, Memory, Sephardic, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries, Reportage
A Manifesto for Turkish Jewish Literature
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Our periodical [Mir’ât] was established to exist in a space of freedom as far away as possible from the recorded language of formality. Deficiencies in style and form will…

Contributor:

Avram Naon

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)

Date:

1909

Subjects:

Jewish languages, Language & linguistics, Writing, Jewish identity, Education, Journalism, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Journalism, Firsthand accounts