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El Tiempo Celebrating 400 Years of Sephardic Life in the Ottoman Empire
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El Tiempo (Time) was the first Ladino-language newspaper published in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Turkey) and the longest-running Ladino newspaper in the city, with a run of almost sixty…

Contributor:

David Fresco

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)

Date:

1892

Subjects:

Sephardi, Jewish identity, Community, Sephardic, Holidays, Journalism

Categories:

Journalism, Print & book culture
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A Jewish Wedding in South Russia
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Of all festivities celebrated among the Jews in southern Russia, the wedding ceremony has suffered the greatest loss of characteristic elements of folk tradition. Even among the poorest, weddings are…

Contributor:

Samuel Weissenberg

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Folklore, Jewish identity, Holidays, Antisemitism, Dowries, Journalism

Categories:

Science & philosophy, Reportage