03782nam 2200685 a 450 991082517490332120240514050935.00-8047-8177-X10.1515/9780804781770(CKB)2550000000087711(EBL)794592(OCoLC)779826744(SSID)ssj0000637353(PQKBManifestationID)11432319(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000637353(PQKBWorkID)10685665(PQKB)10771822(StDuBDS)EDZ0000128095(MiAaPQ)EBC794592(DE-B1597)563822(DE-B1597)9780804781770(Au-PeEL)EBL794592(CaPaEBR)ebr10527705(OCoLC)1178769793(EXLCZ)99255000000008771120110826d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA 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 Jerusalmi1st ed.Stanford, California Stanford University Pressc20121 online resource (434 p.)Stanford studies in Jewish history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8047-7166-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexThis 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.Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.Jewish publishersGreeceThessalonikBiographyJewish journalistsGreeceThessalonikBiographySephardimGreeceThessalonikHistory19th centuryJewish publishersJewish journalistsSephardimHistory305.892/404954Haleṿi Saʻadi ben Betsalel1626682Rodrigue Aron573049Stein Sarah Abrevaya764309Jerusalmi Isaac1928-2018.1626683MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825174903321A Jewish voice from Ottoman Salonica3962850UNINA