Reading Ladino in Greece

Undated studio portrait of Sa?adi Besalel a-Levi and his second wife, Esther, dressed in clothing distinctive to Salonican Jewry. Image by Courtesy of Silvio Levy and the Levy family
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For a flavor of Salonica and an insight into the Jewish life of this major Ottoman port, listen to Aron Rodrigue and Sarah Abrevaya Stein talk to Dan Friedman about their book “A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi”