From the Stacks…Exploring the Sephardic World in Amsterdam

Man standing at a podium, with a chandelier over his head and curtains on either side. The bottom reads H. Saul Levi Mortera.

This essay was initially printed in the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies’ 2022 Magazine. The full magazine is available here. The Sephardic Jews and their descendants were very proud of their cultural heritage.  Wherever they traveled, they brought their culture – and languages – with them to their new homelands. Spanish and Portuguese persisted […]

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