Empire of Salons: Conquest and Community in Early Modern Ottoman Lands
Helen Pfeifer, Princeton University Press, 2022 Historians have typically linked Ottoman imperial cohesion in the sixteenth century to the bureaucracy or the sultan’s court. In Empire of Salons, Helen...
View ArticleHebrew Orientalism: Jewish Engagement with Arabo-Islamic Culture in Late...
Mostafa Hussein, Princeton University Press, 2025 In the decades before the establishment of a Jewish state in 1948, native and immigrant Jews in Palestine mediated between Jewish and Arab cultures...
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View ArticleNYPL Researcher Spotlight: Elya Assayag
We are delighted to repost this interview conducted by our friend and colleague Lyudmila Sholokhova, Curator of the NYPL Dorot Jewish Division This profile is part of a series of interviews chronicling...
View ArticleElya Assayag mines the American Sephardi Federation’s Textile Collection
This summer, Elya Assayag has been a fellow at Bookhouse and produced a catalog of the American Sephardi Federation’s textile collection. She was assisted by and trained Michael Fulgencio, who interns...
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View ArticleDaniel Elias
Daniel Elias is a founding member of the Elias Ladino Ensemble. The grandson of Rabbi David Elias Cassorla and the son of Joe Elias, he has been performing Ladino music since 1977. Dan learned the...
View ArticleZack Youcha
Zack Youcha is the founder and Executive Director of Music is Culture (MiC), a nonprofit organization that sponsors, promotes, and publishes community-based music preservation efforts around the world....
View ArticleNew at Bookhouse: The Music Room
The Music Room at Bookhouse, a collaborative space of the American Sephardi Federation and Centro Primo Levi. During the past two years, Bookhouse has become home to students and the public for...
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