The memoirist saadi besalel a levi 1820 1903 wrote about ottoman jews daily life at a time when the long ascendant 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 . Finalist sephardic culture category in the 2012 national jewish book awards sponsored by the jewish book council this 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 saadi besalel a levi 1820 1903. A jewish voice from ottoman salonica the ladino memoir of saadi besalel a levi stanford studies in jewish history and culture ebook rodrigue aron stein sarah abrevaya jerusalmi isaac amazonca kindle store. The memoirist saadi 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 . A jewish voice from ottoman salonica the ladino memoir of saadi besalel a levi rodrigue aron stein sarah abrevaya jerusalmi isaac 9780804771665 books amazonca