The Sephardic Studies Reader, 1730-1950

FAIN: RQ-50438-10

UCLA; Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA 90024-4201)
Sarah Abrevaya Stein (Project Director: November 2009 to June 2013)
Julia Phillips Cohen (Co Project Director: October 2010 to June 2013)

A translation and edition of historical, literary, and religious texts by and about Sephardic Jews. (24 months)

The Sephardic Studies Reader, 1730-1950 is a documentary history that will fill a significant gap in the existing scholarly, popular, and pedagogical literature on modern Jewries by presenting a diverse array of primary sources generated by or about Sephardic Jews in the heartland of modern Judeo-Spanish culture: the Balkans, Palestine, and Turkey under Ottoman and post-Ottoman rule. Those texts written in Ladino--the native language of Sephardim in the Judeo-Spanish heartland of southeastern Europe and today a dying language--are condemned to remain obscure indefinitely unless translated for a larger scholarly, student, and popular audience. Indeed, both the texts we propose to include in the Reader and the individuals who wrote them remain largely unknown in any field. The creation of an affordable scholarly edition of these texts will make these invaluable sources available to students and researchers in many fields, as well as to general audiences in the humanities.

Associated Products

Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History, 1700-1950 (Book)
Title: Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History, 1700-1950
Editor: Sarah Abrevaya Stein
Editor: Julia Philips Cohen
Abstract: This contains over 150 primary sources originally written in 15 languages by or about Sephardi Jews, on Sephardi views of the major regional and world events of the modern era. This also illuminates the everyday lives of Sephardi men, women, and children living in the Ottoman Balkans and the Middle East, as well as life in Sephardi émigré centers of the 20th century, including North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Year: 2014
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/sephardi-lives-a-documentary-history-1700-1950/oclc/889813454&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=18555
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing
Access Model: Print book
Publisher: Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press
Type: Edited Volume
Type: Translation
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9780804791434
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

Prizes

Judaica Reference & Bibliography Awards, Honorable Mention
Date: 12/31/2014
Organization: Association of Jewish Libraries
Abstract: AJL’s awards draw attention to the best in Jewish literature and scholarship each year, encouraging publication and purchase of high-quality Jewish writing. This award honors academic scholarship.

Mimi S. Frank Award in Memory of Becky Levy, for Sephardic Culture
Date: 12/31/2014
Organization: Jewish Book Council
Abstract: These awards recognize outstanding literature in the field and aim to encourage authors to continue to write on themes of Jewish interest.

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