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Hannah Pressman

Hannah S. Pressman is currently at work on Galante’s Daughter, a memoir connecting her Sephardic family history to explorations of American Jewish identity.

  • Seattle Curtain employees celebrating in stock area, Seattle, circa 1932-1941
    Seattle Curtain employees celebrating in stock area, Seattle, circa 1932-1941
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    Behind the Curtain

    The recently demolished Seattle Curtain factory held a century’s history for the city’s Sephardic community—and for the family that founded the business after immigrating from Rhodes

    byHannah Pressman
  • Rivca dictated her letters in Ladino to a young cousin during the spring of 1940, then sent them to family in Africa.
    Rivca dictated her letters in Ladino to a young cousin during the spring of 1940, then sent them to family in Africa.
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    ‘I’d Like to Become a Bird’

    My great-great-grandmother’s letters—in Ladino—paint a portrait of the Sephardic community on the Isle of Rhodes, moments before it was destroyed in the Holocaust

    byHannah Pressman
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    My Sephardic Inheritance: a Spoonful of Salt, a Spoonful of Sugar

    What a family heirloom taught me about my ancestors, and the mysterious parts of my Jewish history

    byHannah Pressman
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    Try Some Jewish Ham This Thanksgiving

    The dish was a staple for Sephardic Jews during the Spanish Inquisition

    byHannah Pressman
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