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  • The author’s mother in her prewar life
    The author’s mother in her prewar life
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    The Stories She Never Told

    What another Holocaust survivor’s book taught me about my own mother’s life

    byCarol Ungar
  • 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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    Seattle’s Sephardi Jews Brought Us Starbucks: Now They’re Trying To Bring Back Ladino

    Seven decades ago, the Jews of Rhodes were sent to Auschwitz. Now some descendants are preserving a culture nearly lost.

    byEmily K. Alhadeff
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