The Image of the Jews in the Travel Book Orient by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez by Mirjana M. Sekulić

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A Comparative Analysis of <i>Berith</i> and the Sacrament of Baptism and How They Contributed to the Inquisition by Yehonatan Elazar-DeMota

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André Suarès, l’ami marrane de René Maran : un homme pareil aux autres by Kathleen Gyssels

“…In this article, I illustrate René Maran’s lifelong friendship with another poet and critic of his generation, and whom the critics, in spite of the diverse series of commemorations and inter/national conferences, have largely neglected: André Suarès (1868-1948). A Sephardic Jew, Suarès functions as a mirroring figure to the author of mixed descent, torn between countries and cultures. …”
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« Ne formez pas avec les infidèles d’attelage disparate ». L’enjeu matrimonial dans les diasporas des xvie-xviiie siècles by Natalia Muchnik

“…This paper focuses on the marriage practices of religious minorities scattered in Early Modern Europe (Huguenots, Sephardic Jews, Jacobites, etc.). In particular, it shows that marriage is at the diasporic level a way to link the different community settlements among themselves and with the land of origin, and also provides a form of socio-cultural cohesion. …”
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La alegría de Jako: A Judeo-Spanish Song as a Reflection of Linguistic and Cultural Syncretism by García, Katerina

“…It was within this environment that Salonika (Thessaloniki) established itself as City and Mother in Israel and became an unprecedented example of an urban settlement where Sephardic Jews represented, until the first half of the twentieth century, the most numerous demographic group. …”
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The <i>Nação</i> Rules: A Comparative Analysis of the Bylaws of Western Sephardic Congregations in the Early Modern Atlantic by Carla Vieira

“…Religious persecution, segregation, and commercial networks triggered the diaspora of Iberian New Christians and Sephardic Jews throughout the Atlantic in the Early Modern period. …”
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Language, Religion and Difference: North African and Turkish Jewish Identity Formation Vis-À-Vis Ashkenazim in Canada by Övgü Ülgen

“… This article examines Sephardic identity formation in the North American context through Sephardic Jews’ encounter with their co-religionists, Ashkenazi Jews. …”
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The Portrayal of Muslims and Christians in the Traditional Sephardic Tales of Northern Morocco by Oro Anahory-Librowicz

“… The Portrayal of Muslims and Christians in the Traditional Sephardic Tales of Northern Morocco The article analyzes the representation of Muslims and Christians in the folktales of the Sephardic Jews of northern Morocco. The stories are selected from the collection of Arcadio de Larrea Palacín, Cuentos populares de los judíos del norte de Marruecos, published in 1952 and 1953. …”
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Language Contact and Phonological Innovation in the Voiced Prepalatal Obstruents of Judeo-Spanish by Travis G. Bradley, Claire Julia Lozano

“…This article traces the development of voiced prepalatal obstruents /<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mover><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">d</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">ʒ</mi></mrow><mo>⌢</mo></mover></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>/ and /ʒ/ in Judeo-Spanish, the language spoken by the Sephardic Jews since before their expulsion from late-15th century Spain. …”
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Introductory Comments by Jolanta Sujecka

“…An unexpected context for the theme of Colloquia Humanistica’s fourth issue is the pair of notions, well rooted in the world of Balkan Sephardic Jews, of baška and barabar. Baška is synonymous with maintaining the distinctiveness of one’s community in the face of assimilationist temptations. …”
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