In the fall of 1950, Victor Sanua arrived at Bowling Green State University in Ohio to study clinical psychology. He was a long way from his home and his family in Cairo, where he had been born in 1920. Not long after settling in for the semester, he…
The Center and its partners are proud to send the above letter to our elected representatives, urging them to
oppose the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Support from the NEH helps the Center to achieve its primary mission: to
preserve and protect the history of the Jewish people.
This is my third blog
post in a series of three posts in which I discuss the theme of Sephardim in
the West Coast in the 19th-20th century. In this post, I compare and contrast
the relationship between Turkish and Rhodesli Sephardim in two cities: Seattle
and Los Angeles. In previous posts, I examined…
By Leora Singer, Former Research Intern
This is my second blog
post in a series of three posts in which I discuss the theme of Sephardim in
the West Coast in the 19th-20th century. You can see my first post here. In this post, I compare and contrast
the relationship between Ashkenazim and Sephardim in Seattle and San Francisco.
…
Biography and Author’s Purpose
I am
a New York City High School Student that completed a 5-week research internship at The Center for Jewish
History this past summer. After taking Advanced Placement Spanish in school, I
became interested in the history of Jews of Spanish descent. In addition, my
knowledge of Hebrew and Spanish…
