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Sephardic song from Turkey
In this song Turkish
Jews describe the Balkan Wars (1912-1913), when European armies were
invading Edirne. Many Sephardic Jews served in the Ottoman Army. Until
the 19th century the Spanish Jews who lived in Turkey were not yet
serving in the Ottoman Army but in 1826 the Janissary soldiers revolted
and they were disbanded by Sultan Mahmud, and as a result, the Sephardic
Jews were gradually recruited as soldiers into the Turkish Army and
many of them died during the Balkan Wars. The song is in Ladino, which
is a version of old Spanish adopted by Sephardic Jews more than 500
years ago. In this song the city of Luleburgaz, where the Jewish Turkish
soldier died, is located in Edirne near the Bulgarian border… Most
interestingly, the last stanza lays the blame on King Ferdinand and his
Edict of Expulsion (1492).
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Portrait of a young Jewish woman in elaborate costume, Iran circa 1880-1928. Antoin Sevruguin.
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Members of Kahal Kadash She'erit Yisrael celebrate Shabbat in Putti synagogue.
Kahal
Kadash She'erit Yisrael is a group of 123 Orthodox Jews based in
eastern Uganda and part of the wider Abayudaya Jewish community The
Abayudaya Jewish sect in Uganda was formed in the 1920’s by military
leader Semei Kakungulu and slowly gained knowledge of Judaism and it’s
practices through Jewish travelers. By the 1970’s there were as many as
3000 members of the Abayudaya, but persecutions by the Idi Amin regime
forced many to convert to Christianity or Islam. Today there are
approximately 700 members and 5 synagogues based around the town of
Mbale in eastern Uganda, with the majority of followers practicing
Conservative Judaism.
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Portrait of a young Jewish woman in elaborate costume, Iran circa 1880-1928. Antoin Sevruguin.
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