{"product_id":"an-ode-to-salonika-the-ladino-verses-of-bouena-sarfatty-hardcover","title":"An Ode to Salonika: The Ladino Verses of Bouena Sarfatty - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRenée Levine Melammed\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the poetry of Bouena Sarfatty (1916-1997), \u003ci\u003eAn Ode to Salonika \u003c\/i\u003esketches the life and demise of the Sephardi Jewish community that once flourished in this Greek crossroads city. A resident of Salonika who survived the Holocaust as a partisan and later settled in Canada, Sarfatty preserved the traditions and memories of this diverse and thriving Sephardi community in some 500 Ladino poems known as coplas. The coplas also describe the traumas the community faced under German occupation before the Nazis deported its Jewish residents to Auschwitz. The coplas in Ladino and in Renée Levine Melammed's English translation are framed by chapters that trace the history of the Sephardi community in Salonika and provide context for the poems. This unique and moving source provides a rare entrée into a once vibrant world now lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRen?e Levine Melammed is Dean of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem and author of \u003ci\u003eHeretics or Daughters of Israel: The Crypto-Jewish Women of Castile \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e A Question of Identity: Iberian Conversos in Historical Perspective.\u003c\/i\u003e She is academic editor of \u003ci\u003eNashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies \u0026amp; Gender Issues\u003c\/i\u003e, published by IUP, and a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eJerusalem Post\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47519647006941,"sku":"9780253006813","price":54.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/PnKa0pXfmx9780253006813.webp?v=1772231760","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/an-ode-to-salonika-the-ladino-verses-of-bouena-sarfatty-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}