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Decorated ‘guevos haminados,’ or slow-cooked eggs, are a common Passover food for Sephardic Jewish families. sbossert/iStock via Getty Images Plus

March 25, 2026

On Passover, some Sephardic Jews revisit not only the story of their ancestors, but also their Ladino language

Bryan Kirschen, Binghamton University, State University of New York

For some Sephardic Jews today, holidays provide a rare opportunity to hear the now-endangered Judeo-Spanish language.

A postcard from the turn of the century showing the Jewish neighborhood of Rhodes. History & Art Images via Getty Images

August 7, 2024

Remembering the longest journey to Auschwitz – the deportation of Rhodes’ Jews decimated a small but vibrant community with centuries of Mediterranean history

Devin Naar, University of Washington

Even as Germany’s defeat loomed, the Nazis deported nearly 1,700 Jews of the Ladino-speaking community of Rhodes to concentration camps.

Jewish youth on a sailboat in Salonika harbor, 1929, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Gabriel Albocher

January 21, 2020

Vital Hasson, the Jew who worked for the Nazis, hunted down refugees and tore apart families in WWII Greece

Sarah Abrevaya Stein, University of California, Los Angeles

Vital Hasson was born into the Jewish community of Salonica, Greece, a cultural capital of the Sephardic world. After World War II, he was executed for helping the Nazis destroy that community.

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