Nesi Altaras

Cover art

beautiful cover illustration from 1670s, Isaac Cardoso

Also clear to me now that i simply cannot write things in straightforwardly chronologically. I just love thematic resonances too much

Whats been most helpful is talking about my project to anyone who’ll listen and see them get intrigued by it

at the part of the paper writing process where im costantly writing it in my head. Crafting little mental footnotes. Its shaping up.

Bugun ogrendigim sey:
Niksar (Tokat) adi Nea Caesaria’den geliyomus. Yani Turkiyede adi Sezar olan iki sehir var.

Oburu eskisi zaar, direkt Caesaria = Kayseri

Turkce tayfa sonunda twitterdan buraya gelmeye basladi. Artik burasi canlanir

This is the content i want

A delightful Turkish saying translated into Ladino in Vienna’s Ladino paper El Koreo de Viena 1871.

“El azno se fue ala Kâbe, azno se fue i azno torno”

The ass went to the Kaaba (on hajj) he went an ass and returned an ass.

Hadnt heard it in either language!

Preparing a syllabus might be one of the most enjoyable academic things ive done

Inshallah they let me teach this class on the history of Istanbul

Radical honesty in footnotes

Well deserved👏👏👏

your interlibrary loan request is ready to pick up btw if you even care

This made me crack up

“It is not appropriate here to say whether they (christians) or the Jews are the more accursed community.”

Thank u its working!

📌

finally caught up all the things i had sent myself on twitter to read (aug-dec)

Whens @bsky.app gonna introduce a way to save stuff or dm oneself?

2 - Published in 1889 and set in biblical times, Viktor Levi's "La Agua de la Sota, or The Ordeal of Jealousy" was my first dip into Ladino literature.

It's funny, melodramatic, like a telenovela in writing. Highly recommend.

journals.publishing.umich.edu/absinthe/art...

Muestras Konsejas: Yogurt in Sephardi Life - UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies Runner up, student category. Nesi Altaras recounts summers spent on the island of Buyukada, close to Istanbul, and the "traditional but extremely practical" feeling of being Sephardic in Turkey.

I didnt publish much this year bc ive been buried under phd course work. The things i'll remember from this year are my essay on yogurt and the english translation of a a Ladino story.

1 - Yogurt in Sephardi Life, w reminiscing about Buyukada.
jewishstudies.washington.edu/sephardic-st...

Christmas-themed version of Titane

Feeling similarly and finding that many many people are failing the test.

Destroying a worldclass public uni to own the libs

What the hell is a cinnamon ukulele

Ok rude

Reading this rn and for a book from 2010 it feels fresh

Bien sûr!
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Endivina ken topi en la prensa djudia? una famoza turka

"Halide Edib Hanum, la eskrivana bien konosida la kual fue un sierto tiempo komisarya dela instruksyon publiko en angora."

Wow i really gotta check this thing out

Bluesky’s gonna make it

Turkce twitter tasinsin da burasi o zaman senlenir, daha sakin simdilik

Are people still calling posts on here “skeets”?

I really hope that caught on