Konstantinopol Djudyo / Jewish Constantinople

Konstantinopol Djudyo –  Una Koleksyon de Konsejas i Fotografias/ Jewish Constantinople– A Collection of Stories and Photographs

Konstantinopol Djudyo   retrata la vida Djudia durante la epoka de transformasyon del Imperio Otomano a la moderna Republika de Turkiya. La ovra representa las doz generasyones anteriores de Estambol Djudyo. Las konsejas semi biografikas son sovre los antepasados Kohen, Benshoam, Levi i Romano. El livro inkluye fotografias de los arshivos de la famiya Kohen. Eyos fueron las ultimas jenerasyones ke bivyeron avlando Djudeo-Espanyol. Pudyeron preservar suz lengua maternala asta ke los trokamyentos provokados por las dos Gerras Mundialas trusheron fin a suz esforsoz. Kon suz konsejas pasyonadas de los evenimyentos de la jenerasyon de sus padres i el uso de proverbios en Djudeo-Espanyol, alkansaron a preserver no solo la lingua ma la istoria kultural ke representava. Jewish Constantinople portrays Jewish life during the transition from the Ottoman Empire to the modern Republic of Turkey. It spans the two generations prior to the one depicted in Jewish İstanbul. The semi-biographical vignettes feature the Kohen, Benshoam, Levi and Romano family ancestors. The book includes photographs from the Kohen family archives. These were the last generations to grow up speaking Judeo-Spanish. They strove to preserve their native tongue until the changes brought by the two World Wars overwhelmed their efforts. Through the passionate retelling of the previous generation’s stories and the use of colorful Judeo-Spanish proverbs, they sought to preserve not only the language but the cultural history it embodied.