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The YIVO Institute is pleased to invite you to RUTH GAY SEMINAR IN JEWISH STUDIES Sponsored by YIVO in partnership with the American Sephardi Federation TITLE: "UNCOMMON VOICES, EVERYDAY LIVES: JEWISH EXPERIENCES IN SALONIKA THROUGH THE YIVO ARCHIVES" RSVP REQUIRED: EMAIL [email protected] OR CALL 212-294-6143 DATE: SUNDAY, JULY 12 TIME: MEET THE FACULTY: 3PM SEMINAR: 3:30 PM PLACE: CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY, 15 WEST 16TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY PRESENTER: DEVIN NAAR CHAIR: DR. ISAAC BENMAYOR INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: DR. STEVEN BOWMAN Devin Naar, Historian of the Salonika Project at YIVO, is a doctoral candidate at Stanford University and is writing his dissertation on the Jewish Community of Salonika during the 19th and 20th centuries.The Salonika Project under which the Archive of the Jewish Community of Salonika at YIVO was organized, microfilmed and digitized, was supported by the Maurice Amado Foundation and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Isaac Benmayor was born and raised in Thessaloniki and holds a Ph.d. in Modern Greek Linguistics from Oxford University. Benmayor is a past president of the American Friends of the Jewish Museum of Greece and has worked on a number of publications on the Holocaust in Greece. Steven Bowman is Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati and a historian of Greek Jewry. The Salonika Project at YIVO was supported by the Maurice Amado Foundation and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The project was carried out thanks to the support and guidance of an Academic Advisory Committee: Dr. Steven Bowman, University of Cincinnati, Professor of Judaic Studies, Historian of Greek Jewry Dr. Aron Rodrigue, Stanford University, Professor of Sephardic History Dr. Jane Gerber, CUNY Graduate Center, Director, Jewish Studies Dr. Isaac Benmayor, Scholar of Ladino and History of Salonika Marcia Hadad Ikonomopoulos, Historian of Greek Jewry, President, Association of Friends of Greek Jewry Dr. David Bunis, Professor of Ladino, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Dr. Rena Molho, Panteion University, Athens
