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Sunday, January 19 • 11:30am - 12:40pm
Evolution of the Sephardic Community of Seattle

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Who are the Jews of Rhodes and Turkey and how did they end up in Seattle? Come learn how the Sephardic community in Seattle started and developed into the third-largest Sephardic community in the US (after New York and Los Angeles). Isaac Azose, hazzan emeritus of Congregation Ezra Bessaroth and a Seward Park resident since 1962, will share a PowerPoint presentation that tells the fascinating early history of Sephardic Seattle. And because a session with Hazzan Azose would not be complete without singing, he will teach a few Ladino Romansas, Judeo-Spanish ballads developed in the former Ottoman Empire.
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Isaac Azose

Isaac Azose was born in 1930 in Seattle to parents born in Turkey. Attending Sephardic Bikur Holim synagogue, he drank in every word and nuance from the Turkish-born cantors, eventually becoming hazzan (cantor) at Congregation Ezra Bessaroth in 1966 for 34 years. He also worked full-time... Read More →

Sunday January 19, 2020 11:30am - 12:40pm PST
R302 / 48
  History/Community   Sephardic   Discussion   Lecture

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