The Conference on “Ottoman Turkish Sephardi Jews”, honored by Mr. Ali Sarıkaya, Member of Turkish Grand National Assembly, Chairman of the Turkey-USA Interparliamentary Friendship Group, and modarated by Dr. Mark Meirowitz, SUNY Maritime College, was held yesterday with over 320 participants.
We thank to the distinguished speakers, Mr. Naim Güleryüz, Project Coordinator at Jewish Museum in İstanbul, Dr. Ozan Arslan from İzmir University of Economics and Prof. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis from CUNY, for sheding light on the extraordinary history of Turkish Sephardi Jews. We also thank Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun for hosting this outstanding event and extend our appreciation to those who joined us yesterday.
