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(US-CA) UCLA Acquires Major Collection Chronicling Sephardic Jewish Past in LA

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Jan Meisels Allen janmallen@att.net

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UCLA's Sephardic Archive which was launched in 2015, is the first of its
kind in the United States. Its focus, at least initially, will be on the Los
Angeles Ladino speaking community whose pioneer immigrants came from
modern-day Turkey and the Balkans in the early 20th century. Over time the
collection will expand to include Los Angeles' North African, Persian and
other Middle eastern Jewish communities. The UCLA press release states: "
the collection will tell of the migration of Sephardic Jews to California
from the Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa at the turn of the 20th
century; the shaping of Sephardic culture in Los Angeles; and Sephardic
Jews' contributions to the Jewish and urban fabric of L.A."

The first major acquisition to the UCLA Sephardic Archive, which partnered
with the UCLA Library Special Collections, acquired the Sephardic Temple
Tifereth Israel (STTI)-(Los Angeles) collection of 19th century rare books,
photographs, papers and audio visual materials. Much of the collection is
written in Ladino, the Mediterranean Jews Judeo-Spanish language.

Los Angeles is the home to one of the oldest and largest Sephardic
communities in the United States.

To read more about UCLA's Sephardic Archive and the acquisition from STTI see:
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-acquires-major-collection-of-sephardic-jewish-past
[MOD. NOTE: shortened URL - https://goo.gl/ZKv3Ad ]

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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