On the left, a letter from the Shemarya family in Rhodes to their kin in Seattle from 1933 (date on letter is wrong) written in Ladino but with Hebrew script, and on the right, a Ladino letter written by 9-year-old Claire Barkey of Rhodes to her uncle Raphael Capelouto in 1930. Claire’s letter is written in the Latin alphabet. These are two of hundreds of letters Naar has collected from Jewish families in the Seattle area.
On the left, a letter from the Shemarya family in Rhodes to their kin in Seattle from 1933 (date on letter is wrong) written in Ladino but with Hebrew script, and on the right, a Ladino letter written by 9-year-old Claire Barkey of Rhodes to her uncle Raphael Capelouto in 1930. Claire’s letter is written in the Latin alphabet. These are two of hundreds of letters Naar has collected from Jewish families in the Seattle area.
On the left, a letter from the Shemarya family in Rhodes to their kin in Seattle from 1933 (date on letter is wrong) written in Ladino but with Hebrew script, and on the right, a Ladino letter written by 9-year-old Claire Barkey of Rhodes to her uncle Raphael Capelouto in 1930. Claire’s letter is written in the Latin alphabet. These are two of hundreds of letters Naar has collected from Jewish families in the Seattle area.