A Sephardi World on the Border: The Jews of Edirne from the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

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In this lecture, Jacob Daniels (University of Texas at Austin) explored how one of the world's largest Sephardi communities dealt with the encroachment of modern borders. Rather than tracing a linear path "from empire to nation-state," the Jews of Edirne zigzagged between the Ottoman Empire and three nation-states—without moving a mile.