IV Seminario Anual Internacional 2022-2023

“Sefarad, su cultura y sus diásporas”

Segundo encuentro
Monday, December 12, 2022, 16:00hs-17:30hs

Salti Institute for Ladino Studies

Bar Ilan University, Building 410, Room 332

Book Presentation (in English):

Daddy, why do they call us Dönmeh?

Suzan Nana Tarablus

Daddy, Why Do They Call Us Dönmeh? is a

collection of interviews through which the
author was able to shine a light on the famous
messianic movement of Sabbatai Zevi from
the 17th century and which continues to
survive in its multiple identities. Even if today
most of the old community has disappeared,
the remaining few members of this society
keep fighting to preserve their tradition by
telling stories about their families as well as by
laying bare their fears and hopes for the future
of the Salonican.
 Suzan Nana Tarablus (Istanbul) graduated from the
American College for Girls and Istanbul University.
She was the first professional editor-in-chief of the
Şalom Newspaper and her research and travel
articles have been published in Şalom Magazine –
DERGI where she has also been working as editor-
in-chief since 2016. She is the author of five books,
Bir Sabah Galata’da Uyandım (One Morning I
Woke Up at Galata), Çek Kayıkçı Balat’a (Boatman
Row to Balat), Kuşaktan Kuşağa Kuzguncuk
Yolculuğum (My Kuzguncuk Journey Through
Generations), Baba Bize Neden Dönme Diyorlar?
(Daddy, Why Do They Call Us Dönmeh?) and lastly
Anlatmak için Yaşadım (I lived to tell), all published
by Varlık Yayıncılık. She is a member of the Press Council since 2020.