“El ke alarga la meza, Alarga la vida.” This is a Sephardic Ladino expression, emphasizing the importance of long convivial tables. It can be translated as the ones who have a long-crowded table, elongates their life, or one who expands the table, expands life, or simply the more the merrier! The story of Sephardic Jews became a demonstration of this expression. Their culinary culture continues to survive here in Türkiye, a legacy reaching from across the other side of the Mediterranean, from the Iberian Peninsula to Anatolia.
Turkey’s Jewish community is shrinking as its younger members seek opportunities abroad. But amid the state’s scramble for foreign investment, the community’s memorialization has become entangled with Erdogan’s push for closer ties with Israel
Museum of Turkish Jews Director Nisya Isman Allovi told the group that the synagogue and Jewish community have been hit by three terror attacks since 1986.
The Netflix hit, "The Club" revisits a forgotten chapter in Turkish history, a time when the city of Istanbul had a flourishing multicultural and multi-faith society, including a Jewish community.