The podcast episode discusses the history of Salonica, now Thessaloniki, which became the largest Jewish city in Europe after the influx of Sephardi Jews expelled from Spain in the late 15th century.

"Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the Twentieth Century" by Sarah Abrevaya Stein delves into the history of the Levy family from Salonica, exploring their experiences from the 18th century to the aftermath of World War II.

Aron Rodrigue, a Jewish history professor at Stanford University, spoke at a conference at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute focusing on the Jewish history of Salonica (modern-day Thessaloniki, Greece).

The text discusses the Jewish past of Salonica (now Thessaloniki) and the ongoing struggle to remember and honor it amidst desecration and anti-Semitism.

Spain and Portugal have recently passed laws inviting Sephardi Jews to seek citizenship if they can prove their ancestral ties to those expelled at the end of the 15th century or those who fled the Inquisition.

Saadi Besalel a-Levi's memoir, "Singing Gentile Songs," offers a unique insight into 19th-century Salonica, shedding light on the lost Ottoman and Jewish world.