Isaac Benveniste
by Steven Benveniste Nemirovsky
The oral history of Isaac Benveniste was from Steven Nemirovsky. He is the son of Rachel Benveniste Newman, the daughter of Isaac Benveniste of Izmir, Turkey, and Sarina Fis of the Island of Rhodes. Steven was born in Los Angeles and grew up within the Rhodes Sephardic community of Leimert Park and Ladera Heights.
To download and read Steve’s story: Ke Haber? September 2022
Steve with the famous Turkish Udist, Udi Hirant Emre in Istanbul, Turkey, 1973.
About the author:
Steven Nemirovsky is a retired translator who is fluent in Judeo-Spanish. He has been a vital contributor to the Rhodes Jewish Historical Foundation and translated Solitreo documents from Rhodes. Below are some of the postcards he translated and transliterated that were published in the Rhodesli Jewish Calendar.