New English Original bdg. HC. 4to. (27 x 20 cm). In English. 118 p., ills. The Bodrum Jewish Cemetery. With contributions of C. M. Kösemen. Tombstones have many memories to share about the past. For these reasons, they must be made to speak, and their sayings must be carefully recorded¿". Known today mainly as a holiday destination, the Aegean town of Bodrum also hosted a small but important Jewish community in its past. This book catalogues the only remaining physical traces of this community in a small, neglected cemetery. Written by Siren Bora and translated and photographed by C. M. Kösemen, this study includes detailed images of all surviving tombstones in the Bodrum Jewish Cemetery, translations of every legible epitaph and provides useful background information on the history of Bodrum's Jews, Jewish funerary traditions, the details of epitaph texts and more. Contents: Dedications and Acknowledgements - About the Authors - Foreword - A Fatiha at the Jewish Cemetery - Introduction Essay by C. M. Kösemen - Introduction - The History of Bodrum¿s Jews - A Brief Overview - Traditions of Cemeteries and Tombstones in Judaism - The Bodrum Jewish Cemetery - A General - Tombstones and Epitaphs - An Inventory of the Cemetery - Carving Styles of Epitaphs - Language - Titles and Epithets - Ages at Death - Marital Status - Locations - Jobs and Job Titles - Dates of Death - Causes of Death - Decorations and Symbols - Abbreviations on Epitaphs - Religious Phrases on Epitaphs - Sources and Bibliography - Translations of Epitaphs - Miryam Bulisa - Yaakov Romano Behar - Mordehay Avraam Israel - Aharon Barha - Hanula, wife of Itshak Kapuloto - Yaakov Kapuloto - Rahel, wife of Avram Galante - Mizrahi of Milas - Mazaltov, wife of Hayim Kapuloto - Yosef Galante - Hayim Rehamim Kapuloto - Ester, wife of Moshe Habiv - Rivka Tamar, wife of Moshe Anashaman- Rivka, wife of Nesim Notrika- Yosef Franko - Yehiyel Avraam Romano - Shemuel Kadranel, son of Zimbul - Rafael Taribis - Bohor Akyüz - Rafael Menahem Hayim Galante - Nesim Pelisof - Unidentified Man (Composite Tombstone) - Eliyahu Elhadef - Rivka, wife of Gedalya Kapuloto - Itshak M. Kapuloto - Moshe Galante - Yaakov Galante - Sara, wife of Yosef Galante - Baruh Galante - Hezkiya Itzhak Galante - Zinbul, wife of Avraam Romano - Unidentified (Tantsava) - Unidentified - Additional Photographs and Diagrams - Index.
