Profile of Rafael Kamhi
Profile of Rafael Kamhi

Summary/Abstract: Rafael Moše Kamhi (1870–1970) was born in Bitola (then Monastir) in the territory of former Ottoman Macedonia. His family was of Spanish origin; one branch of which settled in Salonika. Kamhi was educated at the Jowish Gymnasium Alians Izraelit. and was multilingual like all the intellectuals of the Ottoman Empire: while he spoke Ladino, his mother’s native tongue, he also knew Turkish, Greek, French and Bulgarian. The archives that he left contain documents in Bulgarian and Ladino.

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