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Deciphering Secrets & the Revealing Cooperation & Conflict Project

November 21, 2017 by Daniella Levy Leave a Comment

Cropped image of my certificate from Coursera

It is a blessing to be a historical fiction writer in our day and age. I took advantage of many online resources to help me with my research: I toured the streets of Granada and Madrid with Google Street View; I took a drive from Madrid to Toledo with a YouTube dash cam video (why […]

Filed Under: By Light of Hidden Candles, Research Tagged With: by light of hidden candles, history, jewish history, online education, research

Making Sense of the Varieties of Spanish in Hidden Candles

November 14, 2017 by Daniella Levy Leave a Comment

The characters in By Light of Hidden Candles speak a few different languages. Most prominently, of course, they speak English and Spanish, with a handful of words and phrases in Hebrew, Arabic, and even Yiddish and Latin thrown in. However, several versions of Spanish are mentioned. What’s the difference between Ladino and Haketía? Castilian and Andalusian Spanish? Let’s […]

Filed Under: By Light of Hidden Candles, Research Tagged With: haketia, judeo-spanish, ladino, languages, research, spanish, spanish language

Why I Set the Historical Narrative in Lorca

October 13, 2017 by Daniella Levy 1 Comment

The historical narrative of By Light of Hidden Candles is set in a city called Lorca in the region of Murcia. You might never have heard of Lorca; neither had I! It was never even mentioned in first Spanish Jewish history book I consulted in attempt to choose a good location for the historical story. […]

Filed Under: By Light of Hidden Candles, Research Tagged With: by light of hidden candles, locations, lorca, research

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Disengagement

Disengagement

In other times, they would never have met. They come from different corners of Israeli society, rooted in their own beliefs, busy with their own troubles. Farmers and fishermen, skeptics and believers, immigrants and natives, children and grandparents struggle with faith, loss, jealousy, hope—and the turmoil around them only deepens the rifts that divide them. […]

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