Roz Kohen was born and raised in İstanbul, Türkiye. She attended the Jewish Lycée, B'nai B'rith in the Galata region and graduated from the American College for Girls in İstanbul. She has a graduate degree in Library Science. She retired recently after working as manager of one of St. Louis County Library branches in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.

Roz shares with us her life growing up in Istanbul, making her way to Israel and then the US, finding out along the way what it means to be "Sephardic."

Interviewer: Dr. Drora Arussy and Dalya Arussy

Producer: Moshe Singer

Executive Producers: Dr. Drora Arussy and Dalya Arussy Di Veroli

Musical attributions:

Vanessa Paloma - "Avrom Avinu" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqizmoj9n74&list=PLGhpKVCbiejTOe6Y1QYxiPWwg2mZt2R4w&index=2

Vanessa Paloma - "Moses Salio De Misrayim" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM1qeR-NV30&list=PLGhpKVCbiejTOe6Y1QYxiPWwg2mZt2R4w&index=1

Samuel Torjman Thomas - Judeo-Muslim Soundscapes in Morocco: A Tradition of Musical Dialogue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_gLMmJEfko&list=PLe9MY0_QNmDr8hsh2cae_RXuw9vhWqRF7

Samuel Torjman Thomas - Uncommon Commonalities: Music and Piyyut as Dialogue https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lBlcpUPxZ0WpI0VqeAtfodBAojegWoQV/view?usp=sharing