In the second part of the interview with the architect Rivka Geron Schild, who was in charge of the revamp of the Quincentennial Foundation Museum of Turkish Jews, we discussed Istanbul's Jewish heritage, synagogue architecture and Neve...
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Jewish heritage
Crunchy matzah bread, Pesah fasting, the seven-branched menorah, bar mitzvah ceremonies and many other elements of Jewish culture have become an extension of my life through our Jewish friends, classmates and neighbors while I was growing up in Istanbul....
 Karaköy is the hipster heaven of Istanbul. There are times when I pray for the hipster  culture to phase out. If that's your thing, fine! That's the place to be! People watching is here, lemonade in jam jars and  food on chopping boards...
 When I first came across The Women's Museum Istanbul online last year, I got so excited that I set the date to visit the museum the next day! Unfortunately, it turned out that it did not have a venue yet. Never mind in a world, where established...
   When Henri-Cartier Bresson photographed the Camondo steps of Galata it was 1965 -a century after it was commissioned by the banker Camondo family. His photo is, unfortunately, not one of his iconic and flattering stair photos. Still,...
 It is Easter time!! In some neighborhoods you could see the window displays of pastry shops decorated with painted eggs and the sweet smell of mahlep coming from the bakeries that bake easter pastry (or paskalya çöreği in Turkish) for the Easter.I...