“languages”
Blog
Naming Other Jews: Looking at Yiddish Speakers Through Ladino
Nesi Altaras
How did Ladino speakers refer to newly arrived Ashkenazim in Ottoman cities? Nesi Altaras uses Ladino’s lexicon as an archive to excavate the power dynamics between Jews speaking different languages, particularly the disdain felt by the already established towards the newly arrived.
Apr 01, 2022
Interview
Endangered and Emerging Jewish Languages: An Interview with Sarah Bunin Benor
Marina Mayorski
Marina Mayorski talks with Sarah Bunin Benor about her work recording, preserving, and teaching about Jewish languages.
Jun 12, 2020
Interview
Bad Jews Making Good TV: An Interview with Yidlife Crisis
Dade Lemanski
Jamie Elman and Eli Batalion on language politics in Montreal, Jewish comedy, and making pop culture in Yiddish.
Mar 27, 2016
Blog
What is the Language of Contemporary Yiddish Scholarship?
Sonia Gollance
At Yiddish academic conferences in Israel, English is often the language of scholarship and conversation. Why?
Nov 10, 2015