El Humor Sefaradí y la Lengua Ladino Ladino and Sephardic Humor

American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Greater Florida Region
in cooperation with
Federación Sefaradí Latinoamericana (FeSeLa)
Invites you to
El Humor Sefaradí y la Lengua Ladino
Ladino and Sephardic Humor

with
Dr. Eliezer Papo
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Monday, February 13, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Temple Moses
1200 Normandy Drive Miami Beach, Florida

R.S.V.P. to Joy Felton at jfelton@aabgu.org or 561-237-2873 by February 7, 2012.

Dr. Eliezer Papo is the vice director of Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Culture at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He has taught folklore, folk literature, Judeo-Spanish culture, and Hebrew literature at BGU since 2002. Born and raised in Sarajevo, Dr. Papo has a B.A. in law from the University of Sarajevo, a degree in Rabbinics from Midrash Sephardi in Jerusalem, an M.A. in Jewish languages in literatures from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and a Ph.D. in Hebrew literature from BGU. His Ph.D. thesis was titled “And Thou Shall Jest with Your Son: Judeo-Spanish Parodies on the Passover Haggadah.” A novelist and short story writer, Dr. Papo has also published many articles on Sephardic culture and literature. He is featured in the 2004 documentary “El Ultimo Sefardi,” focusing on the current state of Ladino culture worldwide.