Lecture: “LADINO – The Lenguages of Sephardic and Oriental Jews” by Monique Balbuena

Professor Monique Balbuena
University of Oregon

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,  2011
2 PM

«LADINO – The Lenguages of Sephardic and Oriental Jews»

Keter Torah Synagogue
5480 Orchard Lake Road
West Bloomfield

Ladino, a Romance lenguage derived from old Spanish and heavily influenced by Hebrew and Aramic, was spoken by Sephardic exiles around the world, primarily throughout the Ottoman Empire, Professor Balbuena’s presentation will highlight its  development, decline and recent revival among Sephardic communities, especially  in music.

Dr. Monique Rodrigues Balbuena is associate professor of literature at the Universitu of Oregon’s Clark Honors College. Currently a Fellow at the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies at the Universitu of Michigan, Dr. Balbuena was a Starr Fellow at the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University and frequently serves as a traslator and scholar of comparative literature and Jewish studies.

Co-sponsored by Keter Torah Synagogue and the Jewish Forum
Please RSVP by february 23, 2011 to (313)577-2679 or cohnhaddowcenter@wayne.edu

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