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La rinascita del ladino

immagine Shutterstock Lo studio della ingua delle comunità sefardite esce dalle aule universitarie “Quando al professore Bryan Kirschen è stato chiesto di istituire un corso di ladino online dalla Comunità ebraica sefardita d’America la scorsa primavera, pensava che avrebbe avuto una manciata di studenti. Invece, ne ha avuti centinaia”. Così racconta Forward in un articolo dedicato …

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Ladino está viendo un renacimiento virtual gracias a Zoom

Cuando la Hermandad Judía Sefardí de América le pidió al profesor Bryan Kirschen que organizara un curso de ladino en línea la primavera pasada, pensó que tendría un puñado de estudiantes. En cambio, obtuvo cientos. “Fue increíble”, dijo Kirschen, profesora de español y lingüística y codirectora del Laboratorio Ladino de la …

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Ladino is seeing a virtual renaissance thanks to Zoom

When professor Bryan Kirschen was asked to set up an online Ladino course by the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America last spring, he thought he would get a handful of students. Instead, he got hundreds. “It was incredible,” said Kirschen, professor of Spanish and Linguistics and co-director of the Ladino …

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FACULTY WORKS TO PRESERVE ENDANGERED LADINO LANGUAGE

Assistant Professor of Spanish and Linguistics Bryan Kirschen is working to preserve the Ladino language, which can be traced back to the 15th century. Image Credit: Jonathan Cohen. By Laura Guerrero-Almeida For Bryan Kirschen, Ladino is more than a language he researches — it’s a living entity with a history. “This …

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Saving Ladino

Illustration: Masha Manapov

Bryan Kirschen is out to preserve and protect this ancient language.   For Jewish people, nobody speaks truth like their mothers. Especially when they say things like “Ken kozina vyernes kome shabad.” No, it isn’t Yiddish. Nor Hebrew. It’s Ladino, the ancient language that began developing among Sephardic Jews in …

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