Tag Archives: Sephardim

BALKANIA – SEPHARDI CULTURE IN THE BALKANS: JUDEO-SPANISH IN STANDARD LANGUAGE CULTURES: MINORITY/DOMINATED LANGUAGES AND LANGUAGE IDEOLOGIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY by Jelena Filipović

The status and sustainability of minority/dominated languages in the 21st century are very much influenced by general and language ideologies of times gone by. Namely, Eurocentric modernity-driven language policy and planning, which result in the formation of standard language culture ideologies, are at the core of the cultural, political and historical frameworks which, since …

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Sephardic Hanouka Traditions and Halakhot by Joseph Mosseri

There are some significant differences in the halakhot of Hanoukah between Sephardim and Ashkenazim, and it is very important for all of us to keep our minhagim clear and consistent–especially when a lot of Sephardic traditions are no longer followed simply because of the ignorance of those in the society …

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