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12/4 EVENT | Ladino Day 2022: The Future of Ladino
Sunday, December 4, 10:00 am PST – 11:30 am PST
On the tenth anniversary of Ladino Day, UW’s Sephardic Studies Program presents four experts from different generations, all working to revitalize Ladino (Judeo-Spanish), the traditional language of Sephardic Jews. Zoom webinar format.
The program will feature, in conversation with Devin E. Naar, Isaac Alhadeff Professor of Sephardic Studies:
- *Karen Gerson Şarhon — editor-in-chief of the Ladino language publication El Amaneser
- *Nesi Altaras — editor of Avlaremoz, a Turkish-Jewish online magazine
- *Rachel Amado Bortnick — founder of the Ladinokomunita online community
- *Eliezer Papo – Ladino scholar featured in the documentary “The Last Sephardic Jew”
Supported by the Lucie Benveniste Kavesh Endowed Fund for Sephardic Studies
Cosponsored by the Departments of Spanish & Portuguese Studies, Linguistics, History, and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of Washington, as well as Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation, the Turkish American Cultural Association of Washington (TACAWA), the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America and the Seattle Sephardic Network.
