Whenever a speaker of a Jewish language dies, we lose an opportunity to learn and teach more about the nuances of this rich language and culture. Flory Jagoda devoted much of her life to preserving ...

For centuries in Iran, each Jewish community had its own language. Judeo-Iranian languages include Esfāhāni, Yazdi, Kermāni, Shīrāzi, Hamedāni, Kāshāni, Nehavandi, Borujerdi, Khunsāri and Golpāygān.

What are the Jewish languages? Some are well known — Hebrew is the language of the Torah and of Israel, and Yiddish was the language of the shtetls and the great centers of European Jewish culture.

This webinar featured an engaging conversation on Hebrew, camp and American Jewish life with "Hebrew Infusion" co-authors and National Jewish Book Award winners: Sarah Bunin Benor, Jonathan Krasner, ...

When the haggadah asks: “How is this night different from all other nights?” this year’s unprecedented answers are painfully obvious. With everyone on lockdown, the coronavirus defies the Passover ...

This article offers a linguistic description of Jewish English. After a brief discussion of theoretical issues in Jewish linguistic studies, the article describes distinctive features of Jewish ...

Yaffs Berman (fourth from left), JUF's first-ever Director of Hebrew Initiative, with many of the Chicago area's public-school Hebrew language instructors. Ma nishma, asks the teacher. Sababa, reply a ...