EAST COUNTY LECTURE SERIES: A Jewish Language for All Occasions: Ladino Culture and Literature
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | 10:30 AM
Tifereth Israel Synagogue 6660 Cowles Mountain Blvd, San Diego, CA 92119

While Yiddish expressions pepper American English and great Yiddish novels are celebrated still today, comparatively little is known about Ladino and the cultural world it shaped from 1492 until World War II. While spoken today only by a few people in the United States, Europe, and Israel, Ladino (also known as Judezmo and Judeo-Spanish) was once the language that permeated every aspect of Jewish life in Greece, Turkey and the Balkans. This lecture with Sephardic scholar Dr. Devin Naar provides an introduction to the defining features of the Ladino language, serious and humorous aspects of Ladino folk culture, and key works of Ladino literature, both religious and secular.

Price: Complimentary

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