Jewish Languages

Dear colleagues, The HUC-JIR Jewish Language Project and the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages -

Yiddish: אָנגעבלאָזן ווי אַן אינדיק /ongeblozn vi an indik/ - puffed up אָקס /oks/ - stupid person

For me, this theory sounds farfetched, a typical example of a folk etymology that links unrelated

We received this question: "Are you aware of a Ladino or other Sephardic equivalent of the term

We are pleased to announce the publication of the new book Mizmor Le-David: Studies in Jewish

hi, I'm an ethnomusicologist, and interested in contrafacta of Adon Olam. Do you have (1) a

Hi Mr Varady, Joined the group today and came across this post. Went through the transcription, and

Hello, many years ago I take a paper from someone and even if I check the alphabet I could not

Dear colleagues, I am pleased to share about the Jewish Language Project's first event of 2024!

The name Ahuva does not appear in my book because I never met it in any source dealing with the

Dear Jewish Languages List, I just read the sad news that linguist and Yiddish-English translator

The Journal of Jewish Languages is pleased to announce the publication of issue 11.1, edited by Sarah

Hi, I fully agree with Tamás: there is no need to search for a continuous usage: prior to the 20th

Dear Sasha, dear all, The 11th century glosses regarded as Western Yiddish weren't just Germanic

Dear colleagues, I am pleased to share about the HUC-JIR Jewish Language Project's final two

Over on Greek Wikisource, I've been slowly transcribing the Greek translation of a siddur from

Dear Jewish language scholars, Does anyone know of resonances of this quote in various Jewish

I'm only posting this because I get the feeling that some people on the list will כאפ הנאה from

Dear colleagues, I am pleased to share about the HUC-JIR Jewish Language Project's summer event

Very interesting! I asked this question to several experts who are not on this email list and I

תודה, אורה, על ההשערה המעניינת. צורת הציווי בספרדית הארגנטינית היא דווקא במלרע. הביטוי מקובל בצורתו

Dear all, I am the new AJS division chair for Jewish Languages and Linguistics - thank you, Renee

Dear all, I have been looking for the following book (Alfabetin. Traduzione giudeo-siciliana in

See below about a new course by Mother Tongue about the Language and Culture of Moroccan Jews, taught

Dear colleagues, I am pleased to share information about our brand-new online course, "Speaking

Hebrew Seminary: A Rabbinical School for Deaf & Hearing Organization Overview Hebrew Seminary is

The Sofrim Group is pleased to issue an open invitation for a Zoom lecture by AS Adler on the topic

We are pleased to announce issues 10.1 and 10.2 of the Journal of Jewish Languages, published by

The first time in Yiddish! /Three Men in a Boat/ /(to say nothing of the dog)/ Jerome K. Jerome

Every year, Rabbi Uriel Frank (son of R' Yitzhchak Frank who wrote a famous dictionary of