March 6 Event on Jewish Wordle (Ladino / Yiddish / Jewish English), from the Jewish Language Project

[Hannah Pressman]

Dear colleagues,

I am pleased to share that this coming Sunday March 6 at 3 pm PST / 6 pm EST, the HUC-JIR Jewish Language Project will be hosting a timely panel on the emergence of 2022's word-game sensation, Wordle, focusing on its Ladino, Yiddish, and Jewish English versions. Join us for a fun, enlightening conversation with these games' developers: Nesi Altaras, Jamie Conway, and Abra Kaplan. How did they make decisions about which alphabets, spellings, and words to use? How have these games raised awareness about Jewish languages, and what educational applications are possible? Jodi Rudoren, Editor-in-Chief of the Forward, will moderate the conversation, with commentary by Sarah Bunin Benor, Director of the Jewish Language Project.

Sponsored by the HUC-JIR Jewish Language Project (Los Angeles), Forward (New York), and Shalom (Sydney).

RSVP for the Zoom link at https://www.jewishlanguages.org/events. 

Flyer attached if you would like to share the event with your networks! 

Warm regards,

Hannah 

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Hannah S. Pressman, Ph.D.

hannahpressman.com 

Director of Education and Engagement, The Jewish Language Project

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