The
Journal of Jewish Languages is pleased to announce the publication of issue 11.1, edited by Sarah Bunin Benor and Ofra Tirosh-Becker, and the thematic issue 11.2, "Imitating Jewish Speech," guest edited by Neil G. Jacobs and Lea Schäfer:
Volume 11, No . 1
In Memoriam: Tamar Alexander z”l 1–4
Galit Hasan-Rokem
In Memoriam: Moshe Shaul z”l 5–9
David M. Bunis
In Memoriam: Scaria Zacharia z”l 10–14
Ophira Gamliel
Articles
Speech Synthesis in the “Mother Tongue”: Designing, Training, and
Evaluating a Text-to-Speech System for Yiddish 15–43
Isaac L. Bleaman, Jacob J. Webber and Samuel K. Lo
Phonic Convergence in Estonian Yiddish 44–63
Anna Verschik and Karl Pajusalu
A Macaronic Hebrew-Greek-Turkish Poem from the First Printed Karaite
Prayerbook, Venice 1528 64–81
Dan Shapira and Andrey Vinogradov
Specters of Judeo-Spanish: The Case for Judeo-Spanish as a Partial Overlap
of Idiolects Shared by People of Sephardi Culture 82–114
Carlos Yebra López
Book Reviews
A Medieval Karaite Interpretation of The Book of Job as an Edifying
Example and Message of Hope for the Exiled 115–126
Marzena Zawanowska
Rubin, Aaron D. & Lily Kahn. 2021. Jewish Languages from A to Z 127–128
Norman Stillman
Volume 11, No . 2
Special Issue: Imitating Jewish Speech
Guest Editors: Neil G. Jacobs and Lea Schäfer
Introduction: Imitating Jewish Speech 129–133
Neil G. Jacobs and Lea Schäfer
Articles
Judeo-Roman on Stage: The Scena all’ebraica in the Novantanove Disgrazie
di Pulcinella (Rome 1769) by Gregorio Mancinelli 134–166
Erica Baricci
Jewish Speech in Early 19th-Century Greek Comedy 167–192
Julia G. Krivoruchko
“Oy with the Poodles Already!”: Yiddishisms and Non-Jewish Characters on
American Sitcoms 193–228
Rebecca Margolis
Imitation Is the Most Sincere Form of Mockery: Mock Jewish English in
Online Extremist Communities 229–261
Rachel McCullough
“I Was the Only Goyim There”: Linguistic Imitation and Socialization
among Sephardic New Mexicans 262–291
Sarah Leiter
Sincerely,
Sarah Bunin Benor and Ofra Tirosh-Becker
Editors, Journal of Jewish Languages