Association for Jewish Studies 2020, Dec 13-17: panels on Jewish Languages and Linguistics

[renee.pe...@gmail.com]

Dear Jewish Languages list,

This year's Association of Jewish Studies began today (Dec 13-17, 2020), and it's being held online this year. The Jewish Languages and Linguistics division will have a rich and vibrant program of five panels total - the information is below. Each panel will have its dedicated zoom room. If you'd like to register for the conference, and haven't yet, please visit https://associationforjewishstudies.org/2020-annual-conference

Renee Perelmutter

(all times listed are EST)

Monday, Dec. 14, 12:30PM-1:45PM: 

HEBREW LANGUAGE IDEOLOGIES: IDENTITY AND RESISTANCE IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS AND BEYOND

Chair: Sarah Bunin Benor (Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion)

Marco Di Giulio (Franklin & Marshall College): "Inducting the Deaf into Zionism: Oralism and the Tyranny of Hebrew"

Anastasia Badder (University of Luxembourg): ""Gett[ing] in a flow of reading": Linguistic Possibilities and Challenges in a Liberal Talmud Torah Classroom"

Omri Asscher (Bar-Ilan University): "On American Jewish language ideologies since the mid-twentieth century"

Tuesday, Dec. 15, 12:30PM-1:45PM: 

HEBREW AND ARAMAIC ELEMENTS IN JEWISH LANGUAGES

Moderator:         Renee Perelmutter (University of Kansas)

Discussants:        

Sarah Bunin Benor (Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion)
David M. Bunis (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Benjamin H. Hary (New York University)
Lily Okalani Kahn (UCL)
Ofra Tirosh-Becker (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Wednesday, Dec. 16, 11:00AM-12:15PM:

INNOVATIONS IN THE HASIDIC YIDDISH PRONOMINAL SYSTEM

Chair: Lily Okalani Kahn (UCL)

Chaya R Nove (The Graduate Center, CUNY): "Leveling in the Hasidic Yiddish pronominal paradigm"

Sonya Yampolskaya (St Petersburg State University): "‘MENTALITI FUN DE SHPRAKH’: T/V distinction in contemporary Hasidic Yiddish"

Zoe Belk (University College London): "Overview of Hasidic Yiddish pronouns based on elicited spoken data"

Wednesday, Dec. 16, 12:15pm-1:45pm

YIDDISH LINGUISTIC IDENTITY ACROSS COMMUNITIES AND GENERATIONS

Chair: Chaya R Nove (The Graduate Center, CUNY)

Sandra Fox (Stanford University): "Yiddish and Identity from Yugntruf to Yiddish Farm"

Isaac L Bleaman (University of California, Berkeley): "Attitudes toward Change in a Maintained Language: Yiddish in New York"

Eszter Kriszta Szendroi (University College London): "Hasidic Attitudes towards Yiddish and Identity"

Respondent: Chaya R Nove (The Graduate Center, CUNY)

Thursday, Dec. 17, 11:00-12:15pm

MINORITY JEWISH LANGUAGES IN ISRAEL: DOCUMENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Chair: Benjamin H. Hary (New York University)

Anbessa Teferra (Tel Aviv University): "Features of Hebraized Amharic"

Renee Perelmutter (University of Kansas): "Jewish Identity and Arguments about Language among Russian-speaking ex-Soviet Jews in Israel"

Respondent: Isaac L Bleaman (University of California, Berkeley)

[Ora Schwarzwald]

Please send the zoom connections.

Thanks,

Ora Schwarzwald

 

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Prof. Ora R. Schwarzwald

Hebrew and Semitic Languages

Bar-Ilan University

Ramat Gan, Israel 52900

Tel: 972-3-5325021 (home), 5318226/667 (office)

Fax: 972-3-7384192 (department)

e-mail: ora.sch...@biu.ac.il, ora.sch...@gmail.com

http://sites.google.com/site/oraschwarzwald

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[Renee Perelmutter]

Dear Ora - 

Unfortunately, I cannot post zoom links here because the organizers are asking everybody to enter through the conference website to avoid cybersecurity issues - and to make sure you are registered. The conference link has detailed information: https://associationforjewishstudies.org/2020-annual-conference

Hope you can join us!

take care,

Renee

[Sarah Benor]

Ora,

There are no Zoom links available. The only way to join is to register for the conference and login through the conference website. But I think it’s not too late to register. I hope to see you there!

Sarah

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