New Publication: Letras Hispanas (Special Volume 21.2, 2025)

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Letras Hispanas - Special Volume 21.2, 2025

Judeo-Spanish and Sephardic Studies

Invited Editor:
Bryan Kirschen

Table of Contents

Introduction
Bryan Kirschen (Binghamton University)

Essays

“Kayadés: Practices of the (un)Sayable Across Generations of Turkish Sephardim”
Ioana Aminian Jazi (Austrian Academy of Sciences)

“Sontinuity: Letters, Sounds, and Judeo-Spanish Epistemologies of Being”
Vanessa Paloma Elbaz (University of Cambridge)

“In Search of Sephardic Heritage in Ruth Behar’s Literature for Children”
Judith Lin (Fortunoff Fellow at Yale University)

“‘Why is this Night Different from All Other Nights?’: The Use of Ladino in Ritualized Ceremony Among Sephardim”
Bryan Kirschen (Binghamton University)

“Ladino Learners’ Views on Learning Ladino: Challenges and Needs in Revitalizing a Threatened Language”
Kent Fredholm (Karlstad University, Sweden)

“Ladino en Kaza: The Promise of At-Home Language Nesting as a Revitalization Method for Ladino"
Julia Peck (University of California, Berkeley)

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