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Date(s) - 05/09/2024
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location
Albert & Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall
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Ladino was the vernacular Jewish language of the Sephardim in the Ottoman Empire, emerging after their expulsion from Spain in 1492. Initially closely tied to translations from Hebrew in print form, it was eventually used in the production of original religious works in the 18th century, and of secular publications in the 19th century. By the turn of the 20th century, Ladino newspapers and works of literature were significant expressions of a rich Ladino culture that formed the core identity of the Ottoman Sephardim. The end of the Ottoman Empire, the rise of new nation-states and the Holocaust did not prove kind to the language, which is now struggling to survive.
Presented by The Oshman Family JCC