
Sunday, December 04
10:00am to 11:30amOn the tenth anniversary of International Ladino Day, UW’s Sephardic Studies Program presents three experts from different generations, all working to revitalize Ladino (Judeo-Spanish), the traditional language of Sephardic Jews. Zoom webinar format.
Speakers will include:
*Rachel Bortnick — founder of the Ladinokomunitaonline community
*Eliezer Papo – Ladino scholar featured in the documentary The Last Sephardic Jew
*Karen Sarhon — editor-in-chief of the Ladino language publication El Amaneser
*Nesi Altaras — editor of Avlaremoz, a Turkish-Jewish online magazine
This event is hosted by the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies.