Jewish Language Project
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Exploring the languages spoken and written by Jews throughout history and around the world. An initiative of Hebrew Union College.
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The Jewish Word of the Week is mashallah. For more info about this word, visit the Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/5615
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The Jewish Word of the Week is mashallah. For more info about this word, visit the Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/5615
The Jewish Word of the Week is oytser. For more info about this word, visit the Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/4011
Oytser came up in the most recent episode of the Heritage Words podcast, featuring Prof. Karen E.H. Skinazi.
Oytser came up in the most recent episode of the Heritage Words podcast, featuring Prof. Karen E.H. Skinazi.
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Jewish Word of the Week is oytser. For more info about this word, visit the Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/4011
Oytser came up in the most recent episode of the Heritage Words podcast, featuring Prof. Karen E.H. Skinazi.
Oytser came up in the most recent episode of the Heritage Words podcast, featuring Prof. Karen E.H. Skinazi.
The Jewish Word of the Week is howaga. For more info about this word, visit the Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/5824
Howaga came up in the most recent episode of the Heritage Words podcast, featuring Prof. Karen E.H. Skinazi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cL8...
Howaga came up in the most recent episode of the Heritage Words podcast, featuring Prof. Karen E.H. Skinazi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cL8...
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The Jewish Word of the Week is howaga. For more info about this word, visit the Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/5824
Howaga came up in the most recent episode of the Heritage Words podcast, featuring Prof. Karen E.H. Skinazi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cL8...
Howaga came up in the most recent episode of the Heritage Words podcast, featuring Prof. Karen E.H. Skinazi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cL8...
There's still time to submit your Heritage Word song to our song contest! New deadline is Sunday, November 2nd. And did we mention that the grand prize 🏆 is $1000?? (And, you know, the pride of knowing you've helped to preserve your ancestral language...)
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October 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
There's still time to submit your Heritage Word song to our song contest! New deadline is Sunday, November 2nd. And did we mention that the grand prize 🏆 is $1000?? (And, you know, the pride of knowing you've helped to preserve your ancestral language...)
forms.gle/JwxqmsCnkJqG...
forms.gle/JwxqmsCnkJqG...
When your bubbe says "Boo!" - it might be Challahween. 🎃
Learn more about this portmanteau at the Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/6167
Learn more about this portmanteau at the Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/6167
October 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
When your bubbe says "Boo!" - it might be Challahween. 🎃
Learn more about this portmanteau at the Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/6167
Learn more about this portmanteau at the Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/6167
The Jewish Word of the Week is keinehora. For more info about this word, visit the Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/254
October 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Jewish Word of the Week is keinehora. For more info about this word, visit the Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/254
How do you code switch? 🔄
To learn more about Judeo-Arabic, check out Benjamin Hary and Josh Mendel's description on our website: www.jewishlanguages.org/judeo-arabic
To learn more about Judeo-Arabic, check out Benjamin Hary and Josh Mendel's description on our website: www.jewishlanguages.org/judeo-arabic
October 21, 2025 at 12:23 AM
How do you code switch? 🔄
To learn more about Judeo-Arabic, check out Benjamin Hary and Josh Mendel's description on our website: www.jewishlanguages.org/judeo-arabic
To learn more about Judeo-Arabic, check out Benjamin Hary and Josh Mendel's description on our website: www.jewishlanguages.org/judeo-arabic
Reposted by Jewish Language Project
'Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: An Introductory Textbook' by Assaf Bar-Moshe, the first Jewish language handbook published in a OSRJL / UCL series, has received a fantastic review in the Journal of Semitic Studies!
doi.org/10.1093/jss/...
#languagelearning #JewishStudies #bookreview
doi.org/10.1093/jss/...
#languagelearning #JewishStudies #bookreview
Assaf Bar-Moshe, Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: An Introductory Textbook
Wiktor Gębski; Assaf Bar-Moshe, Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: An Introductory Textbook, Journal of Semitic Studies, , fgaf027, https://doi.org/10.1093/jss/fgaf027
doi.org
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
'Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: An Introductory Textbook' by Assaf Bar-Moshe, the first Jewish language handbook published in a OSRJL / UCL series, has received a fantastic review in the Journal of Semitic Studies!
doi.org/10.1093/jss/...
#languagelearning #JewishStudies #bookreview
doi.org/10.1093/jss/...
#languagelearning #JewishStudies #bookreview
Since today is the holiday of Hoshana Rabbah, we're bringing back this Word of the Week. For more about hoshana, check out its Jewish English Lexicon entry: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/2418
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October 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Since today is the holiday of Hoshana Rabbah, we're bringing back this Word of the Week. For more about hoshana, check out its Jewish English Lexicon entry: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/2418
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Reposted by Jewish Language Project
I wrote about how dementia is helping some people preserve rare Judeo-Iranian languages. It's a story of intergenerational partnerships and how family bonds can get stronger even in the face of an awful disease. Check it out! @forward.com @jewishlanguageproj.bsky.social forward.com/culture/7739...
Could dementia be the key to saving endangered Jewish languages?
Sometimes when people's short-term memories begin to falter, they recall the first languages that they learned.
forward.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I wrote about how dementia is helping some people preserve rare Judeo-Iranian languages. It's a story of intergenerational partnerships and how family bonds can get stronger even in the face of an awful disease. Check it out! @forward.com @jewishlanguageproj.bsky.social forward.com/culture/7739...
This weekend we are saying Shabbat shalom and hoping for shalom - for peace. 🕊
October 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This weekend we are saying Shabbat shalom and hoping for shalom - for peace. 🕊
The Jewish Word of the Week is Bendichas manos! 👐
You can learn more about this #Ladino expression at jel.jewish-languages.org/words/5545
Thank you to Elaine Lindheim, the most recent guest on our Heritage Words podcast, for teaching us this expression.
You can learn more about this #Ladino expression at jel.jewish-languages.org/words/5545
Thank you to Elaine Lindheim, the most recent guest on our Heritage Words podcast, for teaching us this expression.
October 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Jewish Word of the Week is Bendichas manos! 👐
You can learn more about this #Ladino expression at jel.jewish-languages.org/words/5545
Thank you to Elaine Lindheim, the most recent guest on our Heritage Words podcast, for teaching us this expression.
You can learn more about this #Ladino expression at jel.jewish-languages.org/words/5545
Thank you to Elaine Lindheim, the most recent guest on our Heritage Words podcast, for teaching us this expression.
The Jewish Word of the Week is this wonderful Ladino expression: los ojos en veinte cuatro. 👀
We learned this from our latest Heritage Words podcast guest, Elaine Lindheim. Check out the episode on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts!
youtu.be/kGgOCGAbHqk?...
We learned this from our latest Heritage Words podcast guest, Elaine Lindheim. Check out the episode on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts!
youtu.be/kGgOCGAbHqk?...
October 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Jewish Word of the Week is this wonderful Ladino expression: los ojos en veinte cuatro. 👀
We learned this from our latest Heritage Words podcast guest, Elaine Lindheim. Check out the episode on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts!
youtu.be/kGgOCGAbHqk?...
We learned this from our latest Heritage Words podcast guest, Elaine Lindheim. Check out the episode on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts!
youtu.be/kGgOCGAbHqk?...
🎺 Endangered language course alert!
The JLP is proud to be partnering with New Lehrhaus on a series called "Language Keepers: Documenting Endangered Jewish Languages." The first course will cover Judeo-Kashani, spoken by Jews of Kashan, Iran. Info + registration: newlehrhaus.org/program/jude...
The JLP is proud to be partnering with New Lehrhaus on a series called "Language Keepers: Documenting Endangered Jewish Languages." The first course will cover Judeo-Kashani, spoken by Jews of Kashan, Iran. Info + registration: newlehrhaus.org/program/jude...
September 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🎺 Endangered language course alert!
The JLP is proud to be partnering with New Lehrhaus on a series called "Language Keepers: Documenting Endangered Jewish Languages." The first course will cover Judeo-Kashani, spoken by Jews of Kashan, Iran. Info + registration: newlehrhaus.org/program/jude...
The JLP is proud to be partnering with New Lehrhaus on a series called "Language Keepers: Documenting Endangered Jewish Languages." The first course will cover Judeo-Kashani, spoken by Jews of Kashan, Iran. Info + registration: newlehrhaus.org/program/jude...
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, will begin on Wednesday evening. Here's a piece of Sephardic liturgy for this holiday, via the London Spanish and Portuguese Prayerbook.
September 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, will begin on Wednesday evening. Here's a piece of Sephardic liturgy for this holiday, via the London Spanish and Portuguese Prayerbook.
The Jewish Word of the Week is FFB! You can learn more about this word at the Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/1335
September 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The Jewish Word of the Week is FFB! You can learn more about this word at the Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/1335
The Jewish Word of the Week is shatnez! Learn more about it through our Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/1644
September 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Jewish Word of the Week is shatnez! Learn more about it through our Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/1644
The Jewish Word of the Week is achi! Learn more about it through our Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/6052
September 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Jewish Word of the Week is achi! Learn more about it through our Jewish English Lexicon: jel.jewish-languages.org/words/6052
Today's Fun Fact features ISL - Israeli Sign Language! You can learn more about ISL via Rose Stamp's new article on our website: www.jewishlanguages.org/israeli-sign...
September 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Today's Fun Fact features ISL - Israeli Sign Language! You can learn more about ISL via Rose Stamp's new article on our website: www.jewishlanguages.org/israeli-sign...
Happy 'Maloche' Day! From our language to yours. #fromthevault
#labordayweekend #yiddish #languages #linguistics #jewish #jewishlanguages
#labordayweekend #yiddish #languages #linguistics #jewish #jewishlanguages
September 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Happy 'Maloche' Day! From our language to yours. #fromthevault
#labordayweekend #yiddish #languages #linguistics #jewish #jewishlanguages
#labordayweekend #yiddish #languages #linguistics #jewish #jewishlanguages
Summer programs are powerful, providing youth with engaging and interactive sessions that foster a long-term commitment and interest to Jewish learning experiences.
To help support this vital work, become a sustaining donor today.
Link in bio to donate.
#jewish #nonprofit
#linguistics
To help support this vital work, become a sustaining donor today.
Link in bio to donate.
#jewish #nonprofit
#linguistics
August 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Summer programs are powerful, providing youth with engaging and interactive sessions that foster a long-term commitment and interest to Jewish learning experiences.
To help support this vital work, become a sustaining donor today.
Link in bio to donate.
#jewish #nonprofit
#linguistics
To help support this vital work, become a sustaining donor today.
Link in bio to donate.
#jewish #nonprofit
#linguistics
Tired of wishing your kids "good night"? Mix it up with some Ladino now and then. 🌙 🌚 🌔
This phrase comes from an episode in our upcoming Season 3 of Heritage Words! Keep a lookout 👀
#ladino #jewishlanguages #jewish #linguistics #judeospanish
This phrase comes from an episode in our upcoming Season 3 of Heritage Words! Keep a lookout 👀
#ladino #jewishlanguages #jewish #linguistics #judeospanish
August 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Tired of wishing your kids "good night"? Mix it up with some Ladino now and then. 🌙 🌚 🌔
This phrase comes from an episode in our upcoming Season 3 of Heritage Words! Keep a lookout 👀
#ladino #jewishlanguages #jewish #linguistics #judeospanish
This phrase comes from an episode in our upcoming Season 3 of Heritage Words! Keep a lookout 👀
#ladino #jewishlanguages #jewish #linguistics #judeospanish
Love languages 👄?
Love music 🎶?
Love 💸 💰 🤑?
Send us your heritage song submissions by Oct 26th for a $1000 prize!
Details at jewishlanguages.org/events
Love music 🎶?
Love 💸 💰 🤑?
Send us your heritage song submissions by Oct 26th for a $1000 prize!
Details at jewishlanguages.org/events
August 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Love languages 👄?
Love music 🎶?
Love 💸 💰 🤑?
Send us your heritage song submissions by Oct 26th for a $1000 prize!
Details at jewishlanguages.org/events
Love music 🎶?
Love 💸 💰 🤑?
Send us your heritage song submissions by Oct 26th for a $1000 prize!
Details at jewishlanguages.org/events
Happy 25th! Have a celebratory coffee in honor ☕️
#yiddish
#jewish #coffee #jewishlanguage #linguistics
#yiddish
#jewish #coffee #jewishlanguage #linguistics
August 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Happy 25th! Have a celebratory coffee in honor ☕️
#yiddish
#jewish #coffee #jewishlanguage #linguistics
#yiddish
#jewish #coffee #jewishlanguage #linguistics
Bless you! 🤧
Today's Jewish Word of the Week is BIVAS, KRESKAS, ENFLORESKAS!
Check it out at the Jewish English Lexicon (jel.jewish-languages.org) or in Heritage Words, our podcast exploring ancestral language.
Gesundheit!
#jewish #blessings #jewishlanguages #ladino #linguistics #funfact
Today's Jewish Word of the Week is BIVAS, KRESKAS, ENFLORESKAS!
Check it out at the Jewish English Lexicon (jel.jewish-languages.org) or in Heritage Words, our podcast exploring ancestral language.
Gesundheit!
#jewish #blessings #jewishlanguages #ladino #linguistics #funfact
August 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Bless you! 🤧
Today's Jewish Word of the Week is BIVAS, KRESKAS, ENFLORESKAS!
Check it out at the Jewish English Lexicon (jel.jewish-languages.org) or in Heritage Words, our podcast exploring ancestral language.
Gesundheit!
#jewish #blessings #jewishlanguages #ladino #linguistics #funfact
Today's Jewish Word of the Week is BIVAS, KRESKAS, ENFLORESKAS!
Check it out at the Jewish English Lexicon (jel.jewish-languages.org) or in Heritage Words, our podcast exploring ancestral language.
Gesundheit!
#jewish #blessings #jewishlanguages #ladino #linguistics #funfact