Gala Celebrating the Documentation of Endangered Jewish Languages (Oct 17th, 2021)

This online gala was organized by the HUC-JIR Jewish Language Project, Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, and Wikitongues and took place over Zoom on Oct 17th, 2021. The event showed how current grassroots efforts are making a huge difference in protecting Jewish languages for future generations.
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The event emphasized the intergenerational value of protecting heritage languages. It featured a panel of speakers of endangered Jewish languages (including Jewish Neo-Aramaic, Judeo-Hamadani, and Ladino), a presentation of oral history videos compiled by Wikitongues, a showcase of Living Dictionaries, an introduction to Jewish languages by Professor Sarah Bunin Benor, and an opening film by Alan Niku. A community discussion followed the main presentation.
The Jewish Language Project, Wikitongues, and Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Language have committed to recording speakers of endangered Jewish languages and making an incredible array of digital resources - such as video oral histories and online Living Dictionaries - available to the public.
Donations will be used towards:
- Recording and safeguarding oral histories by fluent speakers and making those recordings accessible online
- Editing, captioning and subtitling videos so they are multilingual and useful for educational and research purposes
- Collecting data and recording audio to create Living Dictionaries in multiple endangered Jewish languages
- Training the next generation of language activists to continue this documentation and revitalization work for years to come.
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Additional resources on Jewish languages, many of which were mentioned during the Gala:
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