Heritage Words

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~42 min episodes

About Heritage Words

Heritage Words features interviews about the words we've inherited and the meaning they bring to our lives. Heritage Words is produced by the HUC Jewish Language Project, which raises awareness about Jewish ancestral diversity through the lens of language, in partnership with HUC Connect. Sarah Bunin Benor is the host.

Language: English
Type: podcast

Episodes(34)

1
Bon Siman and Oy Vey: Jewish Papiamentu and Curaçao Yiddish with Michèle Russel-Capriles and Phyllis Meit
27 May41m
2
Dancing on the Same Page: Multilingual Calligraphy and Bridge-Building with Ruben Shimonov
13 May43m
3
From Baghdad to London: Losing and Keeping Judeo-Iraqi Arabic with Samantha Ellis
29 Apr47m
4
Singing from the Fragments: Iraqi-Ashkenazi Music with Yoni Avi Battat
15 Apr52m
5
The Rabbi Who Rejected Yiddish: Mordecai Kaplan’s Vision with Jenna Weissman Joselit
30 Mar51m
6
Chicken-Footed Demons and Synagogue Shouting: Venezuelan Sephardic Life with Joseph Bendahan
18 Mar38m
7
Bonus Episode: Ayuni: Foods of our Middle Eastern and North African Jewish Grandmothers
11 Mar52m
8
Opera and Film: Christian and Jewish Neo-Aramaic with Nora Lacey and Alan Niku
4 Mar53m

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