This talk will explore the history of Jewish agricultural settlement in Palestine/Israel through the lens of language.
What happened when Yiddish speaking settlers purchased land from Arabic speaking owners with the help of Ladino-speaking (Judeao-Spanish) intermediaries in an Ottoman Turkish context? How did they relate to the Arabic-speaking workers the first of them hired? How did the story change as more of them started speaking Hebrew? How did older settlers confront and content with Jewish newcomers speaking Polish, German, Arabic, and many other languages after World War II?
Talk by Liora Halperin, Associate Professor of International Studies, History, and Jewish Studies, and the Jack and Rebecca Benaroya Endowed Chair in Israel Studies at the
University of Washington.
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