Listen to Hazzan Isaac Azose sing a popular Ladino song with an Ottoman melody
With Ladino lyrics drawn from the Sephardic Studies Digital Collection, UW Ph.D. student Ke Guo and Hazzan Isaac Azose preserve the Ottoman tune to "El Dyo Alto."
“Lessons (Not) Learned from the Holocaust” lectures all available online
Video and audio recordings of all of the lectures from our 2020 series are now available online!
VIDEO | 8th Annual Ladino Day: Revolutionizing Ladino, from the Printing Press to the Smartphone
The 8th Annual Ladino Day at the University of Washington highlighted technological developments that have shaped Ladino over time. Featuring Rachel Amado Bortnick, Carlos Yebra López, and Devin E. Naar.
Ladino Day 2020: Revolutionizing Ladino, from the Printing Press to the Smartphone
Devin Naar discusses the future of Ladino language learning with two experts, Rachel Amado Bortnick and Carlos Yebra López, and a new oral history project connects UW graduate students with Ladino speakers in Seattle.
2020 Impact Report
Read the Impact Report online
Ladino newspapers are the new wave in “uncharted waters” of digital history
Newspapers capture the past and hold key to Ladino’s future, says UW computer science student Ben Lee.
VIDEO | Teaching Computers to Read Ladino: Student Coffee Hour with SCJS Graduate Fellow Ben Lee
Watch a recording from our fall virtual coffee hour where 2020-21 Jewish Studies Graduate Fellow Ben Lee shared his research that applies machine learning technology to Ladino newspapers.