Judaeo-Arabic
A Lexicological Study of Arabic and Judaeo-Arabic in Iraqi Hebrew Novels
by Mohamed A. H. Ahmed ABSTRACT Sami Michael (b. Baghdad, 1926), Shimon Ballas (b. Baghdad, 1930) and Eli Amir (b. Baghdad, 1937) are three Iraqi Jewish authors who immigrated to Israel, […]
Is the Lost Language of Iraqi Jews Really Lost?
By Mardean Isaac On the anniversary of the Farhud of 1941, when Iraqi Jews’ violent dispossession began, a look at how the Baghdadi diaspora’s eventual return to Israel fostered scholarly […]
Help Preserve Judaeo-Arabic
University of Haifa Mother Tongue Project aimed at preserving pieces of our linguistic heritage. The phenomenon of language death is not unique to the Jewish people. The loss of languages […]
Arabic has a Jewish dialect, and these women speak it
Public Radio International tells us the unlikely story of the near-death and cultural revival of Judeo-Arabic. Alina Simone tracked down three Judeo-Arabic speakers in Montreal. They arrived there decades […]
