Theatre in Jewish Languages - lecture by Eleanor Harris
Channel: Jewish Language Project
Date: 01/08/2023

Eleanor Harris, Jewish Language Project intern and student at Wellesley College, lectures about theater in Jewish languages. Topics include the early history of Jewish theater, Yiddish Purimshpiels, Ladino / Judeo-Spanish theater in 20th-century Turkey, and contemporary Israeli theater in Juhuri, Moroccan Judeo-Arabic (Maghrebi), and Amharic. Event was held July 31, 2023, in Oklahoma City. Sponsored by the HUC-JIR Jewish Language Project, co-sponsored by the Oklahoma Faith Network, Museum of the Bible, Oklahoma Christian University's Beam Library, Temple B'nai Israel, Oklahoma Hillel, Emanuel Synagogue, Anita Barlow, Drs. Stephen and Roberta Sloan, Rabbi Vered and Benji Harris, Oklahoma City University's Wimberly School of Religion, Oklahoma City Community College World Languages and Cultures Center, Jewish Theatre of Oklahoma, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City.