Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Now translated into 49 Jewish languages: the Jewish spring ritual of counting the Omer

(JTA) — There are 49 days between the second night of Passover and the holiday of Shavuot, but who’s counting? Jews the world over, in fact, and in languages familiar and obscure. The daily counting ...
The Forward

Iran’s Jewish languages are dying. Can intrepid linguists save them before it’s too late?

For centuries in Iran, each Jewish community had its own language. Judeo-Iranian languages include Esfāhāni, Yazdi, Kermāni, Shīrāzi, Hamedāni, Kāshāni, Nehavandi, Borujerdi, Khunsāri and Golpāygān.