"We Speak and Write This Language Against Our Will’: Jews, Hispanics, and the Dilemma of Ladino-Speaking Sephardim in Early 20th Century New York"" by Aviva Ben-Ur

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We Speak and Write This Language Against Our Will’: Jews, Hispanics, and the Dilemma of Ladino-Speaking Sephardim in Early 20th Century New York"

American Jewish Archives (1998)

Aviva Ben-Ur

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Abstract

This article explores interactions of Puerto Ricans and Spanish expats with Ladino-speaking Ottoman Jews (Sephardim) in New York during the first half of the twentieth century, as reported in the U.S. Ladino press. These immigrant periodicals demonstrate that Ladino and Spanish were for the most part mutually intelligible languages. Yes, Sephardim did not always welcome the overtures of Puerto Ricans or Spaniards,

Keywords

Sephardim,
New York City,
Ladino (Judeo-Spanish),
U.S. Ladino press,
immigration,
Jews,
Puerto Ricans

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Publication Date

1998

Citation Information

Aviva Ben-Ur, “‘We Speak and Write This Language Against Our Will’: Jews, Hispanics, and the Dilemma of Ladino-Speaking Sephardim in Early 20th Century New York,” American Jewish Archives 50: 1&2 (1998): 131-142.