Hannah Pressman

PhD @nyuhebrewjudaic. Scholar of Hebrew/Yiddish/Ladino + identity. Education & Engagement Director @JewishLanguages. Writing a Sephardic memoir. she/her

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

When it comes to Jewish names, the calendar often serves as a source of inspiration! We have a great event coming up next Weds. Sep. 13th on the topic of "festal names." ✨Virtual✨Free✨RSVP:
https://t.co/voDPdafpBz
@HUCJIR @jewlearn @kveller @jdforward @opensiddur

[Hannah Pressman @hannahpressman]

This one's a head-spinner! (and it includes both of my #heritagelanguagues !)
#readreadread

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

As Balzac said, "Reading brings us unknown friends"--and oftentimes, so does studying languages! Thanks to our intern @isaacmayer9 for this Fun Fact. To all those going back to school this fall--happy reading! 📚
@HUCJIR @jewlearn @LadinoLinguist @YiddishBookCtr @JewishBook

[Hannah Pressman @hannahpressman]

Good word for the late-summer, before-the-kids-go-back-to-school void...

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

📣It's time for the Jewish English Lexicon Word of the Week!📣 Today's word is "balagan." 🤪 Read all about it at https://t.co/wVoopFAqNb

#JewishLanguages #JewishEnglish #Lexicon #etymology #Yiddish #Hebrew #balagan #mess #bigmess
@hucjir @SarahBenor

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

Check out our newest exhibit @jartskolture, a digital media project from @JArtsBoston!
#RoshHashana #JewishNewYear 🍎🍯 #JewishLanguages #HappyNewYear 🐏
https://t.co/PYt7W1nvH8

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

We have a new page about Judeo-Catalan on our website! Thank you to Ilil Baum @HebrewU for writing this description: https://t.co/ku2GfUJaCP
#JewishLanguages #Medieval #JudeoCatalan
@HUCJIR

[Hannah Pressman @hannahpressman]

A #Sephardic Regency Romance? I'm so there. 🧿
#readreadread

[Hey Alma @hey_alma]

Her latest novel, “Marry Me By Midnight,” is a gender-swapped take on Cinderella featuring a Sephardic family in 1832 London, writes @AR_Vishny. https://t.co/kfw9bAJJbb

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

Our best-selling multilingual #RoshHashana card is now 30% off at RedBubble! Grab a few and let folks know you're thinking of them (in many #JewishLanguages) this New Year! 🐏🍎🍯💌
@HUCJIR @bechollashon @jewlearn @opensiddur @HadarInstitute @jdforward
https://t.co/z96Bcx0bNm

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

We're SO excited for this event coming up on Sunday August 20th! 📺
#JewishLanguages #television #tv #mediastudies #JewishMatchmaking
cc @JTAnews @jewish_studies @RNS @eJPhil @jewlearn

[Hannah Pressman @hannahpressman]

Looking forward to today's panel with @JeremyDauber, @jennycaplan, Rebecca Margolis, and @SarahBenor!
#Yiddish #JewishLanguages #MediaStudies #MelBrooks #television
@jewish_studies

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

✨TODAY!✨6pm ET/3pm PT✨
Join us to explore how language mixing fits into the history of American comedy. Our panel, moderated by @sarahbenor, includes experts on #Yiddish and Jewish humor. RSVP for the Zoom link at https://t.co/2Vq9gvtxEa!
@HUCJIR

[Hannah Pressman @hannahpressman]

Such an evocative term.

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

📣It's time for the Jewish English Lexicon Word of the Week!📣 Today's word is "mame-loshn." Read all about it at https://t.co/VpVVqaakIy
(pictured: a #Yiddish pamphlet on child-rearing from 1912, via @YiddishBookCtr; link to digitized item posted below)
@HUCJIR @SarahBenor

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

🗓️📣 Just 4 days until our "Jewish Language on TV" series tunes its antennae to Hulu's #MelBrooks show, "History of the World Part II"! Join us on 8/13 for a fascinating look at #Yiddish & language mixing in American #comedy. Virtual📺Free📺RSVP: https://t.co/voDPdafpBz

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

Great opportunity to learn from experts in #endangered #languages! The #OSRJL is a member of our Jewish Language Consortium.🤝

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

We're so pleased to share "Jews and their Neighbors: Stories in Endangered Jewish Languages." Some of the oral histories included in this video were produced thanks to a @Wikimedia Community Fund grant with @wikitongues. Very proud of this team effort!
https://t.co/VSHos93rNW

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

Know any particularly iconic signs in any sign languages? Share with us in the comments, and check out our newest language page at https://t.co/sck9gB4hU4.
#JewishLanguages #SignLanguages #Shavuot
@hucjir

[Hannah Pressman @hannahpressman]

I love everything about this.

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

Yiddishists are getting in on this summer's #Barbie memes and we are 100% here for it!
#JewishLanguages #PopCulture #kenough #genug
#Yiddish

[Hannah Pressman @hannahpressman]

@SarahAroeste 💯🪬🧿💗

[Hannah Pressman @hannahpressman]

tfu tfu tfu! 🧿

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

📣It's time for the Jewish English Lexicon Word of the Week!📣 Today's word is "bli ayin hara." 🧿 Read all about it at https://t.co/SKdflmkWo8
@HUCJIR @SarahBenor

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

Check out this gorgeous #Yiddish word art from a #poetry book published just over 60 years ago.🖋️📖
#JewishLanguages #mameloshn #verter

[Hannah Pressman @hannahpressman]

🙌 It's a climb for sure, but I love the Ladino kamino.🧿
#Sephardic #heritagelanguage #endangeredlanguages
#JudeoSpanish #LadinoRocks

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

Love to see #Ladino (and one of its leading activists, @SarahAroeste) up on the mountaintops. Kaminos de leche i miel (ways of 🥛&🍯) to all the students & teachers who are exploring #endangered Jewish languages this summer. It’s worth the climb!🏔️
@wikitongues @livingtongues

[Hannah Pressman @hannahpressman]

Love to start my Monday with a little linguistishe- Yiddishe learning. 🤓

[Jewish Language Project @JewishLanguages]

Did we catch you fronting? 😜 Find out more about this topic in I.L. Bleaman's 2015 article, "Verbal Predicate Fronting in Modern Hebrew and Yiddish," Journal of Jewish Languages, 3(1-2), 66-78. #Yiddish
@hucjir