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  • The symposium was convened by Professor Lewis Gordon of Temple's Center for Afro-Jewish Studies, and had participation from the Institute for Jewish and Community Research and Be'chol Lashon, a San Francisco-based group which encourages ethnic, racial and cultural inclusion in the Jewish community.

    David A. Love: Jewish Voices of Color Must be Heard 2009

  • / “Good Shaabos” is mixing English – a Latin-based language with Lashon HaKodesh distorted.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Survey of American Jewish Language and Identity 2009

  • Lashon HaKodesh can therefore never be twisted into incorrect pronunciation.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Survey of American Jewish Language and Identity 2009

  • Her first Hebrew essay, “Nedudei Lashon” (Wanderings of Language), was published in 1918 in the collection Ba-Avodah (At Work).

    Rahel Katznelson. 2009

  • Kurdish Jews called their language — actually Aramaic mixed with some Persian, Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic and Hebrew words — “Lishna Yahudiyya” (the Jewish language) or “Lashon ha-Targum” (language of the Targum) and referred to themselves as “Anshei Targum” (People of [the language of] the Targum).

    Kurdish Women. 2009

  • When my father announced to his father that he intended to become a Zionist, to participate in the revival of Lashon Hakodeshthe holy language, Hebrewas a spoken language rather than one reserved for communion with God, and to go rebuild the Jewish homeland with his own hands rather than wait for the Messiah, his father, Rabbi Shmuel Dov, hit himbeat him, to be exactwith his belt.

    Postcards from Heaven Dan Gordon 2008

  • When my father announced to his father that he intended to become a Zionist, to participate in the revival of Lashon Hakodeshthe holy language, Hebrewas a spoken language rather than one reserved for communion with God, and to go rebuild the Jewish homeland with his own hands rather than wait for the Messiah, his father, Rabbi Shmuel Dov, hit himbeat him, to be exactwith his belt.

    Postcards from Heaven Dan Gordon 2008

  • When my father announced to his father that he intended to become a Zionist, to participate in the revival of Lashon Hakodeshthe holy language, Hebrewas a spoken language rather than one reserved for communion with God, and to go rebuild the Jewish homeland with his own hands rather than wait for the Messiah, his father, Rabbi Shmuel Dov, hit himbeat him, to be exactwith his belt.

    Postcards from Heaven Dan Gordon 2008

  • When my father announced to his father that he intended to become a Zionist, to participate in the revival of Lashon Hakodeshthe holy language, Hebrewas a spoken language rather than one reserved for communion with God, and to go rebuild the Jewish homeland with his own hands rather than wait for the Messiah, his father, Rabbi Shmuel Dov, hit himbeat him, to be exactwith his belt.

    Postcards from Heaven Dan Gordon 2008

  • Try bringing your amateur SEO/Lashon Hara skills elsewhere.

    matisyahu saves the day | Jewschool 2007

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