People
Highlights:
• Multilingual Omer Counter
• JArts Kolture Exhibits
• Algerian Jewish Sign Language
• Fun Fact Writing
Graphic Designers
Documentation
Highlights:
• Multilingual Omer Counter
• JArts Kolture Exhibits
• Algerian Jewish Sign Language
• Fun Fact Writing
He comes from a family of Jewish Neo-Aramaic speakers from Urmia, Iran and has done some work preserving his family's dialect. As a documentation assistant for the Jewish Language Project, he has been able to work on the transcriptions and translations of several Judeo-Iranian languages, including Judeo-Shirazi and Judeo-Hamedani.
He believes that the goal of the Jewish Language Project is to help connect people to their heritage through linguistics, philology, and history, and he is proud to be a part of this effort.
culture. He was born in Tehran to a Jewish family with origins in the Iranian province of Kurdistan. Ariel is
developing an online Jewish Neo-Aramaic dictionary featuring audio recordings and visual representations.
He speaks English, Hebrew, Persian, French and Dutch. Ariel holds a Masters degree from Brunel
University, UK, and helps non-profits to achieve operational effectiveness.
Highlights:
• Judeo-Iranian language page
• Grant with Wikimedia Foundation
• Judeo-Shirazi oral history
• Jewish Neo-Aramaic dictionary
• Judeo-Arabic oral history
Jewish Lexicon Project
Interns and Volunteers
Jacob is excited about leveraging technology to help preserve endangered languages, particularly through documentation, data, and maps. He holds a Master's degree in City Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor's in Politics (Middle East focus) from the University of Virginia.
Charlie is currently helping to digitize and record a living dictionary of Judeo-Kashani.
Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board is drawn from the fields of linguistics, education, technology, the arts, and community leadership. These individuals bring their expertise to discussions of the Jewish Language Project's strategic and programmatic development.
A seasoned leader with 20 years of experience pioneering and leading cross-cultural community-building and educational efforts, Ms. Avera Samuel was born in Gondar, Ethiopia and airlifted to Israel in the 1984 “Operation Moses” rescue. Prior to joining Shalom Curriculum Project, she was a community shlicha in Ohio. In Israel, Michal served as the CEO of FIDEL Association, advocating for the successful integration of Ethiopian Israelis and serving on the prestigious national Round Table Panel on Social Issues and research assistant for the Israel Democracy Institute. She holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Counseling from Haifa University and sits on numerous boards and volunteers with organizations, served as spokesperson and advisor to the Scholarship Fund for Ethiopian Jews in Boca Raton, FL.
Past Employees, Interns, and Volunteers
Thank you to the many people whose efforts have helped us to develop this website and related resources over the years, including:
Communications, Content, and Web Design:
Molly Cutler
Alyssa Feigelson
Shawn Fields-Meyer
Julia Hananel
Eleanor Harris
Eden Glaser
Miryam Greenwood
Lewis Lenard
Elaine Miller
Gabe Miner
Ishaq Nana Adjei Ofori-Solomon
Phyllis Pawa
Sofia Rubio
Lael Sacho-Tanzer
Tsvi Sadan (Tsuguya Sasaki)
Jewish English Lexicon:
Isaac Bleaman
Alexandra Casser
Noam Fields-Meyer
Hannah Kober
Eliran Sobel
Matan Kruskal
Interested in getting involved with the Jewish Language Project as a volunteer or intern? We're looking for help in the following areas:
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Design
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Fundraising
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Social media
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TikTok specialist
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Content development
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Curriculum development
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Interviewing speakers of endangered Jewish languages
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Creating Living Dictionaries for endangered Jewish languages
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Recording entries for the Jewish English Lexicon
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Creating or working on a Jewish lexicon for another language
Please let us know you're interested in helping out by filling out this form. Thank you for your interest!