Ashtidek: Preserving the beauty of Judeo-Arabic, with Sarah Sassoon
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In this episode, the guest is Sarah Sassoon, who discusses Judeo-Baghdadi Arabic in Australian English. Sarah Sasoon is an Australian born, Iraqi Jewish writer, poet, and educator. She is the author of the award winning picture book Shoham’s Bangle and This is Not a Cholent. Her poetry micro chapbook, This is Why We Don’t Look Back was awarded the Harbor Review Jewish Women’s Poetry prize. She is an editorial advisor for Distinctions: A Sephardi and Mizrahi Journal. She is also the joint author of The In-Between, a literary dialogue about identity and belonging. She lives in Jerusalem with her husband and four boys.  Heritage Words is produced by the HUC-JIR Jewish Language Project and HUC Connect: conversations about the words we inherit and the meaning they bring to our lives. Host and executive producer: Sarah Bunin Benor Producer and editor: Avishay Artsy Video editor: Annabel Noar Editorial consultants: Kyle Fingerhut, Annabel Noar, Hannah Pressman Theme music: Maurice El Medioni’s French and Algerian Judeo-Arabic album “Cafe Oran,” featuring the Klezmatics’ David Krakauer and Frank London, courtesy of Piranha Records. Thanks also to Yoni Avi Battat for allowing us to use his song “What would you say?” from the album “Fragments.”
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