EDUCATION
B.A. in Hebrew and Arabic, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1963
Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, Yale, 1970
PUBLICATIONS
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“Belief in Demons and Evil Spirits Among the Jews of Kurdistan,” Yeda-’Am, Volume 8, #26 (1962) pp. 27-28 (2 pages)
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“Tafsirim (Commentaries) of the Bible and Hymns in the Neo-Aramaic of the Jews of Kurdistan,” Sefunot 10 (1965) pp. 337-412 (75 pages)
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“The Jews of Kurdistan,” The Kurdish Journal, 5/1-2 (June 1968) pp. 20-22 (3 pages)
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“Isolated Community Becomes Part of Israel,” HA’ AM (UCLA), 3/4 (December 5, 1973) p. 5 (one page)
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“The Socio-Linguistic Aspects of the Bilingual Hebrew Neo-Aramaic Contact in Israel,” Hebrew Abstracts, 15 (1974) pp. 44-47 (4 pages)
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Published
Abstract
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“The Hebrew Elements in the Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Jews of Zakho in Kurdistan,” Le∫onenu, 38 (1974) pp. 206-219 (14 pages)
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“Nursery Rhymes and Baby Words in the Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Zakho (Iraq),” Journal of the American Oriental Society, 94 (1974) pp. 329-336 (8 pages)
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“First Names, Nicknames and Family Names Among the Jews of Kurdistan,” The Jewish Quarterly Review, 65/1 (1974) pp. 43-51 (9 pages)
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“Kurdish Refugees from Iraq in Iran,” Yedi’ot Aharonot (Israeli Daily) (August 3, 1975) pp. 20-21 (2 pages)
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“The Hebrew Elements in the Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Jews of Azerbaijan,” Le∫onenu, 39 (1975) pp. 272-294 (23 pages)
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“The Impact of Israeli Hebrew on the Neo-Aramaic Dialect of the Kurdish Jews of Zakho: A Case of Language Shift,” Hebrew Union College Annual, 46, Centennial Issue (1975) pp. 489-508 (20 pages)
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“Lel-Huza: Story and History in a Cycle of Lamentations for the Ninth of Ab in the Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan,” Journal of Semitic Studies, 22 (1976) pp. 138-162 (24 pages)
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Research
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Neosyrische Chrestomathie, by R. Macuch and E. Panoussi, Journal of American Oriental Society, 96 (1976) pp. 436-439 (2 pages)
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Book Review
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“Jews Among Arabs,” a review of three books written by Oriental Jews on Oriental Jews, HA’AM (March 9, 1976) p. 5 (one page)
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Pesat Wayhi Be∫allah, A Neo-Aramaic Midrash on Beshallah (Exodus) Introduction, Phonetic Transcription, Translation, Notes and Glossary; Wiesbaden 1976, 226 pages (Includes an appendix, “A Survey of the Oral and Written Literature of the Kurdish Jews,” which also appeared in Jewish Tradition in the Diaspora, Studies in Memory of Walter J. Fischel, ed. by Michael M. Caspi, Berkeley, (1981) pp. 197-210 (14 pages)
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Research
Book
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“Midrashic Literature in the Neo-Aramaic Dialects of the Jews of Kurdistan,” Association for Jewish Studies Newsletter, 16 (1976)
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Abstract
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“Kurdistani Realia and Attitudes as Reflected in the Midrashic-Aggadic Literature of the Kurdish Jews,” Studies in Jewish Folklore, ed. F. Talmage, Cambridge, 1980, pp. 287-296 (10 pages); an abstract appeared in the Association for Jewish Studies, Newsletter, 20 (1977), pp. 9-10 (2 pages)
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“Multilingual Proverbs (Neo-Aramaic, Kurdish, Arabic) in the Neo- Aramaic Dialect of the Jews of Zakho,” International Journal of Middle East Studies, 9 (1978) pp. 215-235 (21 pages)
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“From Tel-Kepe (A Pile of Stones) in Iraqi Kurdistan to Providence, Rhode Island: The Story of a Chaldean Immigrant to the U.S.A in 1927,” in The Journal of American Oriental Society, 98/4 (1978)
pp. 410-415 (6 pages)
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The Hebrew Language Tradition of the Baghdadi Community: The Phonology, ed S. Morag, Journal of Semitic Studies, 24 (1979),
pp.284-286 (3 pages)
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Book
Review
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“Qistit Hanna: A Neo-Aramaic Rhymed Legend on the Martyrs Hanna and Her Seven Sons,” Pe’amim (Ben-Zvi Institute, Israel) 7 (1981), pp. 83-99 (17 pages)
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“Jews of Kurdistan: A Bibliographical Review (1975-1980),” Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Newsletter, Vol. 4 (No.3-4), 1981, pp. 8-9 (2 pages)
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Bibliography
Review
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“A Bibliography of Secondary Literature on New Aramaic,” Jewish Language Review, 1 (1981), pp. 123-125 (3 pages); 2 (1982), p. 98 (1 page)
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Bibliography
Review
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“On the History of the Jews in Kurdistan,” Jews of Kurdistan: Way of Life, Tradition and Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1981-82,
pp. 16-41, 266-269 (29 pages); also appeared in Hamvaker, April 13, 1984, pp. 44-45 (2 pages), and April 27, 1984, p. 27 (1 page)
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“A Midrashic Commentary on the Book of Jonah in the Neo-Aramaic of the Jews of Kurdistan,” Jewish Thought in Islamic Lands, ed. M. Zohory, Jerusalem, 1981, pp. 131-143 (13 pages)
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The Folk Literature of the Kurdistani Jews: An Anthology, New Haven, 1982 (Yale Judaica Series #23) (290 pages)
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“Legend vs. Reality: An Analysis and Comparison of Folktales about the Rabbis of Kurdistan with Documents Written by them or their Contemporaries,” The Sephardi and Oriental Jewish Heritage, ed. I. Ben-Ami, Jerusalem, 1982, pp. 287-296 (9 pages)
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“Loyalty and Deviation in the Jewish Neo-Aramaic Translations of the Bible,” Le∫onenu 46 (1982/5742), pp. 124-140 (16 pages)
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“The Literary Creativity of Kurdistani Jews,” Pe’amim 13 (1982)
pp. 57-70 (13 pages); Hebrew translation of Appendix in #15.
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“A Midrashic Commentary on Isaiah 10:32 - 12:6 in the Neo-Aramaic of the Kurdish Jews,” Studies in Aggadah and Jewish Folklore (Folklore Research Center) VII, ed. I. Ben-Ani, J. Dan, Jerusalem, 1983, pp. 317-336, 123 (20 pages)
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“Two Midrashic Commentaries to Jeremiah 8:13 - 9:23 in the Neo-Aramaic Dialects of Zakho and Amidya,” in Aramaeans, Aramaic and the Aramaic Literary Tradition, ed. Michael Sokoloff, Bar-Ilan University Press, 1983, pp. 11-41 (30 pages)
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“The Quadriradical Verb in Eastern Neo-Aramaic Dialects,” the Journal of Semitic Studies 27/2 (1982), pp. 149-176 (28 pages)
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The Book of Genesis in Neo-Aramaic in the Dialect of the Jewish Community of Zakho, Including Selected Texts in Other Neo-Aramaic Dialects, and a Glossary, Hebrew University, Language Traditions Project, Jerusalem, 1983 (340 pages).
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Research
Book
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“The Arabic Elements in the Jewish Neo-Aramaic Texts of Nerwa and ‘Amadiya, Iraqi Kurdistan,” Journal of American Oriental Society 104 (1984) pp. 201-211 (11 pages).
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Homilies in the Neo-Aramaic of the Jews of Kurdistan for the Biblical Portions of Wayhi (Genesis), Beshallah and Yitro (Exodus), edited and translated into Hebrew with Comparative Midrashic notes and glossary. Jerusalem, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jewish Language Series, 1984 (376 pages).
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Research
Book
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“The Neo-Aramaic Dialects and the Other Languages Spoken by the Jews of Kurdistan,” Studies in Jewish Languages ed. M. Bar-Asher, Jerusalem, 1988, pp. 87-111 (15 pages).
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The Book of Exodus in Neo-Aramaic, in The Dialect of the Jewish Community of Zakho, including selected texts in other Neo-Aramaic dialects and a glossary, Jerusalem, Language Traditions Project, The Hebrew University, 1988 (219 pages).
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Research
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“Substratal and Adstratal Elements in Jewish Neo-Aramaic,” Studia Linguistica et Orientalia Memoriae Haim Blanc Dedicata ed. P. Wexler et al, Wiesbaden, 1989, pp. 264-276 (13 pages).
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Research
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“Studies of the Folklore, Ethnography and Literature of Kurdistani Jews: An Annotated Bibliography,” Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Review Vol. II, No. 1-2 (1989), pp. 35-38 (4 pages).
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“General European Loanwords in the Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan,” Studies in Neo-Aramaic ed. W. Heinrichs, Atlanta, 1990, pp. 53-66 (14 pages).
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Research
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“On the Nature of the Oral Translations of the Book of Exodus in Neo-Aramaic,” Maarav Vols. 5-6 (1990), pp. 311-317 (7 pages).
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The Book of Leviticus in Neo-Aramaic in the Dialect of the Jewish Community of Zakho, Including selected Texts in Other Neo-Aramaic Dialects and a Glossary. Jerusalem, The Hebrew University, Language Traditions Project, 1990 (192 pages).
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Research
Book
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Targum de Targum, An Old Neo-Aramaic Version of the Targum of Song of Songs, (Introduction, Eclectic Text, English Translation, and Glossary) Wiesbaden, 1991 (187 pages).
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Research
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“A Comedy of Errors: Semantic Mistakes by students of Hebrew and How to correct them,” Bulletin of Higher Hebrew Education: A Journal for Methodology and Pedagogy in University Teaching of Hebrew Language and Literature, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Spring 1991), pp 91-97 (7 pages).
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Instructional
Paper
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A Review-Article of: I. Avinery, The Aramaic Dialect of the Jews of Zakho, Jerusalem, 1988, JAOS Vol. 111, No. 3 (1991), pp. 653-656 (4 pages).
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Review
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“Lexicography of Modern Aramaic Languages,” in Wörterbücher, Dictionaries, Dictionnaires (An International Encyclopedia of Lexicography), ed. F. J. Hausmann et al, Berlin/New York, 1991, 3rd Vol., pp. 2432, 2437-8 (3 pages).
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Encyclopedia
Entry
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“The Hebrew Bible Vocabulary as Reflected through Traditional Oral Neo-Aramaic Translations,” Semitic Studies in honor of W. Leslau, ed. A.S. Kaye, Vol. II, (Wiesbaden, 1991), pp. 1385-1401 (17 pages).
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“Back to Kurdistan,” Yediot Aharont, weekend supplement 7 Days, 10/30/1992, pp. 19-22 (4 pages). A shorter version appeared in Ha’am (UCLA), 3/13/1993, pp. 8-9, 13-14.
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“The Folk Literature of Kurdistani Jews,” an entry in Enzyklopädie des Märchens, Berlin, 1993, pp. 707-712 (5 pages). An English version appeared in Jewish Folklore & Ethnology Review, Volume 14, Nos. 1 and 2. 1992, page 10ff.
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Encyclopedia
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The Book of Numbers in Neo-Aramaic in the Dialect of the Jewish Community of Zakho, Including selected Texts in Other Neo-Aramaic Dialects and a Glossary. Jerusalem, The Hebrew University, Language Traditions Project,1993 (185 pages).
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Research
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“A Folktale and Folk Songs in the Christian Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Tel-Kepe (Northern Iraq),” Semitica Serta Philologica Constantino Tsereteli dicata, ed.R. Contini, et al., Torino, 1993 pp. 289-298 (10 pages).
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A review article of Y. Avishur, The Folktales of Iraqi Jews (Haifa, 1992,) in Pe’amim, Studies in Oriental Jewry, 56 (1993), pp. 145-149 (5 pages).
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Review
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“Tafsir ıir Ha∫∫irim: An old Neo-Aramaic version of the Targum on Canticles,” Maarav 8 (1992) pp.303-317 (14 pages). A much modified version of the Introduction to my book number 43.
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“Today Palestine, tomorrow Kurdistan?” Jerusalem Post 10/19/93, Daily Bruin 10/26/93
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“Iraqi Kurdistan after the Gulf War: Christian and Jewish Vestiges,” Kurdistan Times 3 (12/1993), pp. 139-145 (6 pages). (A summary in Near Eastern Center [UCLA] Newsletter 13/2 (1993), pages 6-7.
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“Reflections of Social Values in the Folk Literature of Kurdistani Jews” in History and Creativity in the Sephardi and Oriental Jewish Communities, ed. T. Alexander et al. (Winter 1995) pp. 117-146
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Review of The Jews of Mosul (Iraq) by E. Laniado in Mediterranean Language Review, Vol. 6-7, pp. 283-285 (1993).
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Book
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Review of Grammatik des Christlich-Palästinisch-Aramäischen by Ch. Müller-Kessler in Bibliotheca Orientalis 51, n. 1/2 (1994) pp. 154-155.
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Book
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The Book of Deuteronomy in Neo-Aramaic, in the Dialect of the Jewish Community of Zakho, Including selected Texts in Other Neo-Aramaic Dialects and a Glossary. Jerusalem, The Hebrew University, Language Traditions Project, 159+47 pages (1994).
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“The Christian Neo-Aramaic Dialects of Zakho and Dihok: Two Text Samples,” JAOS 115/1 (1995), pp. 33-51 (18 pages).
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“Jewish Neo-Aramaic” an entry for Encyclopaedia Hebraica, supplement Vol. 3, pp. 1010-1012 (3 pages).
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Encyclopedia
Entry
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Review of E. Brauer, The Jews of Kurdistan, Detroit (Waine State University Press), 1993. Requested by editors of Studies in Contemporary Jewry (Oxford UP), vol. 11, pp. 261-262 (1995).
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Book Review
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“A Comedy of Errors, part 2: Semantic Mistakes by students of Hebrew and How to correct them,” Bulletin of Higher Hebrew Education: A Journal for Methodology and Pedagogy in University Teaching of Hebrew Language and Literature, Vol. 7-8, (1994-95), pp 39-41 (3 pages).
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Instructional
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“Jews of Kurdistan,” an entry-article for Encyclopedia of World Cultures, ed. D. Levinson, vol. IX: Africa and the Middle East, 1995, pp. 144-147.
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Encyclopedia Entry
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“Christian Neo-Aramaic Love Songs in a Jewish Manuscript,” Israel Oriental Studies Vol. 16, Studies in Modern Semitic Languages, 1996, pp. 85-91.
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Research Article
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Review of Men’s Folk Songs in Judaeo-Arabic of Iraq by Y. Avishur, Journal of American Oriental Society, vol. 116 (1996), pp. 332-333.
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Book Review
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“The Famous Barzani Family of Rabbis of Kurdistan,” Kurdistan Times, vol. 4 (1995), pp. 186-188.
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Popular Article
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Review of Dictionary of Iraqi-Judeo Arabic Dialect , by G. Yona-Swery and R. Rajwan, Yosef Hayim , vol. 1, Issue 1 (1996), p. 2.
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Popular Review
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Compiled “Jewish Neo-Aramaic” for International Dictionary Series, ed Mary Ritchie Key, UCI, 58 pages.
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Lexical Research
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“The Story of Balaam and His She-Ass (Numbers, Chapter 22) in four Neo-Aramaic Dialects: A Comparative Study of the Translations,” in Humanism,Culture and Language in the Middle East, Studies in Honor of Georg Krotkoff, ed. A. Afsaruddin and A.H.M.Zahniser, Winona Lake, 1997, pp. 301-317.
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Research Article
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Review of A. Dotan, The Dawn of Hebrew Linguistics, The Book of Elegance of the Language of the Hebrews by Saadia Gaon, 2 vols., Jerusalem, 1997, in Journal of American Oriental Society 119:516-17 .
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Book Review
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“Family and community Values as Reflected in Proverbs of the Jews of Iraq,” Yosef Hayim 3, 1998, p.2
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Popular Article
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“Kurdish Influence on Pet Names of Kurdistani Jews,” Kurdica Website 8, 1999.
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Summary of Findings
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“The Hebrew Elements in Written Jewish Neo-Aramaic Texts (in Manuscripts and Printed Editions),” Vena Hebraica in Judaeorum Linguis, ed. Sh. Morag, et al., Milano, 1999: 387-397.
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“The Neo-Aramaic Pentateuch –A Summary of Findings,” Pe’amim 83 (2000):108-117.
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Research Article
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“Migdal Babel: The Linguistic Heritage of Iraq,” Yosef Hayim 4 (2000):3-4
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A Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Kurdistan, Text, Grammar and Vocabulary, by G. Krotkoff, New Haven, 1982. Mediterranean Language Review 10 (1998):197-209 (12 pages)
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Review Article
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“Parallel Patterns of Development in Jewish Neo-Aramaic and Modern Israeli Hebrew,” Leshonenu 62 (1999), pp. 334-344.
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Research Article
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Review of M. Piamenta, Jewish Life in Arabic Language and Jerusalem Arabic in Communal Perspective, A Lexico-Semantic Study, Leiden, 2000, in Al-æarabiyya 33 (2000): 111-112.
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Book Review
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A Note on Wa-Yiddom (Lev. 10:3) in Leshonenu 63 (2000-2001):175.
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Response Note
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“Zakho”, an entry for the new Encyclopaedia of Islam 2nd ed. Vol. XI: 425.
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Encyclopedia Article
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“The Story of Brothers Ali and Amar in the Jewish Dialect of Zakho. Based on Albert Socin’s Text from 1870, transcribed anew as if it were told ca. 1950, and emphasizing the linguistic changes that ooccurred in the dialect since Socin’s time,” Festschrift für Otto Jastrow zum 60. Geburstag, ed. Werner Arnold, Wiesbaden, 2002, pp. 613-627.
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Research Article
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“Ma Nishtana: A Comparison of the Neo-Aramaic Translations and the Hebrew Text of Two Kurdistani Passover Haggadot: A Historical-Linguistic Study, Including Remarks on Kurdistani Passover Folklore,” Leshonenu 64 (5762 [=2002]), pp. 73-91, and Leshonenu 65 (2002), pp. 95-96.
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Research Article
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Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dictionary, based on old manuscripts, Bible translations, recorded folktales, and diverse registers of everyday speech, Wiesbaden (Harrassowitz, Semitica Viva Series #28), 2002.
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Research Book
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“ARAMAIC, ONCE AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE, NOW ON THE VERGE OF EXPIRATION: ARE THE DAYS OF ITS LAST VESTIGES NUMBERED” at When Languages Collide: Perspectives on Language Conflict, Language Competition, and Language Coexistence, edited by: Brian D. Joseph, Johanna DeStefano, Neil G. Jacobs, and Ilse Lehiste, The Ohio State University Press, 2003, pp. 222-234.
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Research Article
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“TARGUMIC INFLUENCE ON JEWISH BIBLE TRANSLATIONS IN NEO-ARAMAIC,” Aramaic Studies 1/1 ((2003), pp. 55-65.
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Research Article
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“Names and Nicknames among various Jewish Communities,” Hado’ar spring 2003, 67-69.
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Popular article
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“The Blackman as the ‘other’ in Jewish Culture,” Hadoar Fall, 2003, pp.67-69.
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Book review essay
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“Mi Kamokha – A Purim Poem in the Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Birdug (Iran, 1780)”, Ben ‘Ever le-‘Arav, vol. 3 (2004), pp. 95-120.
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Research Article
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A book review of D. Rosenthal, The Israelis, New York, 2003, in Hadoar 2004.
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“A Comparative Study of the Hebrew Elements in the Judeo-Arabic Dialects of Iraq with those in the Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialects,” In Y. Avishur Festschrift, Tel-Aviv, 2004, pp. 261-294,
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Research Article
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“Proper Names and Family Names among the Jews of Iraq,” Nehardea 14, 2003: pp. 11-12.
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Review of Der neuostaramäische Dialekt von Särdä:rïd. By Helen Younansardaroud. Semitica Viva, ed. Otto Jastrow, vol. 26, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2001, in JAOS 122.4 (2002), pp. 903-4.
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Book Review
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Review of The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Qaraqosh, by Geoffrey Khan, Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, vol. 36, Leiden, in JAOS 124.1 (2004), pp. 1-3
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Book Review
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Review of Haya Gavish’s book on Zionizim in Northern Iraq (1920-1950), in Haaretz,/Book Review supplement 2/2/2005.
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Book Review
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“The Multiple Faces of Eve :The Images of Woman in the Folk Literature of A Near Eastern Jewish Community,” International Sephardic Journal 2/1 (2005): 146-157.
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Popular Article
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“Torah in the Mouth and Torah in the Heart: How Judaism was Transmitted in a Minimally-Literate Near Eastern Jewish Community,” Queens College Journal of Jewish Studies, Spring 2005 vol. VII, pp. 67-74.
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Popular Article
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“Some Comparative Observations on the Lexicons of Nerwa Texts in Jewish Neo-Aramaic and the Neo-Syriac Poems of Alqosh and Telkepe, both from ca. the 17th Century and Both from Kurdistan, Northern Iraq, ”Studi Afroasiatici IX Incontro Italiano di Linguistica Camitosemitica, A cura di Alessandro Mengozzi, Milano, 2005, pp. 391-96.
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Research Article
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The Five Scrolls in Jewish Neo-Aramaic Translations, Dialects of ‘Amidya, Dihok, and Urmia, a Critical Edition, Based on Recordings and Manuscripts, etc., (Hebrew University Jewish Oral Tradition Center, Edah ve-Lashon # 26,) Jerusalem 2006.
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Research book
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“Yona Gabbay, A Jewish Peddler’s Life Story from Iraqi Kurdistan, As Narrated by him in his Aramaic Dialect of Zakho (Four Episodes),” Mediterranean Language Review 16 (2005), pp. 167-220.
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Research Article
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[My book The Folk Literature of the Kurdistani Jews: An Anthology, New Haven, 1982 (Yale Judaica Series #23) was translated into Turkish :(Bir Antoloji: Kurdistani Yahudilerin Halk Edebiyati, Istanbul, (DOZ Yayinlari), 2005)].
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Translation
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102
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Review of Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Koy Sanjaq by Hezi Mutzafi, Semitica Viva, vol. 32. Wiesbaden, 2004, in Journal of American Oriental Society 125.2 (2005): 298-99.
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Book Review
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“Agonies of Childbearing and Child Rearing in Iraqi Kurdistan, A Narrative in Jewish Neo-Aramaic and its English Translation,” Studies in Semitic and General Linguistics in Honor of Gideon Goldenberg, ed. Tali Bar and Eran Cohen (AOAT 334), Münster, 2007, pp. 107-145
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Research Article
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Hakham ‘Alwan Avidani ‘s Unique Neo-Aramaic Translations of Biblical and Other Traditional Texts,” Studies in Hebrew, Aramaic and Jewish Languages Presented to Moshe Bar-Asher [Director of the Hebrew Language Academy], vol. II Rabbinic Hebrew and Aramaic (2008), pp. 435-52.
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Research Article
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The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Koy Sanjaq (Iraqi Kurdistan). By Hezy Mutzafi. Semitica Viva, vol. 32. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2004. Pp. xviii+260, in Ben ‘Ever la-‘Arav IV (2008): 281-283.
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Book Review
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“Five Scrolls in Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialects,” in Neo-Aramaic Studies, Proceedings of a Workshop on Neo-Aramaic held in Cambridge 2005, ed. G. Khan, Gorgias Press, 2008, pp. 177-195.
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English -Version Introduction for 99 above
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“Burying MY Mother Tongue,” The Jewish Week/Text and Context, 4/27/2009 (OnLine: http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c228_a15559/Special_Sections/Text_Context.html
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Jewish Neo-Aramaic Translations of Hebrew Liturgical Poems: A Critical Edition, Jerusalem (HUP), 2009, 440pp.
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Aramaic in its Historical and Linguistic Setting. Edited by Holger Gzella and Margareth L. Folmer. Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz, Veröffentlichungen der OrientalischenKommission, vol. 50. Wiesbaden:Harrassowitz Verlag, 2008, published in JAOS 129.1 (2009) 137-8.
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Hebrew Piyyutim (Hymns) in Jewish Neo-Aramaic Translations.
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