Join us for a special book talk by Liora Halperin, Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies, on her recent publication, Babel in Zion: Jews, Nationalism and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948, presented as part of the CU at the Boulder JCC: A Scholars Series.
Special Closing Event for CU at the JCC: A Scholars Series
“Babel in Zion: Jews, Nationalism and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920-1948”
Author talk with Professor Liora Halperin
Sunday, April 26, 7 pm
At the Boulder JCC
Tickets: $12 on line, $15 at the door
Free for CU-Boulder students with a valid student ID
Reservations: boulderjcc.org
Books will be available for purchase
The story of language in Jewish Palestine is a fascinating tale of shifting power relationships, both locally and globally. Liora Halperin’s absorbing new study questions the accepted scholarly narrative of a Zionist move away from multilingualism and explores the promotion and vernacularization of Hebrew - traditionally a language of Jewish liturgy and study - as a central accomplishment of the Zionist movement in Palestine in the years following World War I.