What to Expect
In this Ladino language and culture program, students will learn how to read Ladino, or Judeo-Spanish, in Latin and Hebrew alphabets and will experience Sephardic history and culture through language immersion and through activities, hands-on learning, and guest speakers. Via Ladino music, food, poetry, and stories, students will learn about the wide-ranging traditions and histories of Sephardic Jews while practicing a new alphabet (Hebrew). Students will be able to observe the differences and similarities between Spanish and Ladino and will widen their understanding of where varieties of Spanish are spoken in the world. Our Ladino enrichment programming is built on project-based learning and student-produced knowledge in the classroom for two 6-week courses. Classes will be open for children ages 2 to 10 years old and students would be separated into 2 groups PreK and Elementary.
passing on culture
Brief background on Ladino
Ladino developed amongst Jewish populations expelled from Spain in the fifteenth century who then settled throughout the Ottoman Empire, Europe, and the Americas. These Sephardic Jews preserved the Spanish they took with them from the Iberian Peninsula and incorporated linguistic elements from their new environment into the language. Ladino thus adopted elements from Turkish, Greek, Serbo-Croatian, French, Italian, and Arabic. Many beautiful songs, stories, plays, and other forms of literary and artistic expression have been written in Ladino since the sixteenth century, and families continue to pass down Ladino to their children across the Sephardic diaspora.
We are now Enrolling for Spring 2022
Costs include all class materials, class projects and guest speakers who might come to the class to share culture. Students must sign up for the whole series and there will be no makeups for missed classes. If student have to miss classes it is possible to speak with administration and get credit for camps or other fun activities. Class Schedule: Class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays Ages 3-8: 3:30 PM- 4:15 PM Start date: April 19th No class on May 17th Class will meet for 6 consecutive weeks twice a week , a total of 12 classes.
Non Intiwasi Family Cost*
$500/series
Early Bird Discount $480per series if enrolling before March 31st. *Scholarships available, please email info@intiwasischool.com for more information.
Intiwasi Family Costs
$275/series or 165/series (financial aid families)/series
In this Ladino language and culture program, students will learn how to read Ladino, or Judeo-Spanish, in Latin and Hebrew alphabets and will experience Sephardic history and culture through language immersion and through COOKING, DANCING, SINGING, ART AND MORE.
Drop In Classes
$35/class
Please specify dates for drop ins if you know in advance.
Rachel Kaufman
Meet Our Instructor
Rachel Kaufman is a PhD student in Latin American and Jewish History at UCLA. Her research focuses on New Mexico crypto-Judaism and the Mexican Inquisition. Rachel has spent much of her life in the classroom with students from preschool to high school, teaching courses on Color Theory, Writing about Art, Creative Writing, and History, and is so excited to have the opportunity to learn with and from the students at Intiwasi. Rachel studied opera in college and recently published her first poetry book, entitled Many To Remember (Dos Madres Press, 2021). She received a BA in English and History from Yale University.
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