Aviya Kushner is the Forward’s language columnist and the author of Wolf Lamb Bomb and The Grammar of God. Follow her on Twitter @AviyaKushner.
Aviya Kushner
By Aviya Kushner
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After the first presidential debate, it's clear that Americans must take the threat of a public culture defined by lies seriously
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The American Ladino League celebrates a language that was the mother tongue of generations of Sephardic Jews
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The National Library of Israel has acquired the world's largest collection of Yemenite Jewish manuscripts
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Given the gravity of current events, it's easy to ignore the nuances of language — but they're crucial
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