April 1, 2026
The members of the Ladino/Judeo-Spanish Working Group, co-coordinated by Julia Peck and Julian Vargo, joined the students of Elementary Judeo-Spanish (SPAN 109A/JS 102), taught by Julia Peck, for a special visit to the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life on March 31. They were accompanied by Ester Alkanli, a native Ladino speaker from Istanbul who lives in the Bay Area (and who is Julia's mentor in the Ladino Master-Apprentice Program!). The group got a private tour of the museum as well as a behind-the-scenes look at objects in the museum's collection related to Sephardic life and history.
