Language classification is a preliminary step for most natural-language related processes. The significant quantity of multilingual documents poses a problem for traditional language-classification schemes and requires segmentation of the document to monolingual sections. This phenomenon is characteristic of classical and medieval Jewish literature, which frequently mixes Hebrew, Aramaic, Judeo...

The early modern emphasis on tradition is perhaps clearest in the history of women during this period, as at the core of each culture was an ingrained patriarchy dating back thousands of years. In the West, for example, attitudes towards women were shaped by three strains of ancient European tradition: first, Judeo-Christian belief, which characterized women as either saintly, like the Virgin M...

Abstract This article deals with four unpublished Judeo-Spanish proverb collections from post-Holocaust Bosnia that were gathered there by different members of the Sephardic community: three men (Binjo Samokovlija, David Baruh, and Jakov Konforti) one woman (Flora Eškenazi). I specifically examine two working techniques these authors/collectors applied in order to safeguard disseminate this imp...