Autoridad Nasionala del Ladino
Encyclopedia
Autoridad Nasionala del Ladino (National Authority of Ladino) is a national Israeli
organization created in 1997 with the goal of preserving and safeguarding Judeo-Spanish, commonly known as Ladino
.
The authority was established in the wake of a law passed by the Knesset
on March 3, 1996. It publishes a Ladino magazine, Aki Yerushalayim
for the Sephardi Jewish community in Israel and the Diaspora
. The first chairman of the board was the fifth president of the State of Israel, Yitzhak Navon
. The vice-president and editor-in-chief of Aki Yerushalayim
is Moshe Shaul.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
organization created in 1997 with the goal of preserving and safeguarding Judeo-Spanish, commonly known as Ladino
Ladino
Ladino may refer to:*Ladino is the name used primarily in Israel for Judaeo-Spanish, a Sephardic language, primarily spoken among Sephardic Jews, or for the written form used in religious texts and translations; compare to Ashkenazic Jews' language, Yiddish*Ladino is also used for the variety of...
.
The authority was established in the wake of a law passed by the Knesset
Knesset
The Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.-Role in Israeli Government :The legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the President and Prime Minister , approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government...
on March 3, 1996. It publishes a Ladino magazine, Aki Yerushalayim
Aki Yerushalayim
Aki Yerushalayim is a magazine in Ladino language published 2-3 times a year from Israel.It is currently the main newspaper published in this language, together with the newspaper Şalom, published in Turkey. The aim of Aki Yerushalayim is to ensure the preservation and diffusion of the Ladino...
for the Sephardi Jewish community in Israel and the Diaspora
Diaspora
A diaspora is "the movement, migration, or scattering of people away from an established or ancestral homeland" or "people dispersed by whatever cause to more than one location", or "people settled far from their ancestral homelands".The word has come to refer to historical mass-dispersions of...
. The first chairman of the board was the fifth president of the State of Israel, Yitzhak Navon
Yitzhak Navon
Yitzhak Navon is an Israeli politician, diplomat, and author. He served as the fifth President of Israel between 1978 and 1982 as a member of the center-left Alignment party...
. The vice-president and editor-in-chief of Aki Yerushalayim
Aki Yerushalayim
Aki Yerushalayim is a magazine in Ladino language published 2-3 times a year from Israel.It is currently the main newspaper published in this language, together with the newspaper Şalom, published in Turkey. The aim of Aki Yerushalayim is to ensure the preservation and diffusion of the Ladino...
is Moshe Shaul.
Objectives
- Propagate the knowledge and awareness of the Judeo-Spanish culture
- Helping founding and enriching active Judeo-Spanish cultural institutions
- Promoting, encouraging and helping the gathering, documentation and cataloging Judeo-Spanish literature.
- Publishing books by contemporary authors who write about Judeo-Spanish topics, either in their original language or HebrewHebrew languageHebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
. - Organizing and promoting activities that can disseminate information about Sephardic communities exterminated in the Holocaust