''Aki Yerushalayim'' (; meaning 'Here Jerusalem') is an Israeli
magazine
A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...
in
Judaeo-Spanish
Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Spanish (autonym , Hebrew script: ), also known as Ladino or Judezmo or Spaniolit, is a Romance language derived from Castilian Old Spanish.
Originally spoken in Spain, and then after the Edict of Expulsion spreading ...
(Ladino) published in print two to three times a year between 1979 and 2016, and exclusively online since 2019.
History
''Aki Yerushalayim'' began released its first issue on April 4, 1979. It was the main periodical published in
Judeo-Spanish, published alongside the
Turkish newspaper ''
Åžalom''.
The aim of ''Aki Yerushalayim'' was to ensure the preservation and diffusion of Ladino and
Sephardic culture. The magazine was jointly published by the
Sefarad Association and the
Autoridad Nasionala del Ladino, the Ladino regulator.
Its director was
Moshe Shaul, who had served as an editor since the first issue. The magazine had an online edition as well, which continued in 2019 after the magazine ceased to operate with a print edition in 2016.
It was found that during the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
, online readership increased significantly as interest in Ladino was revived.
See also
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El Amaneser, a Turkish monthly newspaper in Judaeo-Spanish published in Istanbul
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List of Judaeo-Spanish language newspapers and periodicals
References
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External links
Official website and archiveThe National Authority for Ladino
Judaeo-Spanish-language newspapers
Newspapers published in Israel
Non-Hebrew-language mass media in Israel
Sephardi Jewish culture in Israel
1979 establishments in Israel
Words and phrases in Modern Hebrew