Ladino

#WeNeedDiverseBooks -Jewish Edition: A New Kind of Children’s Book

First of its kind Ladino-English Jewish children’s book.

The Sound of Jewish Diversity

What is Jewish music?For some it is the violins of Klezmer. For others it is Leonard Bernstein. For Sarah Aroeste ...

Recipe: Sephardic Cookies for Purim

Purim is right around the corner!  Among the traditions of the holiday is the exchanging of gifts of food with ...

Children’s Album Renews Jewish Ladino Tradition

It was not until she was already on her way to adulthood, that singer Sarah Aroeste discovered the connection between ...

Our Dreams of Home

When I think of home, I imagine the physical space I return to at night, the one with the white-washed ...

Maimonides’ Home and My Grandmother’s Song

Ladino first cast its magic spell on me in childhood. It always struck me as a graceful, rolling language, one ...

¿Cómo te llamas?…How Do Latino Jews Identify?

I’m a Latina Jew. I live in New York City, famous for the diversity of its population; after all, 37 ...

The Gift of Generations: A Mother’s Song

Mom. Mommy. Ima. Madre. Mother. No matter how many ways I say it, the concept still catches me by surprise ...

Ladino Pregnant Pop

“Ensuenyo Te Vi” Three words that normally don’t go together: Ladino, Pop, Pregnant. But in my world they make a ...

Ladino Literature Revival

The magic and zest of Ladino---the Judeo-Spanish Dialect--enliven the novels of Rosa Nissan.

Ladino Today

Is the language of Sephardic Jews, undergoing a revival?