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Dr. Gloria Ascher
Jan 74 min read
“Estamos aki! Estamos bivos!”: Mis Miraklos del Invierno
Kuando se va meldar este artíkolo, ya avría pasado Hanuká, la sezón de nisim, de miraklos. Ma los miraklos no kedan de sorprendermos, de...

Rachel Amado Bortnick
Jan 73 min read
Ladino en la Amerika: Para Munchos Anyos Inshallah
En los Estados Unidos el anyo 2024 fue yeno de aktividades i okaziones espesiales en el kampo de Ladino, lo ke mos aze alegrar, i ogurar...


Liza Cemal
Jan 711 min read
Las Validjas—National Sephardic Essay Competition Student Winner 2024
Family photo. First row from left to right: Nava, Avram Hatem, Emel, Roza Hatem. Second row from left to right: Doron, Eliza Presented in...


Magazine Staff
Jan 73 min read
Bivas—Ladino High School Club of America, hosts third national Shabbat in Seattle
Bivas — the Ladino High School Club of America, held its second National High School Shabbaton from November 7-11 in Seattle, WA. More...


Dr. Gloria Ascher
Sep 26, 20243 min read
En Memoria de Mi Amiga, la Reina: Matilda Koén-Sarano (1939–2024)
Matilda Koén-Sarano (1939 – 2024) El 4 de Djunio el mundo sefaradí pedrió a su “Reyna del Ladino”, Matilda Koén-Sarano, de bindicha...


Dr. Gloria Ascher
Mar 15, 20245 min read
El Diario de Alfred Ascher
El Diario de Alfred se puede meldar en The Diario: The Daring Escape of Two Sephardic Jews from Turkey to America During World War I...


Rabbi Naftali Haleva
Mar 15, 20242 min read
The Jewish Community of Istanbul
The Jewish Community of Istanbul is still an active and vibrant Sephardic Jewish Community, one that has a long history dating back...

Magazine Staff
Mar 15, 20242 min read
Deklarasion: Liga Amerikana del Ladino
Kon komunidades sefaradis vibrantes en los Estados Unidos i un resurjimento rezin de interes relasionado al djudeo-espanyol, la Liga...


Ethan Marcus
Mar 15, 20244 min read
Bivas – the Ladino High School Club of America hosts first National Shabbaton in Orlando
Bivas – the Ladino High School Club of America, held its first National High School Shabbaton from April 4-7 in Orlando, Florida. More...

Magazine Staff
Mar 15, 20241 min read
American Ladino League Announced
With vibrant Sephardic communities around the United States and a recent resurgence of interest related to Judeo-Spanish, the American...


Magazine Staff
Mar 15, 20247 min read
Ramping Up Sephardic Education
“Kayikçi, Balata, peshkadikos de la mar, choop, choop, a la mar!” This Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) nursery rhyme (“Oarsmen, take me to Balat,...


Aaron Shapiro
Jan 15, 20243 min read
Bivas: Grupo de Ladino para Djovenos
Unos mezes atras tomi haber de un grupo ke se formo para djovenos kon el buto de ambezarles de la kultura serfardi. Se yamava Bivas.org ...


Judah Roberts
Jan 15, 20242 min read
Why We Started Bivas
It’s March 2023. I’m a sophomore in a Jewish high school busy with both a Jewish Studies and General Studies curriculum, my friends, and...


Rachel Amado Bortnick
Jan 15, 20242 min read
The Wise Rat Who Composed Romansas
There once was a female rat who lived in a library, and having read all the books at her disposal, decided to start composing romansas....


Miriam Raphael Klein
Jan 15, 20244 min read
Bivas - the Ladino High School Club of America
Bivas! Kreskas! Engradeskas! "May you live, grow up, and be brought up for good!" Many happy sneezes have been blessed with this Ladino...


Rachel Amado Bortnick
Jan 15, 20243 min read
Romansas de la Ratona Savia: Un Ermozo Livro ke Traduizimos del Kastilyano
Traduizir ovras literarias de otras linguas al ladino es una tradision vieja sefaradi. En 2022 un chiko grupo de voluntarios de...

Zach Youcha
Sep 5, 20234 min read
Rediscovering Jewish Monastir
Over a century ago, a young woman by the name of Sarah decided to make the journey from Ottoman Monastir, now Bitola, North Macedonia, to...


Belin Benezra Yensarfati
Sep 5, 20232 min read
The Jewish Community of Izmir
As the education coordinator of Sunday School in Izmir, I am delighted to share with you all the amazing activities and accomplishments...


Selin Toledo
Sep 5, 20234 min read
Kreser en la komunidad djudya de Estanbol
Entre todas kozas, nasi djudya, i entre todos lugares, nasi en Estanbol. Estos dias ser “djudyo turko” parese interesante a la djente,...


Rachel Amado Bortnick
Sep 5, 20233 min read
Izmir Se Desperto!
Oy en dia en Izmir biven solo mil djudios entre mas de 4 milyones de povlasion. Ma un tiempo, antes del establesimiento del estado de...
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