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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
Sep 26, 20243 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...

Dr. Gloria Ascher
Mar 15, 20245 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...

Rabbi Naftali Haleva
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...

Magazine Staff
Mar 15, 20242 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...

Ethan Marcus
Mar 15, 20244 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, 20241 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,...

Magazine Staff
Mar 15, 20247 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 ...

Aaron Shapiro
Jan 15, 20243 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...

Judah Roberts
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....

Rachel Amado Bortnick
Jan 15, 20242 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...

Miriam Raphael Klein
Jan 15, 20244 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...

Rachel Amado Bortnick
Jan 15, 20243 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...

Zach Youcha
Sep 5, 20234 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...

Belin Benezra Yensarfati
Sep 5, 20232 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,...

Selin Toledo
Sep 5, 20234 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...

Rachel Amado Bortnick
Sep 5, 20233 min read


Kaminando i Avlando
Los dos mijores regalos ke mis parientes me dieron son mi ermana, Lauren, i imigrar a los Estados Unidos. Puedo eskrivir un livro sovre...

Janine Sedaka
Apr 18, 20233 min read


Una Reunyon muy alegre kon muestra Kerida Rachel Amado Bortnick
El 26 de Febrero no pudimos selebrar el Dia Internasyonal del Ladino/Judeo-Espanyol, Estambol por modo ke el paiz entero esta vamos en...

Karen Gerson Sarhon
Apr 18, 20232 min read


New Project launches Solitreo Script Online
If you come across a document written in Judeo-Spanish (“Ladino”) in your basement or attic, composed by a grandparent or...

Dr. Bryan Kirschen
Apr 18, 20233 min read


400 Years of Sephardic Choral Music
In about 1724, a young Italian composer ventured into the Jewish Ghetto and visited its resident Sephardi, Ashkenazi, and Italki scuole ,...

Ian Pomerantz
Mar 6, 20235 min read
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