Ladino singer/songwriter Sarah Aroeste and chef/teacher Susan Barocas have teamed up for a unique project designed to keep Sephardic traditions alive.

It is a strong response to genocide, harnessing the power of Sephardic music to revitalize Jewish culture and celebrate its often unsung endurance in the midst of linguistic endangerment.

Sephardic music's origins can be found among Jews in pre-medieval Spain. In the 15th century, Jews were forced out of the country and fled to places including Portugal, Yugoslavia, Turkey and Greece.

This was the first time I went to the Sephardic Music Festival. Now in its seventh year, the festival held shows in New York from December 20 to 27, everywhere from 700-person capacity clubs to ...

Flory Jagoda, champion of Sephardic music, dies at 97 The Bosnian-born Holocaust survivor was the composer of “Ocho Kandelikas,” a Ladino Hanukkah song.

“Izmir is really the center of Sephardic Judaism in the 17th and 18th centuries. We see this everywhere, from music to food, from architecture to synagogues.” ...

Born in Sarajevo, Flory Jagoda celebrated the music and language of her ancestors who had been expelled from Spain in 1492. She died Jan. 29 at age 97.

Photo provided by Musica da Camera -- The early music ensemble Musica da Camera opens its season Sunday at St. Joseph Abbey in Benedict with a program of music from the medieval Sephardic ...

We were essentially an early music group, but we also did some Sephardic songs, and Flory Jagoda showed up at one of our first concerts and introduced yourself after the program, because she was ...

I learn so much from Rabbi Uziel about halakha and philosophy – and now - how to “chill and relax” in these stressful times.

Tonight’s Sephardic show features music by Diwon, DeScribe, Y-Love and more in addition to an art gallery and fashion show at IndustryCityNYC.

The Sephardic singer's new album was inspired by an invitation from non-Jews in North Macedonia to perform her original Ladino songs in the birthplace of her grandfather and a 104-year-old cousin.