The American Sephardi Federation, the Sephardic Jewish Brotherhood of America, and the Sephardic Foundation on Aging proudly present:

Salud i Vida: The 5th Annual New York Ladino Day!

Featuring scholar Eliezer Papo

Sephardic Nonagenarians: A Panel by Bryan Kirschen

Estreyikas d’Estambol Children’s Choir

“Kantiga,” a Ladino Short Story by Jane Mushabac

Trio Sefardi: the Musical Finale!

Sunday, 30 January at 2:00PM EST

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(Early Bird price ends on 15 December)

Ladino is a bridge to many cultures. It is a variety of Spanish that has absorbed words from Hebrew, Turkish, Arabic, French, Greek, and Portuguese. The mother tongue of Jews in the Ottoman Empire for 500 years, Ladino became the home language of Sephardim worldwide. While the number of Ladino speakers has sharply declined, distinguished Ladino Day programs like ours celebrate and preserve a vibrant language and heritage. These programs are, as Aviya Kushner wrote in the Forward, “Why Ladino Will Rise Again.”

Since 2013, International Ladino Day programs have been held around the world to honor the Ladino language, also known as Judeo-Spanish. January 30th marks New York’s 5th Annual Ladino Day curated by Drs. Jane Mushabac and Bryan Kirschen for the American Sephardi Federation.

© loannia, mid-19th c. Sephardi & Romaniot Jewish Costumes in Greece & Turkey. 16 watercolours by Nicholas Stavroulakis, published by the Association of the Friends of the Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens, 1986. (Scan courtesy of the Jewish Museum of Greece)

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