Sarah Aroeste es una de las principales intérpretes de canciones en ladino en la actualidad, pero al crecer en una familia mixta asquenazí y sefardí en Princeton, NJ, ni siquiera hablaba el idioma. “Una de las razones por las que me atrajo fue que era tan misterioso, una parte de mi …
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Ya salió el primer álbum de Hanukkah totalmente ladino
Amos Funk / Sarah Kenyon – Estudio Ruta 7 Sarah Aroeste es muchas cosas: madre, cantante, músico, compositora, autora, educadora, activista cultural sefardí. Y este mes, mientras Aroeste se prepara para lanzar el primer álbum de Hanukkah totalmente en ladino del mundo, podemos agregar a la lista de «creadores de historia». …
Read More »Para los judíos sefardíes, la ciudadanía portuguesa ofrece claves de tradición, herencia y orgullo
Durante una buena parte de su historia, los judíos fueron un pueblo apátrida, y en repetidas ocasiones se encontraron huyendo o expulsados de países incluso mucho después de haber echado raíces. Ahora, algunas de esas naciones están ofreciendo la ciudadanía a los judíos, independientemente de su nacionalidad actual, para enmendar …
Read More »Flory Jagoda dedicó su vida a preservar la música en ladino y me inspiró a hacer lo mismo
Como su canción más famosa, «Ocho Kandelikas», Jagoda exudaba una alegría contagiosa. «Conocí a Flory personalmente cuando ya tenía 90 años, pero su influencia en el mundo del ladino me ha dominado inconmensurablemente desde que comencé mi carrera en esta música hace 20 años», escribe Sarah Aroeste, a la derecha …
Read More »Flory Jagoda Dedicated Her Life to Preserving Ladino Music—and Inspired Me to Do the Same
Like her most famous song, “Ocho Kandelikas,” Jagoda exuded an infectious joy. “I only got to know Flory personally when she was already in her 90s, but her influence on the Ladino world has had an immeasurable hold on me since I started my career in Ladino music 20 years …
Read More »Ladino Day Turns to Storytelling — and to the Future
The sixth annual event at the UW headlines with French Sephardic activist Francois Azar. A parrot perches in front of a packed synagogue on Rosh Hashanah. Advertised as “a Jewish parrot” (“un papagayo djudió”) at Bloomingdale’s, the bird had amazed his new owner, a wealthy merchant from Istanbul, with performances of Hebrew …
Read More »Jewish Heritage Tour to Macedonia
Led by World Renowned Ladino Singer, Sarah Aroeste and MEJDI Tours’ Macedonia Expert, Joshua Bloom August 19 – August 26, 2018 Deadline to register: April 19, 2018 Get off-the-beaten-track to explore the Romaniote and Sephardic Jewish heritage of Macedonia and discover the country’s rich history, natural beauty, ethnic diversity, and delectable …
Read More »Yasmin Levy Makes Music out of Madness
The Sephardic songstress has music in her blood. By Sarah Aroeste I knew I wanted to interview international Sephardic singer Yasmin Levy about her career in Ladino music. As a Ladino-language musician myself, I have admired Levy’s impressive musical journey for many years. We both represent styles that pay honor to our …
Read More »Ora de Despertar – Time to Wake Up! by Sarah Aroeste
Ora de Despertar – Time to Wake Up! by Sarah Aroeste (Author), Miriam Ross (Illustrator) Based on the award-winning children’s album of the same name, the Ora de Despertar (Time to Wake Up!) children’s book is an all-original bilingual story in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) and English that highlights rituals of the morning and what …
Read More »Sarah Aroeste on Ladino culture and her upcoming show at the Holocaust Memorial Center
Sephardic dreams Sarah Aroeste will perform at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills as part of her Sounds of the Sephardic Sea program on March 19. The singer from New Jersey has four albums under her belt, including the experimental 2012 feminist album Gracia, and the 2016 children’s album …
Read More »Our Dreams of Home by Sarah Aroeste
When I think of home, I imagine the physical space I return to at night, the one with the white-washed façade, the apple trees in the backyard, and of course my daughter’s contagious toothy grin waiting for me inside. But I also feel home, that indescribable sense of peace, …
Read More »"Gracia" by Sarah Aroeste
Sarah Aroeste is preparing her new album GRACIA, so, she send us this message: I’m currently finishing up my third album, Gracia, which is by far my proudest project yet. For those of you familiar with my work, Gracia, is significantly different from my previous two albums, and is …
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