Tag Archives: Sarah Aroeste

Sefarad cada día, todo el año ¡Feliz 2025! (2024 veces gracias)

  Nuestro agradecimiento a todas estas personas que participaron en nuestros ciclos del 2024 (por órden de aparición) Esther Gonen, Karen Sharhon, Niso Maçoro, Jenny Laneurie, Bella Cohen Clougher, Line Amselem, Abraham Bengio, Jake Kohenak, Albert Israel, Rachel Amado Bortnick, Aaron Shapiro, Alex Acero Ayuda, Ítalo Felizardo, Devin Naar, Mariana …

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Sarah Aroeste, Punk-Rock Ladino, Cantautora Feminista

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». …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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, …

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