Throughout the world, only about 60,000 people speak Ladino, or Judeo-Spanish. But the historic language of Sephardic Jewry is enjoying a bit of a renaissance. And what is believed to be the only ...

When Ladino-speaking Sephardic Jews came to the U.S., they felt like they didn’t fit in with their own people. “To many, Yiddish means Jewish,” said Devin Naar, professor of history ...

Courtesy of National Library of Israel “In founding the American Ladino League, we are creating a hub that brings together people who already speak or want to learn Ladino, as well as those who ...

“In a world with essentially no families raising their children speaking Ladino, songs become an important way for people’s lives to be infused with the language even if they are not, or can ...

The idea is to present Ladino as a language and also the history and the music in a way that lots of people can relate to.” “La Rosa,” an evocative love song, opens with Druyan singing the ...

Amid the eruption of antisemitism worldwide, Nani Vazana, an accomplished Israeli singer, composer, trombonist, and pianist ...

Ladino is largely based on medieval Spanish ... but also unlikely because every day we must cry for these dead people.” When Moris returned to Sarajevo, it was an entirely different place ...

It will both acknowledge how important music has been to Ladino, and celebrate how, in recent years, there have been so many initiatives for people to get together to share their stories in or ...

Ladino is a Judeo-Spanish language that dates back to the mid-1500s when Jewish people migrated from Spain. It's a mix of Castellano, French, Italian, Greek, Turkish, and Hebrew. Previous ...

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (WLNE) — Dartmouth police said a man was arrested for allegedly exposing himself at Harry Reynold’s Park on May 10. 67-year-old Joao Ladino, of Dartmouth, was charged with open and ...