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 ...

A sold-out crowd packed the house at the Center for Jewish History — and even filled an overflow room viewing the proceedings on screen — at the third annual Ladino Day in New York, home to the ...

Scholars and Ladino speakers agree that he single-handedly revived the language at a time when it was on the decline and Sephardi culture had lost relevance. Moshe Shaul, the man who gave Ladino a new ...

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Amid the eruption of antisemitism worldwide, Nani Vazana, an accomplished Israeli singer, composer, trombonist, and pianist based in the Netherlands, sings in the Jewish language Ladino, winning the ...

NEW YORK (JTA) — Isaac Azose knew he had a treasure in his hands — a nearly century-old booklet for Ladino-speaking Jews immigrating to the United States that featured English, Ladino and Yiddish ...

Devin Naar, a University of Washington assistant professor in Jewish studies, is creating the first digitized library of Ladino source materials. NEW YORK (JTA) — Isaac Azose knew he had a treasure in ...

ISTANBUL (JTA) — Every time she prepares her newspaper for print, Karen Sarhon has her pick from dozens of submissions she receives daily from writers around the world. A desirable situation for any ...

From New York City to Buenos Aires and Madrid to Istanbul, Ladino* activists and scholars, all of whom speak the language, met in Jerusalem from October 11-13, 2018. The purpose of this 3-day ...