The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/ladino/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:54:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Ladino | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/ladino/ 32 32 Haberes buenos! Hebrew U initiates first Ladino intensive language program https://www.timesofisrael.com/haberes-buenos-hebrew-u-initiates-first-ladino-intensive-language-program/ Wed, 25 Sep 2024 03:34:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3379052 Inaugural summer session attracted a diverse group of students, who took a deep dive into the living tradition of Judeo-Spanish and encountered native speakers

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]]> This Israel-born musician is spearheading a Ladino revival, from Taiwan to Toronto https://www.timesofisrael.com/this-israel-born-musician-is-spearheading-a-ladino-revival-from-taiwan-to-toronto/ Sun, 08 Oct 2023 08:39:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3110238 Taking her show on the road, singer and trombonist Nani Vazana brings a lost language and culture to audiences familiar with it and to newcomers alike

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]]> With Ladino compilation, vocalist gets in tune with her family’s fading history https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-ladino-compilation-vocalist-gets-in-tune-with-her-familys-fading-history/ Sat, 01 Apr 2023 02:00:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2984767 Israeli-American Tutti Druyan hopes release of song collection 'Kantika' revives interest in the endangered Judeo-Spanish language once spoken by her ancestors

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]]> ‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’ joins short list of TV and movie shows featuring Ladino https://www.timesofisrael.com/beauty-queen-of-jerusalem-joins-other-movies-and-shows-that-feature-ladino/ Thu, 26 May 2022 04:49:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2769920 The language was spoken by Jewish communities in the Ottoman Empire and North Africa who had fled the Spanish Inquisition; today, their descendants are seeking to reclaim it

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]]> Lauded Mexican writer’s novels explore her Sephardic history and crypto-Judaism https://www.timesofisrael.com/lauded-mexican-writers-novels-explore-her-sephardic-history-and-crypto-judaism/ Sun, 26 Dec 2021 02:06:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2670412 Told by her mother that the family were secret Jews, Angelina Muñiz-Huberman often writes about hidden identity, Iberian Jewry, and Jewish mysticism

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]]> Oxford courses on 12 rare Jewish languages aim to keep heritages alive https://www.timesofisrael.com/oxford-courses-on-12-rare-jewish-languages-aim-to-keep-heritages-alive/ Fri, 15 Oct 2021 20:44:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2631412 The classes, which began this week, run for an hour a week online and are free for all students

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]]> An Israeli singer in Amsterdam creates the world’s first Ladino pop album https://www.timesofisrael.com/an-israeli-singer-in-amsterdam-creates-the-worlds-first-ladino-pop-album/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 00:28:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1928368 Noam Vazana traces the would-be evolution of a dying Jewish-Sephardic language and culture as she imagines what it would be like if the musical tradition never stopped

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]]> Spain helps keep alive archaic language of Sephardic Jews https://www.timesofisrael.com/spain-helps-keep-alive-archaic-language-of-sephardic-jews/ Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:26:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1796369 Ladino getting boost from Royal Academy to nurture 500-year-old tongue which UNESCO defines as 'severely endangered'

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]]> A century ago, Jewish Salonica burned https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-century-ago-jewish-salonica-burned/ Fri, 18 Aug 2017 20:17:34 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1678833 The home to the largest and most dynamic Ladino-speaking Sephardi Jewish community in the world was rebuilt, only to be destroyed anew

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]]> Spain announces bid to preserve the Judeo-Spanish language — in Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/spain-announces-bid-to-preserve-the-judeo-spanish-language-in-israel/ Tue, 01 Aug 2017 10:17:53 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1668835 Spanish Royal Academy to found a special Israeli center for Ladino, still spoken by some 525 years after the expulsion of the country's Jews

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]]> Thessaloniki’s new Holocaust museum a sign of a city finally embracing its Jewish past https://www.timesofisrael.com/thessalonikis-new-holocaust-museum-a-sign-of-a-city-finally-embracing-its-jewish-past/ Sat, 17 Jun 2017 04:53:44 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1640457 Once called the Flower of the Balkans, Greek city to begin construction of a fitting memorial 74 years after Nazis destroyed the great Sephardic community

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]]> Sephardic Jews to convene at global summit in Mexico https://www.timesofisrael.com/sephardic-jews-to-convene-at-global-summit-in-mexico/ Sun, 04 Jun 2017 13:28:30 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1632277 With representatives from over 20 countries, biennial conference will highlight emergence of Jewish institutional life

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]]> Hank Azaria opens up about speaking Ladino and his latest TV role https://www.timesofisrael.com/hank-azaria-opens-up-about-speaking-ladino-and-his-latest-tv-role/ Mon, 17 Apr 2017 06:46:20 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1601067 Now in a popular cable series, the man of many voices says he feels 'most at home with Jewish characters'

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]]> Sephardi studies scholar sees preserving Ladino as ‘act of resistance’ against Trump https://www.timesofisrael.com/this-sephardi-studies-scholar-sees-preserving-ladino-as-an-act-of-resistance-against-trump/ Sat, 18 Mar 2017 09:53:04 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1580379 The dwindling language's roots in Spanish and Arabic speak to the perceived challenges facing those communities in post-Trump America, says Prof. Devin Naar

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]]> Ladino groove: Two moms channel ‘herstory’ through song and dance https://www.timesofisrael.com/ladino-groove-two-moms-channel-herstory-through-song-and-dance/ Sun, 15 Jan 2017 19:58:52 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1539343 In their latest collaboration, Miriam Peretz and Rachel Valfer perform a rich fusion of feminine folk music

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