Dr. Rivka Amado—First Session: Ladino History, Culture, Music & Language (In Person or on Zoom)

In partnership with Congregation Etz Chayim, Palo Alto

After over two thousand years of Jewish life in the Iberian Peninsula, the Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492. Most of them, known as the Sephardim (“Sepharad” is Spain in Hebrew), left with only two types of possessions: their language—Ladino—and their music.

This program explores Ladino culture: its historical account, language and music found in ballads, lyrical songs (cantikas), coplas, and liturgy.

Sunday, February 4 @ 10:30am–12pm (at Etz Chaim or on Zoom)

This is the first of a three-part series. Register below for this session, or here for the full series.