Early Bird Tickets! Salud i beraha: The 9th Annual NY Ladino Day

[Jane Mushabac]

Dear Friends,

We’re happy to announce Salud i beraha: The 9th Annual NY Ladino Day! 

Join us on January 11, 2026,  2-5pm at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan.  It’s an in-person event. 

This year’s exciting program features Brazilian Ladino singer FORTUNA,  keynote speaker DR. JOE HALIO, an exhibit by artist BECKY BEHAR, and a panel with movers and shakers of Ladino.  I’ve curated the event with Bryan Kirschen. 

Early Bird tickets  (click here) are available through December 1, 2025.  

Note, when Zeffy asks for a 17% fee, you can say what you’d like to pay. If you wish, choose Other and type in 0.

Best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving!

Jane

www.janemushabac.com

The American Sephardi Federation with the Sephardic Foundation on Aging proudly presents: Salud i beraha: The 9th Annual NY Ladino Day! Curated by Jane Mushabac and Bryan Kirschen Brazilian Ladino singer Fortuna, accompanied by her quartet Our Keynote Speaker is Dr. Joe Halio  Sunday, 11 January 2:00-5:00PM EST In-Person @ the Center for Jewish History 15 W 16th Street, New York City Full program details will be announced soon. Sign-up Now! Early Bird Tickets:  $20 Early Bird General Admission  (Admission to Ladino Day) $30 Friend of NY Ladino Day  (Includes a copy of the book: The Historic Synagogues of Turkey, and admission to Ladino Day) $50 VIP Friend of NY Ladino Day  (Includes VIP reception prior to the program, a copy of the book: The Historic Synagogues of Turkey, and VIP seating at Ladino Day) *Early Bird prices end on 1 December 2025 Since 2013, Ladino Day programs have been held around the world to honor Ladino, also known as Judeo-Spanish. January 11th marks New York’s 9th Annual Ladino Day hosted by the American Sephardi Federation. Ladino is a bridge to many cultures. A variety of Spanish, it has absorbed words from Hebrew, Turkish, Arabic, French, Greek, and Portuguese. The mother tongue of Jews in the Ottoman Empire for 500 years, Ladino became the home language of Sephardim worldwide. While the number of Ladino speakers has sharply declined, distinguished Ladino Day programs like ours celebrate and preserve a vibrant language and heritage. These programs are, as Aviya Kushner has written in the Forward, “Why Ladino Will Rise Again.” Postcard: Frederic Leighton’s “Old Damascus: Jew’s Quarter or Gathering Lemons,” c.1873-1874 Please support New York Ladino Day with a generous, tax-deductible contribution to ASF so we can continue to cultivate and advocate, preserve and promote, as well as educate and empower!