Finding a Voice in Ladino with Sarah Aroeste and Joe Alterman
Tuesday, December 8 at 1pm, ET / 10am, PT
For 25 years, award-winning singer-songwriter Sarah Aroeste has been creating original music in Ladino, the historic language of Sephardic Jews. Aroeste will discuss her new live album, Orijinal (en bivo), which brings together eleven songs spanning her career—from stories of Sephardic history and her family’s roots in North Macedonia and Greece to songs about motherhood, loss, resilience and belonging. She’ll talk about why she chose to write new music in Ladino, the importance of preserving and reimagining Sephardic culture, and how music can keep a language, history and identity alive for new generations. In conversation with Joe Alterman, executive director of Neranenah.
This program is part of The Pulse: Moments That Matter, a series of frank conversations on culturally relevant topics with musicians, comedians and other entertainment industry professionals to illuminate how being Jewish has shaped their experiences, both personally and professionally.