Festival Sefardí

05/05/2023

Casi listos! Almost ready!
Tickets still available https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festivalsefardi

New Mexico Humanities Council

05/04/2023

https://www.sbhseattle.org/a-little-ladino

Algunas frases y palabaras en Ladino, gracias a Congregación Bikur Holim en Seattle.

Some phrases and words in Ladino, thanks to Congregation Bikur Holim en Seattle.

"Boca dulce avre puertas de fierro, kind words open iron gates."

New Mexico Humanities Council

Learn about Ladino, also known as Judeo-Spanish, the native langauge of our community, still actively used in our religious life and community traditions. Find out more about how to connect with our beautiful langugue and learn some Ladino!

05/04/2023

Rachel Amado Bortnick in Bet Israel, the largest synagogue in Izmir, Turkey, built in 1907. Come to Festival Sefardí this weekend and meet Rachel! Don't miss her talk, "My Life with Ladino", and her discussion with Denise León, "Izmir in Our Soul".
Find the schedule, buy tickets, much more info here:
https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festivalsefardi

05/04/2023

Born and raised in Izmir, Turkey, our friend Rachel Amado Bortnick is working hard to promote her native language, Ladino or Judeo-Spanish. We're so excited she's coming to participate in Festival Sefardí 2023! Come learn about this beautiful language and hear it spoken in conversation and poetry. Food, art show, film, writing workshop, poetry readings, Festival Sefardí 2023! In Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Get your tickets, Zoom info, schedule, bios and all the info here:
https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festivalsefardi

Mexico Humanities Council

05/03/2023

"Selfies of Sefardim and Mizrahim" opens Festival Sefardí this Friday!
See full schedule, get weekend tickets, RSVP for Shabbat Dinner, Saturday lunch...all the info is here: https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festivalsefardi



New Mexico Humanities Council

05/03/2023

Don't miss Festival Sefardí 2023. New Mexico's premiere celebration of the Sephardic Jews of the Southwest USA. Poetry, art, food, personal stories, film and more.
Get your tickets today!
Coming this weekend!
https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festivalsefardi
Zoom:
ID: 865 8630 1766
Passcode: sefarad

05/03/2023

We had a great time on a great radio station with a great host!
Espejos de Atzlán with Monica Rodriguez on KUNM FM in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Please come to our festival next weekend!
https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festivalsefardi
Sandra MarroquinEvans

05/02/2023

un poema por Denise León:

[lo vimos partir con las kabezas echadas]

lo vimos partir con las kabezas echadas para no sentir el viento. Nos quedimos ahí asentadas, sin yorar, sintiendo ke faltaba
desde siempre. Era enverano i mi madre disho no te quites los
chapines. Se eskapó de Izmir en un vaporiko ke era l’ultimo.
Sin despartirse. Topó l’ultimo i se vino. ¿Iba sin chapines para
abajar mi padre, eskapado del ejército turko? Disho mi ma-
dre ke se los abía djugado a las kartas en el barko de venida i
ke me tuvo en los brazos kuando nací i ke no me soltaba por
nada del mundo. Sus dedos largos de ceniza me enseñan la
stampa amofecida de la boda. ¿Estás viendo? Este es él y es-
ta soy yo. ¿I los chapines? ¿I los labios apegados de la novia
ke paresen kudiar una promesa? La stampa también cruzó
la mar i se inklina komo arrodiyada en el estante i el ges-
to de kuando se kitaba las pulseras. Sus gestos de ceniza ke
no tokan la tierra. Sus dedos largos soltaron mis dedos: só-
lo me kedaron las promesas.

Inglés:

[we saw him leaving with our heads bent forward]

we saw him leaving with our heads bent forward so we wouldn’t
feel the wind. We remained there seated, without crying, feeling
he had been absent forever. It was summer and my mother told me don’t take off your shoes. He fled from Izmir in a little ship that was the last one. Without saying goodbye. He took the last one and came here. Had my father no shoes to disembark when he was running away from the Turkish army? My mother said that he had gambled them away on the voyage back and that he held me in his arms when I was born and that he wouldn’t let me go for anything in the world. Her long, ashy fingers show me the aged wedding photo. Are you looking at the photo? This is him and this is me. And the shoes? And the bride’s tight lips that seem to guard a promise? The photo also crossed the ocean and it bends as if kneeling on the shelf and the gesture she made when she took off her bracelets. Her ashy gestures that don’t touch the ground. Her long fingers let go of my fingers: I was left with only promises.

05/01/2023

Tonight at 7PM MDT on Espejos de Atzlán on KUNM 89.9FM!
Monica Rodriguez interviews Héctor Contreras López, Esteban Rael, Sandra Marroquín-Evans and Hershel Weiss.
Hear two poems by Denise León read in Spanish and English!

Tickets for Festival Sefardí are on sale now.
https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festival-sefardi-ticket

Lunch by Cafe Istanbul, buy tickets in advance:
https://www.nahalatshalom.org/lunch-tickets-festival-sefardi

RSVP Vegetarian Shabbat Potluck Dinner:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScr63cWdgWNCt5wVDowVaP-nKIVafWRiTARJAroCRJxoZhagw/viewform

Join the volunteer crew:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c094aa4a823aaf9c25-festival #/

See you this weekend, May 5-7!


MarroquinEvans

04/30/2023

Denise León is from Tucumán, Argentina. She is a descendant of Sephardic immigrants. Her latest book, Árbol que tiembla, “tries to rebuild the paths of genealogy from memories and stories of the survivors of four Sephardic families who came to settle in Tucumán at the beginning of the 20th century.” Denise will be speaking all three days of the Festival, which is coming up this next weekend on May 5, 6, and 7th! Get your tickets here: https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festival-sefardi-ticket

04/30/2023

Catch Route 66 with host Adam Aguirre tonight for a spectrum of Swing, Rockabilly, Jump Blues, Roots-Rock, Latin Roots/Lounge, Funk, retro & remix culture and hear the interview with Esteban Rael and Hershel Weiss. Learn more about Festival Sefardí!
8-10pm 89.9 FM, broadcasting from Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

04/28/2023

Lunch on Saturday May 6 at Festival Sefardí is by Cafe Istanbul.
We´ll be screening "Trees Cry For Rain" an excellent documentary about our guest Rachel Amado Bortnick. Get lunch tickets in advance:
https://www.nahalatshalom.org/lunch-tickets-festival-sefardi
Festival registration and information: https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festivalsefardi
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04/28/2023

A beautiful announcement in ESefarad!
We hope to see you there!

Festival Sefardí 2023The thirteenth annual Festival Sefardí brings together two great practitioners of Ladino, or Judeo-Spanish, the language of the Sephardic Jews.Direct from Tucumán, Argentina Denise León, the newest link in the chain of poets writing in Ladino will be joined by Rachel

04/27/2023

Festival Sefardí 2023 - https://mailchi.mp/hershelweiss.com/festival-sefard-2023
Register now!

The thirteenth annual Festival Sefardí brings together two great practitioners of Ladino, or Judeo-Spanish, the language of the Sephardic Jews.

04/26/2023

El Colectivo Raíces brings Chican@x and Latin@x music and public programming and lifts up the voice of the New Mexico Community.

Photo: Governors Photo Archives

04/24/2023

Direct from Tucumán, Argentina, Denise Léon is one of today’s leading Sephardic authors, the newest link in the chain of poets writing in Ladino.  Rachel Amado Bortnick of Izmir, Turkey is a native speaker of Ladino and one of its foremost promoters. Rachel and Denise share an ancestral connect...

04/08/2023

Only four weeks til Festival Sefardí 2023! Denise León is coming from Tucumán, Argentina! Rachel Amado Bortnick is coming from Dallas, Texas! Poetry, Ladino, Food, Art and much more! Get your tickets here: https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festivalsefardi
¡Faltamos solo cuatro semanas!
5 al 7 de mayo.

04/05/2023

¡Pesaj alegre a todo el mundo!

04/01/2023

03/29/2023

Coming May 5-7! Full schedule here: https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festivalsefardi

03/10/2023

¡Cinco días más para que su historia sea conocida!
Five more days to have your story known!

03/03/2023

Los mensajes siguen llegando y las fotografías y las historias son increíbles. Nos encantaría incluir también las de ustedes. ¡Es importante que nuestras historias sean contadas y que nuestras caras se vean!

The entries have been coming in and the pictures and stories are amazing. We'd love to include yours. It's important that our stories are told and our faces are seen!

02/10/2023

¡Participa en el Festival de este año (5-7 de mayo, 2023)!
Envíanos una selfie a más tardar el 28 de febrero. Nos encantaría verte a ti y tu historia en la galería.
¡Favor de compartir!

01/27/2023

Be part of this year's festival (May 5-7, 2023)! Send us a selfie by Feb 28. Can't wait to see you and your story in the gallery.
Please share!

01/19/2023

12/30/2022

Save the date! Festival Sefardí 2023! May 5-7!
¡Reserva la fecha! ¡Festival sefardí 2023! ¡Del 5 al 7 mayo!
The Festival takes place in Albuquerque, NM, USA and will be live-streamed. More details as we get closer.

11/01/2022

New Mexico Storytelling Festival coming up next weekend! Featuring Echos of our Culture/Stories of our Souls.
More info nahalatshalom.org
Nov 5, 2022 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
In Person and Zoom: Echoes of our Culture/Stories of our Souls With Storytellers Cherie Karo Schwartz and Angel Vigil
There was a time, an artistic and magical time, of Jewish and Spanish cultures in New Mexico in the late 1880’s, and continuing to this day. The commonality of cultures has been in the creation of visual art, yet the spiritual and story arts contribute well to this interwoven, inter-arts tapestry of tales. Come revel in stories shared by New Mexico native Angel Vigil and 15th century Spanish descendant Cherie Karo Schwartz as they tell similarly themed stories from both Jewish and Spanish traditions.

06/06/2022

06/06/2022

Success! Such a beautiful festival.
We're already planning our next event!
Photos thanks to the watchful and artful eye of Sandra Marroquín-Evans.

06/05/2022

Join us today for a Sephardic sing along and more music with the amazing Cantor Beth Cohen!
And learn about the Sephardic Jews of Cuba and Bulgaria from Ruth Behar and Myriam Moscona.
Plus personal stories, It all starts at 12:30 today.
Tickets, Zoom info, schedule, bios:
https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festivalsefardijune2022

06/05/2022

A wonderful day of conversation, poetry and connection.
Thank you Ruth and Myriam!
And thanks to Sandra Marroquin-Evans for the stage design and photo!

06/04/2022

Poetry Today! Come for the Ladino!
Starting at 12:30pm MDT on Zoom and at Nahalat Shalom.
A conversation with authors Ruth Behar and Myriam Moscona moderated by Héctoer Contreras López, a trilingual poetry reading with Myriam Moscona and Sandra Marroquín Evans, and a bilingual poetry reading with Ruth Behar. Book signings too!
https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festivalsefardijune2022

06/04/2022

Incredible talk by Héctor Contreras López last night!
And a magical Shabbat dinner with Stephanie Sofie Shefia Cohen!
More magic today!
A panel discussion with Ruth Behar and Myriam Moscona, Poetry Readings in three languages, Sandra Marroquin Evans, Book Signings and more.
Everyone is welcome!
https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festivalsefardijune2022

06/02/2022

Amazing Sephardic Festival - https://mailchi.mp/hershelweiss.com/amazing-sephardic-festival-15692014

06/01/2022

The show is hung! And we're celebrating Shabbat outside in Nahalat Shalom's beautiful courtyard.
RSVP for the potluck vegetarian Sephardic Shabbat dinner here
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJqbBtGpO6pwS2ymzTyvA8J8emfsQvQAxvu1Rc10I96ipDpQ/viewform
Tickets still available for the festival https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festivalsefardijune2022
The full schedule is here
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58729f1159cc68c638c0f24e/t/627c10473342f76d48a48c3f/1652297803133/Schedule_Festival_final_english.pdf
Zoom info, bios, more info
https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festivalsefardijune2022

See you in person or on Zoom this weekend!

05/31/2022

Starts this Friday in person and on Zoom!
Tickets, schedule, bios, Zoom info:
https:/www.nahalatshalom.org/festivalsefardijune2022
Everyone is welcome to partake in this wonderful weekend featuring two of the best Sefardi poets, music, an amazing art show, personal stories and more.

05/27/2022

Estéban Rael being interviewed by Adam Aguirre at Nahalat Shalom. Hear it on Espejos de Atzlán on Monday, 5/30/22 at 7:00PM MDT. KUNM 90.1 FM.
Get your ticket for Festival Sefardí here:
https://www.nahalatshalom.org/festival-sefardi-ticket