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Bivas—Ladino High School Club of America, hosts third national Shabbat in Seattle
Bivas — the Ladino High School Club of America, held its second National High School Shabbaton from November 7-11 in Seattle, WA. More...
Magazine Staff
Jan 73 min read


Bivas – the Ladino High School Club of America hosts first National Shabbaton in Orlando
Bivas – the Ladino High School Club of America, held its first National High School Shabbaton from April 4-7 in Orlando, Florida. More...
Ethan Marcus
Mar 15, 20244 min read


Ramping Up Sephardic Education
“Kayikçi, Balata, peshkadikos de la mar, choop, choop, a la mar!” This Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) nursery rhyme (“Oarsmen, take me to Balat,...
Magazine Staff
Mar 15, 20247 min read


Bivas: Grupo de Ladino para Djovenos
Unos mezes atras tomi haber de un grupo ke se formo para djovenos kon el buto de ambezarles de la kultura serfardi. Se yamava Bivas.org ...
Aaron Shapiro
Jan 15, 20243 min read


Why We Started Bivas
It’s March 2023. I’m a sophomore in a Jewish high school busy with both a Jewish Studies and General Studies curriculum, my friends, and...
Judah Roberts
Jan 15, 20242 min read


Bivas - the Ladino High School Club of America
Bivas! Kreskas! Engradeskas! "May you live, grow up, and be brought up for good!" Many happy sneezes have been blessed with this Ladino...
Miriam Raphael Klein
Jan 15, 20244 min read


The True Meaning of Being Sephardic
From the time I was little, being Sephardic is something in which I’ve taken great pride in. It was exciting to be part of such a vibrant...
Gabi Hassan
Jan 15, 20241 min read


Sephardic Adventure Camp 2023 Recap
This year’s session of Sephardic Adventure Camp was better than ever before! For three weeks, nearly 100 kids between the ages of 8 and...
Rabbi Kenny Pollak
Sep 5, 20234 min read


Young Professionals Tour of Jewish Turkey
Our first ever Young Professionals Tour of Jewish Turkey took place in July and it was an incredible experience! Twenty young community...
Andrew Marcus
Sep 5, 20233 min read


Fall 2023 - NYC Report
We’ve had a packed Summer of activities in the NYC Metropolitan Area! For the first time ever, we proudly marched in the Celebrate Israel...
Ethan Marcus
Sep 5, 20232 min read


Appointment of new Northwest Yeshiva High School Head of School will make 2nd Sephardic Head of School for Jewish Day Schools in the Seattle Community!
On March 9th, the Northwest Yeshiva High School (NYHS) board announced their unanimous election of Rabbi Yehuda Gabay as the new Head of...
Beth Jacoby
Apr 18, 20233 min read


Summer Recap - Finding Good Fortune Right Here at Sephardic Adventure Camp
The theme for summer 2022 at Sephardic Adventure Camp (SAC) was “de tu patada veremos hayre,” meaning “through your step, you will find...
Beth Jacoby
Sep 15, 20223 min read


Young Professionals Tour of Jewish Greece 2022
Our 2022 Young Professionals Tour of Jewish Greece was the trip of a lifetime! 24 members of our community, most with Romaniote or...
Andrew Marcus
Sep 15, 20222 min read


Sephardic Birthright Trip takes 20 young Sepharadim to Israel for free!
Our annual Sephardic Birthright Trip to Israel is back in action after a brief COVID-19 hiatus. Our group this year is having a blast...
Ethan Marcus
Jul 1, 20221 min read


Book Review - Tia Fortuna’s New Home
Four and a half years ago, on a fall day in September 2017, I began to write the story that would eventually become my debut picture...
Professor Ruth Behar
Jan 15, 20224 min read


Fall 2021 - NYC Metropolitan Area
It’s been a busy summer for La Ermandad in our NYC Metro area community with exciting new programs going into the fall and winter. We...
Ethan Marcus
Sep 1, 20211 min read
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