Arrivals - A Sephardic-Ashkenazi Love Story, New Sephardic Off-Broadway show produced by Brotherhood, a Hit in NYC!

What an amazing show! Thank you to everyone who joined us in partnership with the American Sephardi Federation and the Seattle Jewish Theater Company for the New York Premiere of "Arrivals: A Sephardi-Ashkenazi Love Story" telling the tale of how a Sephardic Jew from Turkey falls in love with an Ashkenazi Jew from Russia. When the first Sephardic Jew arrived in Seattle in 1902, not everything went as planned. Marco Cordova, a young Sephardic Jew from Turkey, came to America to make his fortune. Bayla Keigelman, a fragile Ashkenazi girl from Russia, arrived fleeing a pogrom. Their meeting seemed written in the stars, until tradition declared their love forbidden.

Many members of the audience after each show commented on the power of the story, while others could relate to it on a personal level in their own families, recalling parents who faced discrimination because of their Sephardic backgrounds when marrying an Ashkenazi spouse. A special favorite of the show was the high volume of Ladino and Yiddish words and phrases peppered throughout the production.

Special thank you to the Writer and Director Art Feinglass and the whole production team for making this show possible