SEPHARDIC WEEK
Thursday, October 4, 7:00 p.m., Bosler 208
Film: Novia que te vea/ Like a Bride, an Award Winning Mexican film about a Sephardic girl.
Tuesday, October 9, 5:00 p.m., Weiss 235
El Último Sefardí/The Last Sephardic Jew, Spanish Television documentary concerning the survival of the culture of the Sephardic Jews, descendants of those expelled from Spain in 1492. (English subtitles)
Wednesday, October 10, 7:30 p.m.
Rubendall Recital Hall*
A Concert of Sephardic Music
by Argentine guitarist-cantor, Ramón Tasat
Reception to follow
Free admission to all events
Born in Buenos Aires, Tasat is a gifted tenor who learned Ladino, a blend of Jewish and Spanish traditions, the language of the Sephardic people, as a youngster. His grandparents were immigrants from Syria and Turkey, two of the areas Jews of southern Spain (Sephardim) fled to when expelled from Spain in 1492. He studied at the Manuel de Falla Conservatory of Music, the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary, and the University of Texas at Austin. Among his accomplishments, he has toured Europe, performed at the Kennedy Center and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, and given workshops at the Smithsonian Institution. His ten recordings include music from Spain, Morocco, Greece, Iraq and Israel, as well as popular music of Argentina and Italy.
Co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Asbell Center, the Department of Judaic Studies, Latin American Studies, Office of Global Education, Spanish Club, and the Student Senate.