Happy Hanukkah! The Be’chol Lashon team sat down with Brazilian-born Jewish Ladino opera singer, Carla Sutton Berg, to chat about her new Hanukkah song. Carla is an Educational Psychologist, artist, composer, and multicultural singer. Below is a translation of excerpts from our conversation with her, followed by the original Portuguese.

My vision now is not of my own success, but of continuing to build out this community. Sephardic culture is world culture.

As a leader of a Latin-Jewish org, I see this month as THE month for showcasing the intersection of our two cultures.

As you get ready for this Rosh Hashanah, remember that prayer can go beyond words and consider what makes you feel full and what makes you feel at home.

With a Ladino word introduced on each page, a Sephardic Jewish family prepares to celebrate Shabbat.

She didn’t mean it in a malicious way — I just did not conform to her stereotype of Sephardic Jews.

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