Flory Jagoda

Flory Jagoda

Singer, composer and keeper of Ladino song · 1923–2021

Sephardi · EstablishedIsrael & the Diaspora Today

Sarajevo-born singer and composer who escaped the Holocaust that destroyed most of her family and carried the Ladino songs of her grandmother to America. Her Hanukkah song Ocho Kandelikas is sung around the world, and in 2002 she received the National Heritage Fellowship, America's highest honor in folk arts.

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