When Yasmin Levy sings, her voice carries five centuries of history dating back to the Jewish exile from Spain. The Israeli-born singer draws on her Ladino roots, which she traces back to Turkey through her father's lineage. A composer and cantor, Yitzhak Levy headed the Ladino department at Israel Radio and traced his family ancestry to the Sephardic Jews of Spain prior to the expulsion in 1492. An ethnomusicologist…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 02:18PM on February 8, 2012