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May 12, 2020, 10:46 AM

Notes from the pandemic in New York City

I’m writing from my apartment in The Bronx, one of the five boroughs of New York City. Like millions of other people, we are in quarantine. Our city has been the center of the pandemic for few months and it has been very hard for...

Sep 21, 2019, 10:19 AM

Libertango Listen to Piazzolla and Katica

I didn’t write a post in a long time. But I just heard an amazing version of Libertango that I felt it is worth sharing. I was looking in YouTube for Klezmer Tango music that I heard in my last trip to Argentina, but instead I...

Dec 21, 2018, 7:53 AM

A Portrait of Sepharad — Girona and Barcelona

Girona
El Call

GIRONA EL CALL JEWISH QUARTER This summer I visited family in Barcelona. Barcelona is a marvelous city that combines the old and the new, where the Gothic Quarter is near the beaches, and Gaudi and Messi are intertwined in the present. Barcelona is part of...

Sep 28, 2018, 6:02 PM

Don’t miss Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish in NYC!

By now, if you live in New York City you probably heard that there is a Yiddish version of the famous Fiddler on the Roof playing at The Museum of Jewish Heritage, but perhaps you think you don’t know enough Yiddish to enjoy the show....

Jul 20, 2018, 7:18 PM

What do you know about Ladino? Listen to Sara Aroeste’s songs!

What do you know about Ladino? When was the last time you heard a Ladino song? Do you know that Tom Hanks played in a movie, Every Time We Say Goodbye, in which a character spoke Ladino? Don’t worry if you feel you know little...

Jun 14, 2018, 10:48 PM

Soccer Fever! Watch the 2018 FIFA World Cup/ La Copa Mundial de Fútbol 2018

Today is a big day being celebrated by millions of people around the world: the 2018 FIFA World Cup is beginning and the whole world is watching. This is not just any other tournament; I just heard on NPR that 3 billion people are expected...

May 26, 2018, 1:28 AM

The Mezuzah that taught me a lesson

I like to talk to the people I see often when I shop in a store. I like to see the same faces, the familiarity that conveys. Usually it is not profound conversation, but sometimes without realizing, it can turn into something substantial. José (not...

May 17, 2018, 9:24 PM

Jerusalem, where the stones speak

How do you fall in love with a city? For me, my love for Jerusalem began with its stones. The stones talked to me. They told me stories; they spoke of history, love, death, beauty, empires, civilizations, time, and faith. When you fall in love something happens...

May 11, 2018, 5:38 PM

On billionaires and homeless children in NYC

I was shopping at one of my favorite stores yesterday, looking at the shoes section, when I overheard a conversation in Spanish that made me sad and angry all at once. The store is a T-J Max, a chain that offers great prices for well-known...

May 4, 2018, 6:45 PM

Argentinian Films You will Love

I love movies. I like the feeling of being transported to another reality in a short period of time. My imagination wanders. I follow someone else’s journey and I become aware how other people live. I immerse myself and laugh, cry, marvel at people’s successes...

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About Me

Graciela Berger Wegsman is an award-winning playwright, journalist and translator. As a journalist, Graciela has written articles for many newspapers and magazines in Argentina, Israel and the USA. She has been a frequent contributor to the New York Daily News for the last several years, specializing in Latino culture. She writes her "On Being Jewish and Latina Blog." She is also a Realtor working in New York at Douglas Elliman Real Estate.