Sarah Aroeste: Ladino Musician, Singer, Songwriter – Nancy Kricorian: Activist on Occupation Profiteering
Sarah Aroeste writes and sings in the nearly-lost language of Ladino. Sarah shares her Sephardic heritage, and music from her new CD for children Ora De Despertar.
• Dona Gracia Mendes Nasi • Samuel HaNagid
Nancy Kricorian works with Code Pink and talks about how businesses like AirBnB, ReMax, and Ahava have become Occupation Profiteers by operating in Gaza and the occupied West Bank in Israel/Palestine. As this podcast was being prepared, Ahava announced that it is leaving the occupied territories in response to the boycott and protests.
• Airbnb: Say No to Stolen Homes • Jewish Voice for Peace • American Muslims for Palestine • Sum Of Us
Music by: Stick Against Stone, Sarah Aroeste.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:00:51 — 139.7MB)
If we say that the occupation in Israel Palestine is unethical, immoral, then we must open our eyes to all the occupations, all the colonialism that is still tearing the people of Earth apart and showing us once again this cycle of this aspect of the human story. If we want to change the story then we get to look and see the big picture and make different choices. It’s up to us.