Ocho Kandelikas is a traditional Sephardi tune that was updated by singer and musician Flory Jagoda in Ladino, which is Judaeo-Spanish. A translation of the song into English can be found at the ...

The Jewish Festival of Lights -- Hanukkah -- begins at sundown today. Today's Beautiful Music is a performance of the song OCHO KANDELIKAS (Eight Candles) by Flory Jagoda. Trio Sefardi gave this ...

The Bosnian-born Holocaust survivor was the composer of “Ocho Kandelikas,” a Ladino Hanukkah song. (JTA) — Flory Jagoda, the Bosnian-born Holocaust survivor who became a champion of Ladino and ...

Singer, songwriter, guitarist and accordionist Flory Jagoda worked hard to preserve the music and language she inherited from her Sephardic Jewish ancestors in her adopted American home. Named a ...

Flory Jagoda, the Sarajevo-born Holocaust survivor and Sephardic musician who brought Ladino music to the wider world died last month at the age of 97. Jagoda was a lifelong lover of her ...

When Flory Jagoda fled from the Nazis in Yugoslavia, she escaped with her precious accordion — and her Bosnian Jewish cultural heritage. At a time when landmarks, belongings and entire families were ...