Flory Jagoda, flame keeper of traditional Sephardic music, dies at 97
Flory Jagoda, flame keeper of traditional Sephardic music, dies at 97 Ryan Di Corpo Flory Jagoda, a Bosnian-born guitarist and accordionist who brought the traditional ballads of her Sephardic ancestors and the melodies of the Ladino language to American audiences through performances and recordings, died Jan. 29 at a memory-care center in Alexandria, Va. She was 97. The cause was complications of dementia, said her daughter Lori Lowell. In an early life marked by war, persecution and dislocation, Mrs. Jagoda said she found comfort in her heritage and the teachings pas...
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