Join the American Ladino League for an in-depth conversation with Albert S. Maimon, Seattle-based Sephardic educator and community leader par excellence. Descended from Rhodesli and Turkish families, Al Maimon grew up in Seattle with Sephardic Bikur Holim Synagogue as the focal point of his life. He worked as a counselor at a predecessor of Sephardic Adventure Camp, which was founded by his uncle, Rabbi Solomon Maimon. Al co-edited The Beauty of Sephardic Life: Scholarly, Humorous and Personal Reflections (1993), a treasury of his father’s articles that uniquely conveys Ladino and Sephardic customs. Al Maimon attended Yeshiva University, earned a master’s degree in math, and worked in operation research and large-scale information systems at The Boeing Co. He has taught extensively for local and national Sephardic organizations, devoting his time, leadership, and expertise to boards for organizations like Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Sephardic Bikur Holim, the Seattle Sephardic Network, the Seattle Hebrew Academy, the American Ladino League, and many more.
Al will be interviewed by Rachel Amado Bortnick, co-director of the American Ladino League–and Al’s student for regular classes on subjects of Ladino interest, including Me’am Lo’ez!