Sarah Aroeste — American singer, musician, composer, author, educator, Sephardic culture activist — has recorded the world’s first-ever all-Ladino Hanukkah album. “Hanuká! was released on Nov. 19 in plenty of time for this year’s super-early start to the Festival of Lights. From board books for babies to middle-grade novels, animated videos to Carnegie Hall performances, Aroeste showcases contemporary Sephardic culture on many platforms. Driving her projects motivation to increase interest in and connection to her ancestral language of Ladino, a Judeo-Spanish linguistic. “How do I do that? With joy,” she says.