Maybe I was just too young for it to have sunk in. Nonetheless, she still can speak Ladino, the language she grew up with at home. Their celebration is all the more remarkable, she says, because Susan was raised in a secular home and Rolland converted after their marriage. So somewhere in there, the love, the appreciation of Judaism was communicated. Otherwise that wouldn't have happened.
Talent also seems to run in the family.
Babin's sister, Regina Sarfaty, had a long and successful career as an opera singer. Meanwhile, Babin, a two-time nominee for the Bay Area Theatre Critics' Circle Award, is warming up for another hit. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any form without permission.