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Open CallThe Matanel Sefarad SeminarSephardic Studies in Barcelona | Summer 2026The Institute for Jewish Studies Barcelona is pleased to announce the 2026 Sefarad Seminar, an intensive program dedicated to the history, thought, and culture of Sephardic Jewry.Participants will explore Sephardic civilization from its flourishing in medieval Spain to its enduring global legacy, engaging with leading ...
Open CallThe Matanel Sefarad SeminarSephardic Studies in Barcelona | Summer 2026The Institute for Jewish Studies Barcelona is pleased to announce the 2026 Sefarad Seminar, an intensive program dedicated to the history, thought, and culture of Sephardic Jewry.Participants will explore Sephardic civilization from its flourishing in medieval Spain to its enduring global legacy, engaging with leading ...
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For those interested in Spinoza, todayTHURSDAY NOVEMBER 9thJonathan Israel Spinoza on Judaism, Ancient Israelites and Hebrew Studies:revising the accepted opinionHybrid event 6pm GMTLecture and Book Launch at UCL, preceded by drinks from 5.30pm. Also on Zoom.The venue and the zoom link will be sent after you register
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European Days of Jewish culture (on-lin)Renewal of Kavod Ha-Met in BarcelonaSeptember 18 - 7:30 to 8:30 PM (Central Europe time)information/free registration
YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK THIS LISTJewish names in Catalonia - Middle AgesBack in 2004, my friend Schelly Talalay Dardashti encouraged me to establish a Jewish Genealogy Society of Catalonia. I started with great enthusiasm and organized a few activities, including a master lecture by Dr. Jeff Malka.The first project was to create a database based on names from archival documents and onomastic indexes...
YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK THIS LIST Jewish names in Catalonia - Middle AgesBack in 2004, my friend Schelly Talalay Dardashti encouraged me to establish a Jewish Genealogy Society of Catalonia. I started with great enthusiasm and organized a few activities, including a master lecture by Dr. Jeff Malka.The first project was to create a database based on names from archival documents and onomastic indexe...
ADDENDUM: WHERE IS THE CERVERA BIBLE REALLY FROM?Javier Bona brought to my attention that the origin of this Bible has been questioned and discussed by scholars.Though Cervera in Catalonia had a very important Jewish presence, there are other towns with that name in the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon: Cervera de Buitrago, Cervera del Llano, Cervera de Pisuerga, Cervera del Rincón, Cervera del Maes...
ADDENDUM: WHERE IS THE CERVERA BIBLE REALLY FROM?Javier Bona brought to my attention that the origin of this Bible has been questioned and discussed by scholars.Though Cervera in Catalonia had a very important Jewish presence, there are other towns with that name in the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon: Cervera de Buitrago, Cervera del Llano, Cervera de Pisuerga, Cervera del Rincón, Cervera del Maes...
CERVERA BIBLE: ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX YEARS EARLIERWhen Isaac de Braga commissioned a bible for the family (known as the Kennicot Bible) scholars suggest that he asked the illuminator, Yosef Hasarfati, that it be “inspired” in that completed on May 19, 1300 in Cervera (Lleida Province, Catalonia, NE Spain). Both books have an identical page where the illuminator gives his name, using very origina...
CERVERA BIBLE: ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX YEARS EARLIERWhen Isaac de Braga commissioned a bible for the family (known as the Kennicot Bible) scholars suggest that he asked the illuminator, Yosef Hasarfati, that it be “inspired” in that completed on May 19, 1300 in Cervera (Lleida Province, Catalonia, NE Spain). Both books have an identical page where the illuminator gives his name, using very origina...
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SUCH BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK?On the third day of Av of 5236 of the Creation (24 July 1476), in the city of A Coruña (Galicia, NW Spain), the scribe Moses Ibn Zabarah completes a Hebrew Bible, magnificently illustrated by Joseph Ibn Hayyim. This information is in the last page, written in anthropo/zoomorphic letters. The manuscript tells us that it was commissioned for young Isaac, son...
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SUCH BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK?On the third day of Av of 5236 of the Creation (24 July 1476), in the city of A Coruña (Galicia, NW Spain), the scribe Moses Ibn Zabarah completes a Hebrew Bible, magnificently illustrated by Joseph Ibn Hayyim. This information is in the last page, written in anthropo/zoomorphic letters. The manuscript tells us that it was commissioned for young Isaac, son...
MEMORY IN ACTION: a very good exampleWhen we read about honoring someone or conmemorating an event, we often think that something is missing in these celebrations, something to project them a step (or two) further.This is why I applaud the initiative of Centro Sefarad-Israel, conmemorating the life of a Spanish righteous gentile, Angel Sanz Briz, born September 28, 1910.He held maximum responsibil...
MEMORY IN ACTION: a very good exampleWhen we read about honoring someone or conmemorating an event, we often think that something is missing in these celebrations, something to project them a step (or two) further.This is why I applaud the initiative of Centro Sefarad-Israel, conmemorating the life of a Spanish righteous gentile, Angel Sanz Briz, born September 28, 1910.He held maximum responsibil...
VIII SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL DE ESTUDIOS SEFARDÍESLast Sunday I presented at this event organized by CIDiCSef, Buenos Aires, Argentina http://cidicsef.org.ar/All sessions are available in their YouTube channel.I have subtitled a couple of minutes in English, to give you an idea of my work for over 20 years in the field of Jewish heritage in Barcelona, Spain.
VIII SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL DE ESTUDIOS SEFARDÍESLast Sunday I presented at this event organized by CIDiCSef, Buenos Aires, Argentina http://cidicsef.org.ar/All sessions are available in their YouTube channel.I have subtitled a couple of minutes in English, to give you an idea of my work for over 20 years in the field of Jewish heritage in Barcelona, Spain.
Reading the Edict (in English) makes me very proud of being Jewish in Spain http://www.urbancultours.com/documents/ExpulsionSpainUC.pdf