Tag Archives: Jerusalem

XX Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas – 7 al 12 JUL 2019

El XX Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas tendrá lugar los días 7-12 de julio, en el campus de Monte Scopus de la Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalem, con 450 participantes de Israel y el exterior. El congreso abrirá  espacios de investigación y debate en torno al hispanismo desde diversas perspectivas lingüísticas, literarias, culturales …

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International Delegation for Ladino Meets in Jerusalem

Members of the Shadarim — Back row, from left: Marcelo Benveniste (Argentina), Eliezer Papo (Executive Committee Member of National Authority of Ladino, Israel), Bryan Kirschen (United States), Henri Çiprut (Turkey), Berta Romano (Macedonia); Front row, from left: Can Evrensel (Turkey), Katja Šmid (Spain), Jagoda Večerina (Croatia), Daisy Braverman (United States), …

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YERUSHALAYIM – WHEN JERUSALEM WAS SEPHARDIC

Yerushalayim used to be a Sephardic town. Following the ravages of the Crusades, Sephardim led the way in restoring the Holy Land’s Jewish character. In the wake of the Spanish Expulsion many Sephardim traveled east to the Ottoman empire, and from there into Ottoman controlled Israel. These Sephardim ultimately established …

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Brazilian anousim leaders seek to strengthen community on Israel visit

Descendants of Jews forced to convert in Inquisition embrace their Jewish heritage. BRAZILIAN ANOUSIM activist Aleksandra Lavor Serbim strikes a pose last week overlooking the Western Wall.. (photo credit: TAMARA ZIEVE) For Brazilian-born Aleksandra Lavor Serbim, lighting the Shabbat candles, abstaining from eating pork, and marking the new Jewish month …

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Los sefardíes en Jerusalén, una comunidad que cumple 750 años

Jerusalén, 8 feb (EFE).- La comunidad sefardí de Jerusalén celebra este 2017 su 750 cumpleaños, siglos de una relevante presencia en Tierra Santa que ha quedado reducida en los últimos doscientos años pero que mantiene viva su llama. Miles de judíos sefardíes en Jerusalén, que defienden del olvido su cultura …

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