This coming year the Catalan Jewish community will celebrate its Centenary in our country. This anniversary refers to the creation, in the years 1917-1918, of a specific organisational structure (community) that served as a social,…
“The Notorious” McGregor no tiene rival en la UFC, la mayor competición de artes marciales mixtas del mundo. Es difícil encontrar ni siquiera en el reino animal un ser vivo tan voraz. Le bastaron 13 segundos…
I met Armin Langer last summer at a beach party. A very peculiar one, as there were no DJs, no tanned volleyball players, no cocktails with umbrellas, and no beach. It took place in the…
David Albahari (b. 1949) is a Serbian writer who has lived more than 10 years in exile in Canada. He went into exile because the former Yugoslavia was torn apart by ethnic war. Albahari left…
2015: The Law of reencuentro or the old-new Philo-Sephardism “¡Cuánto os hemos echado de menos!”—“We have missed you so much!” These were the words of King Philippe VI, Head of State of Spain, in the…
Stefan Zweig, whose works passed into the public domain this year in many countries around the world, was one of the most famous writers of the 1920s and 30s. Will Stone explores the importance of…
Oh God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son” Abe says, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on” God say, “No.” Abe say, “What?” God say, “You can do what you want Abe, but The…
The history of names is so ancient that no one knows the beginning of the story. As far back as oral history reaches, people have had names and the most ancient written texts and mythologies…
The notions of singular leadership and the place of the zaddik in Jewish cosmology are traced from first century rabbinic sources down to rival Hasidic claims in the mid-nineteenth century. The problem with the image…
La música klezmer està una altra vegada d’enhorabona, Melech Mechaya acaben de publicar nou disc replet de sons vius i carregats d’energia. Després d’estar de promoció per Espanya i vinguts recentment del Internationales Klezmer Festival…