Exceptional moments. Séfer 2017.
Dear friends, Today we celebrate the second edition of the Jewish Book Festival, Séfer Barcelona, and at the same time we can say that we are living in exceptional times. We must confess that those…
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100 years of the Comunidad Israelita de Barcelona (Jewish Community of Barcelona).
The Tour The tour tries to rescue the history of the first years of the CIB, Comunidad Israelita de Barcelona, from its foundation, at the end of 1918, until the inauguration of the new headquarters…
A Rejection of Spain’s Sepharad (Part II)
Spain’s False Restoration of Jewish History Selective Memory The Spanish Government has allegedly, after five centuries, situated their Jewish legacy within their national history. In fact, the history which they present as complete, has been…
Growing up Sepharadi in an Ashkenazi America
I was born and raised in a neighborhood in Boca Raton, Florida, where everyone was above the age of 75, and everyone was all too familiar with the horrors committed by Nazi Germany. Sitting by…
A Rejection of Spain’s Sepharad (Part I)
Locating Sepharad in Spain’s Law of Return “Berlin’s Jewish population goes back to about 1670. Some of these Jews had Sephardic roots, but they’re hard to trace. I charge US$80/hr, 10 hours minimum.” Roger, a…
We Will Not Be Divided
At one my first meetings with the group Salam Shalom Barcelona (see description at end of entry), one of the organizers asked us to get into groups with about two Jewish members and two Muslims…
The (re)construction of the Catalan Jewish community
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,…
La Disputa
“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…
Armin Langer: A Jew in Neukölln
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…
Interview with David Albahari*
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…