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My girlfriend and I will be in Spain for a week in May. We are flying in and out of MAD. What sort of jewish history is there to explore? We are both students and I am paying for the trip on my own so I am on a budget.
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There is a rich Jewish history in Spain but not that much physical evidence is left. Spain was a center of the Jewish world for a few centuries in medieval times. Here is a link to a site with a lot of information about Jewish Spain including Jewish Spain today. It has lists of synagogues, organizations and sites in different cities: http://www.kosherdelight.com/Spain.htm. You can get some ideas about Jewish sites from the itineraries of Jewish tours in Spain. Here are some tours that I was able to find and I am sure there are more. AJCongress at http://www.ajcongresstravel.com/tour.asp?PageNumber=130 is an upscale and experienced operator and has a tour to Spain which emphasizes Spain's Jewish legacy. Magical Spain at http://www.magicalspain.com/tours/jewish_frameset.htm is a specialty travel operator and they also have a Jewish tour of Spain. Here is a link to a Jewish tour of Portugal: http://www.saranjan.com/portugalsephardic.htm.
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My girlfriend and I will be in Spain for a week in May. We are flying in and out of MAD. What sort of jewish history is there to explore? We are both students and I am paying for the trip on my own so I am on a budget.
Go to TOLEDO! Near Madrid. There I saw the most beautiful religious building I have ever seen ... inside a Synagogue. BTW, there are at least 3 Synagogues in Toledo.
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Can anyone recommend any good tour guides that specialize in the Jewish history of Spain? I am a student and looking for someone that is not too expensive.
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Check wikipedia ...
If anyone is interested in this, this particular topic is covered in greater detail in the following thread:
http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=680093
jahason is right in that there is an awful lot of Jewish history in Spain - unfortunately, little of it is left in any tangible form that can be found and appreciated by visitors.
The other thread has some links about finding Sephardic monuments, synagogues and museums in Toledo.
But does anyone have any real advice on where one should go in Cordoba? DR5080 Jewish History and Culture::
File Format: Microsoft Word - View as HTMLEssays on Jewish and Converso history in late medieval Spain (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1997), pp. 1-42, 183-200. 296.0946 Net; B. Netanyahu,
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All About Jewish Theatre - With Jewish Roots Now Prized, Spain ::
“I don’t go a week without someone calling and asking me if their last name has Jewish roots,” said Javier Castaño, an expert in Spain’s Jewish history at
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You should find a lot of Jewish history. Its a period when Muslims and Jews used to live in peace. A rabbi on an Israeli tv programme described this period under Muslim rule in Spain as the golden age of Judaism in Europe. Following the inquisition many Spanish Jews sought sanctuary amongst the Muslim rulers in Istanbul. To this day there is a Jewish community in Istanbul which are histroically of Spanish origin.
Not many in Toledo, Ohio though I presume. :p
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