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Andalusia, Spain – Preserving ‘Sepharad’

November 21, 2016by shalommorris 2 Comments

Throughout much of history the Iberian Peninsula was divided amongst numerous kingdoms. In a sense, even today Spain remains not one but many different countries. I’ve previously visited Spain’s Catalonia […]

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Granada, Spain – The End of Sephardic Jewry

November 16, 2016by shalommorris 4 Comments

Granada is the Andalusia of people’s imagination, with its hills, white stucco buildings, flamenco, tea houses, and the Alhambra. It’s no surprise really that its Moorish influenced culture is still […]

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Cordoba, Spain – The Beginning of Sephardic Jewry

November 14, 2016by shalommorris 4 Comments

Sephardic Jewry began in Cordoba. Cordoba was the seat of the Spanish Caliphate. It therefore was a major centre of Jewish life in early Muslim Andalusia, and it remained so until […]

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Seville, Spain – Sephardic Centre Stage

November 8, 2016by shalommorris 5 Comments

Seville plays centre stage in the story of Sephardic Jewish history. Nearly every major development in the Iberian Sephardic experience was first manifest in this beautiful, historic, vibrant, and atmospheric […]

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Antwerp to Amsterdam – Escape and Esnoga

August 24, 2016by shalommorris 7 Comments

Amsterdam’s Portuguese Esnoga (Synagogue) was inaugurated on Shabbat Nahamu, August, 1675. Four men contributed the largest amounts towards the Esnoga’s construction. Among them was Isaac de Pinto. He was born […]

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Behind the Scenes at the Esnoga – Amsterdam

August 23, 2016by shalommorris 4 Comments

Amsterdam’s Portuguese Esnoga (Synagogue) was inaugurated on Shabbat Nahamu, August, 1675. I was graciously invited to speak at the Esnoga over Shabbat to help celebrate the anniversary. The invitation was extended […]

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The Montefiore Synagogue – Ramsgate, England

August 21, 2016by shalommorris 3 Comments

16 Ab is the Nahalah of Sir Moses Mentefiore. He passed away on 28 July, 1885 at the age of 100. Sir Moses is arguably the nineteenth century’s most well known Jew. […]

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The Velho Cemetery – London

August 9, 2016by shalommorris 13 Comments

Hidden behind buildings and walls is England’s oldest surviving Jewish cemetery. It was  established after the 1656 resettlement. I visited there with congregant and friend Jack Shlomo. With wisdom he brought along a […]

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Bordeaux, France

August 3, 2016by shalommorris 14 Comments

Bordeaux is one of those Spanish and Portuguese communities that I’d heard about but had never quite understood how it fit in amongst the rest of Western Sephardim. That is […]

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Nefuzot Yehuda – Bayonne, France 

August 1, 2016by shalommorris 11 Comments

In terms of Portuguese Jewry Bayonne is somewhat of a misnomer. The Jewish community was actually based on the other side of the Adour River in what is called St Esprit (where […]

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