Medieval Spain
How many Jews had been dragged to the baptismal font in Tortosa, and how many had just given up the struggle and gone of their own accord?
Now known as the “synagogue of the Assumption.”
Messages of hope in early printed Hebrew texts.
An installation at the Met Cloisters aims to reflect “art at the frontiers of faith.”
Spanish authorities unearth long-buried synagogues from the Middle Ages.
Medieval Spain produced many Jewish geniuses. The poet and philosopher Solomon Ibn Gabirol, born 1000 years ago, wrote poetry that is still sung in synagogues all over the world.
The only Spanish synagogue not turned into a church.
The myth and reality of the Khazars.
Rashi and the Timaeus.
Tisha b’Av in Catalonia, and a torrent of emotion.
Shem Tov of Carrión.