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The Spanish Jews have asked Carmena, mayor of Madrid, that Madrid should not be an exception to the European cities that honor Israel when it suffers attacks.

In a letter sent to Manuela Carmena last week, the president of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain, Isaac Querub, asks the mayor of Madrid to “take note of acts of solidarity with the countries hit by terrorism” that have Made in other European capitals like Berlin or Paris, which projected images of the Israeli flag in monuments or public buildings after the last attack in Jerusalem.

The letter includes photographs of these acts and also recalls that the Madrid City Council itself did the same after the attacks in the Sala Bataclán and other parts of Paris on 13 November 2015.

Querub explains that this type of actions “have become a way of expressing repudiation for terrorist barbarism,” and tells the mayor that the Spanish Jewish community was surprised “to have found no symbol of this attitude in the maxim Madrid institution after the bombing in Jerusalem last Sunday 8 January.

“For all this,” the letter concludes, “we urge the Madrid City Council to join this wave of solidarity and also project the Israeli flag on the facade of the building when terrorism is abused with the Israeli population.”

The relations of the Madrid City Council and the Jewish world have gone through complicated moments thanks to some councilors like Guillermo Zapata and his famous tuits or to the relationship with the BDS movement that have not a few parties and organizations within Agora Madrid; But there have also been meeting points such as that Carmena itself adhered last March to the agreement of mayors against anti-Semitism.

The Sephardic Museum received 41,072 more visitors in 2016 compared to the previous year.

The Toledo museum has the highest number of visitors last year, reaching a total of 322,317 visits, according to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport has published. This significant increase may be due to the increase in visitors that Toledo had last year, promoted, among other things, to have been the Spanish Capital of Gastronomy 2016.

His permanent exposition explains the history of the Jews in our country, from his arrival in the Roman peninsula to his expulsion in 1492 by the Catholic Monarchs, at which time the Sephardic Jewish community originated.

The museum is located in the Jewish Quarter of Toledo, in the Synagogue of Tránsito.
Among the sixteen museums managed by the General Subdirectorate of State Museums, under the Ministry, the figure of 2016 reflects that the visits were of 8.7% more, reaching 2.8 million visitors.

The most visited museum of the state network in 2016 was the National Archaeological Museum, with 507,253 visitors. It is placed on the podium despite the fact that, compared to the previous year, it has dropped by almost fifty thousand visitors. In addition, it is very difficult to return to achieve the figures of two years ago, when it reopened its doors to the public after being closed for remodeling. In only nine months it reached 768,836 visitors.

Second is the Sephardic Museum, followed closely by the Altamira Museum and the Museo del Greco (285,990 and 236,887 visitors, respectively).

The National Museum of Sculpture, which housed 33,308 new visitors in 2016, and the Museum of the Costume, with 29,766 more visitors, is the number of museums that have increased their visitors from one year to the next, behind the Sephardic Museum. .

In addition, in the main Spanish museums the number of visitors was increased in a generalized way with respect to the previous year. The Museo del Prado, Reina Sofia, Thyssen Bornemisza or Guggenheim, among others, closed the 2016 with more than 8.8 million visitors.

The archaeological excavations carried out by the municipal services of Lleida in the Jewish quarter in the Center Històric of the city have brought to light the remains of a rich burning house in which it has been located, a jar of which is not known The same in Spain.
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Archaeological excavations carried out by the municipal services of Lleida in the Jewish quarter in the city’s Center Històric have brought to light the remains of a rich house burned by Christians on 13 August 1391, in which Located, among other pieces, a jar leaning on a square base of which no other is known in Spain.

The large pot of the thirteenth century, which was found inside the building, served to store water and was supported on a base in the form of a stand, unique in all Spain, as reported by the City Council in a statement.

In addition to the house’s furnishings there are also many other pieces such as cooking pots, ceramic pieces that made crockery and defense weapons like a sword, an ax and what could be a handgun.

The Mayor of Lleida, Àngel Ros, the Vice Chancellor of Research of the Universitat de Lleida (UdL), Jaume Puy, and the Deputy Mayor Fèlix Larrosa visited the UdL Archeology Laboratory on Tuesday in which the pieces will be restored .

Ros explained that work is already under way on the elaboration of a new framework agreement between the Archaeological Services of La Paeria and the UdL with the objective of both institutions to continue working and deepening in the recovery and restoration of the architectural heritage of the city .

A team formed by almost 40 people, including technical staff, assistants, actors and extras, was commissioned to shoot “The Jewel of Toledo”, in two days of intense work that have transferred to the 12th century several locations in Cuenca and His province. The courtyard of the Limousine located behind the Cathedral of Cuenca, the church of Paper mills and several rooms of the castle of Garcimuñoz have been the chosen scenes, reports the producer in a statement. Jesús Marco, Elena Saiz, Raquel Racionero and Pablo Ibáñez are the actors that give life to the main characters of the short film, which has had the direction of photography of Javier F. Gallego, with the direction of art of Agrimiro Saiz of the group CONCA and With José Luis Palacios at the head of the sound. All of them have worked on the project together with director Cuenca Dorian Sanz, in what will be his second short film after “Denomination of Origin: The Earth”. This new work is an initiative of the production company Dojo Producciones, in close collaboration with the historical recreation group CONCA, which has been in charge of creating the atmosphere and maintaining the temporal rigor of each scene. Both the dress of the period, nobles, plebeians and kings, as each element present in the set has been carefully detailed so as not to break the historical vision that has been tried to maintain at all times.

Hannah and Sarah enjoyed about Toledo and the kosher cheese.

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The Jewish Comunity in this city is very active and keeps good relationship with the authorities and rest of citizen. Here you can see the Januca LIghting Ceremony.

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In December 2015 the city of Cuellar decided to name 2 more streets of the Jewish Quarter as Camino de la Judería(Jewish Quarter Way) and Rebi Simuel(Rab Shemuel St.). With this initiave the city of Cuéllar, makes a effort to remember the Jewish heritage of the city.

The Didactic Center of the Judería opens its doors to the Market of Chanukah

On December 15 and 16, an open house will be held at the museum located in the House of Abraham Seneor

The market consists of various publications, Kosher products and handicrafts, facilitated by Horacio Kohan, director and founder of the Jewish magazine of culture Roots

Chanukah in Hebrew means inauguration and refers to the reopening of the Temple by the Jews, after it was desecrated by the Greeks in the second century BC. C. This festivity, which lasts 8 days, is celebrated every year in the month of December with great joy. Throughout these days candles are lit in the januquia, a candelabrum with eight arms aligned with an additional support for another candle, denominated shamash, that is used to light the others. In Chanukah there is also the custom of taking certain foods, such as sufganiot, and children play with four-sided spinning tops marked with the Hebrew initials of the phrase “A Great Miracle Happened Here.”

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Casa Mediterráneo collaborates in the recovery of the Jewish tradition in Alicante with its participation for the second year in the feast of Chanukah, one of the most celebrated celebrations of the Hebrew calendar that represents the perseverance and the struggle for the identity of the Jewish people.

The director general of Casa Mediterráneo, Almudena Muñoz, will be responsible for lighting, on Thursday, one of the nine arms that make up the Januquiá, a candlestick that symbolizes for the Semites the divine presence and the spiritual light. The event, organized by the Jewish Community of Alicante for the fourth consecutive year, will begin at 19.30 in the Plaza de la Santísima Faz in Alicante with the official lighting of this candlestick.

The Hanukkah or Feast of Lights is celebrated on the 25th of Kislev – the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar – and commemorates the revolt of the Maccabees against the Syrian king Antioch in 165 BC. According to Jewish tradition, the candlestick of the Great Temple of Jerusalem recovered remained on for eight days miraculously, which is why the Jews continue to celebrate this holiday as a symbol of optimism and hope.

Today, this feast is celebrated happily by lighting the Chanukah to remember that with faith it is possible to overcome all obstacles and that the righteous are the ones who finally triumph. The candelabra lights are lit every eight days after dark, illuminating the home to show that one should not lose hope in the face of “darkness.”