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Huellas de Sefarad por Marc Shanker

Leer en inglés     Los sefardíes vivieron cerca de un milenio en la Península Ibérica hasta el 31 de marzo 1492, cuando fueron expulsados por la fuerza. La expulsión y la inquisición que siguieron, pusieron fin a siglos de historia compartida y la mixtura social en el que Judios, musulmanes y …

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Traces of Sepharad by Marc Shanker

Leer en castellano      Marc Shanker         The Sephardim lived for about a millennium on the Iberian Peninsula until March 31, 1492, when they were forcibly expelled. The expulsion, and the Inquisition that followed, ended centuries of shared history and social commingling during which Jews, Muslims, and Christians lived together in …

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SEPHARDIC PROVERBS by Michael Castro

Introduction Proverbs are folk poetry. They express a people’s collective wisdom, values, outlook, and spirit; and they do it with a turn of phrase that reveals truth gracefully and memorably — and, frequently, with humor. Unlike a written literature, proverbs are known by everyone—literate and illiterate, young and old–passed on …

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