For the last 20 years, the European Days of Jewish Culture have been held in more than 30 countries throughout the month of September, with the aim of raising awareness of the cultural and historical heritage of the Jewish people. For this reason, this year in which we commemorate the 20th anniversary of this institution, we want to contribute to the development of these days by programming a specific cycle dedicated to the Sephardic heritage, and in particular, to its Moroccan dimension.
In the framework of this cycle we held the conference Sepharad: names to (re)construct a memory, by Sebastián de la Obra, historian, documentalist and director of Casa de Sefarad.
The Hispano-Jewish or Sephardic memory has its origins in the first epigraphic remains (of a funerary nature) dating from the 1st century. From that time until their official expulsion in 1492, there was a long period of fourteen centuries of presence in the social, political, cultural and economic spheres, always determined by their minority status. From the 15th to the 19th century, another diverse and exceptional reality survived: the Judeo-converts. A determining group in Hispanic thought, literature and mysticism.
The diaspora of the expelled Spanish Jews and their descendants offers another dimension of Sephardic memory. In Europe, the Maghreb and the American continent, the descendants of Sepharad resist and maintain their memory. Language, literature, music and popular traditions form a multiple identity.
Different spaces and times that make the Sephardic memory a true cultural treasure and a unique experiment in survival.
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