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Walter Hilliger

Jul 2, 2018, 11:10 AM

The Judeo-Spanish origin of sugar cane

In February, just before the Symposium, I had very good news: The Royal Spanish Academy has recognized Judeo-Spanish as an official Spanish language. It will be included in the international dictionary of the Spanish language. This took place 525...

Graciela Berger Wegsman

Jun 14, 2018, 10:48 PM

Soccer Fever! Watch the 2018 FIFA World Cup/ La Copa Mundial de Fútbol 2018

Today is a big day being celebrated by millions of people around the world: the 2018 FIFA World Cup is beginning and the whole world is watching. This is not just any other tournament; I just heard on NPR that...

Graciela Berger Wegsman

May 26, 2018, 1:28 AM

The Mezuzah that taught me a lesson

I like to talk to the people I see often when I shop in a store. I like to see the same faces, the familiarity that conveys. Usually it is not profound conversation, but sometimes without realizing, it can turn...

Graciela Berger Wegsman

May 17, 2018, 9:24 PM

Jerusalem, where the stones speak

How do you fall in love with a city? For me, my love for Jerusalem began with its stones. The stones talked to me. They told me stories; they spoke of history, love, death, beauty, empires, civilizations, time, and faith. When you fall...

Graciela Berger Wegsman

May 11, 2018, 5:38 PM

On billionaires and homeless children in NYC

I was shopping at one of my favorite stores yesterday, looking at the shoes section, when I overheard a conversation in Spanish that made me sad and angry all at once. The store is a T-J Max, a chain that...

May 10, 2018, 2:36 AM

Toledo: Spanish city of legends

View of the walled city of Toledo (Ticia Verveer)

PHOTO ESSAY: Once upon a time, the city was a great spiritual haven, a fusion of Christian, Jewish and Arab culture

Graciela Berger Wegsman

May 4, 2018, 6:45 PM

Argentinian Films You will Love

I love movies. I like the feeling of being transported to another reality in a short period of time. My imagination wanders. I follow someone else’s journey and I become aware how other people live. I immerse myself and laugh,...

Graciela Berger Wegsman

Apr 26, 2018, 11:37 PM

On being Jewish and Latina

I’m white. I have a round white face and green eyes. My grandparents came from Bessarabia, Ukraine and other parts of the former Soviet Union to Argentina. I inherited their looks so if I don’t talk I look white....

Walter Hilliger

Feb 28, 2018, 7:40 AM

Triumphs of Poverty (Los Triunfos de la Pobreza) by David Nieto

Three centuries ago, David Nieto (1654 – 1728) entrusted to the Sephardic community in London some of the secrets behind the Merkabah, a divine Chariot seen by the Hebrew Biblical prophets. In the oldest synagogue of the United Kingdom, Bevis...

Jose Eriel Muniz Gomez

Feb 10, 2018, 5:01 PM

Euskadi-Israel: A relationship of military training, ETA’s empathy for Zionism and politics

During the Nazi occupation of France, the Basque resistance, who were the ones controlling the crossings passages (and in coordination with the allies), managed to evacuate many Jews throughout the basque border with France. There are some rescue operations,...

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