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I
he mayor of Girona, a small
who at one time was the king's
Spanish town near royal treasurer. On the outside,
Barcelona, put it best when the building is modest in ap-
he said, "Yes, we want pearance but inside you will be
Jews to come here to increase our impressed with the Sephardic
tourism business. But we also Museum. It was remodeled in
want to fill in a chapter of our
1992 and today houses a won-
country's history that has had an
derful collection of Judaica.
important element missing from
The museum also has an out-
it for over 500 years."
door courtyard which contains
In 1492, the Spanish monarchs a collection of gravestones from
Ferdinand and Isabella expelled various Jewish communities in
the country's entire Jewish pop- pre-1492 Spain. The Sephardic
ulation. It was a terrible blow to Synagogue was converted to a
what was for hundreds of years church after the Jews were ex-
a thriving and prosperous pelled. But you can see where the
Sephardic Jewish community.
altar was, and you can view the
Girona has an archaeological
women's gallery. There is a 10-
museum where you can see Jew- minute video in various lan-
ish gravestones and a wonderful
guages on the history of the
library where you
1E L;
can examine a fasci-
nating collection of
papers in Hebrew
that describe legal
and business trans-
actions that date
back to the 13th cen-
tury. The library is
in the Nachmanides
Center in Girona.
A plan has been
developed to erect a
Catalan Museum of
Jewish Culture and
a Nachmanides In
stitute of Studies in A sign outside the 12th century synagogue in Toledo.
the town. The insti-
tute will have a ful-
ly staffed tourist information building.
bureau, a lecture/concert hall for
The older of the two houses of
Sephardic cultural programs, a
worship was originally known as
vegetarian restaurant and cafe,
the Great Synagogue. It was built
and a bookstore. The latter will in the 13th century. Built by a
carry a guidebook which will in- Moorish architect, the synagogue
clude a map of modern Spain but has an interior made up of a pro-
show the towns and cities where cession of huge pillars and arch-
Jews lived in the pre-1492 era.
es all painted stark white. This
One small town near Girona synagogue was also converted to
that I visited, Besalu, in 1964 un-
a church after the Jews were
covered and restored a marvelous forced out. At one time, the build-
mikvah that dates back to the ing was used to house Napoleon's
13th century. The mikvah mea- horses.
sures about 15 x 15 feet. Records
Today, the sign outside the
show that more than 200 Jews
synagogue reads "Santa Maria
lived in Besalu in the Middle La Blanca National Monument
Ages.
and 12th Century Old Syna-
A major Jewish center to visit gogue."
in Spain is the city of Toledo, with
The city of Segovia, about 65
its charming cobblestone streets
miles from Madrid, was another
and old architecture. The city is major Jewish center in medieval
about 50 miles from Madrid.
times. There were two Jewish
At its height, the Jewish com- quarters and five synagogues. To-
munity of Toledo was one of the
day the town has the only pre-
largest and most influential in served Jewish cemetery in Spain.
the country. In the 12th century,
You can visit the synagogue,
there were more than 12,000 which is at the entrance of the
Jews and 10 synagogues in the town's old Jewish district, and
city. Still standing today are two
the main synagogue, where the
wonderfully restored synagogues.
old and new districts join.
One is called the Sephardic
The main Jewish site in
Synagogue. It was built in the Segovia is the Hebrew cemetery.
13th century by Samuel ha-Levi,
It is a tough, 30-minute climb up
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414111ANC
MOMIMRTO NICIOML
ANTIGUA SINAGOG4 . DEL sit; i XII.
XIITENTURY OLD SYNAGOGLE.
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