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er, Vienna's second major opera
house.
If you like horses, I strongly rec-
ommend seeing the Lippizaner ,
stallions perform at the Spanish
Riding School. The music and
pageantry are exciting. The school
and its many generations of
trained horses have been enter-
taining the public for 260 years.
Walkers will enjoy a stroll
through the Stadtpark, Vienna's
oldest public park. Right in the
heart of the city, the grass and
flower-filled park has a band shell,
amusement arcade and a garden
cafe. The menu is in English as
well as German.
An interesting sight in down-
town Vienna is a statue of a World
War II Russian soldier and flag
mounted on a soaring five-story
high pillar. The statue, erected in
1945, is dedicated to "the soldiers
of the Soviet Union killed in the
liberation of Austria from fas-
cism."
The are many wonderful mu-
seums in the city. There is the
Natural History Museum, Mu-
seum of Art History and the Mu-
seum der Stadt Wien, probably
the best single repository of the
city's long history.
An interesting trip just outside
the city involves driving through
the Vienna Woods. A colorful sub-
urb of the city is called Grinzing,
a place to go to drink wine and
sing songs. ❑

Spain Reveals
Sephardic Roots

MARK GLASS

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My first visit to Spain included a
treasure of Jewish history, in-
cluding the unlikely discovery of
a (possible) relative.
While oppression from some
Catholic monarchs in the first
years of Jewish residence threat-
ened our standing, Arabic in-
vaders, whose first incursions
were in 711, welcomed the sup-
port of indigenous Jews, leading
to centuries of peaceful coexis-
tence. In some regions, all three
cultures attained harmonious co-
existence.
About 15 years ago, a number
of communities and universities
began rediscovering and restor-
ing their remnants ofJudaica. In
particular, a consortium of eight
cities formed to create a series of
living museums to Spain's Jew-
ish ancestry. I was privileged to
visit three of them (Toledo,
Segovia and Girona), exploring
what remains of their ancient
Jewish quarters.
It was alternately disquieting
and heartening that no Jews
presently live in any of the three
cities. The absence of any kins-
men is an all-too-vivid testament

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