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Sepharad – object of investigation? The academic discourse about Sepharad and Sephardim in Spain
Author(s): Menny, Anna
Date: 2015
Topics: Jewish - Non - Jewish Relations, Attitudes to Jews, Jewish Heritage, Main Topic: Culture and Heritage, Sephardi Jews, Memory, Jewish History, History
Abstract: The article discusses Sepharad as an object of investigation in Spanish (academic) discourse over the last two centuries. The historic overview can reveal a shift from a mere theological interest in Hebrew as a biblical language to an interest motivated by the idea of Sephardic Jewry as part of the national heritage, which emerged in the context of the Spanish nation-building process at the end of the nineteenth century. The discourses about Sepharad remained contradictory during the Francoist dictatorship, as can be illustrated by the example of the Instituto Arias Montano. Recent developments in Spain, which are analysed in the third part of the article, point to a process of diversification and popularisation when it comes to the Iberian–Jewish past.
Antisemitismus in Spanien. Ein religiös begründeter Antijudaismus?
Translated Title: Antisemitism in Spain. A religiously based anti-Judaism?
Author(s): Menny, Anna
Date: 2014
Topics: Main Topic: Antisemitism, Antisemitism, Christianity
Antisemitism in Spain: A Religion-Based Anti-Judaism?
Author(s): Menny, Anna
Date: 2014
Topics: Main Topic: Antisemitism, Antisemitism
Von der Wiederentdeckung zur Vermarktung? Überlegungen zum »jüdischen Erbe« am Beispiel von Toledo
Translated Title: From rediscovery to marketing? Reflections on "Jewish heritage" using the example of Toledo
Author(s): Menny, Anna
Date: 2015
Topics: Main Topic: Culture and Heritage, Jewish Heritage, Tourism
Abstract: What happens if Jewish history is declared »Jewish heritage«? All over Europe remnants of historical Jewish sites are (described and) advertised as tourist attractions promising an authentic experience of the past. The Spanish town of Toledo with its historic synagogue buildings and its Sephardic Museum is but one example of this new trend. In Toledo, places, memory, and the marketing of Jewish history are strongly interconnected. This article reflects on the importance of geographic sites in turning heritage into something visible and »visitable«. Historical traces materialize memory, while at the same time the label »Jewish heritage« weaves them into major narratives and thereby increases their popularity.