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Guest Editors’ Introduction to the Special Issue, “Jewish (In)Visibility in Iberia: A View from the Margins”
Author(s): Gesser, Silvina Schammah; Pinheiro, Teresa
Date: 2020
Topics: Diaspora, Citizenship, Jewish Identity, Jewish Revival, Main Topic: Other, Sephardi Jews
Virtually Sephardic? The Marketing and Reception of the New Iberian Laws of Nationality in Israel
Author(s): Gesser, Silvina Schammah
Date: 2020
Topics: Diaspora, Citizenship, Main Topic: Other, Sephardi Jews, Nationality
Abstract: The relations between Iberia and its Sephardic diasporas have undergone innumerable reversals and revivals as Spain and Portugal experienced processes of nation-state building. These relations reached a climax with the 2015 New Nationality Laws for Sephardic Jews, that allow them to become Portuguese or Spanish citizens. Given an unexcepted worldwide interest, the governments provided different redefinitions of the criteria of the process. Initially seen as a symbolic act, the attribution of nationality to Sephardic Jews raises questions not just about culture and collective memory, but, above all, about economy, diplomacy and realpolitik in the Iberian countries as much as in the Israeli society itself.
Kashrut in Spain: Religious Observance, State Tolerance, or Niche Market Entrepreneurship?
Author(s): Gesser, Silvina Schammah; Gruss, Susy
Editor(s): Afinoguénova, Eugenia; Anderson, Lara; Ingram, Rebecca
Date: 2024
Topics: Food, Main Topic: Other, Kashrut
Abstract: This article focuses on the evolution of Kashrut dietary practices in Spain in the 20th and 21st centuries, a phenomenon that comes hand in hand with the re-initiation of Jewish life in the country. While offering a wider context to understand the logic of Kashrut laws in Judaism from both a religious and sociological perspective, the article examines the lived practices of Kashrut in Spain and its colonies in North Africa as a reflection of the complex realities of Jewish life in the country’s contemporary history. By addressing the observance of Kashrut or its absence, we highlight how these practices have evolved and varied over time, place, and community. Finally, the article examines the present and future potential of Kosher food production in Spain as an increasingly growing niche market for Spanish food exports targeting the American, European, and Israeli markets.