The CCCNY opens its Spring Calendar with Los judíos de Zamora, Jesús Jambrina‘s overview of the Jewish presence in the city of Zamora, Spain from the 10th century to 1492, including the conversos and judaizers persecuted by the Inquisition until the 18th century. The presentation will also touch on the myths and legends about the arrival of the Jews to Zamora in ancient times, as well as on the very first documents recording their presence in the history of the city. Professor Jambrina will also reflect on Zamora as home to major scholars and sages of the Jewish tradition since the Middle Ages, and its legacy in the Jewish diaspora, including among descendants of conversos in Cuba.
The presentation will be followed by a Q&A with Professor Jambrina, moderated by Perla Rozencvaig.
This special history event is part of our CreateNYC Language Access Series on Cuban History, Art, and Literature. It will be held in Spanish.
DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, IT WILL BE STREAMED THROUGH OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
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Jesús Jambrina, PhD, is Associate Professor of Spanish &
Coordinator of Latin American Studies at Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI. Born in Havana, Cuba, he has a degree in Journalism from Havana University. He is the author of several books, including The Jews of Zamora (2016), a historical account of Jewish presence
in northern Spain from the 10th to the 15th centuries. He has written several articles on this topic, and since 2013 he organizes an annual international conference in Zamora to explore themes on Jewish history and culture in the northwest of the Iberian peninsula. In 2015, he received the Medal of the Four Sephardic Synagogues granted by the Council of the Sephardic Community of Jerusalem, the oldest Jewish institution standing today in Israel.
This event is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature.
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