The exhibition
Sefardi Bucharest. A history of over 500 years in 100 images, the conference
Sefardi Itinerary: From the Ottoman Empire to the Romanian Principalities and the screening of the documentary
Aliyah DaDa – presented by the Romanian Cultural Institute in Madrid and by the Romanian Embassy in the Kingdom of Spain during 16 November, 2016 and 5 January, 2017, on the occasion of the Romanian Presidency and the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).
These events are meant to emphasize the presence of Sefardi Jews on Romanian territories, and the living together of the two cultures along the years and, moreover, to bring to light the Jew cultural heritage in Romania: from a mosaic of stores and advertisements attesting to the diverse commercial offer, to representative buildings erected by or for Jewish families of Spanish origin, and, on the other hand, to present the contribution of Sefardi personalities, as shown by a collection of personal and official documents.
Sefardi Bucharest. A history of over 500 years in 100 images is intended to recover and give the large public back the story mostly forgotten of the Sefardi Bucharest whose physical heritage is
unfortunately almost extinct after the massive demolitions or the change in appearance and destination, not unlike the community who created it of which there are now only a couple of tens of persons left, including mixed families. The exhibition opens on 16th of November, at the Centre Sefardi-Israel in Madrid.
Sefardi Itinerary: From the Ottoman Empire to the Romanian Principalities is the conference to be delivered, on the same occasion, by Felicia Waldman, Ph.D. Lecturer with the University of Bucharest, affiliated Professor with the University of Haifa, visiting professor with the State University of Milan, Paul Valery University of Montpellier and “Al. I. Cuza” University of Iași, guest professor with the Romanian Diplomatic Institute of Bucharest.
On 24 November, the Sefardi-Israel Centre will host the screening of the film
Aliyah DaDa (2016), with director
Oana Giurgiu attending, a well-documented history of the Jews in Romania. 133 years ago, a small community from Moineşti left towards the Holy Land in order to set up one of the first Jewish communities in Palestine. Ever since then, the road of the Jews towards Israel has been intertwined with the history of modern Romania through a love/hate relationship whose influence are not to be measureable too soon.
Details at:
www.icr.ro
