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The Network of Spanish Jewish Sites joins the events of remembrance and commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The chairman of the Network, Mr. Ferran Bel, will be present at the scheduled event to commemorate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which will take place in Madrid on January 26th in Sala de Europa of the Senate building at 6.30 pm. You will find more information in Casa Sefarad-Israel website.

Other cities of the Network have scheduled several commemoration events. In Barcelona, for instance, on Wednesday January 25th, the Catalan government Generalitat de Catalunya has organized an event in the Palau de la Generalitat, which will include the lecture Memòria de la barbàrie i construcció del futur, by PhD. Reyes Mate (CSIC), at 5.30 pm. After that, the city council of Barcelona, in collaboration with several Jewish communities and organizations, has planned a public event at 7.45 pm in Sant Jaume square.

In Seville, the Foundation Tres Culturas has planned several activities, such as the lighting of eight candles to remember the eight million people who died during the Holocaust, or a concert by the singer and composer Mor Karbasi.

The Network of Spanish Jewish Sites signed last January 19th 2012 in Madrid three agreements with several institutions and companies.

Agreement with Productos Campos

M. Ferran Bel, chairman of the Network of Spanish Jewish Sites, and the representative of Productos Campos, Mrs. Rosario Campo

The chairman of the Network of Spanish Jewish Sites, Mr. Ferran Bel, signed the agreement with the representative of the company Productos Campos, Mrs. Rosario Campo.

The agreement will allow the company Productos Campos to produce and distribute theSephardic Sweet, winner of the 1st Sephardic pastrymaking competition organized by the network in 2005.

Agreement with the Chamber of Commerce

The chairman of the Network of Spanish Jewish Sites, Mr. Ferran Bel, together with the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Spain-Israel, Mr. Gil Gidron, and the director of EL AL airlines, Mr. Walter Wasercier.

The chairman of the Network of Spanish Jewish Sites, Mr. Ferran Bel, signed this agreement with the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Spain-Israel, Mr. Gil Gindron, and the director of EL AL airlines. Mr. Walter Wasercier.

This agreement between both institutions and its collaborating companies will allow the organization and creation of all kind of projects by contributing with the information and support they needed to be developed. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Spain-Israel will advise the Network of Spanish Jewish Sites in the promotion and transmission of marketing projects related to the products or the services of the network and in any other similar topics, specially the ones connected to Israel.

Agreement with Meetings in Sefarad

The chairman of the Network of Spanish Jewish Sites, Mr. Ferran Bel, together with the chairman of Toledo Convention Bureau, Mr. Fernando Jerez Alonso, and Mrs. Ana Isabel Fernández Samper, city councilor of Tourism, Craftworks and Economic Promotion of the city council of Toledo.

The chairman of the Network of Spanish Jewish Sites, Mr. Ferran Bel, signed this agreement with the chairman of the Toledo Convention Bureau, Mr. Fernando Jerez Alonso, and Mrs. Ana Isabel Fernández Samper, city councilor of Tourism, Craftworks and Economic Promotion of the city council of Toledo.

With this agreement, Red de Juderías will be part of the Annual Plan of promotion and advertising of this association, and we will be able to participate actively in the events celebrated in the cities which make up the organization.

Last Wednesday, January 18th, was celebrated in Madrid (Real Casa de Correos) the closing ceremony for the commemmorations of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Spain and Israel. This event consisted of the presentation of the Awards “Samuel Hadas” Spain-Israel Friendship, which were given by the Israel Ambassador in Spain, Alon Bar, to the eighteen people and institutions awarded for their work towards the rapprochement between both countries and societies. This awards are meant to be a public acknowledgement to people who contribute to the creation and streghtening of bilateral relationship.

The award is named after Samuel Hadas, first ambassador of Israel in Spain (1986-1987), who died two years ago. He was a distinguished for his work around the improvement of the relations between Israel and Spain, as his professional career proves, therefore he has become a symbol of the relationship between both countries.

Source: Israel Embassy in Spain