Activities in the Old Jewish Jewish Quarter of Toledo: Book presentation and presentation of the Programme “Encounters in the Old Jewish Jewish Quarter of Toledo”

Next March 9th, at 7 pm, book presentation of “La Judería de Toledo” by Jean Passini, at the Real Fundación de Toledo.

On the other hand we are pleased to announce the programme Encounters in the Old Jewish Jewish Quarter of Toledo, as part of a master plan for cultural and educational activities that aims to raise awareness which was in the past the most populous and wealthy Jewish quarter of Castile and his contribution to cultural and scientific splendor achieved by Toledo during the eleventh to thirteenth centuries.  The programme invites to reflect on the coexistence of cultures from the historical background of the Jewish quarter of Toledo, and how it can boost scientific creation, dissemination of knowledge and the improvement of civilization towards an intercultural society. The City of Toledo, with the collaboration of the Sephardic Museum of the Royal Foundation of Toledo, the Network of Jewish Quarters in Spain and Sepharad-Israel has launched various programs, some of them grouped and coordinated under the general title Encounters in the Old Jewish Jewish Quarter. These are calls for a cultural weekend in Toledo, whcih usually extend its activities in the city and its cultural and recreational institutions. Music, art, educational activities and workshops, conferences and seminars, guided tours, theater, film movies, gastronomy, urban interventions, networking activities… every meeting has a theme that inspires and encourages its component activities.

More information: toledo@redjuderias.org

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