RASGO - Red de Juderías de España. Caminos de Sefarad

The project Caminos de Sefarad ("Routes of Sepharad"), was presented last December 19th at Centro Sefarad-Israel in Madrid. The project aims at promoting on an international level the Jewish heritage of the member cities of the Red de Juderías de España (Network of Spanish Jewish Quarters) by means of the Internet, using all the possibilities offered by the new technologies.

The presentation was made by the Chairman of the Network of Spanish Jewish Quarters and Mayor of Tudela, Mr. Luis Casado, the Director of Public Policies and Institutional Affairs of Google Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece, Ms. Bárbara Navarro, and the General Director of Centro Sefarad-Israel, Mr. Florentino Portero. The Director of the office of the High Comission of the Government for the brand “España,” of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. José Ángel López Jorrín, has closed the ceremony.

The project is available at the website of the Network of Spanish Jewish Quarters. Users can access all contents through the touristic site RASGO by clicking a "Destination" and then its "Signposting" section. Once there, users will find the "Touring the Jewry" area with all the contents (as an example, Avila's section).

The technology supplied by Google enables the organisation of all these contents through maps and chronograms with different levels of information. There is a total of 523 sites, 910 chronological entries, 1.667 images, 67 informative texts and 138 comments in lexical voices, which users can access through a unique website which stores information spanning from the 3rd century till today.

Los días 11, 13 y 14 de junio de 2012 se han celebrado en las ciudades americanas de Los Angeles, Miami y Nueva York, distintas presentaciones del producto RASGO de la Red de Juderías de España-Caminos de Sefarad.

La Red de Juderías de España – Caminos de Sefarad y España en general a través de su producto, tienen un extraordinario nicho en el mercado americano basado principalmente en el turismo de raíces de las comunidades judías, muchas de ellas de origen sefardí. Así lo acreditan la buena convocatoria, la extraordinaria acogida de la oferta y el interés mostrado a los representantes de la Red y a la parte empresarial participante.

Esta acción general e intensiva busca alcanzar la eficiencia y lograr el objetivo que no es otro que generar constantes flujos de visitantes a España bajo el hilo conductor de descubrir el legado judío de las ciudades de la Red. Los contactos realizados han permitido abrir relaciones con las comunidades judías más importantes y con los operadores y medios más interesantes. La Red estudiará un programa futuro de acciones propias para el mantener la oferta de las juderías españolas en el mercado americano.

After the success of last year in Girona, the network Red de Juderias de España will participate again in the Forum Gastronómico 2012, this time in the city of Santiago de Compostela, next Feb. 26-28th.

Since the first edition (now held annually alternating the cities of Girona and Santiago de Compostela), the Gastronomic Forum has become the essential meeting point for professionals in the food businesses. The Forum is pioneer in congresses with cooking exhibition.

Our association is strongly committed to the recovery of food and wine products related to Sephardic tradition, as an ideal complement to the tourism and cultural development of our cities. We will be glad to meet you at our stand and let you know about our latest innovations: product presentation of Sepharad Vineyards and tasting produces of our cities, such as the Sephardic Sweet made of nuts, oranges and spices.

On Sunday February 26th at 4 p.m., we will celebrate the “live active cooking” workshop: APERITIVUS, cooking in miniature, conducted by chefs Samuel Perea and Victor Gloger, founders of “Cocina por la Paz”. A combination of smells, tastes and sensations of the Sephardic tradition with surprising creative recipes in this luminary of cultures. And, exclusively for associated establishments to RASGO, we have programmed an interesting and attractive program in the city of Ribadavia. We are looking forward to meeting you!

Fórum Gastronómico website