Cita tomada de: Anita Novinsky, "Judíos y cristianos de Portugal", en Henry Méchoulan y Edgar Morín, Los judíos de España, Editorial Trotta, Madrid, 1992, 96.
"Según Abraham Zacuto, más de 180 mil judíos salieron de España, de los cuales unos 120 mil se establecieron en Portugal. El cronista lusitano Damião de Góes y el español Andrés Banáldez coinciden sustancialmente con la apreciación de Zacuto. La estimación hecha por Benáldez permite establecer la siguiente lista de origen, destino y número de exiliados: de Benavente hacia Bragança, más de 3000 personas, de Zamora hacia Miranda, más de 30,000 ; de Ciudad Rodrigo hacia Vila Formoso, más de 35,000; de Alcántara hacia Marvao, más de 15,000, de Badajoz hacia Elvas, más de 10,000. En total, serían más de 93,000 personas; y eso, únicamente del reino de Castilla. (...)
"Después de cruzar la frontera, las familias judías menos ricas se hacinaron en Caracoles, a cuarenta kilómetros de Vimioso. Allí montaron sus tiendas y, según la tradición, vivieron bastantes años. De ahí el nombre de "Valle de las Cabañas" que se dio a aquella región".
"The Portuguese Jewish Legacy" by Jane Gerber
domingo, 16 de marzo de 2014
lunes, 10 de marzo de 2014
Zamora y La Raya
Eugenio del Hoyo, Capítulo IV "La gente de Carvajal" en Historia del Nuevo Reino de León,
1577-1723, Monterrey, México, 1ra edición, 1970, 2da 2005. El capítulo
ofrece una reseña de las cerca de 100 familias criptojudías de
Benavente, Valderas, Medina del Campo, Mogadauro, Mirandela y otros
sitios que viajaron en el barco Santa Catalina en 1580 con el propósito
de repoblar la Nueva España e instaurar un Nuevo Reino de León. Este
grupo incluyó también a Luis de Carvajal, el Mozo, nacido en Benavente,
fallecido a manos de la inquisición en México en 1596.
"Todas estas familias
emparentadas (1) que hemos venido siguiendo hasta aquí, originarias de una
limitada región en la “Raya de Portugal”, pertenecen indudablemente a
una especie de aristocracia sefardita, gentes ricas y cultas, muy practicantes
de su religión, con una vigorosa conciencia de grupo minoritario y con una gran
influencia social dentro de la colonia criptojudía de la Nueva España y con
parientes estratégicamente repartidos lo mismo en Portugal que en España, en
las juderías de Francia o de Italia, en Perú o Filipinas conservando entre
todos ellos estrechos vínculos de parentesco y de intereses (216).
"(…) El famoso prelado
español, Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca (Toro, 1451-Burgos, 1524), ministro de los
Reyes Católicos, encargado de todos los asuntos de Indias, era natural de la
ciudad de Toro y se ha insistido mucho en su origen judío" (2)(217)
Notas 1.Se está refiriendo al grupo de familias criptojudías que Luis de Carvajal, el Viejo (Mogadauro, Portugal, 1539- Ciudad de México, 1590) trajo, principalmente, de Benavente, Zamora, en 1580 para repoblar lo que es hoy la ciudad de Monterrey en México. Algunos lograron escapar cambiándose el nombre, una práctica muy común en la época para evadir las perscusiones inquisitoriales, y al menos uno pudo huir a Italia donde adoptó el apellido Lumbroso, el mismo que Carvajal, el Mozo, usó para escribir su Diario.
2.Para una reseña de Rodríguez de Fonseca ver: Sagarra
Gamazo, Adelaida, Juan Rodríguez de
Fonseca, un toresano de dos mundos, Zamora, Instituto de Estudios
Zamoranos, 2006, y Paterson, Jack E. “El obispo Rodríguez de Fonseca y la
‘empresa’ de América”.
lunes, 3 de marzo de 2014
Uncovering Jewish Zamora
By Jesús Jambrina
Presently, these three proposals are being considered by the City Council. I have reason to believe that we will be able to achieve the allocation of a space to honor this tradition and promote its study.
Continue reading on HERE
Full
citation: Casa Shalom, Journal of the Institute for Marrano and Anusim Studies, Vol.
14, pp. 11-13, Dec. 2013, Netanya Academic College, Israel.
Zamora is a mid-size
city of around 60,000 inhabitants in the northwestern region of Spain. It is
well known for its more than 20 Romanesque churches, its celebration of the
Catholic Holy Week and its Modernist buildings. Among food and wine
connoisseurs, Zamora is known for its excellent wine and its gourmet
cuisine. However, until recently, a visitor arriving on a package tour to its
Plaza Mayor would never have considered the city one of the richest in Spain's Jewish
history.
Last July more than 20 scholars from various disciplines met at the NH Palacio del Duero Hotel, located in one of the two former Jewish Quarters, to present their research on the city’s Sephardic heritage. Among those presenting were Prof. Abraham Gross, (Ben Gurion University), Ruth Behar (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor), Prof. Leandro Rodriguez (University of Geneva), and Virginia Labrador (University of Valladolid).
The sessions included the premier of the documentary Zamora Sefardí (2013), a set of interviews with scholars either from Zamora or with family backgrounds connected to the city, who discussed their personal stories and research projects exploring the Jewish history of the region.
The event was well attended by local residents and visitors from other Spanish regions such as Galicia, Valencia and Cataluña. Other countries represented were Israel, the United States, Portugal, Cuba, Brazil and Switzerland. Officials from the city of Zamora and the province of the same name welcomed the participants and promised to publish the conference's findings, as well as to signpost the Jewish Quarters in order to raise awareness of local Jewish history, long forgotten.
Three organizations also came to the conference: The Sephardi Council of Jerusalem City represented by Abraham Haim, Casa Shalom and the Institute for Marrano and Anusim Studies represented by Gloria Mound, and Tarbut Sefarad, represented by Mario Saban.
A conference's highlights was July 5's Shabbat celebration at the Hotel NH Palacio del Duero. It was an ecumenical service attended by 26 people: Jews, Catholics, non-denominational, atheists and unaffiliated persons. In addition to the traditional Shabbat liturgy religious chants, regional folklore and Judeo- Spanish songs were sung by locals, and even Kosher wine was served, provided by a Zamoran who openly stated his commitment to Jewish practice and study. Earlier in the day, Abraham Haim had read an afternoon prayer at the conference Congress including remembrance of the Jewish martyrs from the time of the inquisition (several of Zamora's residents were prosecuted during the Madrid's 1680 Auto de Fe).
After the conference, as a follow-up to many of the formal and informal conversations that took place during and around the sessions, I presented a project to the city and the provincial authorities. My suggestions were:
 |
"(Zamora) Fair in situation, the uttermost parts of the North"
Isaac Arama (1420-1494)
|
Last July more than 20 scholars from various disciplines met at the NH Palacio del Duero Hotel, located in one of the two former Jewish Quarters, to present their research on the city’s Sephardic heritage. Among those presenting were Prof. Abraham Gross, (Ben Gurion University), Ruth Behar (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor), Prof. Leandro Rodriguez (University of Geneva), and Virginia Labrador (University of Valladolid).
The sessions included the premier of the documentary Zamora Sefardí (2013), a set of interviews with scholars either from Zamora or with family backgrounds connected to the city, who discussed their personal stories and research projects exploring the Jewish history of the region.
The event was well attended by local residents and visitors from other Spanish regions such as Galicia, Valencia and Cataluña. Other countries represented were Israel, the United States, Portugal, Cuba, Brazil and Switzerland. Officials from the city of Zamora and the province of the same name welcomed the participants and promised to publish the conference's findings, as well as to signpost the Jewish Quarters in order to raise awareness of local Jewish history, long forgotten.
Three organizations also came to the conference: The Sephardi Council of Jerusalem City represented by Abraham Haim, Casa Shalom and the Institute for Marrano and Anusim Studies represented by Gloria Mound, and Tarbut Sefarad, represented by Mario Saban.
A conference's highlights was July 5's Shabbat celebration at the Hotel NH Palacio del Duero. It was an ecumenical service attended by 26 people: Jews, Catholics, non-denominational, atheists and unaffiliated persons. In addition to the traditional Shabbat liturgy religious chants, regional folklore and Judeo- Spanish songs were sung by locals, and even Kosher wine was served, provided by a Zamoran who openly stated his commitment to Jewish practice and study. Earlier in the day, Abraham Haim had read an afternoon prayer at the conference Congress including remembrance of the Jewish martyrs from the time of the inquisition (several of Zamora's residents were prosecuted during the Madrid's 1680 Auto de Fe).
After the conference, as a follow-up to many of the formal and informal conversations that took place during and around the sessions, I presented a project to the city and the provincial authorities. My suggestions were:
- To signpost several places within the two historically documented Zamoran Jewish quarters
- To establish a Plaza de los Rabinos honoring the 15th century Talmud Torah School where many of the major Sephardi scholars from before the expulsion came to study
- The creation of the Center Isaac Campanton dedicated to the preservation of the Jewish heritage of Zamora, and of Castile and Leon.
Presently, these three proposals are being considered by the City Council. I have reason to believe that we will be able to achieve the allocation of a space to honor this tradition and promote its study.
Continue reading on HERE
Suscribirse a:
Entradas (Atom)