The Jewish world
Haccoun Amatata takes you to visit Spain, Portugal, Poland, Morocco or even the south of France on the trail of the Jewish communities of yesterday and today.
Across the Jewish Iberian Peninsula
Discover the roots of Judaism in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal), its development, its splendor, listen to the story of “Sefarad"; understanding the violence of the Inquisition, the pangs of expulsion from the Continent, forced baptism and Jewish life perpetuated in secret, this is the fabulous and necessary experience that we offer you.
A tourist experience but also historical, intellectual and above all… Jewish.
In the footsteps of Judaism in North Africa (Morocco)
Of the Judaism of North Africa only that of Morocco remains alive. Why, how ?
The question deserves to be asked, and the answer given. For this, it is necessary to point out, on the spot, the complexity of the life of the Jews among the peoples and ethnic groups present between the Mediterranean and the Sahara; understand the historical processes experienced by local Jewish communities, their cultural and societal evolutions.
This is the challenge that we offer you to take up.
In the footsteps of Judaism in North Africa (Morocco)
Of the Judaism of North Africa only that of Morocco remains alive. Why, how ?
The question deserves to be asked, and the answer given. For this, it is necessary to point out, on the spot, the complexity of the life of the Jews among the peoples and ethnic groups present between the Mediterranean and the Sahara; understand the historical processes experienced by local Jewish communities, their cultural and societal evolutions.
This is the challenge that we offer you to take up.
Jewish Poland, place of life, place of Shoah
Even if Poland cannot escape the sad title of “largest Jewish cemetery in the world”, Jewish life on both sides of the Vistula is not limited to the Holocaust period alone. Indeed, like Spain and Portugal until the expulsion of their Jews, this country was to be a refuge for many communities during the Middle Age.
They were able to prosper there and give birth to generations of traders, intellectuals, and scholars of the Torah.
Haccoun Amatata propose to lead you in the footsteps of this bubbling world with life finally crushed by Nazi barbarism.
Pope's Jews
Comtat Venaissin and Avignon
The importance of the Comtat Venaissin in the history of Western Judaism is considerable.
Open to the outside due to its position at the crossroads of major European communication routes, this small territory, and the city where the Papacy sat for nearly a century at the end of the Middle Age, served as a land of asylum for the Jews expelled of the kingdoms of France, Spain, and Portugal.
We invite you to go on site, in Provence, to discover the ancient local communities.
Pope's Jews
Comtat Venaissin and Avignon
The importance of the Comtat Venaissin in the history of Western Judaism is considerable.
Open to the outside due to its position at the crossroads of major European communication routes, this small territory, and the city where the Papacy sat for nearly a century at the end of the Middle Age, served as a land of asylum for the Jews expelled of the kingdoms of France, Spain, and Portugal.
We invite you to go on site, in Provence, to discover the ancient local communities.