Benveniste de Porta — Beneviste de Porta (in Catalan Vidal Benvenist Saporta) (d. 1268), Jewish Bailie ( batlle ) of Barcelona, Catalonia, and brother of Nahmanides (whose secular name was Bonastruc ça Porta or Bonastruc de Porta; see Grätz, Gesch. der Juden, vii.38;… … Wikipedia
Benveniste — ist der Name folgender Persönlichkeiten: ben Chijja al Dajjan Benveniste (1170–1200?), jüdischer Dichter Émile Benveniste (1902–1976), französischer Sprachwissenschaftler Hayyiim ben Israel Benveniste (1603–1673), Rabbi von Smyrna Jacques… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Benveniste — (Spanish bien venida = welcome) is the surname of an old, rich, and scholarly family of Narbonne, France, several branches of which were found all over Spain and the Provence, France, as well as at various places in the Orient. It is also borne… … Wikipedia
Nahmanides — Moshe ben Nahman Girondi Image indicating one artist s conception of Nahmanides appearance Full name Moshe ben Nahman Girondi Born 1194 Girona, Spain Died 1270 … Wikipedia
BARCELONA — BARCELONA, Mediterranean port in Catalonia, northeast Spain, seat of one of the oldest Jewish communities in the country. Amram gaon sent his version of the prayer book to the scholars of Barcelona. In 876/7 a Jew named Judah (Judacot) was the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MINTMASTERS AND MONEYERS — In the Middle Ages rulers tended to lease the right of minting coins to mintmasters or to grant and sell the right to their territorial vassals, who themselves employed such mintmasters. Jews carried out this prestigious and profitable enterprise … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Nachmanides — (* 1194 in Girona; † 1270 in Palästina, eigentlich Moses ben Nachman, bekannt auch unter dem Akronym RaMBaN (hebr. רמב ן), hergeleitet von Rabbi Moshe ben Nahman) war ein jüdischer Gelehrter, Arzt, Philosoph, Bibelexeget und Dichter aus… … Deutsch Wikipedia
GERONA — (Catalan, Girona; Lat. Gerunda; Heb. גירונא), city in Catalonia, northeastern Spain. The Jewish community of Gerona was the second largest in Catalonia, probably dating back to the end of the ninth century. The importance of the community was due … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LÉRIDA — (Lleida, Ilerda), city in Spain on the border between Catalonia and Aragon. In the Muslim period, the Jews of Lérida maintained close contact with those in nearby Barcelona. Their major occupation was tanning, as attested by various documents,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Secular Jewish culture — embraces several related phenomena; above all, it is the culture of secular communities of Jewish people, but it can also include the cultural contributions of individuals who identify as secular Jews, or even those of religious Jews working in… … Wikipedia
