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ליקוטי שמואל — Va'etchanan 5784

Выпуск: ליקוטי שמואל — Va'etchanan 5784. Темы: kashrut. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר. ‫אומרו‬ An unofficial synagogue and virtually no antisemitism: Meet Andorra’s tiny Jewish community The microstate between Spain and France has warm relations with Israel, and while its 73 Jews pray in a community center they can’t call a temple, they feel right at home By LARRY LUXNER (JTA) ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra — To the south, in Spain, raucous protesters emboldened by their government’s recent recognition of Palestine are urging Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to go even farther and cut diplomatic relations with Israel. 3 Wedged between these two big countries, however, is a tiny one where anti-Israel rallies are unheard of, ties with Israel remain strong, and the Jews enjoy prosperous, quiet lives — as long as they don’t officially call their subterranean cultural center a synagogue. I’m proud of it,” said Andorra-born Mercedes Abitbol, 52, an official of the MoraBanc financial group who on a recent afternoon sported a small silver “chai” necklace while seated at an outdoor café in this picturesque city, which at 3,042 feet above sea level is Europe’s highest capital. In fact, there’s no record of a Jewish presence in this landlocked nation until World War II, when it became a temporary haven for French Jews and others fleeing the Nazis — a historical footnote alluded to in the 2023 Netflix miniseries “Transatlantic.” Between 2,000 and 3,000 French Jews and others escaped Vichy France through neutral Andorra under incredibly harsh circumstances, according to mountaineer and local historian Joan Janer Rossell. Sometimes they ask questions and make faces, but people here don’t really know anything about Judaism.” Likewise, Israelis are ignorant about Andorra, said Miriam, recalling an incident several decades ago when immigration officials at Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion Airport questioned her Andorran passport. “Another time, I tried calling my mom from Israel and the operator thought I said ‘Honduras.’” In 1998, local Jews formed the Associació Cultural Israelita de les Valls d’Andorra, or ACIV, in a large meeting hall tucked away on an underground level of a medical office building that used to be a warehouse. We think it’s not yet the right time to position ourselves in the middle of this conflict,” she said, adding that “with Israel, we hav

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ליקוטי שמואל

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16 августа 2024 г.

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Темы: kashrut