Sephardic History: Part 2

A 6 part introduction to Medieval Jewish History with JTS Professor Benjamin Gampel.
Part 2: The Muslims triumph; Andalusian Jewish community grows and Sephardic Jewry emerges.

[@justmedee1959]

WOW! My husband has always been most attracted to the Andalusian breed of horse & now we learn his roots traveled through there on their journey to Mexico. How cool is our Father!

[@jesusalvarez-cedron6581]

Andalusian is a germanic term. Al-Andalus is the land of the Vandals. The muslims used the term, recycling it after the victory over the visigoths.. Interesting information. Greetings from Madrid!

[@paweltrawicki2200]

I see that verse in chapter 1 Obadiah verse 20 "B Sepharad"so Jews must had been in Spain prior the common era,because the Prophet Obadiah lived before the common era. This Rebbe is very interesting to listen to,he definitely knows his subject matter.

[@batyahartist613]

Madrid,Pajares mountain yet grandfather born in Mexico,story is he moved to Cuba,than married my grandmother,Ferrer. She a Jew He a man studying for priesthood. * children now raised as christians. Now 40 years living as a Jew,now would like to know more of jewish roots.

[@guilhermeteixeira2616]

Gostava de fazer notar que desde o início da Primeira Dinastia, em Portugal (séc XII), no Titulo Real se declaravam Reis das Três Religiões. Sempre houve um Arrabiado-Mor a acompanhar a Corte Real, como conselheiro, representante das comunidades Judias com poderes religiosos, legais e fiscais mas com as Reais excepções.

[@rutbrea8796]

Our faith in the Most High G-d was ingrained in us by the Creator of the Universe, Hashem Elohim, blessed is He. The Roman empire might have annihilated and massacred millions of our people through the past 3,000 years but they have not, or will not destroy the fact that G-d Almighty have given his word of power, His, power in keeping his remnant throughout the world, and his promise of the redemption of Israel, and the return of our people to him, is happening to-day. And no matter what the world do against us there will be a remnant who will fulfill the promised given to us in the prophecies of our Sages. B"H

[@fernandol.rodriguez7686]

Fernando Lamigueiro Ramirez es el nombre de el que me enjendro con Esther Lamigueiro Rodriguez. ?Sera Usted familia de nosotros?

[@BabylonianHebrew]

dar al-solh movie

[@rutbrea8796]

The name of Andalucía have been expelled wrong in this blog. Andaluz came from the names of a race of horses characterized by the curvature of their necks the rounded figure of their bodies which is the Arabian horse, probably named by the Islamic people who came to Spain. Anadlusi Adj. of Arabigoandaluz related to al-Andalus.

[@NONEOFYOURBIZ69]

Not the Arabic horse, more like the Berberiscos

[@aromero385]

Was a shame the Sephardies, didn't have an army to fight back expulsion, since the Peninsula was their land, since times of Pagan Rome, long before the Visigoths and christians. They had right to stay there!.

[@alexibarona5807]

The peninsula wasn't theirs. Did not belong to the Sephardics. Iberian tribes, Celtic tribes, the Phonecian/Carthaginians and Romans were there first. Only the Visigoth, Moors, and Gypsies came later on.

[@aromero385]

@@alexibarona5807 Ok, technically they came after the destruction of the Temple, with the Romans. They belonged with the soil anyway and had right to stay.

[@benayahbendavidgavinrodrig1017]

@@alexibarona5807 it was ours ( The Jews ) we were there before EVERYONE ELSE

[@benayahbendavidgavinrodrig1017]

Dr Gampel where did you get that from , by saying in the 10th century the Jews living in the Iberian Peninsula started seeing themselves as the Jew spoken of in Obadiah, I am from that bloodline my father ‘s name is Rodrigues and my mother Pereira, I must say we were always living there even before the Romans

[@torian5995]

No you didn't

[@benayahbendavidgavinrodrig1017]

@@torian5995 you do not know sh’t , so shut the fu@k up

[@benayahbendavidgavinrodrig1017]

Of course we were very glad when the Muslims came , because we were being forced to eat every abominable thing and to worship the idols of the Catholics

[@JA71280]

Which now we know that the 2 important books of islam, are diabolical.

[@jawaad19]

There are several inaccurate statements, a. Jews didn’t have an army nor the had a political identity to support or be an alliance with Muslim state, b. They are under Islamic state protection thus they pay tax , so they don’t volunteer into the army, c. Jews and other faiths has experienced tolerance within Islamic society in it’s major cities, it wasn’t the case with the Jews experienced in Europe.