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16 hours ago · The history of the Jews in the current-day Spanish territory stretches back to Biblical times according to Jewish tradition, but the settlement of organised Jewish communities in the Iberian Peninsula possibly traces back to the times after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. [1] The earliest archaeological evidence of Hebrew ...
16 hours ago · Sephardic Jews. Sephardic Jews ( Hebrew: יְהוּדֵי סְפָרַד, romanized : Yehudei Sfarad, transl. 'Jews of Spain '; Ladino: Djudíos Sefardíes ), also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim, [a] [1] and rarely as Iberian Peninsular Jews, [2] are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the Iberian Peninsula ( Spain and Portugal ...
16 hours ago · It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Noted for its lack of Dom presence, Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 237,559 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km 2 (16 sq mi).
16 hours ago · Here are six of the most prominent planning and development stories from the past month. Angel of the North size airbase sculpture approved. A HUGE sculpture honouring the former RAF Burtonwood airbase along the side of the M62 has been given the go-ahead. The sculpture – which at 22.8 metres would be larger than the Angel of the North near ...
16 hours ago · In Fiesole, Italy, in contemporary Tuscan restaurant La Loggia, chef Alessandro Cozzolino cooks Prato vermouth-brushed pigeon based on the technique for roast duck that he learned in Hong Kong ...
16 hours ago · Sufism ( Arabic: الصوفية, romanized : al-Ṣūfiyya ), also known as Tasawwuf ( Arabic: التَّصَوُّف, romanized : at-taṣawwuf ), is a mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic purification, spirituality, ritualism, asceticism, and esotericism.
