Jews of the Spanish Homeland Los judíos de patria española Spain, 1929, 13 minutes, B&W Silent with new English intertitles Produced by Ernesto Giménez Caballero RESTORED with new English intertitles by The National Center for Jewish Film Buy Now

Synopsis

This 1929 documentary film contains close-ups of the leading Balkan Sephardi rabbis of the time and rare footage of Jewish schools, residential quarters, synagogues, and cemeteries as well as a sampling of Sephardi religious customs.

This short unusual film was discovered by Sharon Pucker Rivo, director of NCJF, during a visit to Barcelona to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the 1492 expulsion of the Jews from Spain. Jews of the Spanish Homeland provides a rare glimpse of Sephardic communities in Salonika, Constantinople, Yugoslavia, and Romania as well as former centers of Jewish life in Spain.

Selected Screenings

UC Berkeley - Depth of Field Seminar Series: Sephardic Identities on Screen (2015)
Southampton Jewish Film Festival (2015)
Washington DC Jewish Film Festival (2006)

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