La Hagadá de Sarajevo vuelve a España tras cinco siglos de expulsión y exilio

El autor de la obra maestra sefaradí dibujó en tiempos de la Inquisición que la Tierra era redonda.

Haggadah de Sarajevo Foto: Idan Perez Museo Nacional Sarajevo Wikimedia Dominio Público

La «Hagadá de Sarajevo», una de las obras maestras de la liturgia sefardí medieval, puede verse por primera vez en España -en forma de una reproducción

Erdoğan’s Costly “Make Turkey Great Again” Program

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, photo by Paul Morigi via Brookings Institution Flickr CC

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,785, October 25, 2020

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s “Make Turkey Great Again” campaign has come with military, diplomatic, geostrategic, and economic costs. Turkey’s posturing as a military might has been met with a Moody’s downgrade of Turkey’s credit rating to B2, putting the country on a level with Egypt, Jamaica, and Rwanda.

Turkey’s per capita income is barely $8,900. Its economy is suffering double-digit inflation and unemployment rates. A quarter of Turkish youth are unemployed. On September 21, the Turkish lira sank below a previous all-time low of 7.60 to the US

7 + 3: Greece As Part of a Mediterranean Bloc

Athens, Greece, photo by Oleksii Khodakivskiy via Unsplash

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,769, October 5, 2020

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Given the historical ties of Athens with Middle Eastern countries, Greece is an ideal candidate to play a pivotal role in a Mediterranean bloc to include Israel, Gulf States, and European countries with the object of repelling Turkey’s expansionist ambitions. The participation of Greece could help the region reach its economic and political potential amid the dispute over local energy reserves.

The power shift in the Middle East over the past several years has reshaped the political challenges facing several of its constituent countries, and has led them to consider a possible expansion of their framework of relations. Considering Turkey’s

Miles de personas en Sarajevo protestan contra la misa para los colaboradores nazis

(AP / Kemal Softic)

Miles de bosnios, muchos con máscaras, se manifestaron el sábado contra una misa en Sarajevo organizada por los soldados nazis y los civiles croatas asesinados por las fuerzas del partido al final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

La misa de Sarajevo fue el reemplazo de una controvertida reunión anual, que se celebraba normalmente en Bleiburg, Austria, y que fue cancelada debido a las restricciones impuestas por la pandemia del coronavirus. El sábado, otro pequeño evento de reemplazo tuvo lugar en el cementerio de Zagreb, Croacia.