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Mazal Tov! After 500 Years, Cordoba Gets a Rabbi

JL;DR SUMMARY Haim Casas has become the first ordained rabbi from Cordoba in 500 years, celebrating a renaissance of Jewish culture in a region with deep historical connections to Judaism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryJewish CommunityMaimonidesReform JudaismRabbiCrypto JewsSepharadHaim CasasCordobaAndalusia

Places mentioned

Córdoba, Spain
"As a child, Haim Casas would walk the streets of the Jewish Quarter in Cordoba with his grandfather, talking about the citys past."
San Roque, Andalusia, Spain
"He planted a seed in me, Casas told me via Skype from San Roque, a Spanish town close to Gibraltar."
Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain
"His first encounter with a living Jewa fellow Moroccan student at the University of Sevillewas a shock."
Andalusia, Spain
"In 2005, driven by his passion for invigorating Jewish identity in the Andalusian region, he teamed up with a Spanish couple to found a cultural center and museum called Casa de Sefarad, in the heart of the Jewish quarter of Cordoba."
Morocco
"he visited Morocco, on the other side of the Mediterranean, every summeridentified with the pluralistic values of Reform Judaism,"
Barcelona, Spain
"He graduated recently, in London, after practicing in Lion and Barcelona."
Lyon, Rhône, France
"He graduated recently, in London, after practicing in Lion and Barcelona."
London, United Kingdom
"He graduated recently, in London, after practicing in Lion and Barcelona."
Geneva, Switzerland
"Instead, Casas will lead a community called Keren Or, a thirty-year-old congregation, in Lion, and will serve as assistant rabbi for a community in Geneva."

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