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The Jewish Museum David Melul welcomes you with open arms.<\/p>\nThe Jewish Museum David Melul welcomes you with open arms.<\/p>\n
We are located in Bejar, a city on the south from the province of Salamanca, Spain,\u00a0with a remarkable Jewish past. The presence of Sephardic Jews in the old Duchy of\u00a0Bejar was recorded since, at least the 13th century, and lasted until their expulsion\u00a0from the Kingdom of Castile in 1492. For the next 200 years the infamous Inquisition\u00a0persecuted some of Bejar\u2019s secret Jews (those who maintained – or were accused of\u00a0maintaining the traditions and practices of their ancestor’s faith). By the 17th century,\u00a0there was no trace of the Jews of Bejar.<\/p>\n
More than 300 year later, by Mid-20th century, a young Jewish man from Melilla (a\u00a0Spanish city in North Africa) David Melul, arrived in Bejar. He came to study Textile\u00a0Engineering. David spent several years in Bejar, where he made many friends and\u00a0participated in public affairs in the prosperous city. Upon graduating, David Melul he\u00a0moved to Catalonia, but he never cut his ties with Bejar. Indeed, he was the main\u00a0sponsor and patron of the Jewish Museum of Bejar, which opened its door in 2004.<\/p>\n
From its inception, the Museum became a place for sharing knowledge about Judaism,\u00a0the history of Jewish Bejar, the presence, legacy and contributions of the Jews of Bejar and especially the legacy of those forced to abandon the city whose\u00a0descendants still carry its name on their last names: Beja, Behar, Becerano, Bicerano\u00a0and so on.<\/p>\n
We invite you to visit our museum.<\/p>\n
Antonio Avil\u00e9s Amat. The Jewish Museum David Melul welcomes you with open arms. We are located in Bejar, a city on the south from the province of Salamanca, Spain,\u00a0with a remarkable Jewish past. The presence of Sephardic Jews in the old Duchy of\u00a0Bejar was recorded since, at least the 13th century, and lasted until their expulsion\u00a0from the Kingdom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10937","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museojudiobejar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museojudiobejar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museojudiobejar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museojudiobejar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museojudiobejar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10937"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.museojudiobejar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11321,"href":"https:\/\/www.museojudiobejar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10937\/revisions\/11321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museojudiobejar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Museum Director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"