Abraham Haim, Ph.D., President of the Sephardic Jewish Council of Jerusalem, will participate in a number of events on campus and in the community this week.
Haim was born to a Sephardi Jewish family in Jerusalem in 1941. He earned a Ph.D. in history from Tel Aviv University, specializing in Jews in the Arab World including the Sephardic Diaspora into those lands. Haim has held various academic and public positions including director of the Sephardic Heritage department in the Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture, professor of Sephardi Jewish Studies at Colegio de España, in Salamanca, and at many other universities in Spain. Since 2013, he has been president of the Council of the Sephardi community in Jerusalem. Currently, he is writing a book on his experiences working on relations between Israel and Spain in the area of Jewish culture.
Monday, Nov. 18
Brophy Center 122, 3:30–4:30 p.m. International Recognition by the Jewish Sephardic Council of Jerusalem of Viterbo’s Latin America and Latina/o Studies minor.
Tuesday, Nov. 19
Murphy Center 570, 12:30–1:50 p.m. Conversation with students in Spanish 321 about topics on Spanish language literature.
School of Nursing Building 195, 6:30–7:30 p.m. “Ladino, the Language of Sefarad” Celebration of International Ladino Day as part of the Minds@Work series.
Wednesday, Nov. 20
Murphy Center 570, 2–3:20 p.m. Video interview by students in Spanish 306:002 for “Latina Voices of La Crosse” initiative
School of Nursing Building 196, 7–8:30 p.m. Panel on “Understanding Latinx and Jewish Historical and Cultural Intersections.”
Thursday, Nov. 21
11 a.m.–3 p.m. Language, Identity, and Migration: The Spanish Jewish Diaspora, Spanish program, Luther College, in Decorah, Iowa
Congregation Sons of Abraham Synagogue, 6:30–7:30 p.m. Celebration of Ladino Day
Friday, Nov. 22
La Crosse Public Library, 10:30 a.m.–noon “Tales of Sefarad: Ladino and Jewish Spanish Diaspora”
These events are sponsored by Viterbo University, Luther College, the La Crosse Public Library,
Congregation Sons of Abraham Synagogue, and Centro Isaac Campantón.