Month: May 2011
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JCIKH Bal Burlesque
To honor its 35 years of existence, the Jaycees of Knokke-Heist organized a splendid party in the world-renowned Casino of Knokke Saturday May 21, 2011. The evening started with a gala-style outdoor reception, followed by a Walking Dinner inside the casino where new members as well as founding members exchanged experiences and anecdotes accompanied by…
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A journey into Sephardi Jewry
The story of Sephardi History is one of long lost hope and acute despair. Or at least, it was. Only about 300.000 still speak Ladino, or Spanish (in Hebrew or latin script) as it was spoken around the 1492 expulsion of the Jews in Spain. Their culture is celebrated, but not really lived anymore. It…